Fifty-eight songs have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual competition organised by member countries of the European Broadcasting Union. The Contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956, is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. The Contest's winner has been determined using numerous voting techniques throughout its history; centre to these have been the awarding of points to countries by juries or televoters. The country awarded the most points is declared the winner. The first Eurovision Song Contest was not won on points, but by votes (two per country), and only the winner was announced.
There have been 54 Contests, with one winner each year except the tied 1969 Contest, which had four. Twenty-five different countries have won the contest. Switzerland won the Contest on their debut—the first Contest, in 1956. The country with the highest number of wins is Ireland, with seven. Portugal is the country with the longest history in the Contest without a win; it made its forty-fourth appearance at the 2010 Contest. The only person to have won more than once as performer is Ireland's Johnny Logan, who performed "What's Another Year" in 1980 and "Hold Me Now" in 1987. Logan is also one of only five songwriters to have written more than one winning entry ("Hold Me Now" 1987 and "Why Me?" 1992, performed by Linda Martin). This unique distinction makes Logan the only person to have three Eurovision victories to his/her credit, as either singer, songwriter or both. The other four songwriters with more than one winning entry to their credit are, Willy van Hemert (Netherlands, 1957 and 1959), Yves Dessca (Monaco, 1971 and Luxembourg, 1972), Rolf Løvland (Norway, 1985 and 1995) and Brendan Graham (Ireland, 1994 and 1996).
Winning the Eurovision Song Contest provides a unique opportunity for the winning artist(s) to capitalise on their success and surrounding publicity by launching or furthering their international career. However, throughout the history of the Contest relatively few names have gone on to be huge international stars. The most notable winning Eurovision artists whose career was directly launched into the spotlight following their win were ABBA, who won the Contest for Sweden in 1974 with their song "Waterloo". ABBA went on to be one of the most successful bands of their time. Another notable winner who subsequently achieved international fame and success was Céline Dion, who won the Contest for Switzerland in 1988 with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi".
Winners Year Country Song Performer Host city
1956 Switzerland "Refrain" Lys Assia Lugano
1957 Netherlands "Net als toen" Corry Brokken Frankfurt
1958 France "Dors, mon amour" André Claveau† Switzerland Hilversum
1959 Netherlands "Een beetje" Teddy Scholten† Cannes
1960 France "Tom Pillibi" Jacqueline Boyer London
1961 Luxembourg "Nous les amoureux" Jean-Claude Pascal† Cannes
1962 France "Un premier amour" Isabelle Aubret Luxembourg
1963 Denmark "Dansevise" Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann London
1964 Italy "Non ho l'età" Gigliola Cinquetti Copenhagen
1965 Luxembourg "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" France Gall Naples
1966 Austria "Merci Chérie" Udo Jürgens Luxembourg
1967 United Kingdom "Puppet on a String" Sandie Shaw Vienna
1968 Spain "La, la, la" Massiel Spain "Vivo cantando" Salomé Madrid
United Kingdom "Boom Bang-a-Bang" Lulu
Netherlands "De troubadour" Lenny Kuhr
1969 France "Un jour, un enfant" Frida Boccara†
1970 Ireland "All Kinds of Everything" Dana Amsterdam
1971 Monaco "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" Séverine Dublin
1972 Luxembourg "Après toi" Vicky Leandros Edinburgh
1973 Luxembourg "Tu te reconnaîtras" Anne-Marie David Luxembourg
1974 Sweden "Waterloo" ABBA Brighton
1975 Netherlands "Ding-A-Dong" Teach-In Stockholm
1976 United Kingdom "Save Your Kisses for Me" Brotherhood of Man The Hague
1977 France "L'oiseau et l'enfant" Marie Myriam London
1978 Israel "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta Paris
1979 Israel "Hallelujah" Gali Atari and Milk and Honey Jerusalem
1980 Ireland "What's Another Year?" Johnny Logan The Hague
1981 United Kingdom "Making Your Mind Up" Bucks Fizz Dublin
1982 Germany "Ein bißchen Frieden" Nicole Harrogate
1983 Luxembourg "Si la vie est cadeau" Corinne Hermès Munich
1984 Sweden "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" Herreys Luxembourg
1985 Norway "La det swinge" Bobbysocks Gothenburg
1986 Belgium "J'aime la vie" Sandra Kim Bergen
1987 Ireland "Hold Me Now" Johnny Logan Brussels
1988 Switzerland "Ne partez pas sans moi" Céline Dion Dublin
1989 Yugoslavia "Rock Me" Riva Lausanne
1990 Italy "Insieme: 1992" Toto Cutugno Zagreb
1991 Sweden "Fångad av en stormvind" Carola Rome
1992 Ireland "Why Me" Linda Martin Malmö
1993 Ireland "In Your Eyes" Niamh Kavanagh Millstreet
1994 Ireland "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan Dublin
1995 Norway "Nocturne" Secret Garden Dublin
1996 Ireland "The Voice" Eimear Quinn Oslo
1997 United Kingdom "Love Shine a Light" Katrina and the Waves Dublin
1998 Israel "Diva" Dana International Birmingham
1999 Sweden "Take Me to Your Heaven" Charlotte Nilsson Jerusalem
2000 Denmark "Fly on the Wings of Love" Olsen Brothers Stockholm
2001 Estonia "Everybody" Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL Copenhagen
2002 Latvia "I Wanna" Marie N Marija Naumova, Tallinn
2003 Turkey "Everyway That I Can" Sertab Erener Riga
2004 Ukraine "Wild Dances" Ruslana Ruslana, Istanbul
2005 Greece "My Number One" Helena Paparizou Kiev
2006 Finland "Hard Rock Hallelujah" Lordi Athens
2007 Serbia "Molitva" Marija Šerifović Helsinki
2008 Russia "Believe" Dima Bilan Belgrade
2009 Norway "Fairytale" Alexander Rybak Moscow
2010 Germany "Satellite" Lena Meyer-Landrut Oslo
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Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) featured at the Congratulations concert in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the Contest's first fifty years.
The most successful country never to have won the Contest is Malta, having finished second and third twice.
The lowest total is the eighteen points scored by the four winning countries in 1969. The largest margin of victory was that of Alexander Rybak in 2009, who won by 169 points. Rybak won 387 points, a record score, winning twelve points from sixteen out of 41 countries (excluding themselves).
The United Kingdom has finished second fifteen times at Eurovision, more than any other country. Ireland has finished first seven times, more than any other country, Ireland also won the contest for three consecutive years (1992, 1993,1994), more consecutive years than any other country. Since the introduction of the current voting system in 1975, the winner of the Contest has been decided by the final voting nation on ten occasions.
By country
showing each country's number of Eurovision wins
7 Ireland 1970,1980,1987,1992,1993,1994,1996
5 France 1958,1960,1962,1969,1977
Lucemburg 1961,1965,1972,1973,1983
United Kingdom 1967,1969,1976,1981,1997
4 Netherlands 1957, 1959, 1969, 1975
Sweden 1974, 1984, 1991, 1999
3 Israel 1978, 1979, 1998
Norway 1985, 1995, 2009
2 Spain 1968, 1969
Switzerland 1956, 1988
Italy 1964, 1990
Denmark 1963, 2000
Germany 1982,[N 7] 2010
1 Austria 1966
Monaco 1971
Belgium 1986
Yugoslavia 1989
Estonia 2001
Latvia 2002
Turkey 2003
Ukraine 2004
Greece 2005
Finland 2006
Serbia 2007
Russia 2008
Between 1966 and 1973, and again between 1977 and 1998, countries were only permitted to perform in their own language
Marija Šerifović's "Molitva" became the first Serbian language song to win the Contest, the first winner since 1989 to be in a language that had never produced a winning song before and the first winner since 1998 to be in a language other than English.
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