History
The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the longest running television shows in the world. It was on the 24th of May, 1956, that Europe saw the first ever Eurovision Song Contest. After 56 runnings, the contest is one of the most typical European traditions and without doubt, Europe's favourite TV show!
In 2005, the Eurovision Song Contest celebrated its 50th anniversary by picking the best entry to date. READ MORE »
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Where?
Shows • All participants • Malmö • Sweden • Arena
When & how?
National selections • Calendar • How can I take part?
Who?
News • Organisers • Fans
Watch!
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By country
Albania
Istanbul 2004
Andorra
Armenia
Athens 2006
Austria
Frankfurt am Main 1957
Luxembourg 1966
Azerbaijan
Belgrade 2008
Belarus
Belgium
Lugano 1956
Bergen 1986
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Millstreet 1993
Bulgaria
Kyiv 2005
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Helsinki 2007
Denmark
Malmö 2013
London 1963
Estonia
F.Y.R. Macedonia
Cannes 1961
Madrid 1969
Hilversum 1958
Georgia
Hungary
Iceland
Naples 1965
Israel
Zagreb 1990
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Moscow 2009
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia & Montenegro
Slovakia
SloveniaBy Year
Winners on map
Check out all the countries that have won the Eurovision Song Contest. Click on the place marks for more information on the winners.
- Latest winner has a TV icon
- Countries in blue have won the Eurovision Song Contest 1 time
- Countries in yellow have won the Eurovision Song Contest up to 3 times
- Countries in red have won the Eurovision Song Contest more than three times
View Eurovision Song Contest Winners of all times in a larger map
Host Cities on map
Check out where the previous Eurovision Song Contests have taken place and click for more details!
- Latest Host City is in Purple
- Cities in blue have hosted the Eurovision Song Contest
- Cities in yellow have hosted the Eurovision Song Contest twice
- Cities in red have hosted the Eurovision Song Contest more than two times
View Eurovision Song Contest Host Cities of all times in a larger map
Winners after the contest?
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We have ten more finalists!
Tonight in the second two hour show of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast live from...
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16/May at 22:56
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We have our first ten finalists!
Tonight in the first two hour show of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, broadcasted LIVE from...
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14/May at 22:55
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Second Semi-Final: Reactions from the ten winners
A short while ago, ten countries emerged victorious as qualifiers from the Second Semi-Final of...
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25/May 2012 at 00:02
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First Semi-Final: Reactions from the ten winners
Moments after the First Semi-Final had ended, Eurovision.tv went backstage to capture the emotions...
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23/May 2012 at 00:06
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Winners of the 2000s - What happened to them?
For the last in our series of articles about previous winners, we look at the 2000s where many new...
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9/Nov 2011 at 21:56
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Winners of the 1990s - What happened to them?
In the latest of our series of articles about past winners, we now take a look into what happened to...
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29/Sep 2011 at 00:16
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Winners of the 1980s - What happened to them?
You've seen the winners of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s where we went from black and white to colour,...
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14/Sep 2011 at 14:34
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Winners of the 1970s - What happened to them?
We've looked at the winners of the 50s and 60s to see what happened to them and now we take a peek...
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18/Aug 2011 at 23:06
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Winners of the 1960s - What happened to them?
In the second of a series of articles we take a look at the winners from the 1960s and what happened...
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23/Jul 2011 at 20:45
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Winners of the 1950s - What happened to them?
As the first in a series of articles, we will take a brief delve into the archives and look at the...
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12/Jul 2011 at 23:13
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News
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It all began 55 years ago on a 24th of May, just like today. Seven nations gathered in the Swiss resort of Lugano to take part in the very first Eurovision Song Contest, on a Thursday evening in 1956. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Italy joined the host country in the first edition of what would become Europe's favourite TV-show.
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After being one of the leaders of the team that won the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with Lena's Satellite and the male host of the 2011 edition of Europe's favourite TV-show, the German entertainer Stefan Raab, announced he's ending his career in this aspect.
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It was 23 years ago today that world famous superstar Céline Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest, singing Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi for Switzerland. It was only Switzerland's second victory, after they won the very first contest in 1956.
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When Lena won last years Eurovision Song Contest for Germany with Satellite, it was only the second time in the history of the competition that the nation had won. Today, 29 years ago Germany registered their first win in 1982 with Nicole singing the Ralph Siegel & Bernd Menuinger composition Ein Bißchen Frieden, or A Little Peace as it would become known worldwide when released commercially.
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Today marks the 33 year anniversary of Israel's first victory in the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1978. Although not considered to be one of the acts tipped to win, Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta romped home to victory with A-Ba-Ni-Bi and took the competition to their homeland the following year.
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Continuing our look in to the archives, today we look back exactly 31 years to 1980. Johnny Logan scored a famous victory for Ireland with What's Another Year, and for the first and only time an African nation, namely Morocco participated in Europe's Favourite TV Show.
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Continuing our look back at significant anniversary dates in the calendar of Europe's Favourite TV Show, today we reflect on the 44th anniversary of the United Kingdom's first ever victory in 1967 with Sandie Shaw's barefoot performance of Puppet On A String scoring one of the most comprehensive victories of all time.
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The biggest success story ever to emerge from the history of the Europe's Favourite TV Show was ABBA's victory in 1974 with Waterloo. The group went on to enjoy unprecedented worldwide fame and success, and today we look back at their big night 37 years ago in Brighton. Waterloo was also voted best ever Eurovision Song Contest song in the 50th anniversary Congratulations show in 2005.
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Continuing Eurovision.tv's trip down memory lane, today marks 30 years exactly since Bucks Fizz won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin with their skirt ripping performance of Making Your Mind Up and we take a closer look at events in 1981.
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Over the coming weeks, in the build up to the 2011 contest, Eurovision.tv will be delving in to the archives to reminisce and remember some of the most pivotal and landmark moments in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Today, on the 40th anniversary of Séverine's victory for Monaco, with Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue we look back at the 1971 contest.
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When Lena won the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, it was Germany's second victory in the event. Today, we look back at the first German victory, 29 years ago today back in 1982, and Nicole's famous win with Ein Bißchen Frieden.
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And then there were ten - a professional jury and viewers in Estonia have made up their mind and completed the lineup for their national selections final, to be held in a week. Five qualified from tonight's semi-final of Eesti Laul.
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Sharon Cohen, better known by her stage name of Dana International, the winner of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, is set to take part in the Israeli national selection, the Israeli broadcaster IBA confirms.
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The five Irish acts competing to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have been confirmed today, the broadcaster RTÉ announced. The acts include Don Mescall, Jedward, The Vard Sisters, Nikki Kavanagh, and a "mystery group".
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Mārtiņš Freimanis, the Latvian Eurovision Song Contest participant in 2003 and their 2005 entry composer, died today. The popular singer was just 33 years old.
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One more Azerbaijani finalist has been picked the last days, extending the list of the finalists to six. At the same time, MKRTV, the FYR Macedonian broadcaster, has changed the deadline for submitting entries for their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Alexander Rybak, the winner of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest gave a press conference today at the Minsk Arena as he'll be the interval act of this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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They picked the cream of the Ukrainian music industry, from the rising stars to established artists. This is how the Ukrainian national broadcaster, NTU, decided to organise their national selection for Europe's favourite TV-show this year.
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The show of this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk will start with a new hit. In the very beginning, two Eurovision event winners, Ksenia Sitnik and Alexander Rybak will open the show with a duet.
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The Swedish broadcaster, SVT, has made their choice for the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest and have picked their singer for Minsk! It'll be a 13-year-old singer, named Josefine Ridell. Two former Eurovision Song Contest participants help her on the way there.
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Fud Leclerc, the man who represented Belgium four times at the Eurovision Song Contest, passed on yesterday, Belgian media reports.
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Many Eurovision Song Contest stars are set to appear at one of the biggest contest related fan events, held in Portugal. This year the number of performers have doubled for the big party to celebrate Europe's favourite TV-show.
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The winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, the Finnish hard-rock monster-band Lordi, have released a new.. iPhone game!
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The day has come, Lena, the winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, has overthrown the 1974 winner, the music icon ABBA, in popularity. At least on Facebook, the latest numbers show.
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Lena, the reigning queen of the Eurovision Song Contest, has released one more single from her debut album, My Cassette Player.
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The Turkish band who finished second at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, maNga, has continued their success story after Oslo. Now they've started taking over Europe once again, this time city by city.
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Jessy Matador, the energetic French participant at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, has continued his success all over Europe, now releasing a new single.
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Alexander Rybak, the winner of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, called out for fans to join his Facebook page to cross the 100,000 fans line. Inspired by that, Eurovision.tv took some time to investigate, who of the former participants of Europe's favourite TV-show have the largest communities behind them in the most popular social medium in the world.
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Michael Morvan, the drummer of the 2003 Belgian representative Urban Trad, has passed on. The early death of the drummer was a shock to many.
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The nominees for the prestigious TV-award, 2010 Rose d’Or competition, were announced yesterday at simultaneous events in London and Lucerne. Among them, the Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow, Russia.
