Vincitori (Winners)

Each country’s win record in the contest as of 2023.

(en) Winners. 70 songs from 27 countries have won the Eurovision Song Contest as of 2023. Ireland and Sweden have recorded the most wins with seven each, followed by France, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands with five each. Of the 52 countries to have taken part, 25 have yet to win. On only one occasion have multiple winners been declared in a single contest: in 1969, four countries finished the contest with an equal number of votes and due to the lack of a tie-break rule at the time, all four countries were declared winners. A majority of winning songs have been performed in English, particularly since the language rule was abolished in 1999. Since that contest, seven winning songs have been performed either fully or partially in a language other than English. 

Two countries have won the contest on their first appearance: Switzerland, by virtue of being declared the winner of the first contest in 1956; and Serbia, which won in 2007 in its first participation as an independent country, following entries in previous editions as part of the now-defunct Yugoslavia and then Serbia and Montenegro. Other countries have had relatively short waits before winning their first contest, with Ukraine victorious on its second contest appearance in 2004 and Latvia winning with its third entry in 2002. Conversely, some countries have competed for many years before recording their first win: Greece recorded its first win in 2005, 31 years after its first appearance, while Finland ended a 45-year losing streak in 2006. Portugal waited the longest, recording its first win in 2017, 53 years after its first participation. Countries have in the past had to wait many years to win again: Switzerland went 32 years between winning in 1956 and 1988; Denmark held a 37-year gap between wins in 1963 and 2000; the Netherlands waited 44 years to win again in 2019, its most recent win having been in 1975; and Austria won its second contest in 2014, 48 years after its first win in 1966.

The United Kingdom holds the record for the highest number of second-place finishes, having finished runner-up sixteen times. Meanwhile, Norway has come last more than any other country, appearing at the bottom of the scoreboard on eleven occasions, including scoring nul points four times. A country has recorded back-to-back wins on four occasions: Spain recorded consecutive wins in 1968 and 1969; Luxembourg did likewise in 1972 and 1973; Israel won the contest in 1978 and 1979; and Ireland became the first country to win three consecutive titles, winning in 1992, 1993 and 1994.[243] Ireland’s winning streak in the 1990s includes the 1996 contest, giving it a record four wins in five years.

Replica of the Eurovision trophy in Växjö, Sweden

The winning artists and songwriters receive a trophy, which since 2008 has followed a standard design: a handmade piece of sandblasted glass with painted details in the shape of a 1950s-style microphone, designed by Kjell Engman of the Swedish-based glassworks Kosta Boda. The trophy is typically presented by the previous year’s winner; others who have handed out the award in the past include representatives from the host broadcaster or the EBU, and politicians; in 2007, the fictional character Joulupukki (original Santa Claus from Finland) presented the award to the winner Marija Šerifović.

(it) Vincitori dell’Eurovision Song Contest. La nazione più titolata è l’Irlanda, con 7 affermazioni, seguita da Svezia con 6 e Lussemburgo, Francia e Regno Unito con 5 vittorie. I Paesi Bassi hanno vinto 4 volte, Israele, Norvegia e Danimarca 3 volte. Austria, Italia, Spagna, Germania e Svizzera si sono affermate 2 volte. Belgio, Estonia, Finlandia, Grecia, Iugoslavia, Lettonia, Monaco, Serbia, Turchia, Russia, Azerbaigian e Ucraina hanno vinto una volta sola.

Anno particolare il 1969 che vede ben quattro nazioni vincitrici. Al tempo l’unica forma di votazione era la giuria e i 4 paesi finirono a pari punti. Non avendo previsto un secondo metodo di calcolo del punteggio, gli organizzatori non poterono far altro che dichiarare 4 vincitori.

Sono più di sessanta le canzoni che hanno vinto l’Eurovision Song Contest. Il concorso, che è stato trasmesso ogni anno dal suo debutto nel 1956, è uno dei programmi televisivi più longevi del mondo. Negli anni il vincitore del concorso è stato determinato utilizzando diversi sistemi di voto.

Su 60 edizioni del concorso, 59 sono state vinte da un unico paese tranne che nel 1969 anni cui furono quattro nazioni a salire sul primo gradino del podio. Sinora sono ventisei i diversi paesi che hanno vinto il concorso. La Svizzera vinse il primo concorso nel 1956. Il Paese con il più alto numero di vittorie è l’Irlanda, con sette. Il Portogallo è il paese con la più lunga storia nel concorso senza una vittoria. L’unico cantante ad aver vinto due volte il concorso è Johnny Logan, con What’s another year nel 1980 e Hold Me Now nel 1987. A questa si aggiunge la vittoria, come autore di Why Me?, interpretata da Linda Martin nel 1992, sempre in rappresentanza dell’Irlanda. Ma Logan non è l’unico autore ad aver vinto più volte il concorso: Willy van Hemert (Paesi Bassi, 1957 e 1959), Yves Dessca (Monaco, 1971 e Lussemburgo, 1972), Rolf Løvland (Norvegia, 1985 e 1995) e Brendan Graham (Irlanda, 1994 e 1996).

Vincere l’Eurovision Song Contest offre un’opportunità unica al vincitore per capitalizzare il suo successo e la pubblicità che circonda il l’evento o favorire la sua carriera internazionale. Tuttavia, in tutta la storia del concorso, sono relativamente pochi gli artisti che sono riusciti a diventare realmente grandi star internazionali. I più importanti artisti vincitori dell’ESC, che hanno davvero avuto una carriera internazionale, dopo la vittoria, sono gli ABBA, che hanno vinto il concorso nel 1974 per la Svezia con la loro canzone Waterloo. Gli ABBA hanno continuato ad essere una delle band di maggior successo fino alla metà degli anni ’80. Un altro nome importante, che ha successivamente raggiunto fama e successo internazionale, è quello di Céline Dion, che vinse il concorso 1988 per la Svizzera con la canzone Ne partez pas sans moi.

Nella lista dei vincitori dell’Eurovision Song Contest si trovano i nomi dei 69 cantanti che hanno almeno una volta vinto una delle edizioni della manifestazione musicale europea più longeva al mondo.

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Trophy. Since 2008, the winner has been awarded an official winner’s trophy of the Eurovision Song Contest. The trophy is a handmade piece of sandblasted glass in the shape of a 1950s microphone. The songwriters and composers of the winning entry receive smaller versions of the trophy. The original design was created by Kjell Engman of Kosta Boda, who specialises in glass art.

Winning artists. There have been a number of Eurovision artists and groups whose careers were directly launched into the spotlight following their win. Notable examples were ABBA, who won the contest for Sweden in 1974 with their song “Waterloo”, and went on to become one of the most successful pop bands in history; the French Canadian singer Céline Dion, who won the contest for Switzerland in 1988 with the song “Ne partez pas sans moi”, which subsequently helped launch her international career; and the winners of the 1981 contest, Bucks Fizz for the United Kingdom with the song “Making Your Mind Up”, which also launched a successful international career.

Other artists who have achieved varying degrees of success after winning the contest include France Gall (“Poupée de cire, poupée de son”, Luxembourg 1965), Dana (“All Kinds of Everything”, Ireland 1970), Vicky Leandros (“Après toi”, Luxembourg 1972), Brotherhood of Man (“Save Your Kisses for Me”, United Kingdom 1976), and Johnny Logan (who won twice for Ireland, with “What’s Another Year” in 1980 and “Hold Me Now” in 1987). As of the 2020 contest, he remains the only artist to have won more than once as a performer.

Several other winners were well-known artists who won the contest mid-career after they had already established themselves, including Katrina and the Waves, winners in 1997 with “Love Shine a Light”, Lulu, winner in 1969 with “Boom Bang-a-Bang”, and Sandie Shaw, winner in 1967 with “Puppet on a String”. Women have dominated the contest since its inception, with 38 solo female wins, notably including the first two winners, all four winners in the infamous 1969 contest, and the two entries that initially tied for the win in 1991 before Sweden, represented by Carola, won the tie-breaker and claimed sole victory. A further 11 victories feature women as members of duos or groups, though these are mostly mixed-gender, including ABBA’s win in 1974 and Brotherhood of Man in 1976, meaning women have been present on 49 of the 67 total winning entries as of 2019. The 2017 winner was a solo male performance by Salvador Sobral. However, his sister and the song’s composer Luísa Sobral joined him for the winner’s reprise.

The most recent winner of the contest is Duncan Laurence who won the 2019 contest for The Netherlands.

Interval acts and guest appearances. Since 1960, the tradition of interval acts between the songs in the competition programme and the announcement of the voting has been established. Among these acts, there are usually the previous winner, performances devoted to the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as representatives of the traditional music scene of the host country. One of the interval performances was the first public appearance of Riverdance, a theatrical show consisting mainly of traditional Irish music and dance, in 1994. Riverdance was later performed as an interval act at both the Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest (2005) and Eurovision Song Contest’s Greatest Hits (2015) events.

Interval and opening entertainment has included such acts as pop superstars Madonna (2019), Justin Timberlake (2016), Aqua (2001) and t.A.T.u. (2009), but also violinist Vanessa-Mae (1998) and world music artists Goran Bregović (2008), Alim Qasimov (2012) and Mariza (2018). The world-renowned Cirque du Soleil (2009), Alexandrov Ensemble (2009), Vienna Boys’ Choir (1967 and 2015), Fire of Anatolia (2004), Metropole Orkest (2008) and Prague Theatre of Illuminated Drawings (1984) also performed on the Eurovision stage. A flashmob-styled performance with Madcon performing “Glow”, alongside live and taped footage of public outdoor dance events from across Europe, was the interval act for 2010. Other interval acts include recorded footage of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (1972), circus clown Charlie Rivel (1973), quick-change artist Arturo Brachetti (1991) and mentalist Lior Suchard (2019).

The 1999 event in Jerusalem finished with the three presenters (Yigal Ravid, Sigal Shachmon, and Dafna Dekel) inviting everyone on stage to sing a rendition of the English version of “Hallelujah”, the Israeli winner from the 1979 Contest, as a tribute to the victims of the Balkan War (particularly FR Yugoslavia, which was banned from participation as penalty for the Balkan Wars). However, due to NATO’s bombing of the Serbian television headquarters, the Eurovision was not broadcast in Serbia that year.

In recognition of Australia’s love affair with the annual event, the interval act for the second semi-final in 2014 was a presentation by Australia featuring Jessica Mauboy who performed “Sea of Flags”. Her appearance marked the first time Australia had been represented at Eurovision and was first solo artist from a non-participating country to perform as a guest. Since 2014 the winners of the most recent Junior Eurovision Song Contest also make a guest appearance during one of the three shows, typically at the Grand Final (however this was moved to the first semi-final for the 2019 contest) and are interviewed at a press conference held for the junior contest.

In the first semi-final of 2016 in Stockholm, part of the interval acts was a dance performance devoted to the European migrant crisis. “The Grey People” was choreographed by Fredrik Rydman.

Special guests of Eurovision Song Contest have been also well-known athletes, such as boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko (2005), tennis player Novak Djokovic (2008 first semi-final) and retired basketball player Vlade Divac (2008 Grand Final), who opened the televoting. In 2003, Elton John spoke to the presenters live from the Life Ball in Vienna and one astronaut and one cosmonaut—Ed Lu and Yuri Malenchenko—gave their greetings from the International Space Station (ISS). Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata opened the televoting for the Grand Final in 2009 during the Expedition 19 flight to the ISS. Tennis player Ana Ivanovic (2008), footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović (2013) and an actress and model Gal Gadot (2019) have appeared in the promotional videos about the host city.

Since 2013, the tradition of opening the Grand Final with the “Parade of Nations” or the “Flag Parade” has been established, similar to the Olympic Games opening ceremony. In 2016, the parade was themed as a tribute to Swedish fashion design and dance music with artists being welcomed on stage in a catwalk fashion show with flags being projected onto 26 dresses designed by Bea Szenfeld. In 2015 the parade was made for all the 3 evenings (both semi-finals and final).

(it) Vincitori. L’Eurovision è stato vinto in totale da 27 nazioni diverse, di cui una non più esistente (la Jugoslavia).

Ogni edizione ha avuto un vincitore, per un totale di 69 (contando anche il pareggio a quattro nel 1969). Di questi, due hanno vinto più di una volta: l’irlandese Johnny Logan — i cui successi sono datati 1980 e 1992 — e la svedese Loreen, trionfante nelle edizioni del 2012 e del 2023. In seguito alla vittoria, sono rari i vincitori che rappresentano per ulteriori edizioni il proprio paese, ad esempio Lena, Dana International e Charlotte Perrelli. Spesso, soprattutto nelle ultime edizioni, i vincitori, affiancati dai presentatori, conducono lo show.

Normalmente i vincitori di un’edizione si esibiscono nella successiva cantando, spesso all’apertura dell’evento o come Interval Act, sia la canzone vincitrice sia un nuovo singolo, ad esempio nella finale del 2014, Emmelie de Forest, si è esibita cantando una versione breve di Only Teardrops seguita da Rainmaker, suo nuovo singolo. In alcuni casi si esibiscono affiancati da altri vincitori, come ad esempio nel 2012, dove Marija Šerifović, Dima Bilan, Alexander Rybak, Lena, Ell & Nikki si sono esibiti cantando un breve estratto dei loro brani vincitori.

L’Eurovision è stato anche un trampolino di lancio per le carriere internazionali di molti artisti, come nel caso degli ABBA, di Céline Dion e, più recentemente, dei Måneskin.

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Vincitori per annoSixty-seven 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 64 contests, with one winner each year except the tied 1969 contest, which had four. Twenty-seven countries have won the contest. Switzerland won the first contest in 1956. The country with the highest number of wins is Ireland, with seven. 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 during their singing years. However, throughout the history of the contest, relatively few of these artists 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 the members of ABBA, who won the 1974 contest for Sweden with their song “Waterloo”. ABBA went on to be one of the most successful bands of its time. Another notable winner who subsequently achieved international fame and success was Céline Dion, who won the 1988 contest for Switzerland with the song “Ne partez pas sans moi”.

Since 2008, the winner has been awarded an official winner’s trophy of the Eurovision Song Contest. The trophy is a handmade piece of sandblasted glass in the shape of a 1950s microphone. The song writers and composers of the winning entry receive smaller versions of the trophy. The original design was created by Kjell Engman of Kosta Boda, who specialises in glass art.

Year Date Host city Winner Song Performer Language Points Margin Runner-up
1956 24 May Switzerland Lugano   Switzerland “Refrain” Lys Assia French Not announced
1957 3 March GermanyFrankfurt  Netherlands “Net als toen” Corry Brokken Dutch 31 14  France
1958 12 March NetherlandsHilversum  France “Dors, mon amour” André Claveau French 27 3   Switzerland
1959 11 March France Cannes  Netherlands “‘n Beetje” Teddy Scholten Dutch 21 5  United Kingdom
1960 29 March United Kingdom London  France “Tom Pillibi” Jacqueline Boyer French 32 7  United Kingdom
1961 18 March France Cannes  Luxembourg “Nous les amoureux” Jean-Claude Pascal French 31 7  United Kingdom
1962 18 March LuxembourgLuxembourg  France “Un premier amour” Isabelle Aubret French 26 13  Monaco
1963 23 March United Kingdom London  Denmark “Dansevise” Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann Danish 42 2   Switzerland
1964 21 March DenmarkCopenhagen  Italy “Non ho l’età” Gigliola Cinquetti Italian 49 32  United Kingdom
1965 20 March Italy Naples  Luxembourg “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” France Gall French 32 6  United Kingdom
1966 5 March LuxembourgLuxembourg  Austria “Merci, Chérie” Udo Jürgens German 31 15  Sweden
1967 8 April Austria Vienna  United Kingdom “Puppet on a String” Sandie Shaw English 47 25  Ireland
1968 6 April United Kingdom London  Spain “La, la, la” Massiel Spanish 29 1  United Kingdom
1969 29 March Spain Madrid  Spain “Vivo cantando” Salomé Spanish 18 No runner-up
 United Kingdom “Boom Bang-a-Bang” Lulu English
 Netherlands “De troubadour” Lenny Kuhr Dutch
 France “Un jour, un enfant” Frida Boccara French
1970 21 March NetherlandsAmsterdam  Ireland “All Kinds of Everything” Dana English 32 6  United Kingdom
1971 3 April Republic of Ireland Dublin  Monaco “Un banc, un arbre, une rue” Séverine French 128 12  Spain
1972 25 March United KingdomEdinburgh  Luxembourg “Après toi” Vicky Leandros French 128 14  United Kingdom
1973 7 April  Luxembourg  Luxembourg “Tu te reconnaîtras” Anne-Marie David French 129 4  Spain
1974 6 April United KingdomBrighton  Sweden “Waterloo” ABBA English 24 6  Italy
1975 22 March SwedenStockholm  Netherlands “Ding-a-dong” Teach-In English 152 14  United Kingdom
1976 3 April Netherlands The Hague  United Kingdom “Save Your Kisses for Me” Brotherhood of Man English 164 17  France
1977 7 May United Kingdom London  France “L’oiseau et l’enfant” Marie Myriam French 136 15  United Kingdom
1978 22 April France Paris  Israel “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” (א-ב-ני-בי) Izhar Cohenand the Alphabeta Hebrew 157 32  Belgium
1979 31 March IsraelJerusalem  Israel “Hallelujah” (הללויה) Gali Atari and Milk and Honey Hebrew 125 9  Spain
1980 19 April Netherlands The Hague  Ireland “What’s Another Year” Johnny Logan English 143 15  Germany
1981 4 April Republic of Ireland Dublin  United Kingdom “Making Your Mind Up” Bucks Fizz English 136 4  Germany
1982 24 April United KingdomHarrogate  Germany “Ein bißchen Frieden” Nicole German 161 61  Israel
1983 23 April Germany Munich  Luxembourg “Si la vie est cadeau” Corinne Hermès French 142 6  Israel
1984 5 May LuxembourgLuxembourg  Sweden “Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley” Herreys Swedish 145 8  Ireland
1985 4 May SwedenGothenburg  Norway “La det swinge” Bobbysocks! Norwegian 123 18  Germany
1986 3 May Norway Bergen  Belgium “J’aime la vie” Sandra Kim French 176 36   Switzerland
1987 9 May BelgiumBrussels  Ireland “Hold Me Now” Johnny Logan English 172 31  Germany
1988 30 April Republic of Ireland Dublin   Switzerland “Ne partez pas sans moi” Céline Dion French 137 1  United Kingdom
1989 6 May SwitzerlandLausanne  Yugoslavia “Rock Me” Riva Croatian 137 7  United Kingdom
1990 5 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb  Italy “Insieme: 1992” Toto Cutugno Italian 149 17  Ireland
 France
1991 4 May Italy Rome  Sweden “Fångad av en stormvind” Carola Swedish 146 0  France
1992 9 May Sweden Malmö  Ireland “Why Me?” Linda Martin English 155 16  United Kingdom
1993 15 May Republic of IrelandMillstreet  Ireland “In Your Eyes” Niamh Kavanagh English 187 23  United Kingdom
1994 30 April Republic of Ireland Dublin  Ireland “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids” Paul Harringtonand Charlie McGettigan English 226 60  Poland
1995 13 May Republic of Ireland Dublin  Norway “Nocturne” Secret Garden[a] Norwegian 148 29  Spain
1996 18 May Norway Oslo  Ireland “The Voice” Eimear Quinn English 162 48  Norway
1997 3 May Republic of Ireland Dublin  United Kingdom “Love Shine a Light” Katrina and the Waves English 227 70  Ireland
1998 9 May United KingdomBirmingham  Israel “Diva” (דיווה) Dana International Hebrew 172 6  United Kingdom
1999 29 May IsraelJerusalem  Sweden “Take Me to Your Heaven” Charlotte Nilsson English 163 17  Iceland
2000 13 May SwedenStockholm  Denmark “Fly on the Wings of Love” Olsen Brothers English 195 40  Russia
2001 12 May DenmarkCopenhagen  Estonia “Everybody” Tanel Padar, Dave Bentonand 2XL English 198 21  Denmark
2002 25 May Estonia Tallinn  Latvia “I Wanna” Marie N English 176 12  Malta
2003 24 May Latvia Riga  Turkey “Everyway That I Can” Sertab Erener English 167 2  Belgium
2004[N 1] 15 May Turkey Istanbul  Ukraine “Wild Dances” Ruslana English[N 2] 280 17  Serbia and Montenegro
2005 21 May Ukraine Kiev  Greece “My Number One” Helena Paparizou English 230 38  Malta
2006 20 May Greece Athens  Finland “Hard Rock Hallelujah” Lordi English 292 44  Russia
2007 12 May Finland Helsinki  Serbia “Molitva” (Молитва) Marija Šerifović Serbian 268 33  Ukraine
2008[N 3] 24 May SerbiaBelgrade  Russia “Believe” Dima Bilan English 272 42  Ukraine
2009 16 May RussiaMoscow  Norway “Fairytale” Alexander Rybak English 387 169  Iceland
2010 29 May Norway Oslo  Germany “Satellite” Lena English 246 76  Turkey
2011 14 May GermanyDüsseldorf  Azerbaijan “Running Scared” Ell & Nikki English 221 32  Italy
2012 26 May Azerbaijan Baku  Sweden “Euphoria” Loreen English 372 113  Russia
2013 18 May Sweden Malmö  Denmark “Only Teardrops” Emmelie de Forest English 281 47  Azerbaijan
2014 10 May DenmarkCopenhagen  Austria “Rise Like a Phoenix” Conchita Wurst English 290 52  Netherlands
2015 23 May Austria Vienna  Sweden “Heroes” Måns Zelmerlöw English 365 62  Russia
2016 14 May SwedenStockholm  Ukraine “1944” Jamala English[N 4] 534 23  Australia
2017 13 May Ukraine Kiev  Portugal “Amar pelos dois” Salvador Sobral Portuguese 758 143  Bulgaria
2018 12 May Portugal Lisbon  Israel “Toy” Netta English[N 5] 529 93  Cyprus
2019 18 May Israel Tel Aviv  Netherlands “Arcade” Duncan Laurence English 498 26  Italy

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.

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. Three countries have won twice in a row, Spain (1968 and 1969), Luxembourg (1972 and 1973) and Israel (1978 and 1979). Serbia is the only country to win with its debut entry (in 2007), though Serbia had competed previously as part of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. The country achieving the highest position on its first appearance in any form in the Contest is Poland, which came second in 1994 (even Switzerland in 1956 won with its second entry of the night). Under the voting system used between 1975 and 2015, the winner of the contest was decided by the final voting nation on eleven occasions.[N 6]

Changes to the voting system, including a steady growth in the number of countries participating and voting, means that the points earned are not comparable across the decades. Portugal’s Salvador Sobral holds the record of the highest number of points in the contest’s history, earning 758 with the song “Amar pelos dois”. Norway’s Alexander Rybak holds the largest margin of victory in absolute points, a 169-point cushion over second place in 2009. Italy’s Gigliola Cinquetti holds the record for largest victory by percentage, scoring almost three times as many as second place (49 points compared with 17 by the runner-up) in the 1964 contest. Under the voting system used from 1975 until 2015, the lowest winning score was Norway’s Bobbysocks! 123 points earned (of the 216 available from the 18 other countries) when winning Eurovision 1985, while the lowest winning total ever is the 18 points (of the 160 total votes cast by 16 countries) scored by each of the four winning countries in 1969.

Under the voting system used from 1975 until 2015, in which each country gives maximum points to its first place choice, Sweden’s Loreen won Eurovision 2012 with the most ever first place votes earned, receiving first place votes from 18 of 41 countries (excluding themselves). The 1976 United Kingdom entrant, Brotherhood of Man with the song “Save Your Kisses For Me” holds the record of the highest average score per participating country, with an average of 9.65 points received per country. 2011 winner Azerbaijan Ell & Nikki, hold the lowest average score for a winning song under that system, receiving 5.14 points per country.

In 2016, Jamala’s “1944” became the first winning entry since the jury vote was added alongside the televote starting in 2009 to place first in neither area, coming second in the jury vote behind Australia and second in the televote behind Russia. Duncan Laurence’s “Arcade,” became the second such winner in the 2019 contest, having placed third behind North Macedonia and Sweden in the jury vote, and second behind Norway in the televote.

The United Kingdom has finished second fifteen times at Eurovision (most recently in 1998), more than any other country. The most successful country never to have won the Contest is Malta, having finished second in 2002 and 2005 and third in 1992 and 1998. Another island nation Iceland has also finished second twice, in 1999 and 2009.

There is no official runner-up for two of the contests – 1956 and 1969. In 1956 only the winner, Switzerland, was announced, whilst there were speculative reports that Germany ended up in second place with “Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück” by Walter Andreas Schwarz, given that Germany was chosen to host the 1957 contest. In 1969 four songs shared first place by achieving the same number of points; fifth place was achieved by Switzerland, which is not considered an official runner-up, because of the draw for first place.

Autori, compositori e direttori d’orchestra che hanno accompagnato i vincitori.

Canzone Autore/i Compositore/i Direttore d’orchestra
Refrain Émile Gardaz Géo Voumard Fernando Paggi
Net als toen Willy Van Hemert Guus Jansen Dolf van der Linden
Dors, mon amour Pierre Delanoë Hubert Giraud Franck Pourcel
Een beetje Willy Van Hemert Dick Schallies Dolf van der Linden
Tom Pillibi Pierre Cour André Popp Franck Pourcel
Nous les amoureux Maurice Vidalin Jacques Datin Léo Chauliac
Un premier amour Roland Valande Claude-Henri Vic Franck Pourcel
Dansevise Sejr Volmer Sørensen Otto Francker Kai Mortensen
Non ho l’età Mario Panzeri Nicola Salerno Gianfranco Monaldi
Poupée de cire, poupée de son Serge Gainsbourg Alain Goraguer
Merci, Chérie Udo Jürgens,Thomas Hörbiger Udo Jürgens Hans Hammerschmid
Puppet on a String Bill Martin, Phil Coulter Kenny Woodman
La, la, la Ramón Arcusa, Manuel de la Calva Rafaele Ibarbia
Vivo cantando Aniano Alcalde Maria José de Cerato Augusto Algueró
Un jour, un enfant Eddy Marnay Emil Stern Franck Pourcel
De troubadour Lenny Kuhr David Hartsema Frans de Kock
Boom Bang-a-Bang Peter Warne Alan Moorhouse Johnny Harris
All Kinds of Everything Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith Dolf van der Linden
Un banc, un arbre, une rue Yves Dessca Jean-Pierre Bourtayre Jean-Claude Petit
Après toi Yves Dessca, Klaus Munro Mario Panas, Klaus Munro Klaus Munro
Tu te reconnaîtras Vline Buggy Claude Morgan Pierre Cao
Waterloo Stig Anderson Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus Sven-Olof Walldoff
Ding-A-Dong Will Luikinga, Eddy Ouwens Dick Bakker Harry van Hoof
Save Your Kisses for Me Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden, Martin Lee Alyn Ainsworth
L’Oiseau et l’Enfant Joe Gracy Jean-Paul Cara Raymond Donnez
A-Ba-Ni-Bi Ehud Manor Nurit Hirsh
Hallelujah Shimrit Orr Kobi Oshrat
What’s Another Year Shay Healy Noel Kelehan
Making Your Mind Up Andy Hill John Danter John Coleman
Ein bißchen Frieden Bernd Meinunger Ralph Siegel Norbert Daum
Si la vie est cadeau Alain Garcia Jean-Pierre Millers Michel Bernholc
Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley Britt Lindeborg Torgny Söderberg Curt-Eric Holmquist
La det swinge Rolf Løvland Terje Fjærn
J’aime la vie Rosario Marino Atria Jean-Paul Furnémont, Angelo Crisci Jo Carlier
Hold Me Now Johnny Logan Noel Kelehan
Ne partez pas sans moi Nella Martinetti Atilla Şereftuğ
Rock Me Stevo Cvikić Rajko Dujmić Nikica Kalogjera
Insieme: 1992 Toto Cutugno Gianni Madonini
Fångad av en stormvind Stephan Berg Anders Berglund
Why Me? Johnny Logan Noel Kelehan
In Your Eyes Jimmy Walsh Noel Kelehan
Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids Brendan Graham brano realizzato al pianoforte
Nocturne Petter Skavlan Rolf Løvland Geir Langslet
The Voice Brendan Graham Noel Kelehan
Love Shine a Light Kimberley Rew Don Airey
Diva Yoav Ginay Tzvika Pik I cantanti si esibiscono su basi registrate
Take Me to Your Heaven Gert Lengstrand, Marcos Ubeda Lars Diedricson
Fly on the Wings of Love Jørgen Olsen
Everybody Maian-Anna Kärmas Ivar Must
I Wanna Marie N, Marats Samauskis Marie N
Everyway That I Can Demir Demirkan Demir Demirkan, Sertab Erener
Wild Dances Oleksandr Ksenofontov, Ruslana Ruslana
My Number One Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou Christos Dantis
Hard Rock Hallelujah Mr. Lordi
Molitva Saša Milošević Mare Vladimir Graić
Believe Jim Beanz, Dima Bilan
Fairytale Alexander Rybak
Satellite Julie Frost, John Gordon Julie Frost
Running Scared Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman, Iain Farquharson
Euphoria Thomas G:son, Peter Boström
Only Teardrops Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard
Rise like a Phoenix Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas
Heroes Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
1944 Jamala
Amar pelos dois Luísa Sobral
Toy Doron Medalie Stav Beger
Arcade Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy, Will Knox
Zitti e buoni Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi, Ethan Torchio
Stefania Ivan Klymenko, Oleh Psjuk Ihor Didenčuk, Vitalij Dužyk, Tymofij Muzyčuk
Tattoo Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Jimmy Jansson, Loreen Talhaoui, Cazzi Opeia, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son

Note. * indica che la canzone è stata cantata in più lingue.

Percentuale e punti guadagnati per la vittoria.

Anno Cantante Punti Percentuale
1956 Lys Assia Mai pubblicati
1957 Corry Brokken 31/90 34,44%
1958 André Claveau 27/90 30,00%
1959 Teddy Scholten 21/100 21,00%
1960 Jacqueline Boyer 32/120 26,67%
1961 Jean-Claude Pascal 31/150 20,67%
1962 Isabelle Aubret 26/45 57,78%
1963 Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann 42/75 56,00%
1964 Gigliola Cinquetti 49/135 36,30%
1965 France Gall 32/153 20,92%
1966 Udo Jürgens 31/153 20,27%
1967 Sandie Shaw 47/160 29,38%
1968 Massiel 29/160 18,13%
1969 Frida Boccara 18/150 12,00%
Lenny Kuhr
Lulu
Salomé
1970 Dana 32/110 29,09%
1971 Séverine 128/170 75,29%
1972 Vicky Léandros 128/170 75,29%
1973 Anne-Marie David 129/160 80,63%
1974 ABBA 24/160 15,00%
1975 Teach-In 152/216 70,37%
1976 Brotherhood of Man 164/204 80,39%
1977 Marie Myriam 136/2014 66,67%
1978 Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta 157/228 68,86%
1979 Gali Atari & Milk & Honey 125/216 57,87%
1980 Johnny Logan 143/216 66,20%
1981 Bucks Fizz 136/228 59,65%
1982 Nicole 161/204 78,92%
1983 Corinne Hermès 142/228 62,28%
1984 Herreys 145/216 67,13%
1985 Bobbysocks 123/216 56,94%
1986 Sandra Kim 176/228 77,19%
1987 Johnny Logan 172/252 68,25%
1988 Céline Dion 137/240 57,08%
1989 Riva 137/252 54,37%
1990 Toto Cutugno 149/252 59,13%
1991 Carola 146/252 57,94%
1992 Linda Martin 155/264 58,71%
1993 Niamh Kavanagh 187/288 64,93%
1994 Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan 226/288 78,47%
1995 Secret Garden 148/264 61,36%
1996 Eimear Quinn 162/264 61,36%
1997 Katrina and the Waves 227/288 78,82%
1998 Dana International 172/288 59,72%
1999 Charlotte Nilsson 163/264 61,74%
2000 Olsen Brothers 195/276 70,65%
2001 Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, & 2XL 198/264 75,00%
2002 Marie N. 176/276 63,77%
2003 Sertab Erener 167/300 55,67%
2004 Ruslana 280/420 66,67%
2005 Helena Paparizou 230/456 50,44%
2006 Lordi 292/492 67,59%
2007 Marija Šerifović 268/492 54,47%
2008 Dima Bilan 272/504 53,97%
2009 Alexander Rybak 387/492 78,66%
2010 Lena 246/456 53,95%
2011 Ell & Nikki 221/504 43,85%
2012 Loreen 372/492 75,61%
2013 Emmelie de Forest 281/456 61,62%
2014 Conchita Wurst 290/432 67,13%
2015 Måns Zelmerlöw 365/468 77,99%
2016 Jamala 534/984 54,27%
2017 Salvador Sobral 758/984 77,03%
2018 Netta 529/1008 52,48%
2019 Duncan Laurence 498/960 51,88%
2020
2021 Måneskin 524/912 57,46%
2022 Kalush Orchestra 631/936 67,41%
2023 Loreen 583/876 66,55%

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Vincitori per paese / Winners by country: Ad oggi, l’Eurovision Song Contest ha visto la vittoria di 27 Paesi diversi, di cui uno non più esistente (la Jugoslavia).

L’Irlanda e la Svezia, con 7 vittorie complessive ciascuno, sono i Paesi che hanno vinto il più edizioni. Seguono i Paesi Bassi, il Regno Unito, il Lussemburgo e la Francia con 5 vittorie a testa.

wins country YEARS
7 Bandiera della Svezia Svezia 1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2023
Bandiera dell'Irlanda Irlanda 1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
5 Bandiera dei Paesi Bassi Paesi Bassi 1957, 1959, 1969, 1975, 2019
Bandiera del Regno Unito Regno Unito 1967, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1997
Bandiera del Lussemburgo Lussemburgo 1961, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1983
Bandiera della Francia Francia 1958, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1977
4 Bandiera d'Israele Israele 1978, 1979, 1998, 2018
3 Bandiera dell'Ucraina Ucraina 2004, 2016, 2022
Bandiera dell'Italia Italia 1964, 1990, 2021
Bandiera della Danimarca Danimarca 1963, 2000, 2013
Bandiera della Norvegia Norvegia 1985, 1995, 2009
2 Bandiera dell'Austria Austria 1966, 2014
Bandiera della Germania Germania 1982,[4] 2010
Bandiera della Svizzera Svizzera 1956, 1988
Bandiera della Spagna Spagna 1968, 1969
1 Bandiera del Portogallo Portogallo 2017
Bandiera dell'Azerbaigian Azerbaigian 2011
Bandiera della Russia Russia 2008
Bandiera della Serbia Serbia 2007
Bandiera della Finlandia Finlandia 2006
Bandiera della Grecia Grecia 2005
Bandiera della Turchia Turchia 2003
Bandiera della Lettonia Lettonia 2002
Bandiera dell'Estonia Estonia 2001
Bandiera della Jugoslavia Jugoslavia 1989
Bandiera del Belgio Belgio 1986
Bandiera di Monaco Principato di Monaco 1971
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Map showing each country’s number of Eurovision wins up to and including 2019.[N 7][N 8] / La mappa mostra il numero di vittorie per paese.

Per lingua / By language: Between 1966 and 1973, and again between 1977 and 1998, countries were only permitted to perform in their own language; see the main Eurovision Song Contest article.

Nel corso delle 66 edizioni del concorso, le canzoni vincitrici sono state eseguite in 15 lingue diverse. L’inglese ha il primato in questo senso, con 35 canzoni vincitrici eseguite. Segue il francese con 14 brani vincitori e l’ebraico con 4.

Tra il 1966 e il 1973 e tra il 1977 e il 1998, i paesi in gara potevano cantare canzoni esclusivamente nella loro lingua madre:

Wins Language Years Countries
35 (+3)° English 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,[N 17]2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,[N 18] 2018, [N 5] 2019, 2023 United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Turkey, Ukraine,[N 17][N 18]Greece, Finland, Russia, Norway, Germany, Azerbaijan, Austria, Israel
14 (+1)° French 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1988 Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Belgium
4 Hebrew 1978, 1979, 1998, 2018[N 5] Israel
3 Dutch 1957, 1959, 1969 Netherlands
2 Italian 1964, 1990 Italy
German 1966, 1982 Austria, Germany
Spanish 1968, 1969 Spain
Swedish 1984, 1991 Sweden
Norwegian 1985, 1995 Norway
1 Danish 1963 Denmark
Croatian[N 19] 1989 Yugoslavia
Ukrainian 2004[N 17] Ukraine[N 17]
Serbian[N 19] 2007 Serbia
Crimean Tatar 2016[N 18] Ukraine[N 18]
Portuguese 2017 Portugal

Per l’ordine di esibizione:

# Entries Wins Country
01 60 3 The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Sweden
02 60 0  
03 60 4 France, Spain, Monaco, and Ireland
04 60 1 Turkey
05 60 2 The Netherlands and Norway
06 60 1 The Netherlands
07 60 1 United Kingdom
08 60 5 Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, Sweden, and Israel
09 60 4 Switzerland, France, Austria, and Switzerland
10 60 3 Israel, Ukraine, and Sweden
11 58 3 United Kingdom, Luxembourg, and Austria
12 57 2 Italy and Ireland
13 56 3 France, Norway, and Belgium
14 55 5 Luxembourg, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark
15 54 3 Luxembourg, Spain, and Sweden
16 54 0  
17 47 7 Luxembourg, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, Finland, Serbia, and Sweden
18 45 4 France, Israel, West Germany, and Denmark
19 38 3 Italy, Greece, and Azerbaijan
20 33 4 Luxembourg, Ireland, Estonia, and Norway
21 29 0  
22 27 2 Yugoslavia and Germany
23 24 1 Latvia
24 19 2 United Kingdom and Russia
25 13 0  
26 5 0  
27 1 0  
last 60 6 France, Ireland, France, West Germany, Luxembourg, and Yugoslavia

Medagliere – Albo d’Oro

Medaglie riferite alla serata finale
# Nazione Oro Primo posto Argento Secondo posto Bronzo Terzo posto Oro Argento BronzoTotale
1 Irlanda Irlanda 7 4 1 12
2 Svezia Svezia 6 1 7 14
3 Regno Unito Regno Unito 5 15 3 23
4 Francia Francia 5 4 7 16
5 Paesi Bassi Paesi Bassi 5 1 1 7
6 Lussemburgo Lussemburgo 5 0 2 7
7 Israele Israele 4 2 1 7
8 Danimarca Danimarca 3 1 3 7
9 Norvegia Norvegia 3 1 1 5
10 Germania Germania 2 4 5 11
Germania Ovest Germania Ovest
11 Spagna Spagna 2 4 1 7
Spagna Spagna franchista
Spagna Stato spagnolo
12 Italia Italia 2 3 5 10
13 Svizzera Svizzera 2 3 3 8
14 Ucraina Ucraina 2 2 1 5
15 Austria Austria 2 0 1 3
16 Russia Russia 1 4 4 9
17 Belgio Belgio 1 2 0 3
18 Monaco Principato di Monaco 1 1 3 5
19 Azerbaigian Azerbaigian 1 1 1 3
Turchia Turchia 1 1 1 3
21 Grecia Grecia 1 0 3 4
Grecia Regno di Grecia
22 Serbia Serbia 1 0 1 2
Estonia Estonia 1 0 1 2
24 Portogallo Portogallo 1 0 0 1
Finlandia Finlandia 1 0 0 1
Lettonia Lettonia 1 0 0 1
Jugoslavia Jugoslavia 1 0 0 1
28 Malta Malta 0 2 2 4
29 Islanda Islanda 0 2 0 2
30 Cipro Cipro 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
Australia Australia 0 1 0 1
Serbia e Montenegro Serbia e Montenegro 0 1 0 1
Polonia Polonia 0 1 0 1
35 Romania Romania 0 0 2 2
36 Moldavia Moldavia 0 0 1 1
Bosnia ed Erzegovina Bosnia ed Erzegovina 0 0 1 1
Bosnia ed Erzegovina Repubblica di Bosnia ed Erzegovina
38 Albania Albania 0 0 0 0
Andorra Andorra 0 0 0 0
Armenia Armenia 0 0 0 0
Bielorussia Bielorussia 0 0 0 0
Croazia Croazia 0 0 0 0
Georgia Georgia 0 0 0 0
Jugoslavia Jugoslavia 0 0 0 0
Lituania Lituania 0 0 0 0
Macedonia del Nord Macedonia del Nord 0 0 0 0
Macedonia del Nord Repubblica di Macedonia
Marocco Marocco 0 0 0 0
Montenegro Montenegro 0 0 0 0
Rep. Ceca Repubblica Ceca 0 0 0 0
San Marino San Marino 0 0 0 0
Slovacchia Slovacchia 0 0 0 0
Slovenia Slovenia 0 0 0 0
Ungheria Ungheria 0 0 0 0

Note – il 1969 fu l’anno dei pluripremiati Francia Francia, Paesi Bassi Paesi Bassi, Regno Unito Regno Unito e Spagna Spagna

Ranking

Rank Country Winner Runner
up
Third
place
Next best placement
(frequency)
1  Ireland 7 4 1 4th (three times)
2  Sweden 6 1 6 4th (twice)
3  United Kingdom 5 15 3 4th (five times)
4  France 5 4 7 4th (seven times)
5  Netherlands 5 1 1 4th (twice)
6  Luxembourg 5 0 2 4th (five times)
7  Israel 4 2 1 4th (twice)
8  Denmark 3 1 3 4th (twice)
9  Norway 3 1 1 4th (three times)
10  Germany 2 4 5 4th (four times)
11  Spain 2 4 1 4th (twice)
12  Italy 2 3 5 4th (twice)
13   Switzerland 2 3 3 4th (six times)
14  Ukraine 2 2 1 4th (once)
15  Austria 2 0 1 4th (once)
16  Russia 1 4 4 5th (once)
17  Belgium 1 2 0 4th (four times)
18  Monaco 1 1 3 4th (four times)
19  Turkey 1 1 1 4th (three times)
20  Azerbaijan 1 1 1 4th (once)
21  Greece 1 0 3 5th (twice)
22  Estonia 1 0 1 4th (once)
23  Latvia 1 0 1 5th (once)
24  Serbia 1 0 1 6th (once)
25  Yugoslavia 1 0 0 4th (three times)
26  Finland 1 0 0 6th (once)[N 10]
27  Portugal 1 0 0 6th (once)[N 10]
28  Malta 0 2 2 5th (once)
29  Iceland 0 2 0 4th (once)
30  Bulgaria 0 1 0 4th (once)
31  Cyprus 0 1 0 5th (three times)
32  Australia 0 1 0 5th (once)
33  Poland 0 1 0 7th (once)[N 11]
34  Serbia and Montenegro 0 1 0 7th (once)[N 11]
35  Romania 0 0 2 4th (once)
36  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 1 6th (once)[N 12]
37  Moldova 0 0 1 6th (once)[N 12]
38  Croatia 0 0 0 4th (twice)[N 13]
39  Armenia 0 0 0 4th (twice)[N 13]
40  Hungary 0 0 0 4th (once)
41  Albania 0 0 0 5th (once)
42  Lithuania 0 0 0 6th (once)[N 14]
43  Czech Republic 0 0 0 6th (once)[N 14]
44  Belarus 0 0 0 6th (once)[N 14]
45  Slovenia 0 0 0 7th (twice)
46  North Macedonia[N 15] 0 0 0 7th (once)
47  Georgia 0 0 0 9th (twice)
48  Montenegro 0 0 0 13th (once)
49  Slovakia 0 0 0 18th (once)[N 16]
50  Morocco 0 0 0 18th (once)[N 16]
51  San Marino 0 0 0 19th (once)
52  Andorra 0 0 0 12th (semifinal, once)

Best placement by non-winning countries

Best place Country Most recent
Artist Song Year
2nd (twice)  Iceland Yohanna ”Is It True?” 2009
2nd (twice)  Malta Chiara ”Angel” 2005
2nd  Cyprus Eleni Foureira ”Fuego” 2018
2nd  Bulgaria Kristian Kostov ”Beautiful Mess” 2017
2nd  Australia Dami Im “Sound of Silence” 2016
2nd  Serbia and Montenegro Željko Joksimović ”Lane moje” (Лане моје) 2004
2nd  Poland Edyta Górniak ”To nie ja!” 1994
3rd (twice)  Romania Paula Seling & Ovi ”Playing with Fire” 2010
3rd  Moldova SunStroke Project ”Hey, Mamma!” 2017
3rd  Bosnia and Herzegovina Hari Mata Hari ”Lejla” 2006
4th (twice)  Armenia Aram Mp3 ”Not Alone” 2014
4th (twice)  Croatia Doris Dragović ”Marija Magdalena” 1999
4th  Hungary Friderika Bayer ”Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?” 1994
5th  Albania Rona Nishliu ”Suus” 2012
6th  Czech Republic Mikolas Josef ”Lie to Me” 2018
6th  Belarus Koldun ”Work Your Magic” 2007
6th  Lithuania LT United ”We Are the Winners” 2006
7th (twice)  Slovenia Nuša Derenda ”Energy” 2001
7th  North Macedonia[N 15] Tamara Todevska “Proud” 2019
9th (twice)  Georgia Eldrine ”One More Day” 2011
13th  Montenegro Knez ”Adio” 2015
18th  Slovakia Marcel Palonder ”Kým nás máš” 1996
18th  Morocco Samira Said ”Bitaqat hub” 1980
19th  San Marino Serhat “Say Na Na Na” 2019
SF 12th  Andorra Anonymous ”Salvem el món (Let’s Save the World)” 2007

List of Eurovision Song Contest winning songwriters – 67 songs written by 124 songwriters 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 have been determined using numerous voting techniquesthroughout its history; centre to these have been the awarding of points to countries by juries or televoters. The country with the song that was awarded the most points is declared the winner. The songwriters of the winning song have often been the first people to be called up on stage to receive their trophy before the performers perform the winning reprise.

There have been 64 contests, with one winning country each year except the tied 1969 contest, which had four.

Year Host City Date Winner Songwriter(s) Song Performer
1956 Switzerland Lugano 24 May   Switzerland

Géo Voumard

Émile Gardaz

“Refrain” Lys Assia
1957 GermanyFrankfurt 3 March  Netherlands

Guus Jansen

Willy van Hemert

“Net als toen” Corry Brokken
1958 NetherlandsHilversum 12 March  France

Hubert Giraud

Pierre Delanoë

“Dors, mon amour” André Claveau
1959 FranceCannes 11 March  Netherlands

Dick Schallies

Willy van Hemert

“Een beetje” Teddy Scholten
1960 United Kingdom London 29 March  France

André Popp

Pierre Cour

“Tom Pillibi” Jacqueline Boyer
1961 FranceCannes 18 March  Luxembourg

Jacques Datin

Maurice Vidalin

“Nous les amoureux” Jean-Claude Pascal
1962 LuxembourgLuxembourg 18 March  France

Claude-Henri Vic

Roland Valade

“Un premier amour” Isabelle Aubret
1963 United Kingdom London 23 March  Denmark

Otto Francker

Sejr Volmer-Sørensen

“Dansevise” Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann
1964 DenmarkCopenhagen 21 March  Italy

Nicola Salerno

Mario Panzeri

“Non ho l’età” Gigliola Cinquetti
1965 Italy Naples 20 March  Luxembourg Serge Gainsbourg “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” France Gall
1966 LuxembourgLuxembourg 5 March  Austria

Udo Jürgens

Thomas Hörbiger

“Merci, Chérie” Udo Jürgens
1967 Austria Vienna 8 April  United Kingdom

Bill Martin

Phil Coulter

“Puppet on a String” Sandie Shaw
1968 United Kingdom London 6 April  Spain

Manuel de la Calva

Ramón Arcusa (Dúo Dinámico)

“La, la, la” Massiel
1969 Spain Madrid 29 March  Spain

María José de Cerato

Aniano Alcalde

“Vivo cantando” Salomé
 United Kingdom

Alan Moorhouse

Peter Warne

“Boom Bang-a-Bang” Lulu
 Netherlands

David Hartsema

Lenny Kuhr

“De troubadour” Lenny Kuhr
 France

Émile Stern

Eddy Marnay

“Un jour, un enfant” Frida Boccara
1970 NetherlandsAmsterdam 21 March  Ireland

Derry Lindsay

Jackie Smith

“All Kinds of Everything” Dana
1971 Republic of Ireland Dublin 3 April  Monaco

Jean-Pierre Bourtayre

Yves Dessca

“Un banc, un arbre, une rue” Séverine
1972 United KingdomEdinburgh 25 March  Luxembourg

Leo Leandros

Klaus Munro

Yves Dessca

“Après toi” Vicky Leandros
1973 LuxembourgLuxembourg 7 April  Luxembourg

Claude Morgan

Vline Buggy

“Tu te reconnaîtras” Anne-Marie David
1974 United KingdomBrighton 6 April  Sweden

Benny Andersson

Björn Ulvaeus

Stig Anderson

“Waterloo” ABBA
1975 SwedenStockholm 22 March  Netherlands

Dick Bakker

Will Luikinga

Eddy Ouwens

“Ding-a-dong” Teach-In
1976 Netherlands The Hague 3 April  United Kingdom

Tony Hiller

Lee Sheriden

Martin Lee

“Save Your Kisses for Me” Brotherhood of Man
1977 United Kingdom London 7 May  France

Jean-Paul Cara

Joe Gracy

“L’oiseau et l’enfant” Marie Myriam
1978 France Paris 22 April  Israel

Nurit Hirsh

Ehud Manor

“A-Ba-Ni-Bi” Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta
1979 IsraelJerusalem 31 March  Israel

Kobi Oshrat

Shimrit Orr

“Hallelujah” Gali Atari and Milk and Honey
1980 Netherlands The Hague 19 April  Ireland

Shay Healy

“What’s Another Year” Johnny Logan
1981 Republic of Ireland Dublin 4 April  United Kingdom

Andy Hill

John Danter

“Making Your Mind Up” Bucks Fizz
1982 United KingdomHarrogate 24 April  Germany

Ralph Siegel

Bernd Meinunger

“Ein bißchen Frieden” Nicole
1983 Germany Munich 23 April  Luxembourg

Jean-Pierre Millers

Alain Garcia

“Si la vie est cadeau” Corinne Hermès
1984 LuxembourgLuxembourg 5 May  Sweden

Torgny Söderberg

Britt Lindeborg

“Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley” Herreys
1985 SwedenGothenburg 4 May  Norway

Rolf Løvland

“La det swinge” Bobbysocks!
1986 Norway Bergen 3 May  Belgium

Jean-Paul Furnémont

Angelo Crisci

Rosario Marino Atria

“J’aime la vie” Sandra Kim
1987 BelgiumBrussels 9 May  Ireland

Johnny Logan

“Hold Me Now” Johnny Logan
1988 Republic of Ireland Dublin 30 April   Switzerland

Nella Martinetti

Atilla Şereftuğ

“Ne partez pas sans moi” Céline Dion
1989 SwitzerlandLausanne 6 May  Yugoslavia

Rajko Dujmić

Stevo Cvikić

“Rock Me” Riva
1990 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb 5 May  Italy

Toto Cutugno

“Insieme: 1992” Toto Cutugno
1991 Italy Rome 4 May  Sweden

Stephan Berg

“Fångad av en stormvind” Carola
1992 Sweden Malmö 9 May  Ireland

Johnny Logan

“Why Me” Linda Martin
1993 Republic of IrelandMillstreet 15 May  Ireland

Jimmy Walsh

“In Your Eyes” Niamh Kavanagh
1994 Republic of Ireland Dublin 30 April  Ireland

Brendan Graham

“Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids” Paul Harringtonand Charlie McGettigan
1995 13 May  Norway

Rolf Løvland

Petter Skavlan

“Nocturne” Secret Garden
1996 Norway Oslo 18 May  Ireland

Brendan Graham

“The Voice” Eimear Quinn
1997 Republic of Ireland Dublin 3 May  United Kingdom

Kimberley Rew

“Love Shine a Light” Katrina and the Waves
1998 United KingdomBirmingham 9 May  Israel

Svika Pick

Yoav Ginai

“Diva” Dana International
1999 IsraelJerusalem 29 May  Sweden

Lars Diedricson

Marcos Ubeda

“Take Me to Your Heaven” Charlotte Nilsson
2000 SwedenStockholm 13 May  Denmark

Jørgen Olsen

“Fly on the Wings of Love” Olsen Brothers
2001 DenmarkCopenhagen 12 May  Estonia

Ivar Must

Maian-Anna Kärmas

“Everybody” Tanel Padar, Dave Bentonand 2XL
2002 Estonia Tallinn 25 May  Latvia

Marija Naumova

Marats Samauskis

“I Wanna” Marie N
2003 Latvia Riga 24 May  Turkey

Demir Demirkan

Sertab Erener

“Everyway That I Can” Sertab Erener
2004 TurkeyIstanbul 15 May  Ukraine

Ruslana Lyzhychko

Alexandr Ksenofontov

“Wild Dances” Ruslana
2005 Ukraine Kiev 21 May  Greece

Christos Dantis

Natalia Germanou

“My Number One” Helena Paparizou
2006 Greece Athens 20 May  Finland

Mr Lordi

“Hard Rock Hallelujah” Lordi
2007 FinlandHelsinki 12 May  Serbia

Vladimir Graić

Saša Milošević Mare

“Molitva” Marija Šerifović
2008 SerbiaBelgrade 24 May  Russia

Dima Bilan

Jim Beanz

“Believe” Dima Bilan
2009 RussiaMoscow 16 May  Norway

Alexander Rybak

“Fairytale” Alexander Rybak
2010 Norway Oslo 29 May  Germany

Julie Frost

John Gordon [da]

“Satellite” Lena
2011 GermanyDüsseldorf 14 May  Azerbaijan

Stefan Örn

Sandra Bjurman

Iain James Farquharson

“Running Scared” Ell & Nikki
2012 Azerbaijan Baku 26 May  Sweden

Thomas G:son

Peter Boström

“Euphoria” Loreen
2013 Sweden Malmö 18 May  Denmark

Lise Cabble

Julia Fabrin Jakobsen

Thomas Stengaard

“Only Teardrops” Emmelie de Forest
2014 DenmarkCopenhagen 10 May  Austria

Charlie Mason

Joey Patulka

Ali Zuckowski

Julian Maas

“Rise Like a Phoenix” Conchita Wurst
2015 Austria Vienna 23 May  Sweden

Anton Hård af Segerstad

Joy Deb

Linnea Deb

“Heroes” Måns Zelmerlöw
2016 SwedenStockholm 14 May  Ukraine

Jamala

“1944” Jamala
2017 Ukraine Kiev 13 May  Portugal

Luísa Sobral

“Amar pelos dois”

Salvador Sobral

2018 Portugal Lisbon 12 May  Israel

Doron Medalie

Stav Beger

“Toy” Netta
2019 Israel Tel Aviv 18 May  Netherlands

Duncan de Moor

Joel Sjöö

Wouter Hardy

Arcade Duncan Laurence

Songwriters with multiple wins – The following songwriters have all had more than one winning song. The remaining songwriters from the table above have only had one win.

Wins Songwriter(s) Year(s)
2 Brendan Graham 1994, 1996
Johnny Logan 1987, 1992
Rolf Løvland 1985, 1995
Willy van Hemert 1957, 1959
Yves Dessca 1971, 1972

Footnotes

  • [N 1] Between 2004 and 2007, the contest included a single televised semi-final::— In 2004 the semi-final was held on the Wednesday before the final. Between 2005 and 2007 the semi-final was held on the Thursday of “Eurovision Week”
  • [N 2] This song was partially sung in Ukrainian.
  • [N 3] Since 2008 the contest has included two semi-finals, held on the Tuesday and Thursday before the final.
  • [N 4] This song was partially sung in Crimean Tatar.
  • [N 5] This song was partially sung in Hebrew.
  • [N 6] 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2002 and 2003.
  • [N 7] The map depicts the borders of a reunified Germany for both German victories, even though one of the victories occurred prior to reunification, and the winning country was West Germany.
  • [N 9] The Federal Republic of Germany has two wins, one before and one after German reunification. The 1982 victory was for West Germany.
  • [N 10] Tie breaker between Finland and Portugal: Finland’s next best placement is four times in 7th place, whereas Portugal’s next best placement is twice in 7th place.
  • [N 11] Tie breaker between Poland and Serbia and Montenegro: Poland’s next best placement is once in 8th place, whereas Serbia and Montenegro has no additional appearances.
  • [N 12] Tie breaker between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s next best placement is once in 7th place, whereas Moldova’s next best placement is twice in 10th place.
  • [N 13]Tie breaker between Croatia and Armenia: Croatia’s next best placement is once in 5th place, whereas Armenia’s next best placement is once in 7th place.
  • [N 14] Tie breaker between Lithuania, Belarus, and Czech Republic: Lithuania’s next best placement is once in 9th place, the Czech Republic’s next best placement is once in 11th place, whereas Belarus’ next best placement is twice in 16th place.
  • [N 15] The country used to participate under the name F.Y.R. Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) until it changed its name in February 2019; name ” Macedonia” defined multiple times with different content.
  • [N 16] Tie breaker between Solvakia and Morocco: Solvakia placed in 18th place out of 23 contestants, whereas Morocco placed in 18th place out of 19 contestants
  • [N 17]This song was partially sung in Ukrainian.
  • [N 18] This song was partially sung in Crimean Tatar.
  • [N 19] Croatian (the language of the 1989 winning song) and Serbian (the language of the 2007 winning song) are fully mutually intelligible and often considered varieties of a single language, Serbo-Croatian. However, they are listed separately in Eurovision statistics.
  • [a] “Nocturne” features unaccredited vocals from Norwegian singer Gunnhild Tvinnereim.

Eurovision Song Contest winners discography – The discography of the Eurovision Song Contest winners includes all the winning singles of the annual competition held since 1956. As of May 2018, 66 songs have won the competition, including four entries which were declared joint winners in 1969.

1956–1969

Year Single Artist Label Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AU BEL
(FL)
FRA GER IRE NLD NOR SWE SWI UK
1956 “Refrain” Lys Assia Decca N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Non-album singles
1957 “Net als toen” Corry Brokken Ronnex N/A 13 N/A N/A 8 N/A N/A N/A
1958 “Dors, mon amour” André Claveau Pathé N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1959 “Een beetje” Teddy Scholten Philips N/A 12 N/A 3 N/A N/A
1960 “Tom Pillibi” Jacqueline Boyer Columbia N/A 4 2 21 N/A 14 N/A N/A 33 Jacquline Boyer
1961 “Nous les amoureux” Jean-Claude Pascal HMV N/A 6 N/A N/A N/A Non-album single
1962 “Un premier amour” Isabelle Aubret Philips N/A 14 N/A N/A N/A Un premier amour
1963 “Dansevise” Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann Philips N/A 49 7 N/A N/A Non-album single
1964 “Non ho l’età” Gigliola Cinquetti Festival N/A 1 1 3 2 3 N/A N/A 17 Gigliola Cinquetti
1965 “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” France Gall Philips 10 4 2 6 1 N/A N/A Poupée de cire, poupée de son
1966 “Merci, Chérie” Udo Jürgens Vogue 2 2 11 4 19 N/A N/A Françoise & Udo
1967 “Puppet on a String” Sandie Shaw Pye 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 1 Puppet on a String
1968 “La, la, la” Massiel Noxia 8 12 18 5 N/A 8 35 Non-album singles
1969 “Boom Bang-a-Bang” Lulu Columbia 10 4 41 8 1 19 1 N/A 3 2
“Un jour, un enfant” Frida Boccara Philips 35 N/A Un jour, un enfant
“De troubadour” Lenny Kuhr Philips 18 N/A De troubadour
“Vivo cantando” Salomé Belter N/A Vivo cantando
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1970–1989

Year Single Artist Label Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT BEL
(FL)
FRA GER IRE NLD NOR SWE SWI UK
1970 “All Kinds of Everything” Dana Decca 7 1 4 1 2 N/A 3 1 All Kinds of Everything
1971 “Un banc, un arbre, une rue” Séverine Philips 3 23 3 13 2 N/A 5 9 Séverine
1972 “Après toi” Vicky Leandros Philips 1 11 2 1 2 N/A 1 2 Après Toi
1973 “Tu te reconnaîtras” Anne Marie David Epic 6 40 3 2 2 N/A 6 13 Non-album single
1974 “Waterloo” ABBA Polar 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 N/A 1 1 Waterloo
1975 “Ding-A-Dong” Teach-In CNR 2 9 8 3 1 1 13 Festival
1976 “Save Your Kisses for Me” Brotherhood of Man Pye 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 1 FRA: Gold

UK: Platinum

Love and Kisses
1977 “L’oiseau et l’enfant” Marie Myriam Polydor 15 6 19 23 5 2 42 FRA: Gold Marie Myriam
1978 “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” Izhar Cohen& Alphabeta Polydor 21 6 22 17 9 4 20 Make a Little Love
1979 “Hallelujah” Gali Atari & Milk & Honey Polydor 15 4 11 1 6 1 1 2 5 Non-album single
1980 “What’s Another Year” Johnny Logan Epic 5 1 2 1 6 1 1 2 1 UK: Silver What’s Another Year
1981 “Making Your Mind Up” Bucks Fizz RCA 1 1 5 1 1 2 2 3 1 UK: Gold Bucks Fizz
1982 “Ein bißchen Frieden” Nicole Jupiter 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 GER: Gold

NLD: Gold

UK: Silver

Ein bißchen Frieden 
/ A Little Peace
1983 “Si la vie est cadeau” Corinne Hermès Polydor 3 67 19 31 13 14 89 Non-album single
1984 “Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley” Herreys Mariann 11 3 18 13 4 5 2 10 46 Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley
1985 “La det swinge” Bobbysocks! Bahama 14 1 47 8 9 1 4 30 44 Bobbysocks!
1986 “J’aime la vie” Sandra Kim Carrere 6 1 21 50 2 15 29 J’aime la vie
1987 “Hold Me Now” Johnny Logan Epic 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 6 2 UK: Silver Hold Me Now
1988 “Ne partez pas sans moi” Celine Dion Carrere 12 36 42 11 Incognito
1989 “Rock Me” Riva Koch Int. 16 56 Riva
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990–2009

Year Single Artist Label Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT BEL
(FL)
FRA GER IRE NLD NOR SWE SWI UK
1990 “Insieme: 1992” Toto Cutugno EMI 3 8 13 15 2 FRA: Silver Insieme: 1992
1991 “Fångad av en stormvind” Carola Virgin 22 15 65 6 3 SWE: Gold Much More
1992 “Why Me?” Linda Martin Columbia 21 1 29 59 Non-album singles
1993 “In Your Eyes” Niamh Kavanagh Arista 83 1 42 24
1994 “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids” Paul Harrington& Charlie McGettigan CNR 42 2 30 83
1995 “Nocturne” Secret Garden Philips 6 7 20 26 90 Songs from a Secret Garden
1996 “The Voice” Eimear Quinn CNR 9 3 21 31 40 Non-album single
1997 “Love Shine a Light” Katrina and the Waves Warner Music 2 6 62 5 6 2 5 26 3 NOR: Gold Walk on Water
1998 “Diva” Dana International IMP 37 2 59 47 10 11 12 3 15 11 BEL: Gold Diva – The Hits
1999 “Take Me to Your Heaven” Charlotte Nilsson Stockhous 5 23 10 2 20 Charlotte
2000 “Fly on the Wings of Love” Olsen Brothers EMI 11 16 7 45 5 1 17 SWE: Platinum Wings of Love
2001 “Everybody” Tanel Padar& Dave Benton Universal 53 99 64 12 Non-album single
2002 “I Wanna” Marie N Baltic 65 On a Journey
2003 “Everyway That I Can” Sertab Columbia, Sony 10 6 12 35 4 1 17 72 GRE: Platinum

SWE: Gold

No Boundaries
2004 “Wild Dances” Ruslana EMI 43 1 40 44 30 8 24 47 BEL: Gold Wild Dances
2005 “My Number One” Elena Paparizou Sony BMG 44 10 37 24 1 15 GRE: Platinum

SWE: Gold

My Number One
2006 “Hard Rock Hallelujah” Lordi Drakkar 2 2 5 4 27 9 8 5 25 GER: Gold The Arockalypse
2007 “Molitva” Marija Šerifović Connective 54 9 19 112 Molitva – The Best Of
2008 “Believe” Dima Bilan Universal Music 66 52 28 Protiv pravil
2009 “Fairytale” Alexander Rybak EMI 10 1 4 2 2 1 1 3 10 NOR: Gold

SWE: Platinum

Fairytales
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2010–present

Year Single Artist Label Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT BEL
(FL)
FRA GER IRE NLD NOR  SWE SWI UK
2010 “Satellite” Lena Universal Music 2 4 1 2 5 1 1 1 30 GER: 2× Platinum

SWE: Gold

SWI: Platinum

My Cassette Player
2011 “Running Scared” Eldar & Nigar EMI 22 37 33 41 59 11 61 Play With Me (Nigar Jamal’s album)
2012 “Euphoria” Loreen Warner Music Sweden 1 1 26 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 AUT: Gold

BEL: Gold

GER: 3× Gold

NOR: 8× Platinum

SWE: 9× Platinum

SWI: Platinum

UK: Silver

Heal
2013 “Only Teardrops” Emmelie de Forest Sony Music Denmark 7 11 79 5 5 4 9 3 3 15 DEN: 2× Platinum Only Teardrops
2014 “Rise Like a Phoenix” Conchita Wurst ORF Enterprise 1 8 39 5 10 3 27 2 17 AUT: Platinum Conchita
2015 “Heroes” Måns Zelmerlöw Warner Music Sweden 1 2 33 3 10 12 4 1 1 11 AUT: Gold

SWE: 4× Platinum

NOR: Gold

SPA: Gold

Perfectly Damaged
2016 “1944” Jamala Enjoy Records 54 28 49 116 46 73 1944
2017 “Amar pelos dois” Salvador Sobral Sons em Trânsito 22 30 4 43 35 33 6 97 POR: Gold Non-album singles
2018 “Toy” Netta Tedy Productions 15 29 16 19
[49]
63 60 19 5 34 49
[50]
2019 “Arcade” Duncan Laurence Spark Records 22 2 8 26 37 1 10 6 6 67 NLD: Platinum
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

List of Eurovision Song Contest winning songwriters. 67 songs written by 124 songwriters 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 have 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 with the song that was awarded the most points is declared the winner. The songwriters of the winning song have often been the first people to be called up on stage to receive their trophy before the performers perform the winning reprise.

There have been 64 contests, with one winning country each year except the tied 1969 contest, which had four.

List of winning songwriters.

Year Host City Date Winner Songwriter(s) Song Performer
1956 Switzerland Lugano 24 May   Switzerland
  • Géo Voumard
  • Émile Gardaz
“Refrain” Lys Assia
1957 Germany Frankfurt 3 March  Netherlands
  • Guus Jansen
  • Willy van Hemert
“Net als toen” Corry Brokken
1958 Netherlands Hilversum 12 March  France
  • Hubert Giraud
  • Pierre Delanoë
“Dors, mon amour” André Claveau
1959 France Cannes 11 March  Netherlands
  • Dick Schallies
  • Willy van Hemert
“Een beetje” Teddy Scholten
1960 United Kingdom London 29 March  France
  • André Popp
  • Pierre Cour
“Tom Pillibi” Jacqueline Boyer
1961 France Cannes 18 March  Luxembourg
  • Jacques Datin
  • Maurice Vidalin
“Nous les amoureux” Jean-Claude Pascal
1962 Luxembourg Luxembourg 18 March  France
  • Claude-Henri Vic
  • Roland Valade
“Un premier amour” Isabelle Aubret
1963 United Kingdom London 23 March  Denmark
  • Otto Francker
  • Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
“Dansevise” Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann
1964 Denmark Copenhagen 21 March  Italy
  • Nicola Salerno
  • Mario Panzeri
“Non ho l’età” Gigliola Cinquetti
1965 Italy Naples 20 March  Luxembourg Serge Gainsbourg “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” France Gall
1966 Luxembourg Luxembourg 5 March  Austria
  • Udo Jürgens
  • Thomas Hörbiger
“Merci, Chérie” Udo Jürgens
1967 Austria Vienna 8 April  United Kingdom
  • Bill Martin
  • Phil Coulter
“Puppet on a String” Sandie Shaw
1968 United Kingdom London 6 April  Spain
  • Manuel de la Calva
  • Ramón Arcusa (Dúo Dinámico)
“La, la, la” Massiel
1969 Spain Madrid 29 March  Spain
  • María José de Cerato
  • Aniano Alcalde
“Vivo cantando” Salomé
 United Kingdom
  • Alan Moorhouse
  • Peter Warne
“Boom Bang-a-Bang” Lulu
 Netherlands
  • David Hartsema
  • Lenny Kuhr
“De troubadour” Lenny Kuhr
 France
  • Émile Stern
  • Eddy Marnay
“Un jour, un enfant” Frida Boccara
1970 Netherlands Amsterdam 21 March  Ireland
  • Derry Lindsay
  • Jackie Smith
“All Kinds of Everything” Dana
1971 Republic of Ireland Dublin 3 April  Monaco
  • Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
  • Yves Dessca
“Un banc, un arbre, une rue” Séverine
1972 United Kingdom Edinburgh 25 March  Luxembourg
  • Leo Leandros
  • Klaus Munro
  • Yves Dessca
“Après toi” Vicky Leandros
1973 Luxembourg Luxembourg 7 April  Luxembourg
  • Claude Morgan
  • Vline Buggy
“Tu te reconnaîtras” Anne-Marie David
1974 United Kingdom Brighton 6 April  Sweden
  • Benny Andersson
  • Björn Ulvaeus
  • Stig Anderson
“Waterloo” ABBA
1975 Sweden Stockholm 22 March  Netherlands
  • Dick Bakker
  • Will Luikinga
  • Eddy Ouwens
“Ding-a-dong” Teach-In
1976 Netherlands The Hague 3 April  United Kingdom
  • Tony Hiller
  • Lee Sheriden
  • Martin Lee
“Save Your Kisses for Me” Brotherhood of Man
1977 United Kingdom London 7 May  France
  • Jean-Paul Cara
  • Joe Gracy
“L’oiseau et l’enfant” Marie Myriam
1978 France Paris 22 April  Israel
  • Nurit Hirsh
  • Ehud Manor
“A-Ba-Ni-Bi” Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta
1979 Israel Jerusalem 31 March  Israel
  • Kobi Oshrat
  • Shimrit Orr
“Hallelujah” Milk and Honey
1980 Netherlands The Hague 19 April  Ireland
  • Shay Healy
“What’s Another Year” Johnny Logan
1981 Republic of Ireland Dublin 4 April  United Kingdom
  • Andy Hill
  • John Danter
“Making Your Mind Up” Bucks Fizz
1982 United Kingdom Harrogate 24 April  Germany
  • Ralph Siegel
  • Bernd Meinunger
“Ein bißchen Frieden” Nicole
1983 Germany Munich 23 April  Luxembourg
  • Jean-Pierre Millers
  • Alain Garcia
“Si la vie est cadeau” Corinne Hermès
1984 Luxembourg Luxembourg 5 May  Sweden
  • Torgny Söderberg
  • Britt Lindeborg
“Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley” Herrey‘s
1985 Sweden Gothenburg 4 May  Norway
  • Rolf Løvland
“La det swinge” Bobbysocks!
1986 Norway Bergen 3 May  Belgium
  • Jean-Paul Furnémont
  • Angelo Crisci
  • Rosario Marino Atria
“J’aime la vie” Sandra Kim
1987 Belgium Brussels 9 May  Ireland
  • Johnny Logan
“Hold Me Now” Johnny Logan
1988 Republic of Ireland Dublin 30 April   Switzerland
  • Nella Martinetti
  • Atilla Şereftuğ
“Ne partez pas sans moi” Céline Dion
1989 Switzerland Lausanne 6 May  Yugoslavia
  • Rajko Dujmić
  • Stevo Cvikić
“Rock Me” Riva
1990 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb 5 May  Italy
  • Toto Cutugno
“Insieme: 1992” Toto Cutugno
1991 Italy Rome 4 May  Sweden
  • Stephan Berg
“Fångad av en stormvind” Carola
1992 Sweden Malmö 9 May  Ireland
  • Johnny Logan
“Why Me” Linda Martin
1993 Republic of Ireland Millstreet 15 May  Ireland
  • Jimmy Walsh
“In Your Eyes” Niamh Kavanagh
1994 Republic of Ireland Dublin 30 April  Ireland
  • Brendan Graham
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids” Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan
1995 13 May  Norway
  • Rolf Løvland
  • Petter Skavlan
“Nocturne” Secret Garden
1996 Norway Oslo 18 May  Ireland
  • Brendan Graham
“The Voice” Eimear Quinn
1997 Republic of Ireland Dublin 3 May  United Kingdom
  • Kimberley Rew
“Love Shine a Light” Katrina and the Waves
1998 United Kingdom Birmingham 9 May  Israel
  • Svika Pick
  • Yoav Ginai
“Diva” Dana International
1999 Israel Jerusalem 29 May  Sweden
  • Lars Diedricson
  • Marcos Ubeda
“Take Me to Your Heaven” Charlotte Nilsson
2000 Sweden Stockholm 13 May  Denmark
  • Jørgen Olsen
“Fly on the Wings of Love” Olsen Brothers
2001 Denmark Copenhagen 12 May  Estonia
  • Ivar Must
  • Maian-Anna Kärmas
“Everybody” Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL
2002 Estonia Tallinn 25 May  Latvia
  • Marija Naumova
  • Marats Samauskis
“I Wanna” Marie N
2003 Latvia Riga 24 May  Turkey
  • Demir Demirkan
  • Sertab Erener
“Everyway That I Can” Sertab Erener
2004 Turkey Istanbul 15 May  Ukraine
  • Ruslana Lyzhychko
  • Alexandr Ksenofontov
“Wild Dances” Ruslana
2005 Ukraine Kiev 21 May  Greece
  • Christos Dantis
  • Natalia Germanou
“My Number One” Helena Paparizou
2006 Greece Athens 20 May  Finland
  • Mr Lordi
“Hard Rock Hallelujah” Lordi
2007 Finland Helsinki 12 May  Serbia
  • Vladimir Graić
  • Saša Milošević Mare
“Molitva” Marija Šerifović
2008 Serbia Belgrade 24 May  Russia
  • Dima Bilan
  • Jim Beanz
“Believe” Dima Bilan
2009 Russia Moscow 16 May  Norway
  • Alexander Rybak
“Fairytale” Alexander Rybak
2010 Norway Oslo 29 May  Germany
  • Julie Frost
  • John Gordon [da]
“Satellite” Lena
2011 Germany Düsseldorf 14 May  Azerbaijan
  • Stefan Örn
  • Sandra Bjurman
  • Iain James Farquharson
“Running Scared” Ell & Nikki
2012 Azerbaijan Baku 26 May  Sweden
  • Thomas G:son
  • Peter Boström
“Euphoria” Loreen
2013 Sweden Malmö 18 May  Denmark
  • Lise Cabble
  • Julia Fabrin Jakobsen
  • Thomas Stengaard
“Only Teardrops” Emmelie de Forest
2014 Denmark Copenhagen 10 May  Austria
  • Charlie Mason
  • Joey Patulka
  • Ali Zuckowski
  • Julian Maas
“Rise Like a Phoenix” Conchita Wurst
2015 Austria Vienna 23 May  Sweden
  • Anton Hård af Segerstad
  • Joy Deb
  • Linnea Deb
“Heroes” Måns Zelmerlöw
2016 Sweden Stockholm 14 May  Ukraine
  • Jamala
“1944” Jamala
2017 Ukraine Kiev 13 May  Portugal
  • Luísa Sobral
“Amar pelos dois”
2018 Portugal Lisbon 12 May  Israel
  • Doron Medalie
  • Stav Beger
“Toy” Netta
2019 Israel Tel Aviv 18 May  Netherlands
  • Duncan de Moor
  • Joel Sjöö
  • Wouter Hardy
“Arcade” Duncan Laurence

Songwriters with multiple wins. The following songwriters have all had more than one winning song. The remaining songwriters from the table above have only had one win.

Wins Songwriter(s) Year(s)
2 Brendan Graham 1994, 1996
Johnny Logan 1987, 1992
Rolf Løvland 1985, 1995
Willy van Hemert 1957, 1959
Yves Dessca 1971, 1972

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