Records & Statistics

Highest Scores

This page lists the highest-scoring songs performed at Song Contest since 1990, when the current scoring system was adopted. Under the current system, a perfect score is 204 points.

The scoring system has changed several times over the decades. Perfect scores under previous scoring systems include:

• 204 points (1990–present)
• 128 points (1982–1989)
• 500 points (1969–1981)
• 100 points (1964–1968)

Learn more about how scoring works →

Since 1990

This is a list of songs that scored 190+ points since 1990, when the current 204-point scoring system was adopted. The 190-point cutoff is arbitrary, but it's roughly equiavlent to getting an "A" grade (93% or higher).

Most of these songs won their division (i.e. men, women, or coed), but a few were outscored by another song in the same year. A trophy icon () indicates a division win.

Please note that our database is missing scores for a few coed songs from the 1990s.