Destinations

From the Colonel's Regiment

Table of contents

1 Popularity of destinations 2 Destinations by proposer 3 Mentalist destinations selected 4 Cities which have been in the draw and have also had other major honours

Popularity of destinations

Number of times each city has been in the draw.

11	18 Berlin
8	Copenhagen, 12 Helsinki, 13 Reykjavík
7	15 Geneva, Budapest
6	Vienna, 17 Porto, Valletta
4	Lisbon
3	9 Amsterdam, Tallinn, Prague, Bruges
2	7 Barcelona, 8 Oslo, Holland, Ljubljana, 10 Zürich, 11 Gdańsk, Denmark, Munich, Balaton, Palermo
1	2 Dublin, Alghero, (near) Brussels, Florence, 3 Stockholm, Austria, Scottish Highlands, Skern Lodge, 5 Genoa, Île de Ré, Madrid, Portugal, Toulouse, 6 Heidelberg, Malmö, Norway, Seville, Palma de Majorca, Perpignan, Switzerland, Luxembourg City, Finland, Bern, Warsaw, Granada, Hungary, Brno, Riga, Cork, Canada, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Aalborg, Malta, Vilnius, 14 Hanover, Larnaka, Skopje, Andorra, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Barbados, 16 Athens, Bergerac, Karlovy Vary, Romania, Fiji, Kingston, Bamberg, Bulgaria, Manaus, Madeira, Interlaken, Kilimanjaro, New Orleans, Nevada, Miami, Bastia

⁹ Amsterdam, ¹³ Reykjavík and Bruges were nominated twice in the same draw.

Budapest, Vienna and Valletta have been nominated twice in the same draw twice.

¹⁷ Porto and ¹⁸ Berlin have been nominated twice in the same draw three times. ¹⁷ Porto has never been nominated by only one person in any draw it's been in.

¹² Helsinki and ¹³ Reykjavík have been nominated 3 times in the same draw.

Destinations by proposer

Destination	Amal	Chris	Dave	David	Mike	Rupert	Steve	Jon	LLL	Reardon	PC Bourne	Grosser Vass	Pete Gibbon	Shaft	Gløgg
1 Paris	N/A	7 Barcelona	13 Reykjavík	Copenhagen	Lisbon	2 Dublin	18 Berlin	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2 Dublin	Florence	Munich	Alghero	3 Stockholm	15 Geneva	(near) Brussels	Copenhagen	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
3 Stockholm	Scottish Highlands	18 Berlin	N/A	Copenhagen	9 Amsterdam	Skern Lodge	8 Oslo	N/A	Austria	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
4 Salzburg	Toulouse	Madrid	5 Genoa	15 Geneva	12 Helsinki	Île de Ré	Copenhagen	N/A	Portugal	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5 Genoa	18 Berlin	Lisbon	Seville	Copenhagen	6 Heidelberg	10 Zürich	Malmö	N/A	Norway	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6 Heidelberg	7 Barcelona	Perpignan	Ljubljana	15 Geneva	12 Helsinki	Palma de Majorca	Copenhagen	N/A	Holland	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7 Barcelona	Copenhagen	12 Helsinki	9 Amsterdam	9 Amsterdam	13 Reykjavík	Budapest	8 Oslo	N/A	Switzerland	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
8 Oslo	18 Berlin	Tallinn	11 Gdańsk	12 Helsinki	15 Geneva	Ljubljana	Copenhagen	N/A	Holland	13 Reykjavík	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
9 Amsterdam	Bern	Lisbon	Budapest	10 Zürich	Luxembourg City	Prague	Budapest	N/A	Finland	15 Geneva	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10 Zürich	Warsaw	Tallinn	Granada	13 Reykjavík	13 Reykjavík	11 Gdańsk	Lisbon	N/A	Hungary	12 Helsinki	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
11 Gdańsk	18 Berlin	12 Helsinki	Cork	12 Helsinki	12 Helsinki	Riga	N/A	Brno	Canada	18 Berlin	Vienna	Vienna	N/A	N/A	N/A
12 Helsinki	Budapest	Tallinn	Aalborg	13 Reykjavík	13 Reykjavík	17 Porto	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Balaton	Malta	13 Reykjavík	17 Porto	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
13 Reykjavík	N/A	Vienna	Valletta	15 Geneva	Budapest	Vilnius	18 Berlin	N/A	Denmark	18 Berlin	14 Hanover	18 Berlin	N/A	N/A	N/A
14 Hanover	N/A	17 Porto	Skopje	Valletta	15 Geneva	Larnaka	Vienna	N/A	Andorra	17 Porto	Halifax, Nova Scotia	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
15 Geneva	N/A	Vienna	Palermo	Barbados	Budapest	16 Athens	Budapest	N/A	Denmark	Vienna	Québec City (in hell)	N/A	Bergerac	Palermo	N/A
16 Athens	N/A	17 Porto	Karlovy Vary	Valletta	Balaton	Valletta	Munich	N/A	Romania	17 Porto	Fiji	N/A	Palermo	N/A	N/A
17 Porto	N/A	Bruges	Bamberg	Kingston	Bruges	Prague	18 Berlin	N/A	Bulgaria	18 Berlin	Manaus	N/A	Marrakesh	N/A	N/A
18 Berlin	N/A	Prague	Madeira	Valletta	New Orleans	Kilimanjaro	Interlaken	N/A	Nevada	Bruges	Miami	Valletta	Bastia	N/A	Miami

Mentalist destinations selected

Destination	Amal	Chris	Dave	David	Mike	Rupert	Steve	Jon	Piparus	Schanaman
11 Gdańsk	N/A	Tallinn	Hamburg	Douglas	Vienna	Andorra	N/A	Marrakesh	N/A	N/A
12 Helsinki	N/A	17 Porto	N/A	Douglas	Valletta	Larnaka	Torquay	N/A	N/A	N/A
13 Reykjavík	N/A	Stuttgart	N/A	14 Hanover	Vilnius	Liechtenstein	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
14 Hanover	N/A	N/A	Wrocław	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Fez	Abu Dhabi	Fort Collins	N/A	7 Barcelona	N/A
15 Geneva	N/A	N/A	Zakopane	18 Berlin	Québec City (in hell)	Liechtenstein	N/A	N/A	3 Stockholm	N/A
16 Athens	N/A	N/A	Madeira	Milwaukee	Moscow	Marrakesh	Cape Verde Islands	N/A	6 Heidelberg	N/A
17 Porto	N/A	N/A	Jelenia Góra	Rio de Janeiro	Singapore	Buenos Aires	Manaus	N/A	1 Paris	Montepulciano
18 Berlin	N/A	N/A	N/A	Miami	New Orleans	Gran Canaria	Buenos Aires	N/A	3 Stockholm	Weimar

Cities which have been in the draw and have also had other major honours

City	Year(s) as Olympics host	Year(s) as Eurovision host	Year(s) as Colonel's destination
9 Amsterdam	Summer 1928	1970	2005
16 Athens	Summer 1896, 1906, 2004	2006	2009
7 Barcelona	Summer 1992	-	2004
18 Berlin	Summer 1936	-	2009
(near) Brussels	-	1987	-
Copenhagen	-	1964, 2001	-
2 Dublin	-	1971, 1981, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1997	2001
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Winter 1936	-	-
12 Helsinki	Summer 1952	2007	2006
Luxembourg City	-	1962, 1966, 1973, 1984	-
Madrid	-	1969	-
Munich	Summer 1972	1983	-
Malmö	-	1992	-
8 Oslo	Winter 1952	1996, 2010	2004
Riga	-	2003	-
3 Stockholm	Summer 1912	1975, 2000	2002
Tallinn	-	2002	-
Vienna	-	1967	-

Moscow (Olympics 1980, Eurovision 2009) and Rio de Janeiro (Olympics 2016) have been in the mentalist round, but have not yet made it to the draw.

Eurovision cities which have never been proposed as destinations: Belgrade (2008), Bergen (1986), Birmingham (1998), Brighton (1974), Cannes (1959, 1961), Edinburgh (1972), Frankfurt (1957), Gothenburg (1985), the Hague (1976, 1980), Harrogate (1982), Hilversum (1958), Istanbul (2004), Jerusalem (1979, 1999), Kiev (2005), Lausanne (1989), London (1960, 1963, 1968, 1977), Lugano (1956), Naples (1965), Paris (1978), Rome (1991) and Zagreb (1990) (The Hague was visited from ⁹ Amsterdam as an excursion.)

Olympic cities which have never been proposed as destinations: Albertville (Winter 1992), Antwerp (Summer 1920), Atlanta (Summer 1996), Beijing (Summer 2008), Calgary (Winter 1988), Chamonix (Winter 1924), Cortina d'Ampezzo (Winter 1956), Grenoble (Winter 1968), Innsbruck (Winter 1964, 1976), Lake Placid (Winter 1932, 1980), Lillehammer (Winter 1994), London (Summer 1908, Summer 2012), Los Angeles (Summer 1932, 1984), Mexico City (Summer 1968), Montreal (Summer 1976), Nagano (Winter 1998), Paris (Summer 1900, 1924), Rome (Summer 1960), St. Louis (Summer 1904), St. Moritz (Winter 1928), Salt Lake City (Winter 2002), Sarajevo (Winter 1984), Sapporo (Winter 1972), Seoul (Summer 1988), Sochi (Winter 2014), Squaw Valley (Winter 1960), Sydney (Summer 2000), Tokyo (Summer 1964), Turin (Winter 2006) and Vancouver (Winter 2010)