69 songs written by 139 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 (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 66 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

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, with seven. The only person to have won more than once as performer is Ireland's Johnny Logan, who performed "

What's Another Year "What's Another Year" was Irish singer and composer Johnny Logan's first Eurovision Song Contest winning song, achieving success in the 1980 edition of the contest, as well as 's second Eurovision victory. Composed by Shay Healy (who also wr ...

" 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" in 1987 and " Why Me?" in 1992, performed by Linda Martin). This makes Logan the only person to have three Eurovision victories to their credit, as either singer, songwriter or both. The other four songwriters with more than one winning entry to their credit are

Willy van Hemert Willy van Hemert (29 March 1912 – 26 June 1993) was a Dutch actor and theatre and television director, but is best known as a songwriter who penned two winning Dutch songs for the Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Van Hemert was born in Utre ...

(Netherlands, 1957 and 1959), Yves Dessca (Monaco, 1971 and Luxembourg, 1972),

Rolf Løvland Rolf Undsæt Løvland (born 19 April 1955) is a Norwegian composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist. Together with Fionnuala Sherry, he formed the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, in which he was the composer, producer, and keyboardist. He beg ...

(Norway, 1985 and 1995) and Brendan Graham (Ireland, 1994 and 1996). 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

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, who won the 1974 contest for Sweden with their song " Waterloo", and

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, who won the 1988 contest for Switzerland with the song "". More recently,

Duncan Laurence Duncan de Moor (; born 11 April 1994), known professionally as Duncan Laurence, is a Dutch singer and songwriter. He represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with his song "Arcade" and went on to win the competition, giv ...

, who won the for the Netherlands with "

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", experienced worldwide streaming success with the song as a

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throughout 2020 and 2021, while

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, winners of the for Italy with "", 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

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. 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.

Winners by year

Performers and songwriters with multiple wins

The following individuals have won the Eurovision Song Contest as a performer or songwriter more than once.

Observations

Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert '' Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest'' in 2005, in which

's " Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. has finished first seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won the contest for three consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994), the only country to ever do so. Three countries have won twice in a row: (1968 and 1969), (1972 and 1973) and (1978 and 1979). is the only country to win with its debut entry (in 2007), although Serbia had competed previously as part of

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and Serbia and Montenegro. By contrast, Portugal holds the record for waiting the longest to achieve their first win, doing so in 2017; 53 years after their first appearance in the contest. Austria holds the record for longest wait in between wins, having won for the first time in 1966 and a second time in 2014. Under the voting system used between 1975 and 2015, the winner of the contest was decided by the final voting nation on eleven occasions.Those occasions were in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2002 and 2003. 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

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holds the largest margin of victory in absolute points, a 169-point cushion over second place in 2009. Italy's

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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. The lowest winning score is the 18 points (of the 160 total votes cast by 16 countries) scored by each of the four winning countries in . Under the voting system used from 1975 until 2015, in which each country gives maximum points to its first place choice, Sweden's

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won the 2012 contest with the most ever first place votes earned, receiving first place votes from 18 of 41 countries (excluding themselves). The 1976 winner for the United Kingdom,

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, holds the record of the highest average score per participating country, with an average of 9.65 points received per country. Azerbaijani winners Ell and Nikki hold the lowest average score for a winning song under that system, receiving 5.14 points per country. In 2016,

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's "

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", representing Ukraine, became the first winning entry since the jury vote was re-introduced alongside the televote in 2009 to place first in neither area, coming second in the jury vote behind Australia and second in the televote behind Russia.

's "

", representing the Netherlands, 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. Around two-thirds of the winning songs were performed in the second half of the final. According to the official statistics, until 2019, only 34.3% of the winning songs were performed in the first half, including 3 of the 4 winners in 1969. The only song to win without being clearly in one half or the other was the Israeli entry "

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" in 1979, which was drawn 10th out of 19 songs. Between 2005 to 2013, all the winning songs were performed in the second half of the final’s running order. The has finished second sixteen times at Eurovision (most recently in 2022), more than any other country. has finished third and fourth seven times at Eurovision (most recently respectively in 1981 and in 2001), and has finished fifth nine times at Eurovision (most recently in 2019). The country with the most top three places that has never 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. With Portugal achieving its first win in 2017, Malta now also holds the record for longest wait for a first win, having first shown up in the contest in 1971 (although Cyprus has more winless appearances, with 36 since debuting in 1981, due to Malta taking a break from 1976 through 1990). Spain holds the current record for longest drought by a winning country, having last won in 1969. They are followed by France (1977) and Belgium (1986). 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 "

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" 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.

Winners by country

The first repeat winner was the

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was the first country to win three times (completed in ), four times (completed in ), and five times (completed in ).

was the first country to win six times (completed in ) and seven times (completed in ). The first country to win two consecutive contests was

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, from to . The first country to win three consecutive contests was Ireland, from to . The year 1969 is in ''italics'' to indicate the joint (four-way) win.

Gallery

Performers

File:Lys Assia (1957).jpg,

Lys Assia Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 ...

, winner of the inaugural

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...

contest for Switzerland. File:Eurovision Song Contest 1958 - Corry Brokken.png,

Corry Brokken Cornelia Maria "Corry" Brokken (3 December 1932 – 31 May 2016) was a Dutch singer, television presenter and jurist. In 1957, she won the second edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Net als toen", representing the Netherlands. ...

, winner of the

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contest for the Netherlands. File:Eurovision Song Contest 1958 - André Claveau.png, André Claveau, winner of the

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contest for France. File:Dam tot Dam race , Teddy Scholten in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 910-6304.jpg,

Teddy Scholten Dorothea Margaretha "Teddy" Scholten (née van Zwieteren; 11 May 1926 – 8 April 2010) was a Dutch singer and television presenter. She is known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Een beetje", representing the Netherlands ...

, winner of the

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

contest for the Netherlands. File:Jacqueline Boyer (1960).jpg,

Jacqueline Boyer Jacqueline Boyer (, born Eliane Ducos, 23 April 1941) is a French singer and actress. She is also the daughter of performers Jacques Pills and Lucienne Boyer. In 1960, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Tom Pillibi", with m ...

, winner of the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

contest for France. File:Jean-Claude Pascal 1945.pdf, Jean-Claude Pascal, winner of the

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...

contest for Luxembourg. File:Isabelle Aubret.jpg,

Isabelle Aubret Isabelle Aubret (; born Thérèse Coquerelle; 27 July 1938) is a French singer best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 with the song "Un premier amour". Early life Thérèse Coquerelle was born in Lille, France, on 27 July ...

, winner of the

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

contest for France. File:Jørgen & Grethe Ingmann.jpg, Jørgen &

Grethe Ingmann Grethe Ingmann (born Clemmensen; 17 June 1938 – 18 August 1990) was a Danish singer. She started her career at 17, when she temporarily performed as a singer of the Malihini Hawaiians pop quartet. Soon after she sang with the Danish guitarist ...

, winners of the

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

contest for Denmark. File:Gigliola Cinquetti (1966).jpg,

, winner of the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

contest for Italy. File:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - France Gall.jpg,

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, winner of the 1965 contest for Luxembourg. File:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Udo Jürgens.jpg,

Udo Jürgens Udo Jürgens (born Jürgen Udo Bockelmann; 30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014) was an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over 50 years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close ...

, winner of the 1966 contest for Austria. File:Sandie Shaw 3.jpg,

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, winner of the

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

contest for the United Kingdom. File:Spaanse zangeres Massiel, winnares Euro Song Festival tijdens opname in studio K, Bestanddeelnr 921-2648.jpg,

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, winner of the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

contest for Spain. File:Popzangeres Salome zal Spanje vertegenwoordigen op Euro Songfestival in Madrid, Bestanddeelnr 922-1722.jpg, Salomé, one of the four winners of the 1969 contest for Spain. File:Lulu (2010).jpg,

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, one of the four winners of the 1969 contest for the United Kingdom. File:Nationale finale van het Eurovisie Songfestival in Scheveningen, Lenny Kuhr zong, Bestanddeelnr 922-1416.jpg, Lenny Kuhr, one of the four winners of the 1969 contest for the Netherlands. File:Grand Gala du Disque in RAI Amsterdam. Frida Boccara, Bestanddeelnr 923-3017.jpg,

Frida Boccara Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara (29 October 1940 – 1 August 1996) was a Moroccan-born French singer of Italian descent, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russ ...

, one of the four winners of the 1969 contest for France. File:Eurovision Song Contest 1970 - Dana 1.jpg, Dana, winner of the

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contest for Ireland. File:Séverine - Un Banc... Une Arbre... Une Rue..., 1971 (cropped).jpg, Séverine, winner of the 1971 contest for Monaco. File:2010-10-03-quadriga-vicky-leandros2.jpg,

Vicky Leandros Vasiliki Papathanasiou ( el, Βασιλική Παπαθανασίου; born 23 August 1949), generally known as Vicky Leandros ( el, Βίκυ Λέανδρος, links=no), is a Greek singer living in Germany. She is the daughter of singer, music ...

, winner of the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

contest for Luxembourg. File:Anne-Marie David 2015 1094.jpg, Anne-Marie David, winner of the

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

contest for Luxembourg. File:ABBA1974TopPop.jpg,

, winners of the 1974 and 2005's 50th anniversary contests for Sweden. File:Popgroep Teach in van Schiphol naar Stockholm voor Eurovisie Songfestival, Bestanddeelnr 927-8106.jpg,

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, winners of the

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

contest for the Netherlands. File:Eurovision Song Contest 1976 rehearsals - United Kingdom - Brotherhood of Man 20.jpg,

, winners of the

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

contest for the United Kingdom File:MarieMyriam.jpg,

Marie Myriam Marie Myriam (born Myriam Lopes, 8 May 1957, Luluabourg, Belgian Congo, (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a French singer of Portuguese descent. Career Representing France, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 with '' L'oise ...

, winner of the

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

contest for France. File:Gali Atari.jpg,

Gali Atari Gali Atari ( he, גלי עטרי; born December 29, 1953) is an Israeli singer and actress. Atari won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 which was held in Jerusalem, as part of Milk and Honey. Early life Atari was born in Rehovot, Israel, to Je ...

, winner (as part of Milk and Honey) of the

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

contest for Israel. File:Eurovisie Songfestival 1980 ( Den Haag ) winnaar Johnny Logan in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 930-7803.jpg, Johnny Logan, winner of the 1980 and

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

contests for Ireland. File:Bucks Fizz 1984.jpg, Bucks Fizz, winner of the

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

contest for the United Kingdom. File:Nicole Hohloch.jpg, Nicole Hohloch, winner of the 1982 contest for Germany. File:Richard Herrey 001.jpg, Richard Herrey from

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, winners of the

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

contest for Sweden. File:Bobbysocks.JPG,

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, winners of the

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

contest for Norway. File:Sandra Kim.jpg,

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, winner of the

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

contest for Belgium. File:Céline Dion 2012.jpg,

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, winner of the

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

contest for Switzerland. File:Emilija Kokić.jpg,

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, lead vocalist for the winning band Riva in

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

for Yugoslavia. File:Toto Cutugno.jpg,

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, winner of the

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

contest for Italy. File:Carola Häggkvist.jpg,

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, winner of the

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

contest for Sweden. File:Linda Martin 2013 01 (crop 2).jpg, Linda Martin, winner of the 1992 contest for Ireland. File:Niamh Kavanagh in Oslo 2010.jpg,

Niamh Kavanagh Niamh Kavanagh ( ; born 13 February 1968) is an Irish singer who sang the winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. The 1993 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Millstreet, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. She sang "In Your Eyes" ...

, winner of the

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

contest for Ireland. File:Secret Garden1.jpg, Secret Garden, winner of the

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

contest for Norway. File:Eimear Quinn tijdens Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2019.jpg,

Eimear Quinn Eimear Mary Rose Quinn (; ga, Eimear Ní Chuinn, ) is an Irish singer and composer. She is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song " The Voice". Since then she has toured and performed extensively internationall ...

, winner of the 1996 contest for Ireland. File:Katrina and the Waves - Malmö 1988.jpg, Katrina and the Waves, winners of the

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

contest for the United Kingdom. File:Dana International 2008 Eurovision.jpg,

Dana International Sharon Cohen ( he, שרון כהן; born 2 February 1969), professionally known as Dana International ( he, דנה אינטרנשיונל), is an Israeli pop singer. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums. She wa ...

, winner of the

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

contest for Israel. File:Charlotte Perrelli By Daniel Åhs.jpg, Charlotte Nilsson, winner of the 1999 contest for Sweden. File:Olsen Brothers.jpg, Olsen Brothers, winners of the

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

contest for Denmark. File:Dave Benton.jpg, Dave Benton, winner (together with

Tanel Padar Tanel Padar (born 27 October 1980) is an Estonian singer and songwriter. He is best known internationally for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Padar became famous by winning the ''Kaks takti ette'', a biennial televised competition for ...

and 2XL) of the 2001 contest for Estonia. File:Padar, Tanel 2011 240.jpg,

, winner (together with Dave Benton and 2XL) of the 2001 contest for Estonia. File:Maria Naumova 2.JPG,

Marie N Marija Naumova-Bullīta (born and professionally knows as Marija Naumova 23 June 1973) is a Latvian singer of Russian descent. Under the stage name Marie N, she sings a broad range of music ranging from pop to musical theatre and jazz, and has ...

, winner of the 2002 contest for Latvia. File:Sertab Erener (cropped).jpg,

Sertab Erener Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer. With her coloratura soprano voice, she started working as a backing vocalist for Sezen Aksu, and with Aksu's help she released her first studio album in the 1990 ...

, winner of the 2003 contest for Turkey. File:Ruslana, 2009-05-09 (2).jpg,

Ruslana Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko ( uk, Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, ''Ruslana Lyzhychko''; born 24 May 1973), known mononymously as Ruslana, is a World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest winning recording artist, holdi ...

, winner of the 2004 contest for Ukraine. File:Paparizou HBH Fruitea.jpg, Helena Paparizou, winner of the 50th contest, the 2005 contest, for Greece. File:MrLordi2013.jpg,

Lordi Lordi () is a Finnish hard rock/ heavy metal band, formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker, Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu). In addition to their melodic metal music, Lordi are also known for wearing monster ma ...

, winner of the 2006 contest for Finland. File:Marija Šerifović.jpg,

Marija Šerifović Marija Šerifović ( sr-cyr, Марија Шерифовић, ; born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. Born in Kragujevac as the daughter of Verica Šerifović, she rose to prominence in 2003 with her debut album '' Naj, Najbolja''. Šerif ...

, winner of the 2007 contest for Serbia. File:Dima Bilan 2008 Eurovision 2.jpg,

Dima Bilan Dima Nikolayevich Bilan (russian: Ди́ма Никола́евич Била́н; born Viktor Nikolayevich Belan, russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Бела́н, links=no; 24 December 1981) is a Russian singer, songwriter and acto ...

, winner of the

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

contest for Russia. File:Alexander Rybak at the Eurovision press conference.jpg,

, winner of the 2009 contest for Norway. File:Lena Meyer-Landrut at PC after 2010 Eurovision 2.jpg,

Lena Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in ...

, winner of the 2010 contest for Germany. File:Ell & Nikki - Azerbaijan (Eurovision Song Contest 2011) cropped 2.jpg,

Ell & Nikki Ell & Nikki, also known as Eldar & Nigar (), are an Azerbaijani pop duo consisting of singers Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal. On 14 May 2011 they won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 for Azerbaijan with their entry " Running Scared". It was the c ...

, winners of the 2011 contest for Azerbaijan. File:Loreen Eurovision 2012 winner.jpg,

, winner of the

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

contest for Sweden. File:ESC2013 winner's press conference 06 (crop).jpg,

Emmelie de Forest Emmelie Charlotte-Victoria de Forest (born 28 February 1993) is a Danish singer and songwriter. De Forest represented Denmark with the song " Only Teardrops" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, winning the contest. Her debut ...

, winner of the

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

contest for Denmark. File:ESC2014 winner's press conference 11 (crop).jpg,

Conchita Wurst Thomas Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988) is an Austrian singer and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst (or simply Conchita). Neuwirth came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as with t ...

, winner of the

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

contest for Austria. File:20150514 ESC 2015 Måns Zelmerlöw 5767.jpg,

Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (; born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and television presenter. He took part in ''Idol 2005'', eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of '' Let's Dance,'' and scored a hit wit ...

, winner of the 2015 contest for Sweden. File:ESC2016 winner's press conference 02 (cropped).jpg,

, winner of the

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

contest for Ukraine. File:Salvador Sobral RedCarpet Kyiv 2017.jpg, Salvador Sobral, winner of the

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

contest for Portugal. File:Netta (3) 20180508 EuroVisionary (cropped).jpg,

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, winner of the

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

contest for Israel. File:Duncan Laurence with the 2019 Eurovision Trophy.jpg,

, winner of the

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

contest for the Netherlands. File:Maneskin 2018.jpg,

, winners of the contest for Italy. File:Kalush Orchestra, May 2022.png,

Kalush Orchestra Kalush (stylised in all caps) is a Ukrainian rap group formed in 2019. The group consists of founder and rapper Oleh Psiuk, multi-instrumentalist Ihor Didenchuk, and breakdancer MC KylymMen (). Didenchuk is also a member of the electro-folk ...

, winners of the contest for Ukraine.

Songwriters

File:Emile_Gardaz_(1980)_by_Erling_Mandelmann_-_2.jpg,

Émile Gardaz Émile Gardaz (29 August 1931, Échallens, Vaud - 19 December 2007) was a Swiss radio moderator and author, working for Radio suisse romande since 1955. He was the father of comedian Sophie Gardaz. Ten years before his death, in 1997, he was, ...

, winner of the

contest for Switzerland. File:Nisa_1938.jpg, Nicola Salerno, winner of the

contest for Italy. File:Serge_Gainsbourg_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_1981.jpg, Serge Gainsbourg, winner of the 1965 contest for Luxembourg. File:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Udo Jürgens.jpg,

, winner of the 1966 contest for Austria. File:1968. Dúo Dinámico (cropped).jpg, Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa (known as '' Dúo Dinámico''), winners of the

contest for Spain. File:Benny_Andersson_2012-09-24_001.jpg,

Benny Andersson Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, singer, composer and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', ''Kristina från Duvemåla'', and '' Mamma M ...

, winner of the 1974 contest for Sweden. File:Eddy_Ouwens_(1978).jpg, Eddy Ouwens, winner of the

contest for Netherlands. File:Tony_Hiller.jpg, Tony Hiller, winner of the

contest for United Kingdom. File:Nurit_Hirsh.jpg,

Nurit Hirsh Nurit Hirsh ( he, נורית הירש, b. Tel Aviv, August 13, 1942) is an Israeli composer, arranger and conductor who has written over a thousand Hebrew songs. Three of her most famous and widely known songs are '' Ba-Shanah ha-Ba'ah'' (''Next ...

, winner of the 1978 contest for Israel. File:Eurovisie Songfestival 1980 ( Den Haag ) winnaar Johnny Logan in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 930-7803.jpg, Johnny Logan, winning songwriter of the

and 1992 contests for Ireland. File:Toto Cutugno.jpg,

, winner of the

contest for Italy. File:Secret_Garden1.jpg,

''(left)'', winning songwriter of the

and

contests for Norway. File:Pick_por.jpg, Zvika Pik, winner of the

contest for Israel. File:Kärmas,_Maian-Anna_MG_1435.JPG,

Maian Kärmas Maian-Anna Kärmas (born Maian-Anna Kärmas, 25 February 1978 in Tallinn) is an Estonian singer, songwriter, and journalist. Kärmas had her debut as a soloist in 1995 at ''Kaks takti ette'', a contest for debutant singers, organized by Eesti ...

, winner of the 2001 contest for Estonia. File:Maria Naumova 2.JPG,

, winner of the 2002 contest for Latvia. File:Sertab Erener in Eurovision 2004.jpg,

, winner of the 2003 contest for Turkey. File:Ruslana, 2009-05-09 (2).jpg,

, winner of the 2004 contest for Ukraine. File:Christos Dantis 2010.jpg, Christos Dantis, winner of the 2005 contest for Greece. File:MrLordi2013.jpg, Mr Lordi, winner of the 2006 contest for Finland. File:JimBeanzEmpire.jpg,

Jim Beanz James David Washington (born August 26, 1980), known professionally as Jim BEANZ, is an American vocal producer, songwriter, actor, singer and record producer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is signed to Timbaland Productions and Sunset Enterta ...

, winner of the

contest for Russia. File:Alexander Rybak at the Eurovision press conference.jpg,

, winner of the 2009 contest for Norway. File:20160213 ESC Österreich 4789.jpg,

Julie Frost Julie Frost is an American songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer. She is the recipient of Golden Globe and Eurovision Song Contest awards for songs written, as well as a Parent's Choice Award for album production and performance. She ...

, winner of the 2010 contest for Germany. File:Stefan_Örn.jpg, Stefan Örn, winner of the 2011 contest for Azerbaijan. File:Thomas_Gson_Studio_Eurovision_2013_03_(crop).jpg , Thomas G:son, winner of the

contest for Sweden. File:The songwriters behind Only Teardrops.jpg,

Thomas Stengaard Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

''(left)'', Julia Fabrin Jakobsen ''(centre)'' and

Lise Cabble Lise Cabble (born 10 January 1958, in Amager) is a Danish singer and songwriter. Cabble has written more than ten songs for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and Eurovision Song Contest performers. Notable songs include the 1995 Danish song '' Fra Mols t ...

''(right)'', winner of the

contest for Denmark. File:Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad (cropped).jpg,

Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad Anton may refer to: People * Anton (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Anton (surname) Places * Anton Municipality, Bulgaria ** Anton, Sofia Province, a village * Antón District, Panama ** Antón, a town and capital ...

, winner of the 2015 contest for Sweden. File:Jamala at Eurovision 2016 Press Conference.jpg,

, winner of the

contest for Ukraine. File:Luísa_Sobral_Red_Carpet_Kyiv_2017.jpg,

Luísa Sobral Luísa Vilar Braamcamp Sobral (; born 18 September 1987) is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. She came to prominence in 2003 after finishing third in the first season of '' Ídolos'', the Portuguese version of '' Idols'' television series. Aft ...

, winner of the

contest for Portugal. File:Doron medali.jpg, Doron Medalie, winner of the

contest for Israel.

Notes and references

Notes

References

Bibliography

Eurovision Song Contest: History by events
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Eurovision Song Contest winners 69 songs written by 139 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 (with t ...