Ecco qui l’elenco delle città e luoghi che hanno ospitato l’Eurovision Song Contest, una o più volte. Dal 1958, la città ospitante è stata abitualmente il paese vincitore dell’anno precedente. Anche se ci sono state delle eccezioni, nel 1960, 1963, 1972, 1974 e 1980, dal 1981, tutte le gare si sono tenute nel paese che ha vinto l’anno precedente.

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the Eurovision broadcasting organisation since 1956. This page is a list of cities and venues that have hosted the contest, one or more times.

Having hosted the contest six times, Dublin holds the record for having hosted the contest most often. It is followed by London and Luxembourg (each hosted 4 contests), then Copenhagen and Stockholm (each hosted 3 contests).

Le città ospitanti dell’ Eurovision Song Contest:

Contests	Country	City	Venue	Years
8	United Kingdom	London	Royal Festival Hall	1960
			BBC Television Centre	1963
			Royal Albert Hall	1968
			Wembley Conference Centre	1977
		Edinburgh	Usher Hall	1972
		Brighton	Brighton Dome	1974
		Harrogate	Harrogate International Centre	1982
		Birmingham	National Indoor Arena	1998
7	Ireland	Dublin	Gaiety Theatre	1971
			RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion	1981, 1988
			Point Theatre	1994, 1995, 1997
		Millstreet	Green Glens Arena	1993
6	Sweden	Stockholm	Stockholm International Fairs	1975
			Ericsson Globe	2000, 2016
		Gothenburg	Scandinavium	1985
		Malmö	Malmö Isstadion	1992
			Malmö Arena	2013
5	Netherlands	Hilversum	AVRO Studio	1958
		Amsterdam	RAI Congrescentrum	1970
		The Hague	Nederlands Congresgebouw	1976, 1980
		Rotterdam	Rotterdam Ahoy	2020[b], 2021	[2020, Contest cancelled]
4	Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Villa Louvigny	1962, 1966
			Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg	1973, 1984
3	France	Cannes	Palais des Festivals	1959, 1961
		Paris	Palais des Congrès	1978
	Norway	Bergen	Grieghallen	1986
		Oslo	Oslo Spektrum	1996
			Telenor Arena	2010
	Germany[c]	Frankfurt-am-Main	Großer Sendesaal	1957
		Munich	Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle	1983
		Düsseldorf	Esprit Arena	2011
	Denmark	Copenhagen	Tivolis Koncertsal	1964
			Parken Stadium	2001
			B&W Hallerne	2014
	Israel	Jerusalem	International Convention Centre	1979, 1999
		Tel Aviv	Expo Tel Aviv	2019
	Italy	Naples	Sala di Concerto della RAI	1965
		Rome	Studio 15 di Cinecittà	1991
		TBD	TBD	2022
2	Switzerland	Lugano	Teatro Kursaal	1956
		Lausanne	Palais de Beaulieu	1989
	Austria	Vienna	Hofburg Imperial Palace	1967
			Wiener Stadthalle	2015
	Ukraine	Kyiv	Palace of Sports	2005
			International Exhibition Centre	2017
1	Spain	Madrid	Teatro Real	1969
	Belgium	Brussels	Centenary Palace	1987
	Yugoslavia	Zagreb[d]	Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall	1990	[Former countries that have been dissolved]
	Estonia	Tallinn	Saku Suurhall	2002
	Latvia	Riga	Skonto Hall	2003
	Turkey	Istanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	2004
	Greece	Athens	Olympic Indoor Hall	2006
	Finland	Helsinki	Hartwall Arena	2007
	Serbia	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	2008
	Russia	Moscow	Olympic Stadium	2009
	Azerbaijan	Baku	Baku Crystal Hall	2012
	Portugal	Lisbon	Altice Arena	2018

Special events.

Anniversari dell’Eurovision Song Contest / Anniversary events.

Anniversary	Country	City	Venue	Event	Year
25th	Norway	Mysen	Momarken	Songs of Europe	1981
50th	Denmark	Copenhagen	Forum Copenhagen	Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest	2005
60th	United Kingdom	London	Eventim Apollo	Eurovision Song Contest’s Greatest Hits	2015

Replacement events.

Year	Country	Event	Replacing	Reason
2020	The Netherlands	Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light	Eurovision Song Contest 2020	COVID-19 outbreak

Hosting traditions and exceptions. The tradition of the winning country hosting the following year’s event was established in 1958, held in the Netherlands. A number of exceptions to this rule have occurred since, typically when the winning country had already hosted the event in the recent past. These exceptions are listed below:

1960—hosted by the BBC in London when the Netherlands’ NTS declined due to expense, having previously hosted the 1958 contest. The United Kingdom was chosen to host after finishing in second place in 1959.

1963—hosted by the BBC in London when France’s RTF declined due to expense, having previously hosted the contest in 1959 and 1961. The second- and third-placed Monaco and Luxembourg also declined when offered hosting duties.

1970—hosted by the NOS in Amsterdam following a ballot to determine the host after the 1969 contest produced four winning countries.

1972—hosted by the BBC in Edinburgh when Monaco’s Télé Monte Carlo was unable to provide a suitable venue. The Monegasque broadcaster invited the BBC to host the event due to their previous experience.

1974—hosted by the BBC in Brighton when Luxembourg’s RTL declined due to expense after hosting the 1973 contest.

1980—hosted by the NOS in The Hague when Israel’s IBA declined due to expense after staging the 1979 event. The Dutch offered to host the contest after several other broadcasters, reportedly including runner-up Spain’s RTVE and the BBC, were unwilling to do so.

With Australia’s invitation to participate in the contest in 2015, it was announced that should they win the contest, Australian broadcaster SBS would co-host the following year’s contest in a European city in collaboration with an EBU Member Broadcaster of their choice.

Host City Insignia. Host City Insignia is a rotating trophy awarded to cities hosting the Eurovision Song Contest. The symbol is a large key ring to which the Eurovision Song Contest Host Cities can attach their city key or other symbol representing the city. The Host City Insignia Exchange usually takes place in conjunction with the Semi-Final Allocation Draw. The insignia is traditionally put on display in a public place, such as the City Hall or another venue of local significance. Additionally, there is a fob with a picture of the Helsinki Senate Square attached to the key ring.

The idea of the rotating trophy was proposed jointly by the City of Helsinki, the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE and EBU in connection with the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Hand-engraved on the ring are the following texts: “Eurovision Song Contest Host City”, all Host Cities up until the year 2006 and a stamp: Helsinki 2007 with the initials of the prize designers. The concept and fob were designed by the ANTEEKSI Team and the ring by jewellery designer Taru Tonder.

Semi-final allotment drawing venue. Since the introduction in 2008 of the two semi-finals system, a drawing has been held to determine in which semi-final a country would participate, as well as in which semi-final a country would vote in. Each year, either five or six countries are exempt from the drawing for competing in the semi-finals: the big-five (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and UK), and the host country, if the host is not one of the big five. In 2015 the number of countries exempt was seven, as Australia joined the other six countries exempt because the country was considered a special guest contestant.

Regardless if a country is exempt from competing in the semi-finals, all participating countries are allotted a semi-final in which to vote.

Year	Venue	City
2008	Old Palace	Belgrade
2009	Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel	Moscow
2010	Euroclub at Smuget [no]	Oslo
2011	Esprit Arena	Düsseldorf
2012	Buta Palace	Baku
2013	Malmö City Hall [sv]	Malmö
2014	Copenhagen City Hall	Copenhagen
2015	Vienna Rathaus	Vienna
2016	Stockholm City Hall	Stockholm
2017	Column Hall of Kiev City State Administration	Kiev
2018	Lisbon City Hall	Lisbon
2019	Tel Aviv Museum of Art	Tel Aviv
2020 2021	Rotterdam City Hall	Rotterdam

Running order drawing venue. For the 1988 and 1997 contests, both held in Dublin, the running order was announced at a dedicated event.

Year	Venue
1988	Mansion House, Dublin
1997	Clarence Hotel, Dublin
2012	Buta Palace, Baku

Opening ceremony venue. An official Opening Ceremony with a red carpet procession has been held since 2009 at a venue in the host city. Previously a welcome reception was typically held for all participating artists and hosted by the mayor of the host city.

Year	Venue	Ref.
1992	Malmö City Hall
1993	Great Southern Hotel, Killarney City Hall, Cork
1994	Dining Hall, Trinity College Dublin
1995	Royal Hospital Kilmainham
1996	Oslo City Hall
1998	ICC Birmingham
1999	Israel Museum
2006	Zappeion
2007	Finlandia Hall
2008	Palace of Serbia
2009	Central Manezh Exhibition Center
2010	Oslo City Hall
2011	Tonhalle Düsseldorf
2012	Baku Sports Palace
2013	Malmö Opera
2014	City Hall Square, Copenhagen
2015	Vienna City Hall
2016	Stockholm City Hall
2017	Mariyinsky Palace
2018	Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
2019	Habima Square & Charles Bronfman Auditorium
2020	Rotterdam Cruise Terminal
2021	Rotterdam Cruise Terminal

Notes.

• [a] ^ In 1990 the former country of Yugoslavia hosted the contest in the City of Zagreb, which is in present day Croatia. Croatia, as an independent country, has not yet hosted the contest. The map shows the countries that formerly made up the country of Yugoslavia, and cannot also simultaneously show Yugoslavia. 
• [b] ^ Contest cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• [c] ^ The 1957 and 1983 contests were held in what was then West Germany. The 2011 contest was in reunified Germany.
• [d] ^ Now in present-day Croatia following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
• [e] ^ The semi-final allocation draw for the cancelled 2020 contest was retained for the 2021 contest.