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.

Winners of the Eurovision Song Contest

Year	Country	Song	Artist	Songwriter(s)	–
1956	Switzerland	“Refrain“	Lys Assia	Géo Voumard Émile Gardaz	–
1957	Netherlands	“Net als toen“	Corry Brokken	Guus Jansen Willy van Hemert	–
1958	France	“Dors, mon amour“	André Claveau	Hubert Giraud Pierre Delanoë	–
1959	Netherlands	“Een beetje“	Teddy Scholten	Dick Schallies Willy van Hemert	–
1960	France	“Tom Pillibi”	Jacqueline Boyer	André Popp Pierre Cour	–
1961	Luxembourg	“Nous les amoureux“	Jean-Claude Pascal	Jacques Datin Maurice Vidalin	–
1962	France	“Un premier amour“	Isabelle Aubret	Claude-Henri Vic Roland Valade	–
1963	Denmark	“Dansevise“	Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann	Otto Francker Sejr Volmer-Sørensen	–
1964	Italy	“Non ho l’età“	Gigliola Cinquetti	Nicola Salerno Mario Panzeri	–
1965	Luxembourg	“Poupée de cire, poupée de son“	France Gall	Serge Gainsbourg	–
1966	Austria	“Merci, Chérie“	Udo Jürgens	Udo Jürgens Thomas Hörbiger	–
1967	United Kingdom	“Puppet on a String”	Sandie Shaw	Bill Martin Phil Coulter	–
1968	Spain	“La La La”	Massiel	Manuel de la Calva Ramón Arcusa (Dúo Dinámico)	–
1969	Spain	“Vivo cantando“	Salomé	María José de Cerato Aniano Alcalde	–
	United Kingdom	“Boom Bang-a-Bang”	Lulu	Alan Moorhouse Peter Warne	–
	Netherlands	“De troubadour“	Lenny Kuhr	David Hartsema Lenny Kuhr	–
	France	“Un jour, un enfant“	Frida Boccara	Émile Stern Eddy Marnay	–
1970	Ireland	“All Kinds of Everything”	Dana	Derry Lindsay Jackie Smith	–
1971	Monaco	“Un banc, un arbre, une rue“	Séverine	Jean-Pierre Bourtayre Yves Dessca	–
1972	Luxembourg	“Après toi“	Vicky Leandros	Leo Leandros Klaus Munr Yves Dessca	–
1973	Luxembourg	“Tu te reconnaîtras“	Anne-Marie David	Claude Morgan Vline Buggy	–
1974	Sweden	“Waterloo”	ABBA	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Stig Anderson	–
1975	Netherlands	“Ding-a-dong”	Teach-In	Dick Bakker Will Luiking Eddy Ouwens	–
1976	United Kingdom	“Save Your Kisses for Me”	Brotherhood of Man	Tony Hiller Lee Sheriden Martin Lee	–
1977	France	“L’Oiseau et l’Enfant“	Marie Myriam	Jean-Paul Cara Joe Gracy	–
1978	Israel	“A-Ba-Ni-Bi” (א-ב-ני-בי)	Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta	Nurit Hirsh Ehud Manor	–
1979	Israel	“Hallelujah” (הללויה)	Milk and Honey	Kobi Oshrat Shimrit Orr	–
1980	Ireland	“What’s Another Year”	Johnny Logan	Shay Healy	–
1981	United Kingdom	“Making Your Mind Up”	Bucks Fizz	Andy Hill John Danter	–
1982	Germany	“Ein bißchen Frieden“	Nicole	Ralph Siegel Bernd Meinunger	–
1983	Luxembourg	“Si la vie est cadeau“	Corinne Hermès	Jean-Pierre Millers Alain Garcia	–
1984	Sweden	“Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley”	Herreys	Torgny Söderberg Britt Lindeborg	–
1985	Norway	“La det swinge“	Bobbysocks!	Rolf Løvland	–
1986	Belgium	“J’aime la vie“	Sandra Kim	Jean-Paul Furnémont Angelo Crisci Rosario Marino Atria	–
1987	Ireland	“Hold Me Now”	Johnny Logan	Johnny Logan	–
1988	Switzerland	“Ne partez pas sans moi“	Céline Dion	Nella Martinetti Atilla Şereftuğ	–
1989	Yugoslavia	“Rock Me”	Riva	Rajko Dujmić Stevo Cvikić	–
1990	Italy	“Insieme: 1992“	Toto Cutugno	Toto Cutugno	–
1991	Sweden	“Fångad av en stormvind“	Carola	Stephan Berg	–
1992	Ireland	“Why Me?”	Linda Martin	Johnny Logan	–
1993	Ireland	“In Your Eyes”	Niamh Kavanagh	Jimmy Walsh	–
1994	Ireland	“Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids”	Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan	Brendan Graham	–
1995	Norway	“Nocturne“	Secret Garden	Rolf Løvland Petter Skavlan	–
1996	Ireland	“The Voice”	Eimear Quinn	Brendan Graham	–
1997	United Kingdom	“Love Shine a Light”	Katrina and the Waves	Kimberley Rew	–
1998	Israel	“Diva” (דיווה)	Dana International	Svika Pick Yoav Ginai	–
1999	Sweden	“Take Me to Your Heaven”	Charlotte Nilsson	Lars Diedricson Marcos Ubeda	–
2000	Denmark	“Fly on the Wings of Love”	Olsen Brothers	Jørgen Olsen	–
2001	Estonia	“Everybody”	Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL	Ivar Must Maian-Anna Kärmas	–
2002	Latvia	“I Wanna”	Marie N	Marija Naumova Marats Samauskis	–
2003	Turkey	“Everyway That I Can”	Sertab Erener	Demir Demirkan Sertab Erener	–
2004	Ukraine	“Wild Dances”	Ruslana	Ruslana Lyzhychko Alexandr Ksenofontov	–
2005	Greece	“My Number One”	Helena Paparizou	Manos Psaltakis Christos Dantis Natalia Germanou	–
2006	Finland	“Hard Rock Hallelujah”	Lordi	Mr Lordi	–
2007	Serbia	“Molitva” (Молитва)	Marija Šerifović	Vladimir Graić Saša Milošević Mare	–
2008	Russia	“Believe”	Dima Bilan	Jim Beanz Dima Bilan	–
2009	Norway	“Fairytale”	Alexander Rybak	Alexander Rybak	–
2010	Germany	“Satellite”	Lena	Julie Frost John Gordon	–
2011	Azerbaijan	“Running Scared”	Ell and Nikki	Stefan Örn Sandra Bjurman Iain James Farquharson	–
2012	Sweden	“Euphoria”	Loreen	Thomas G:son Peter Boström	–
2013	Denmark	“Only Teardrops”	Emmelie de Forest	Lise Cabble Julia Fabrin Jakobsen Thomas Stengaard	–
2014	Austria	“Rise Like a Phoenix”	Conchita Wurst	Charlie Mason Joey Patulka Ali Zuckowski Julian Maas	–
2015	Sweden	“Heroes”	Måns Zelmerlöw	Anton Hård af Segerstad Joy Deb Linnea Deb	–
2016	Ukraine	“1944”	Jamala	Jamala	–
2017	Portugal	“Amar pelos dois“	Salvador Sobral	Luísa Sobral	–
2018	Israel	“Toy”	Netta	Doron Medalie Stav Beger	–
2019	Netherlands	“Arcade”	Duncan Laurence	Duncan Laurence Joel Sjöö Wouter Hardy Will Knox	–
2020	Contest cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				–
2021	Italy	“Zitti e buoni“	Måneskin	Damiano David Ethan Torchio Thomas Raggi Victoria De Angelis	–
2022	Ukraine	“Stefania” (Стефанія)	Kalush Orchestra	Ihor Didenchuk Ivan Klymenko Oleh Psiuk Tymofii Muzychuk Vitalii Duzhyk	–
2023	Sweden	“Tattoo”	Loreen	Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt Jimmy Jansson Lorine Talhaoui Moa Carlebecker Peter Boström Thomas G:son	–