Left: Ralph Siegel, the winning songwriter in 1982 for Germany and composer of twenty-three other entries between 1974 and 2017. Centre: Rolf Løvland, the winning songwriter in 1985 and 1995 for Norway, with Fionnuala Sherry, winning performer in 1995. Right: Luísa Sobral, winning songwriter in 2017 for Portugal.
Left: Lys Assia, the first Eurovision winner (1956), and Dima Bilan, winner in 2008. Centre: Johnny Logan, the winning artist in 1980, winning artist and composer in 1987 and the winning composer in 1992. Right: Loreen, winner of the 2012 and 2023 editions, celebrating her first victory in Baku.
70 songs written by 143 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union. The contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956 (with the exception of 2020), 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 67 contests, with one winner each year except the tied 1969 contest, which had four. 27 countries have won the contest, with Switzerland winning the first contest in 1956. The countries with the highest number of wins are Ireland and Sweden with seven wins each. Two people have won more than once as a performer: Ireland’s Johnny Logan, who performed “What’s Another Year” in 1980 and “Hold Me Now” in 1987, and Sweden’s Loreen, who performed “Euphoria” in 2012 and “Tattoo” in 2023. Logan is also one of seven songwriters to have written more than one winning entry (“Hold Me Now” in 1987 and “Why Me?” in 1992, performed by Linda Martin), and is the only person to have three Eurovision victories to their credit, as either singer, songwriter or both. The other six 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), Brendan Graham (Ireland, 1994 and 1996), and Thomas G:son and Peter Boström (both for Sweden’s entries in 2012 and 2023).
Relatively few winners of the Eurovision Song Contest have gone on to achieve major success in the music industry. The most notable winners who have gone on to become international stars are ABBA, who won the 1974 contest for Sweden with their song “Waterloo”, and Céline Dion, who won the 1988 contest for Switzerland with the song “Ne partez pas sans moi“. More recently, Duncan Laurence, who won the 2019 contest for the Netherlands with “Arcade”, experienced worldwide streaming success with the song as a sleeper hit throughout 2020 and 2021, while Måneskin, winners of the 2021 contest for Italy with “Zitti e buoni“, subsequently achieved worldwide popularity in the months following their victory.
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.
Nella lista dei vincitori dell’Eurovision Song Contest si trovano i nomi dei 67 cantanti che hanno almeno una volta vinto una delle edizioni della manifestazione musicale europea più longeva al mondo:
Winners by year.
Year | Country | Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | – |
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1956 | ![]() |
“Refrain“ | Lys Assia |
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1957 | ![]() |
“Net als toen“ | Corry Brokken |
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1958 | ![]() |
“Dors, mon amour“ | André Claveau |
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1959 | ![]() |
“Een beetje“ | Teddy Scholten |
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1960 | ![]() |
“Tom Pillibi” | Jacqueline Boyer |
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1961 | ![]() |
“Nous les amoureux“ | Jean-Claude Pascal |
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1962 | ![]() |
“Un premier amour“ | Isabelle Aubret |
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1963 | ![]() |
“Dansevise“ | Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann |
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1964 | ![]() |
“Non ho l’età“ | Gigliola Cinquetti |
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1965 | ![]() |
“Poupée de cire, poupée de son“ | France Gall | Serge Gainsbourg | – |
1966 | ![]() |
“Merci, Chérie“ | Udo Jürgens |
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1967 | ![]() |
“Puppet on a String” | Sandie Shaw |
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1968 | ![]() |
“La La La” | Massiel |
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1969 | ![]() |
“Vivo cantando“ | Salomé |
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“Boom Bang-a-Bang” | Lulu |
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“De troubadour“ | Lenny Kuhr |
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“Un jour, un enfant“ | Frida Boccara |
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1970 | ![]() |
“All Kinds of Everything” | Dana |
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1971 | ![]() |
“Un banc, un arbre, une rue“ | Séverine |
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1972 | ![]() |
“Après toi“ | Vicky Leandros |
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1973 | ![]() |
“Tu te reconnaîtras“ | Anne-Marie David |
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1974 | ![]() |
“Waterloo” | ABBA |
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1975 | ![]() |
“Ding-a-dong” | Teach-In |
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1976 | ![]() |
“Save Your Kisses for Me” | Brotherhood of Man |
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1977 | ![]() |
“L’Oiseau et l’Enfant“ | Marie Myriam |
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1978 | ![]() |
“A-Ba-Ni-Bi” (א-ב-ני-בי) | Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta |
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1979 | ![]() |
“Hallelujah” (הללויה) | Milk and Honey |
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1980 | ![]() |
“What’s Another Year” | Johnny Logan | Shay Healy | – |
1981 | ![]() |
“Making Your Mind Up” | Bucks Fizz |
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1982 | ![]() |
“Ein bißchen Frieden“ | Nicole |
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1983 | ![]() |
“Si la vie est cadeau“ | Corinne Hermès |
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1984 | ![]() |
“Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley” | Herreys |
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1985 | ![]() |
“La det swinge“ | Bobbysocks! | Rolf Løvland | – |
1986 | ![]() |
“J’aime la vie“ | Sandra Kim |
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1987 | ![]() |
“Hold Me Now” | Johnny Logan | Johnny Logan | – |
1988 | ![]() |
“Ne partez pas sans moi“ | Céline Dion |
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1989 | ![]() |
“Rock Me” | Riva |
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1990 | ![]() |
“Insieme: 1992“ | Toto Cutugno | Toto Cutugno | – |
1991 | ![]() |
“Fångad av en stormvind“ | Carola | Stephan Berg | – |
1992 | ![]() |
“Why Me?” | Linda Martin | Johnny Logan | – |
1993 | ![]() |
“In Your Eyes” | Niamh Kavanagh | Jimmy Walsh | – |
1994 | ![]() |
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids” | Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan | Brendan Graham | – |
1995 | ![]() |
“Nocturne“ | Secret Garden |
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1996 | ![]() |
“The Voice” | Eimear Quinn | Brendan Graham | – |
1997 | ![]() |
“Love Shine a Light” | Katrina and the Waves | Kimberley Rew | – |
1998 | ![]() |
“Diva” (דיווה) | Dana International |
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1999 | ![]() |
“Take Me to Your Heaven” | Charlotte Nilsson |
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2000 | ![]() |
“Fly on the Wings of Love” | Olsen Brothers | Jørgen Olsen | – |
2001 | ![]() |
“Everybody” | Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL |
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2002 | ![]() |
“I Wanna” | Marie N |
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2003 | ![]() |
“Everyway That I Can” | Sertab Erener |
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2004 | ![]() |
“Wild Dances” | Ruslana |
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2005 | ![]() |
“My Number One” | Helena Paparizou |
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2006 | ![]() |
“Hard Rock Hallelujah” | Lordi | Mr Lordi | – |
2007 | ![]() |
“Molitva” (Молитва) | Marija Šerifović |
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2008 | ![]() |
“Believe” | Dima Bilan |
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2009 | ![]() |
“Fairytale” | Alexander Rybak | Alexander Rybak | – |
2010 | ![]() |
“Satellite” | Lena |
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2011 | ![]() |
“Running Scared” | Ell and Nikki |
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2012 | ![]() |
“Euphoria” | Loreen |
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2013 | ![]() |
“Only Teardrops” | Emmelie de Forest |
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2014 | ![]() |
“Rise Like a Phoenix” | Conchita Wurst |
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2015 | ![]() |
“Heroes” | Måns Zelmerlöw |
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2016 | ![]() |
“1944” | Jamala | Jamala | – |
2017 | ![]() |
“Amar pelos dois“ | Salvador Sobral | Luísa Sobral | – |
2018 | ![]() |
“Toy” | Netta |
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2019 | ![]() |
“Arcade” | Duncan Laurence |
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2020 | Contest cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | – | |||
2021 | ![]() |
“Zitti e buoni“ | Måneskin |
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2022 | ![]() |
“Stefania” (Стефанія) | Kalush Orchestra |
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2023 | ![]() |
“Tattoo” | Loreen |
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