Eurovision Song Contest winner

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Eurovision Song Contest winner, winner of the annual Eurovision Song Contest organized by the European Broadcasting Union. A glass trophy in the shape of a microphone is awarded to the winning performer, and smaller trophies are given to the winning songwriters. The country represented by the winning performance is accorded the right to host the contest the following year. Widespread recognition from winning the song contest has been instrumental in launching several successful music careers, such as those of ABBA (winner of the 1974 contest), Céline Dion (1988), and Måneskin (2021). Below is a list of the winning song and songwriter for each year, alongside the performer and country.

year	song, songwriter	performer	country
1956	“Refrain,” Émile Gardaz, Géo Voumard	Lys Assia	Switzerland
1957	“Net als toen,” Willy van Hemert, Guus Jansen	Corry Brokken	Netherlands
1958	“Dors mon amour,” Pierre Delanoë, Hubert Giraud	André Claveau	France
1959	“Een beetje,” Willy van Hemert, Dick Schallies	Teddy Scholten	Netherlands
1960	“Tom Pillibi,” Pierre Cour, André Popp	Jacqueline Boyer	France
1961	“Nous les amoureux,” Jacques Datin, Maurice Vidalin	Jean-Claude Pascal	Luxembourg
1962	“Un Premier Amour,” Rolande Valade, Claude Henri Vic	Isabelle Aubret	France
1963	“Dansevise,” Sejr Volmer-Sørensen, Otto Francker	Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann	Denmark
1964	“Non ho l’età,” Nicola Salerno	Gigliola Cinquetti	Italy
1965	“Poupée de cire, poupée de son,” Serge Gainsbourg	France Gall	Luxembourg
1966	“Merci chérie,” Udo Jürgens, Thomas Hörbiger	Udo Jürgens	Austria
1967	“Puppet on a String,” Bill Martin, Phil Coulter	Sandie Shaw	United Kingdom
1968	“La, la, la,” Ramón Arcusa, Manuel de la Calva	Massiel	Spain
1969	“Vivo cantando,” Aniano Alcalde, María José de Cerato	Salomé	Spain
	“Boom Bang-a-Bang,” Peter Warne, Alan Moorhouse	Lulu	United Kingdom
	“De troubadour,” Lenny Kuhr, David Hartsena	Lenny Kuhr	Netherlands
	“Un Jour, un enfant,” Eddy Marnay, Emile Stern	Frida Boccara	France
1970	“All Kinds of Everything,” Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith	Dana	Ireland
1971	“Un Banc, un arbre, une rue,” Yves Dessca, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre	Séverine	Monaco
1972	“Après toi,” Klaus Munro, Yves Dessca, Mario Panas	Vicky Leandros	Luxembourg
1973	“Tu te reconnaîtras,” Vline Buggy, Claude Morgan	Anne-Marie David	Luxembourg
1974	“Waterloo,” Stikkan Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus	ABBA	Sweden
1975	“Ding-a-Dong,” Will Luikinga, Eddy Ouwens, Dick Bakker	Teach-In	Netherlands
1976	“Save Your Kisses for Me,” Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden, Martin Lee	Brotherhood of Man	United Kingdom
1977	“L’Oiseau et l’enfant,” José Gracy, Jean-Paul Cara	Marie Myriam	France
1978	“A-Ba-Ni-Bi,” Ehud Manor, Nurit Hirsh	Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta	Israel
1979	“Hallelujah,” Shimrit Orr, Kobi Oshrat	Gali Atari and Milk and Honey	Israel
1980	“What’s Another Year,” Shay Healy	Johnny Logan	Ireland
1981	“Making Your Mind Up,” Andy Hill, John Danter	Bucks Fizz	United Kingdom
1982	“Ein bisschen Frieden,” Bernd Meinunger, Ralph Siegel	Nicole	West Germany
1983	“Si la vie est cadeau,” Alain Garcia, Jean-Pierre Millers	Corinne Hermès	Luxembourg
1984	“Diggi-loo diggi-ley,” Britt Lindeborg, Torgny Söderberg	Herrey’s	Sweden
1985	“La det swinge,” Rolf Løvland	Bobbysocks	Norway
1986	“J’aime la vie,” Marino Atria, Jean-Pierre Furnémont, Angelo Crisci	Sandra Kim	Belgium
1987	“Hold Me Now,” Sean Sherrard	Johnny Logan	Ireland
1988	“Ne partez pas sans moi,” Nella Martinetti, Atilla Sereftug	Céline Dion	Switzerland
1989	“Rock Me,” Stevo Cvikich, Rajko Dujmich	Riva	Yugoslavia
1990	“Insieme: 1992,” Toto Cutugno	Toto Cutugno	Italy
1991	“Fångad av en stormvind,” Stephan Berg	Carola	Sweden
1992	“Why Me,” Sean Sherrard	Linda Martin	Ireland
1993	“In Your Eyes,” Jimmy Walsh	Niamh Kavanagh	Ireland
1994	“Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids,” Brendan Graham	Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan	Ireland
1995	“Nocturne,” Petter Skavlan, Rolf Løvland	Secret Garden	Norway
1996	“The Voice,” Brendan Graham	Eimear Quinn	Ireland
1997	“Love Shine a Light,” Kimberley Rew	Katrina and the Waves	United Kingdom
1998	“Diva,” Yoav Ginay	Dana International	Israel
1999	“Take Me to Your Heaven,” Gert Lengstrand	Charlotte Nilsson	Sweden
2000	“Fly on the Wings of Love,” Jørgen Olsen	Olsen Brothers	Denmark
2001	“Everybody,” Maian-Anna Kärmas, Ivar Must	Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, and 2XL	Estonia
2002	“I Wanna,” Marija Naumova, Marats Samauskis	Marie N	Latvia
2003	“Every Way That I Can,” Demir Demirkan, Sertab Erener	Sertab Erener	Turkey
2004	“Wild Dances,” Ruslana Lyzhichko, Aleksandr Ksenofontov	Ruslana	Ukraine
2005	“My Number One,” Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou	Helena Paparizou	Greece
2006	“Hard Rock Hallelujah,” LORDI	LORDI	Finland
2007	“Molitva,” Vladimir Graić, Saša Milošević Mare	Marija Šerifović	Serbia
2008	“Believe,” Dima Bilan, Jim Beanz	Dima Bilan	Russia
2009	“Fairytale,” Alexander Rybak	Alexander Rybak	Norway
2010	“Satellite,” Julie Frost, John Gordon	Lena	Germany
2011	“Running Scared,” Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman, Iain Farquharson	Ell/Nikki	Azerbaijan
2012	“Euphoria,” Thomas G:son, Peter Boström	Loreen	Sweden
2013	“Only Teardrops,” Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard	Emmelie de Forest	Denmark
2014	“Rise like a Phoenix,” Charly Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas	Conchita Wurst	Austria
2015	“Heroes,” Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad	Måns Zelmerlöw	Sweden
2016	“1944,” Susana (“Jamala”) Jamaladinova	Susana (“Jamala”) Jamaladinova	Ukraine
2017	“For the Both of Us,” Luisa Sobral	Salvador Sobral	Portugal
2018	“Toy,” Doron Medalie, Stav Beger	Netta	Israel
2019	“Arcade,” Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy	Duncan Laurence	Netherlands
2020	Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021	“Zitti e buoni,” Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi, Ethan Torchio	Måneskin	Italy
2022	“Stefania,” Ivan Klymenko, Oleh Psiuk, Ihor Didenchuk, Tymofii Muzychuk, Vitalii Duzhyk	Kalush Orchestra	Ukraine
2023	“Tattoo,” Jimmy Jansson, Jimmy Joker, Loreen, Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son	Loreen	Sweden

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Zeidan.