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.

As of 2019, Ireland holds the record for the highest number of wins, having won the contest seven times. Sweden is second with six wins. France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are joint third with five wins each. Israel hold four victories. Denmark and Norway both won thrice, six countries won twice, while 12 countries won once. A further 24 countries have participated, but have yet to win.

The United Kingdom holds the record for the highest number of runner-up placings, coming in second on no fewer than 15 occasions as of 2019. Germany, Russia, France, Spain and Ireland have four runner-up entries. Norway holds the record for finishing in last place in the final the most times: eleven.

Israel is the only non-European country to win four times.

The early years of the contest saw many wins for “traditional” Eurovision countries: France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. However, the success of these countries has declined in recent decades; France last won in 1977; and Luxembourg, in 1983. Luxembourg last entered the contest in 1993.

The first years of the 21st century produced numerous first-time winners, from both “new” and long-serving countries who had previously entered numerous times but without victories. Every year from 2001 to 2008 inclusive, a country won for its first time. Estonia was the first post-Soviet country to win the competition in 2001. In 2003, Turkey won for the first time. In 2005, Greece won for the first time, 15 years after the last Southern European country won, i.e. Italy in 1990; overall the South of Europe won the competition only six times (seven if Serbia is included). The 2006 winner was Finland’s Lordi, earning Finland’s first win after having entered the contest for 45 years. Ukraine, on the other hand, did not have to wait so long, winning with only their second entry in 2004. Also notably, although not the nation’s first win, Conchita Wurst’s win in 2014 broke a 48-year losing run for Austria. The contest was won by Russia in 2008.

Serbia won the very first year it entered as an independent state, in 2007, with the Serbian-language ballad “Molitva”.^[106] In 2004, Serbia and Montenegro also almost won the initial year it entered as a competitor state, finishing up second behind Ukraine, also with a ballad in Serbian language. Other relatively quick winners were Latvia, who won in 2002, only their third year competing, and Azerbaijan, who won in 2011 in only their fourth year in the competition.

When Portugal won in 2017, they ended a 49-year run of entering without a win, beating Finland’s previous record of 45 years. Cyprus now holds this record, with 35 years without a win, achieving their highest score, Second, in 2018, and Malta is the most successful country without a win, achieving two-second places and two third places.

In 2009, Norway won the contest with 387 points – Alexander Rybak held the winning title with his song “Fairytale”. His outstanding performance meant he had the highest total in the history of the competition, becoming the first competitor to score 300 or more points, including 16 maximum scores. This feat was emulated in 2012, when Sweden won with 372 points, but with a new record of 18 maximum scores. In 2015, Sweden won the contest with 365 points, becoming the first country to ever reach 300 points or more twice while winning both times. Russia placed second with 303 points, becoming the first country to score more than 300 points without winning.

In 2016, the scoring system was changed, which meant that it was much easier to achieve over 300 points – in fact, the winner – Jamala of Ukraine, achieved 534 points, and all of top 9 scored 200 or more points, and 25 of the 26 positions got their highest points ever. This feat was then extended in 2017 when Salvador Sobral beat Ukraine’s points record by 224 points, in addition to Bulgaria beating the same score by 81 points. However, had Portugal won under the previous voting system, it would still have had the highest total ever, with 417 points, becoming the first competitor to score 400 or more points, and would have set a new record of 20 maximum scores, beating Norway and Sweden, respectively.

Since the introduction of the 50/50 voting system in 2009, the juries and the voters have disagreed on the winner on five occasions, in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019. 2011 winner Azerbaijan won only the televotes (jury votes were won by Italy) and 2015 winner Sweden won only the jury votes (televotes were won by Italy). In 2016, Ukraine did not win either the jury vote or the televote, but won the contest with the highest combined vote. The televote was won by Russia and the jury vote by Australia. In 2018, eventual winner Israel won the televote but only came in third with the jury vote (won by Austria). In 2019, Netherlands placed third with the juries (North Macedonia first, Sweden second) and second with the televote (Norway first). However, The Netherlands had the highest combined vote and thus they won the contest.

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 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.

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 Canadiansinger 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;^[11] 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 includeFrance 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).

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, either performing solo or as a member of a group on 50 of the 67 winning entries as of 2018. 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 most famous interval performances is 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 famous violinist Vanessa-Mae (1998) and world music artists Mariza (2018) and Goran Bregović(2008).^[123] The world-renowned Cirque du Soleil (2009), Alexandrov Ensemble (2009), Vienna Boys’ Choir (1967 and 2015), Fire of Anatolia (2004) 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 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.^{[138][139][140]}

Since 2013, the tradition of opening the Grand Finals 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.

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Vincitori per anno: Sixty-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.

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Year	Date	Host city	Winner	Song	Performer	Language	Points	Margin	Runner-up
1956	24 May	Lugano	Switzerland	“Refrain”	Lys Assia	French	Not announced
1957	3 March	Frankfurt	Netherlands	“Net als toen”	Corry Brokken	Dutch	31	14	France
1958	12 March	Hilversum	France	“Dors, mon amour”	André Claveau	French	27	3	Switzerland
1959	11 March	Cannes	Netherlands	“‘n Beetje”	Teddy Scholten	Dutch	21	5	United Kingdom
1960	29 March	London	France	“Tom Pillibi”	Jacqueline Boyer	French	32	7	United Kingdom
1961	18 March	Cannes	Luxembourg	“Nous les amoureux”	Jean-Claude Pascal	French	31	7	United Kingdom
1962	18 March	Luxembourg	France	“Un premier amour”	Isabelle Aubret	French	26	13	Monaco
1963	23 March	London	Denmark	“Dansevise”	Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann	Danish	42	2	Switzerland
1964	21 March	Copenhagen	Italy	“Non ho l’età”	Gigliola Cinquetti	Italian	49	32	United Kingdom
1965	20 March	Naples	Luxembourg	“Poupée de cire, poupée de son”	France Gall	French	32	6	United Kingdom
1966	5 March	Luxembourg	Austria	“Merci, Chérie”	Udo Jürgens	German	31	15	Sweden
1967	8 April	Vienna	United Kingdom	“Puppet on a String”	Sandie Shaw	English	47	25	Ireland
1968	6 April	London	Spain	“La, la, la”	Massiel	Spanish	29	1	United Kingdom
1969	29 March	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	Amsterdam	Ireland	“All Kinds of Everything”	Dana	English	32	6	United Kingdom
1971	3 April	Dublin	Monaco	“Un banc, un arbre, une rue”	Séverine	French	128	12	Spain
1972	25 March	Edinburgh	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	Brighton	Sweden	“Waterloo”	ABBA	English	24	6	Italy
1975	22 March	Stockholm	Netherlands	“Ding-a-dong”	Teach-In	English	152	14	United Kingdom
1976	3 April	The Hague	United Kingdom	“Save Your Kisses for Me”	Brotherhood of Man	English	164	17	France
1977	7 May	London	France	“L’oiseau et l’enfant”	Marie Myriam	French	136	15	United Kingdom
1978	22 April	Paris	Israel	“A-Ba-Ni-Bi” (א-ב-ני-בי)	Izhar Cohenand the Alphabeta	Hebrew	157	32	Belgium
1979	31 March	Jerusalem	Israel	“Hallelujah” (הללויה)	Gali Atari and Milk and Honey	Hebrew	125	9	Spain
1980	19 April	The Hague	Ireland	“What’s Another Year”	Johnny Logan	English	143	15	Germany
1981	4 April	Dublin	United Kingdom	“Making Your Mind Up”	Bucks Fizz	English	136	4	Germany
1982	24 April	Harrogate	Germany	“Ein bißchen Frieden”	Nicole	German	161	61	Israel
1983	23 April	Munich	Luxembourg	“Si la vie est cadeau”	Corinne Hermès	French	142	6	Israel
1984	5 May	Luxembourg	Sweden	“Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley”	Herreys	Swedish	145	8	Ireland
1985	4 May	Gothenburg	Norway	“La det swinge”	Bobbysocks!	Norwegian	123	18	Germany
1986	3 May	Bergen	Belgium	“J’aime la vie”	Sandra Kim	French	176	36	Switzerland
1987	9 May	Brussels	Ireland	“Hold Me Now”	Johnny Logan	English	172	31	Germany
1988	30 April	Dublin	Switzerland	“Ne partez pas sans moi”	Céline Dion	French	137	1	United Kingdom
1989	6 May	Lausanne	Yugoslavia	“Rock Me”	Riva	Croatian	137	7	United Kingdom
1990	5 May	Zagreb	Italy	“Insieme: 1992”	Toto Cutugno	Italian	149	17	Ireland  France
1991	4 May	Rome	Sweden	“Fångad av en stormvind”	Carola	Swedish	146	0	France
1992	9 May	Malmö	Ireland	“Why Me?”	Linda Martin	English	155	16	United Kingdom
1993	15 May	Millstreet	Ireland	“In Your Eyes”	Niamh Kavanagh	English	187	23	United Kingdom
1994	30 April	Dublin	Ireland	“Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids”	Paul Harringtonand Charlie McGettigan	English	226	60	Poland
1995	13 May	Dublin	Norway	“Nocturne”	Secret Garden[a]	Norwegian	148	29	Spain
1996	18 May	Oslo	Ireland	“The Voice”	Eimear Quinn	English	162	48	Norway
1997	3 May	Dublin	United Kingdom	“Love Shine a Light”	Katrina and the Waves	English	227	70	Ireland
1998	9 May	Birmingham	Israel	“Diva” (דיווה)	Dana International	Hebrew	172	6	United Kingdom
1999	29 May	Jerusalem	Sweden	“Take Me to Your Heaven”	Charlotte Nilsson	English	163	17	Iceland
2000	13 May	Stockholm	Denmark	“Fly on the Wings of Love”	Olsen Brothers	English	195	40	Russia
2001	12 May	Copenhagen	Estonia	“Everybody”	Tanel Padar, Dave Bentonand 2XL	English	198	21	Denmark
2002	25 May	Tallinn	Latvia	“I Wanna”	Marie N	English	176	12	Malta
2003	24 May	Riga	Turkey	“Everyway That I Can”	Sertab Erener	English	167	2	Belgium
2004[N 1]	15 May	Istanbul	Ukraine	“Wild Dances”	Ruslana	English[N 2]	280	17	Serbia and Montenegro
2005	21 May	Kiev	Greece	“My Number One”	Helena Paparizou	English	230	38	Malta
2006	20 May	Athens	Finland	“Hard Rock Hallelujah”	Lordi	English	292	44	Russia
2007	12 May	Helsinki	Serbia	“Molitva” (Молитва)	Marija Šerifović	Serbian	268	33	Ukraine
2008[N 3]	24 May	Belgrade	Russia	“Believe”	Dima Bilan	English	272	42	Ukraine
2009	16 May	Moscow	Norway	“Fairytale”	Alexander Rybak	English	387	169	Iceland
2010	29 May	Oslo	Germany	“Satellite”	Lena	English	246	76	Turkey
2011	14 May	Düsseldorf	Azerbaijan	“Running Scared”	Ell & Nikki	English	221	32	Italy
2012	26 May	Baku	Sweden	“Euphoria”	Loreen	English	372	113	Russia
2013	18 May	Malmö	Denmark	“Only Teardrops”	Emmelie de Forest	English	281	47	Azerbaijan
2014	10 May	Copenhagen	Austria	“Rise Like a Phoenix”	Conchita Wurst	English	290	52	Netherlands
2015	23 May	Vienna	Sweden	“Heroes”	Måns Zelmerlöw	English	365	62	Russia
2016	14 May	Stockholm	Ukraine	“1944”	Jamala	English[N 4]	534	23	Australia
2017	13 May	Kiev	Portugal	“Amar pelos dois”	Salvador Sobral	Portuguese	758	143	Bulgaria
2018	12 May	Lisbon	Israel	“Toy”	Netta	English[N 5]	529	93	Cyprus
2019	18 May	Tel Aviv	Netherlands	“Arcade”	Duncan Laurence	English	498	26	Italy

Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) featured at the Congratulationsconcert 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.

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.

Vincitori per paese: 

Wins	Country	Years
7	Ireland	1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
6	Sweden	1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015
5	France	1958, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1977
	Luxembourg	1961, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1983
	United Kingdom	1967, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1997
	Netherlands	1957, 1959, 1969, 1975, 2019
4
	Israel	1978, 1979,1998, 2018
3	Norway	1985, 1995, 2009
	Denmark	1963, 2000, 2013
2	Spain	1968, 1969
	Switzerland	1956, 1988
	Italy	1964, 1990
	Germany[N 9]	1982, 2010
	Austria	1966, 2014
	Ukraine	2004, 2016
1	Monaco	1971
	Belgium	1986
	Yugoslavia	1989
	Estonia	2001
	Latvia	2002
	Turkey	2003
	Greece	2005
	Finland	2006
	Serbia	2007
	Russia	2008
	Azerbaijan	2011
	Portugal	2017

Per lingua: 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.

Wins	Language	Years	Countries
33	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	United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Turkey, Ukraine,[N 17][N 18]Greece, Finland, Russia, Norway, Germany, Azerbaijan, Austria, Israel
14	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	Primo posto	Secondo posto	Terzo posto	Totale
1	Irlanda	7	4	1	12
2	Svezia	6	1	7	14
3	Regno Unito	5	15	3	23
4	Francia	5	4	7	16
5	Paesi Bassi	5	1	1	7
6	Lussemburgo	5	0	2	7
7	Israele	4	2	1	7
8	Danimarca	3	1	3	7
9	Norvegia	3	1	1	5
10	Germania	2	4	5	11
	Germania Ovest
11	Spagna	2	4	1	7
	Spagna franchista
	Stato spagnolo
12	Italia	2	3	5	10
13	Svizzera	2	3	3	8
14	Ucraina	2	2	1	5
15	Austria	2	0	1	3
16	Russia	1	4	4	9
17	Belgio	1	2	0	3
18	Principato di Monaco	1	1	3	5
19	Azerbaigian	1	1	1	3
	Turchia	1	1	1	3
21	Grecia	1	0	3	4
	Regno di Grecia
22	Serbia	1	0	1	2
	Estonia	1	0	1	2
24	Portogallo	1	0	0	1
	Finlandia	1	0	0	1
	Lettonia	1	0	0	1
	Jugoslavia	1	0	0	1
28	Malta	0	2	2	4
29	Islanda	0	2	0	2
30	Cipro	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Serbia e Montenegro	0	1	0	1
	Polonia	0	1	0	1
35	Romania	0	0	2	2
36	Moldavia	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia ed Erzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Repubblica di Bosnia ed Erzegovina
38	Albania	0	0	0	0
	Andorra	0	0	0	0
	Armenia	0	0	0	0
	Bielorussia	0	0	0	0
	Croazia	0	0	0	0
	Georgia	0	0	0	0
	Jugoslavia	0	0	0	0
	Lituania	0	0	0	0
	Macedonia del Nord	0	0	0	0
	Repubblica di Macedonia
	Marocco	0	0	0	0
	Montenegro	0	0	0	0
	Repubblica Ceca	0	0	0	0
	San Marino	0	0	0	0
	Slovacchia	0	0	0	0
	Slovenia	0	0	0	0
	Ungheria	0	0	0	0

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