This timeline details the date, host city, winning country, artist and song of the yearly Eurovision Song Contest from 1956 to present day.
24th May 1956
Host City- Lugano, Switzerland
Eurovision Winner – Switzerland
Lys Assia singing ‘Refrain’
3rd March 1957
Host City – Frankfurt, Germany
Winner – Netherlands
Corry Brokken singing ‘Net Als Toen’
12th March 1958
Host City – Hilversum, Netherlands
Winner – France
Andre Claveau singing ‘Dors, Mon Amour’
11th March 1959
Host City -Cannes, France
Winner – Netherlands
Teddy Scholten singing ‘n Beetje’
29th March 1960
Host City – London, United Kingdom
Winner – France
Jacqueline Boyer singing ‘Tom Pillibi’
18th March 1961
Host City – Cannes, France
Winner – Luxembourg
Jean-Claude Pascal singing ‘Nous les Amoureux’
18th March 1962
Host City – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Winner – France
Isabelle Aubret singing ‘Un Premier Amour’
23rd March 1963
Host City – London, United Kingdom
Winner – Denmark
Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann singing ‘Dansevise’
21st March 1964
Host City – Copenhagen, Denmark
Winner – Italy
Gigliola Cinquetti singing ‘No Ho L’eta’
20th March 1965
Host City – Naples, Italy
Winner – Luxembourg
France Gall singing ‘Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son’
5th March 1966
Host City – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Winner – Austria
Udo Jurgens singing ‘Merci Cherie’
8th April 1967
Host City – Vienna, Austria
Winner – United Kingdom
Sandie Shaw singing ‘Puppet on a String’
6th April 1968
Host City – London, United Kingdom
Winner – Spain
Massiel singing ‘La, la, la’
12th March 1969
Host City – Madrid, Spain
Winner – France, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom – tied
Frida Boccara singing ‘Un Jour, Un Enfant’ for France
Lenny Kuhr singing ‘De Troubadour’ for the Netherlands
Salome singing ‘Vivo Cantando’ for Spain
Lulu singing ‘Boom Bang-a-Bang’ for the United Kingdom
Lenny Kuhr singing ‘De Troubadour’ for the Netherlands
Salome singing ‘Vivo Cantando’ for Spain
Lulu singing ‘Boom Bang-a-Bang’ for the United Kingdom
21st March 1970
Host City – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Winner – Ireland
Dana singing ‘All Kinds of Everything’
3rd April 1971
Host City – Dublin, Ireland
Winner – Monaco
Dana singing ‘A Banc, Un Arbre, Un Rue’
25th March 1972
Host City – Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Winner – Luxembourg
Vicky Leandros singing ‘Apres Toi’
7th April 1973
Host City – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Winner – Luxembourg
Anne-Marie David singing ‘Tu Te Reconnaitras’
6th April 1974
Host City – Brighton, United Kingdom
Winner – Sweden
ABBA singing ‘Waterloo’
22nd March 1975
Host City – Stockholm, Sweden
Winner – Netherlands
Teach-In singing ‘Ding-a-Dong’
3rd April 1976
Host City – The Hague, Netherlands
Winner – United Kingdom
Brotherhood of Man singing ‘Save Your Kisses for Me’
7th May 1977
Host City – London, United Kingdom
Winner – France
Marie Myriam singing ‘L’Oiseau et L’Enfant’
22nd April 1978
Host City – Paris, France
Winner – Israel
Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta singing ‘A-Ba-Ni-Bi’
31st March 1979
Host City – Jerusalem, Israel
Winner – Israel
Gali Atari and Milk and Honey singing ‘Hallelujah’
19th April 1980
Host City – The Hague, Netherlands
Winner – Ireland
Johnny Logan singing ‘What’s Another Year’
4th April 1981
Host City – Dublin, Ireland
Winner – United Kingdom
Bucks Fizz singing ‘Making Your Mind Up’
24th April 1982
Host City – Harrogate, United Kingdom
Winner – Germany
Nicole singing ‘Ein Bischen Frieden’
23rd April 1983
Host City – Munich, Germany
Winner – Luxembourg
Corinne Hermes singing ‘Si La Vie Est Cadeau’
5th May 1984
Host City – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Winner – Sweden
Herreys singing ‘Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley’
4th May 1985
Host City – Gothenburg, Sweden
Winner – Norway
Bobbysocks singing ‘La Det Swinge’
3rd May 1986
Host City – Bergen, Norway
Winner – Belgium
Sandra Kim singing ‘J’Aime la Vie’
9th May 1987
Host City – Brussels, Belgium
Winner – Ireland
Johnny Logan singing ‘Hold Me Now’
30th April 1988
Host City – Dublin, Ireland
Winner – Switzerland
Celine Dion singing ‘Ne Partez Pas Sans’
6th May 1989
Host City – Lausanne, Switzerland
Winner – Yugoslavia
Riva singing ‘Rock Me’
5th May 1990
Host City – Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Winner – Italy
Toto Cutugno singing ‘Insieme: 1992’
4th May 1991
Host City – Rome, Italy
Winner – Sweden
Carola singing ‘Fangad av en Stormvind’
9th May 1992
Host City – Malmo, Sweden
Winner – Ireland
Linda Martin singing ‘Why Me?’
15th May 1993
Host City – Millstreet, Ireland
Winner – Ireland
Niamh Kavanagh singing ‘In Your Eyes’
30th April 1994
Host City – Dublin, Ireland
Winner – Ireland
Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan singing ‘Rock n Roll Kids’
13th May 1995
Host City – Dublin, Ireland
Winner – Norway
Secret Garden singing ‘Nocturne’
18th May 1996
Host City – Oslo, Norway
Winner – Ireland
Eimear Quinn singing ‘The Voice’
3rd May 1997
Host City – Dublin, Ireland
Winner – United Kingdom
Katrina and the Waves singing ‘Love Shine a Light’
9th May 1998
Host City – Birmingham, United Kingdom
Winner – Israel
Dana International singing ‘Diva’
29th May 1999
Host City – Jerusalem, Israel
Eurovision Winner – Sweden
Charlotte Nilsson singing ‘Take Me To Your Heaven’
13th May 2000
Host City – Stockholm, Sweden
Winner – Denmark
Olsen Brothers singing ‘Fly On The Wings Of Love’
12th May 2001
Host City – Copenhagen, Denmark
Winner – Estonia
Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL singing ‘Everybody’
25th May 2002
Host City -Tallinn, Estonia
Winner – Latvia
Marie N singing ‘I Wanna’
24th May 2003
Host City – Riga, Latvia
Winner – Turkey
Sertab Erener singing ‘Every Way That I Can’
15th May 2004
Host City – Istanbul, Turkey
Winner – Ukraine
Rusiana singing ‘Wild Dances’
21st May 2005
Host City – Kiev, Ukraine
Winner – Greece
Helena Paparizou singing ‘My Number One’
20th May 2006
Host City – Athens, Greece
Winner – Finland
Lordi singing ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah’
12th May 2007
Host City – Helsinki, Finland
Winner – Serbia
Marija Serifovic singing ‘Molitva’
24th May 2008
Host City – Belgrade, Serbia
Eurovision Winner – Russia
Dima Bilan singing ‘Believe’
16th May 2009
Host City – Moscow, Russia
Winner – Norway
Alexander Rybak singing ‘Fairytale’
29th May 2010
Host City – Oslo, Norway
Winner – Germany
Lena singing ‘Satellite’
14th May 2011
Host City – Dusseldorf, Germany
Winner – Azerbaijan
Ell and Nikki singing ‘Running Scared’
26th May 2012
Host City – Baku, Azerbaijan
Winner – Sweden
Loreen singing ‘Euphoria’
18th May 2013
Host City – Malmo, Sweden
Winner – Denmark
Emmelie de Forest singing ‘Only Teardrops’
29th May 2014
Host City – Copenhagen, Denmark
Winner – Austria
Conchita Wurst singing ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’
23rd May 2015
Host City – Vienna, Austria
Winner – Sweden
Mans Zelmerlow singing ‘Heroes’
14th May 2016
Host City – Stockholm, Sweden
Winner – Ukraine
Jamala singing ‘1944’
13th May 2017
Host City – Kiev, Ukraine
Winner – Portugal
Salvador Sobral singing ‘Amar Pelos Dois’
12th May 2018
Host City – Lisbon, Portugal
Winner – Israel
Netta singing ‘Toy’
18th May 2019
Host City – Tel Aviv, Israel
Winner – Netherlands
Duncan Laurence singing ‘Arcade’
2020
Host City – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Winner – None
The competition was cancelled due to the global outbreak of coronavirus
2021
Host City – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Winner – Italy
Maneskin singing ‘Zitti E Buoni’
2022
Host City – Turin, Italy
Winner – Ukraine
Kalush Orchestra singing ‘Stefania’
First published 2019; updated and republished May 15 2022 @ 10:58 am – Updated – [last-modified]
Harvard Reference for this page:
Heather Y Wheeler. (2019 – 2022). Eurovision Song Contest Winners 1956 – Present Day.