Russian Eurovision participants throughout the history of the competition. Dossier. Is there life after? What do the Eurovision winners of past years do? Eurovision history of victories

Eurovision can be considered the main European song event of the year. It's spectacular and gambling event both for its members and for the public from many countries around the world. Fans watching from TV screens can not only worry and worry from the bottom of their hearts, but also vote for their favorite performers.

Eurovision Song Contest

The World Eurovision Song Contest is a competition between singers from different countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union. Preparations for this event take place almost a year before the start of the competition.

The essence of the competition is that fans cannot vote for the performer of their country. Points can be given for your favorite singer from any other country. The winner gets the prize and the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest next year in my homeland.

History of appearance

Eurovision appeared in the middle of the 20th century. Marcel Besançon is a representative of Swiss television who first spoke about the unification of cultures different countries, which are part of the European Broadcasting Union. A few years later, this idea was approved. Since then, this European competition has been held annually.

An example began to be used italian festival, held in San Remo. Initially it was said that the song contest would select best performers and help them develop further international arena. In fact, Eurovision was supposed to increase the ratings of public television, which at that time was not so popular.

First competition

The first competition was held in May 1956. Switzerland hosted the spectators and members of the Eurovision Song Contest. The musical battle took place in the city of Lugano. Seven participating countries competed for victory. The performers sang two songs in a row, this was the first time. The debut winner was Lise Assia from Switzerland.

Every year there were more and more pop singers wanting to perform at the competition. Every country wanted to show itself on the world stage. Therefore, later they began to hold the semi-finals of the competition, in which everyone could sing. And in the final, which took place two weeks later, the selected applicants showed their musical skills.

Famous ABBA

Now it is quite difficult to remember many of the competition participants who sang their songs for the whole world. The list of Eurovision winners of all years is too long. But the laureates of this award, who went down in history, are still remembered. We cannot forget the famous ABBA group. Their performance produced such a surge of emotions from the audience in the hall that it was remembered for a long time.

ABBA took first place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. The famous ensemble represented Sweden and performed the musical composition Waterloo.

Eurovision winners of the 21st century

In 2000, the winner was the Olsen Brothers. This is a duo from Denmark, which consists of the Olsen brothers. Among the Eurovision winners of all years, only Jürgen and Nils performed a song that later became mega-popular.
In 2001, the Estonian duo Dave Benton and Tanel Padar took first place. For the first time, the award went to Estonia.
In 2002, Marie N stood on the honorary podium. A Latvian artist with Russian roots, Maria Naumova, represented her country. At Eurovision, among the winners of all years, she was the first who later became the presenter grand show, which took place in Riga.

In 2003, the laurels of the winner went to Sertab Erener. The Turkish pop diva became a famous singer thanks to this competition.
In 2004, Ruslana took first place at the Eurovision Song Contest. The debut appearance of this Ukrainian representative delighted the audience of the competition. Thanks to Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana received the title People's Artist in my homeland.
In 2005, Europe was shocked by Elena Paparizou, a singer from Greece. The first time she entered the competition, she participated as part of the Antique group. Unfortunately, they did not take first place. The second time the girl was luckier - she sang solo and received the long-awaited victory.
In 2006, Lordi became the first. A rock band from Finland horrified viewers with their creative outfit. The hard rock band Lordi performs ironic songs about all kinds of horror.
In 2007, the palm goes to Maria Serifovich. She is originally from Serbia. Among the Eurovision winners of all years, her musical composition was performed first native language, and not in English, like the others. Despite this, she took the leading place.
In 2008, Dima Bilan appeared on the Eurovision stage, having won silver in 2006. This time he was able to win the hearts of millions of television viewers and the audience in the hall with his incredible performance. This is the first victory for Russia in the history of the competition.

In 2009, the winner was Alexander Rybak. The representative of Norway collected the most a large number of votes for the history of the European competition.
In 2010, the German representative Lena Mayer-Landrut became a winner. But luck smiled at her only once.
In 2011, Azerbaijan took first place. The duet Ell & Nikki filled auditorium harmony and love.
In 2012, Swedish singer Lorin brought victory to her country. Alas, Russian performers lost first place to her.
In 2013, Emmilie de Forest won the championship. This victory was predicted for her at the very beginning of the competition.
In 2014, the Eurovision winner was a woman with a beard - Conchita Wurst. In fact, this is a pseudonym, and the singer's name is Thomas Nairwit. Many were left in a shocking state from appearance performer, but the deep voice of the Austrian representative brought him first place.
In 2015, Måns Zelmerlöw captivated Europeans with his sonorous voice. The singer from Switzerland became the king of the stage even before his victorious performance.

Last year, the winner of Eurovision 2016 was a singer from Ukraine, Jamala. Since childhood, she dreamed of being on stage and persistently pursued it. But winning such a competition was the highest award. Jamala deserved the laurels of the winner of Eurovision 2016.
The winner of Eurovision 2017 was the Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral. He appeared on the stage of a European competition for the first time. The singer received greatest number votes and took first place. The winner of Eurovision 2017 brought success to his country from Kyiv.

2018

Who will win in 2018? You just have to guess about this. But the intrigue will not last long, and next spring in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, Europe will hear the voice of a new winner. This will be the 63rd competition. The semi-finals of the European competition will be held on May 8 and 10, and the final performance will be seen on May 12, 2018.

What does participation in the competition give?

For many young singers and vocal-instrumental ensembles, a victorious performance at Eurovision is the beginning musical path on the creative ladder. In order to participate in the competition, the country of the song performer must be a member of the EBU and be able to broadcast the performance via the Eurovision system.

Eurovision is the oldest annual international television competition, the participants of which are, first of all, members of the European Broadcasting Union. The competition was organized and shown to the world on the basis of the music festival in San Remo (Italy). All main winners music scene Europe - in the material LIGA.net.

It all started modestly - back in the days of black and white television. The first winner of the competition was the Swiss singer Lise Assia. At Eurovision in 1956, she performed two songs at once - the rules of the competition also changed several times - and the composition "Refrain" won. However, at that time Asia did not have too much competition - only seven countries took part in the competition - Switzerland, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

The following year, Austria, Denmark and Britain joined the competition, and the Netherlands took the baton of Eurovision winners thanks to Corrie Brocken and her song "Net Als Toen". In 1958, Sweden joined the competition family, and the prize was taken by the French actor and singer Andre Clavo, who captivated the jury and audience with the love song “Dors, Mon Amour.”

1959 was again successful for the Netherlands - singer Teddy Scholten won with the song "Een Beetje". The tradition of inviting new countries to participate has not changed - this year a participant from Monaco entered the competition stage. 1960 - France won again - Jacqueline Boyer with the song "Tom Pillibi", and Norway debuted at Eurovision. The Netherlands refused to host the competition, so the UK hosted Eurovision.

In 1961, footage of the audience already appeared in the Eurovision broadcast on television, without which it is difficult to imagine the competition today. Finland, Spain and Yugoslavia joined in, and the winner was French singer Jean-Claude Pascal, who represented Luxembourg with the song "Nous les amoureux".

In 1962, the French contestant Isabelle Oubre won, performing the song "Un premier amour". However, France refused to host the competition at home and Great Britain again came to the rescue - Eurovision 1963 was held at the new BBC television center in Sheppard's Bush. The winner of the eighth competition was Denmark with the song "Dansevise", performed by Greta and Jürgen Ingmann. The Netherlands then, for the first time in the history of the competition, did not receive a single point for the second year in a row.

In 1964, Portugal joined Eurovision. The competition scene took on a familiar shape to the modern viewer, But musical accompaniment still remained performed by a live orchestra. Gigliola Cinquetti from Italy won with the song “Non ho l’eta”.

In 1965, Ireland made its debut on the competition stage. The USSR and other Eastern European countries broadcast Eurovision. The television audience exceeded 150 million people. Luxembourg won for the second time in Eurovision history - it was represented by France Gall with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son".

Austria won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 with the song "Merci Chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens. And the next year in Vienna, Great Britain was able to bring home the competition, this time deserving it, represented by Sandy Shaw with the song “Puppet On a String”. In 1968, Eurovision was broadcast in color for the first time, and the winner was Spain with the song "La, la, la..." performed by Massiel.

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The following year in Madrid, for the first time in the history of the competition, four countries became winners at once - the host of the 1969 competition, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain. Austria refused to participate in the competition due to Franco's dictatorship in Spain. In 1970, Eurovision was hosted by the Netherlands, which, after their previous victories at the competition, then refused to host it. Ireland won in Amsterdam, represented by Dana with the song "All Kinds of Everything".

The winner of Eurovision 1971 was Monaco with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", performed by singer Severine. The next two years in a row, Luxembourg won, represented by Vicky Leandros with the song "Après toi" and Anna-Marie David with the song "Tu te reconnaîtras". In 1973, Israel joined the competition.

In 1974 in British city Brighton (Luxembourg was unable to host the competition a second time due to financial reasons), the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest was the legendary Swedish group ABBA with the song "Waterloo". This year, for the first time, television viewers were able to see a video preceding each performance, telling about the performer and his country.

Eurovision 1975 added a new participant - Turkey, and the Netherlands won for the fourth time with the group "Teach-In" and the song "Ding-a-dong".

In 1976, the competition was held in The Hague and was won by the Eurovision record holder - Great Britain, which was represented by "Brotherhood of Man" with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me".

The following year in London, another record holder of the competition, France, received the title of winner. In 1977, she was represented by Marie Miriam, who performed "L'oiseau et l'enfant". Then, in Paris, Israel won for the first time, and twice in a row - Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta sang “A-ba’ni-bi”, and the next year in Jerusalem the song “Hallelujah” was performed by Gali Atari & Milk and Honey.

In 1980, Israel did not host the competition for the second time and Eurovision was again hosted by The Hague in the Netherlands. This time Johnny Logan from Ireland won with the song “What’s Another Year”, and the competition stage has already acquired shapes that are even more familiar to modern Eurovision fans. Although, surprisingly, there was still a live orchestra. This year Morocco joined the competition.

In 1981, the bright and positive “Bucks Fizz”, representing Great Britain, won, and the competition added one more participant - Cyprus. By this time, 20 countries had already taken part in Eurovision.

The following year, in the British city of Harrogate, Germany won for the first time, which had previously repeatedly remained one step away from the coveted title and took second place. German singer Nicole performed the song "Ein bisschen Frieden".

In 1982, Luxembourg won in Munich - it was represented by Corinne Hermé with the song "Si la vie est cadeau", and the following year Sweden won for the second time in the history of the competition. The group "Herreys" with the song "Diggi-loo-diggi-ley" then scored 145 points.

The winner in Gothenburg, Sweden at the 30th Eurovision Song Contest was the brilliant and positive "Bobbysocks" from Norway with the song "La det swinge".

In 1986, Sandra Kim from Belgium scored the highest score with the song "J'aime la vie". The following year, Irishman Johnny Logan won in Brussels, performing "Hold Me Now". A new participant appeared in this competition - Iceland.

Eurovision 1988 brought fame to Celine Dion, who represented Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi".

The following year, in Lausanne, Yugoslavia won the competition for the first time, representing the group "Riva" with the song "Rock Me".

In 1990 the competition took place in Zagreb. The winner of the 35th Eurovision was the Italian Toto Cutugno, performing "Insieme 1992".

In 1991, the Swedish singer Carola won in Rome with the song "Fangad av en stormvind", but she scored an equal number of points with France. The following year, the competition was held in Malmö, Sweden, thanks to the “additional indicators” determined by the jury.

The winner of Eurovision in 1992, 1993 and 1994 was Ireland. She was represented by Linda Martin with the song “Why Me”, then by Neve Kavanagh performing “In Your Eyes” and finally by the duet Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan with the song “Rock’n’Roll Kids”. In 1993, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia joined the competition. And in 1994, Eurovision was replenished with seven participants at once - after the collapse of the USSR, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia began to perform on the stage of the competition. By the way, Poland took second place in the first year of its participation.

Norway won in 1995. She was represented by the duet "Secret Garden" with the song "Nocturne".

And the next year Ireland won again. This time the competition was brought to Dublin by Eimear Quinn and the song "The Voice".
Eurovision 1997 glorified the British pop-rock group 2Katrina and the Waves and their song “Love Shine a Light.” By the way, Ireland did not completely lose ground and took second place this year.

In 1998 the competition was held in Birmingham and was won by Dana International (real name Sharon Cohen) from Israel with the song "Diva". This was the first time that a “non-traditional” participant in the competition won - the future singer was born a man and changed her gender 5 years before her victory at Eurovision. In the same year, Macedonia joined the competition.

The following year, Charlotte Nilsson from Sweden won in Jerusalem, performing "Take Me to Your Heaven". In 2000 in Stockholm, the highest number of points in the competition was received by Danish duo"Olsen Brothers" and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love".

In 2001, Estonia finally announced itself in Copenhagen. It was represented by three participants at once - singers Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and the group 2XL.

By the way, small Ireland became the winner of the competition more often than other countries - 7 times. Great Britain can be called the luckiest country in the competition: British performers took second place 15 times. France and Luxembourg, like England, have won 5 times. Russia became the winner once, in 2008.

2012. Sweden

Last year the competition was held in Azerbaijan, in Baku. Victory of Moroccan-Berber origin Lauryn(Loreen) with the song “Euphoria”. Previously, this performance could be seen at Melodifestivalen (at this competition in Sweden, a representative of the country is chosen for Eurovision). Lauryn decided not to change her unique number. In it, the singer presented yoga dance (euphoria-dansen), in which American beat-boxer Osben Jordan participated. By the way, Lorin set a new competition record: Sweden scored a record number of 12-point marks - 18.

2011. Azerbaijan

For the first time in the history of Eurovision, a duet became the winner of the competition, held in Dusseldorf, Germany. Eldara Kasimova And Nigar Jamal(Ell & Nikki) from Azerbaijan. At the national qualifying round, the performers performed separately and scored the same number of points. Therefore, the jury decided to send a duet to the competition. The melodic single “Running Scared,” for which no one predicted a place in the top three, brought the duo 221 points and first place. By the way, only 3 countries gave Azerbaijan the highest rating - Russia, Türkiye and Malta.

2010. Germany

Oslo, Norway. 19-year-old singer from Germany Lena Mayer-Landrut(Lena Meyer-Landrut) with the song “Satellite” won with a significant margin over the competitors (246 points versus 170 for Turkey). After such success, Germany sent Lena to the competition for the second time, but in 2011 her song “Taken by A Stranger” took only 10th place. Immediately after this, the singer’s popularity began to decline.

2009. Norway

The capital of the 54th and largest competition in history was Moscow. On Russian stage the singer and violinist, a native of Belarus, won Alexander Rybak, who represented Norway. His first single “Fairytale” from his debut album became a favorite long before the end of voting and set an absolute quantitative record for the competition - in the final he scored 387 points. 16 countries gave Rybak 12 points. You can hear melodies in the song "Fairytale" ancient dance- Irish reel, and the hit itself, according to Alexander Rybak, he dedicated ex-girlfriend. “It's amazing that so many people chose the simplest song (Fairytale). I don’t even understand what happened,” Rybak admitted at a press conference after the victory.

2008. Russia

Belgrade, Serbia. This year luck smiled Russian performer Dima Bilan, who performed at Eurovision for the second time. Bilan was considered one of the favorites of the competition; the audience remembered his performance in 2006 very well. In 2008, everyone was captivated not only by the song “Believe” itself, but also by the unique enchanting production Russian team. For the first time in the history of Eurovision, an ice covering was installed on the stage, on which figure skater and Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko performed together with Bilan. And for the first time at the competition, the violin of Antonio Stradivari sounded in the hands of the famous Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton.

2007. Serbia

Helsinki, Finland. The first place was taken by the representative of Serbia Maria Sherifovich(Marija Šerifović) with a song in Serbian “Prayer”. In many ways, this victory was unexpected, since the songs on national language It’s not so often that they take first place, and Šerifović herself differed from other performers with a strong dramatic timbre of her voice and unconventional appearance. The artist, dressed in a man's suit, performed a heartfelt “Prayer”. After the victory, the 22-year-old Serbian singer decided to devote herself entirely to music and abandon her management career.

2006. Finland

Eurovision 2006 will long remain in the memory of millions of viewers as the most controversial and scandalous. Finnish group Lordi with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah” she beat the favorite of the competition, representing our country, Dima Bilan. A group of “monsters” (Lordi always perform on stage and appear in public wearing terrifying masks made of latex and hand-painted) since qualifying round difficulties awaited. Finland presented a rock band at the competition for the first time, but after the election of Lordi, some public organizations called the group “satanic” for its image and lyrics. Despite this, the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" won audience voting with a record score of 292 points. The victory brought Lordi wider fame.

2005. Greece

The 50th anniversary competition was held in Kyiv. The singer won Elena Paparizou(Helena Paparizou), born in Sweden in a Greek family and correspondingly representing Greece. According to the voting results, the song “My Number One” received 230 points. This was not Elena Paparizou's first attempt to win the competition. In 2001, she took third place as part of the Antik group. The winner was congratulated by her predecessor, singer Ruslana, and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. He presented the Greek woman with a special prize - a golden pictoral, which is a Scythian decoration with fern elements.

2004. Ukraine

Istanbul, Türkiye. The Ukrainian woman became the first according to the voting results Ruslana with a fiery song with Hutsul motifs “Wild Dances”. The colorful singer in a leather and metallic suit, surrounded by her dancers, caught my eye even in the semi-finals and won quite predictably. By the way, the title of the song turned out to be justified. During the rehearsal of Ruslana's number, the stage could not stand it wild dancing and broke.

2003. Türkiye

10 years ago, the winner of the 48th competition in Riga, Latvia, was Sertab Erener(Sertab Erener) from Turkey. Her song “Everyway That I Can” literally captivated listeners from all over the world. And the combination of the hot belly dance that Sertab performed on stage with Turkish rhythms and Western pop was remembered by the audience for a long time. According to Sertab Erener, "Everyway That I Can" is "a song about a woman who would use any opportunity to get her loved one back."

Eurovision is a competition known throughout the world. It is the brightest event in the spring. Participating countries begin preparing for it in advance: some organize competitions among performers within their country, others are guided by the popularity of the artists.

The choice of some participants is sometimes frightening, and sometimes makes them fall into depression, on the eve of, in the opinion of many, the collapse of morality on Earth. For example, in 2014, the list of Eurovision winners was replenished with the name of Conchita Wurst...

Eurovision yesterday, today, tomorrow. Transformation of the competition

In the first year of its existence, Eurovision had a unifying and entertaining character. Tired of wartime, people wanted to take a little break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Now Eurovision is a rather shocking competition, which is often accused of bias, politicization, and sometimes immorality. However, despite the change in focus, Eurovision is becoming brighter and better quality from year to year. It is important to note that the competition has outgrown the previously designated framework - singing competitions among representatives of the adult contingent. This is evidenced by the list of Eurovision winners throughout history.

Since 2003 it has been held children's competition Eurovision songs. It is analogous to an adult with the only difference: the age limit is up to 15 years. The list of Junior Eurovision winners has already included 12 names. Its main difference from its adult counterpart is the presence of an annually changing slogan (the only year in which it was absent was 2010).

Eurovision winners of all years. List of first 10 years of existence

In 2016 music competition Eurovision is turning 60 years old, so it would be useful to at least briefly trace its history. First of all, the Eurovision winners of all years should be included in its chronicle. The list will include nominees who took the Grand Prix:

1956. Country in which the competition was held: Switzerland, Lugano. Winner: Lis Assia. Composition: Refrain. Winning country: Switzerland.
1957. Country in which the competition was held: Germany, the city of Frankfurt am Main. Winner: Corrie Brocken. Composition: Net Als Toen. Country: Netherlands.
1958. Venue: Hilversum. Winner: Andre Clavet. Composition: Dors Mon Amour. France.
1959. France, Cannes. Winner: Teddy Scholten. Composition: Een Beetje. Country: Netherlands.
1960. Venue: UK. Winner: Jacqueline Boyer. Composition: Tom Pillibi. France.
1961. France, Cannes. Winner: Jean-Claude Pascal. Composition: Nous les amoureux. Country: Luxembourg.
1962. Venue: Luxembourg. Winner: Isabelle Oubre. Composition: Un premier amour. France.
1963rd. Great Britain. Winner: Greta and Jürgen Ingmann. Composition: Dansevise. Country: Denmark.
1964. Venue: Denmark, Copenhagen. Winner: Gigliola Cinquetti. Composition: Non ho l'eta. Italy.
1965. Italy, city of Naples. Winner: France Gall with the song Poupée de cire, poupée de son. Country: Luxembourg.

The second decade of Eurovision. Winners

1966. Venue: Luxembourg. Winner: Udo Jurgens. Composition: Merci Cheri. Country: Austria.
1967. Austria, city of Vienna. Winner: Sandy Shaw. Composition: Puppet On A String. Country: Great Britain.
1968. Venue: UK, London. Winner: Massiel. Composition: La La La. Spain.
1969. Venue: Spain, Madrid. For the first time in the history of Eurovision, the Grand Prix was awarded to four nominees at once:
- Performer: Lenny Cure. Composition: De troubadour. Country: Netherlands.
- Performer: Frida Boccara. Composition: Un Jour, Un Enfant. Country: France.
- Performer: Lulu. Composition: Boom bang a bang. Country: Great Britain.
- Performer: Salome (Maria Rosa Marco). Composition: Vivo cantando. Country: Spain.
1970. Netherlands, city of Amsterdam (determined by drawing lots). Winner: Dana. Composition: All kinds of everything. Country: Ireland.
1971. Venue: Ireland, Dublin. Winner: Severin. Composition: Un banc, un arbre, une rue. Monaco.
1972. Scotland, city of Edinburgh. Winner: Vicky Leandros. Composition: Apres toi. Country: Luxembourg.
1973. Venue: Luxembourg. Winner: Anna-Maria David. Composition: Tu te reconnaitras. Luxembourg.
1974. UK, Brighton. Winner: Abba group. Composition: Waterloo. Country: Sweden.
1975. Venue: Sweden, Stockholm. Winner: group "Teach-In". Composition: Ding-A-Dong. Netherlands.

The third decade of Eurovision

1976. Venue: Netherlands, The Hague. Winner: Brotherhood Of Men with the song Save Your Kisses For Me. Country: Great Britain.
1977. Great Britain, London. Winner: Marie Miriam. Composition: L'oiseau et l'enfant. Country: France.
1978. Venue: France, Paris. Winner: Izrah Cohen and the Alphabeta group. Composition: A-Ba-Ni-Bi. Israel.
1979. Israel, city of Jerusalem. Winner: Gali Atari and Milk & Honey. Composition: Hallelujah. Country: Israel.
1980. Venue: Netherlands, The Hague. Winner: Johnny Logan. Composition: What's Another Year. Ireland.
1981. Ireland, Dublin city. Winner: Bucks Fizz. Song: Making Your Mind Up. Country: Great Britain.
1982. Venue: UK, Harrogate. Winner: Nicole and her melodic Ein Bißchen Frieden. Germany
1983. Germany, Munich city. Winner: Corinne Herme. Composition: Si la vie est cadeau. Country: Luxembourg.
1984. Venue: Luxembourg. Winner: Herrey's. Composition: Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Lee. Sweden.
1985. Sweden, Gothenburg city. Winner: Bobbysocks, who performed La det swinge. Country: Norway. Broadcasting occurs exclusively thanks to satellites.

Fourth decade of Eurovision

1986. Venue: Norway, Bergen. Sandra Kim won with her performance of J'Aime La Vie. Country: Belgium.
1987. Belgium, Brussels city. For the second time, the list of Eurovision winners was joined by Johnny Logan, who performed Hold Me Now. Country: Ireland.

1988. Venue: Ireland, Dublin. She won with Ne partez pas sans moi. Switzerland.
1989. Switzerland, city of Lausanne. Winner: Riva. Composition: Rock me. Country: Yugoslavia.
1990. Venue: Yugoslavia, Zagreb. Winner: Toto Cutugno. Composition: Insieme: 1992. Country: Italy.
1991. Venue: Italy, Rome. Winner: Carola. Composition: Fangad av en stormvind. Country: Sweden.
1992. Venue: Sweden, Malmo. Winner: Linda Martin. Johnny Logan song: Why me? (Ireland).
1993. Ireland, Millstreet. Winner: Niamh Kavanagh. Composition: In your eyes. Country: Ireland.
1994. Venue: Ireland, Dublin. Winner: Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. Composition: Rock'n roll kids. Ireland.
1995. Ireland, Dublin. Grand Prix: Garden. Song: Nocturne.

Fifth decade of Eurovision

1996. Venue: Norway, Oslo. Grand Prix: Emer Quinn. Song: The voice. Country: Ireland.
1997. Ireland, Dublin. Grand Prix: Katrina and The Waves. Song: Love shine a light. Country: Great Britain.
1998 Venue: UK, Birmingham. Grand Prix: Dana International. Song: Diva. Israel.
1999 Israel, Jerusalem. Grand Prix: Charlotte Neilson. Song: Take me to your heaven. Country: Sweden.
2000th. Venue: Sweden, Stockholm. Grand Prix: Olsen brothers. Song: Fly on the wings of love. Denmark.

2001st. Denmark, Copenhagen. Grand Prix: Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL. Composition: Everybody. Country: Estonia.
2002. Venue: Estonia, Tallinn. Grand Prix: Marie N. Song: I wanna. Latvia.
2003. Latvia, Riga. Grand Prix: Sertab Erner. Composition: Every way That I Can. Country: Türkiye.
2004. Venue: Turkey, Istanbul. Grand Prix: Ruslana. Composition: Wild Dances. Ukraine
2005. Ukraine, Kyiv. Winner: Helena Paparizou. Composition: My Number One. Country: Greece.

Sixth decade of Eurovision

2006. Venue: Greece, Athens. Grand Prix: rock band Lordi. Hard Rock Hallelujah. Country: Finland.

2007. Finland, Helsinki. Winner: Maria Sherifimovich. Song: "Prayer". Country: Serbia.
2008. Venue: Serbia, Belgrade. Winner: Composition: Believe. Russia.

2009. Russia capital is Moscow. Winner: Alexander Rybak. Composition: Fairytale. Country: Norway.
2010. Venue: Norway. Winner of the 55th music competition: Song: Satellite. Germany.
2011 Venue: Dusseldorf, Germany. Winner: Ell & Nikki. Composition: Running Scared. Azerbaijan.
2012. Where it took place: Winner: Lorin. Composition: Euphoria. Country: Sweden.
Topping the list of winners of the first Eurovision semi-final interesting group from Russia “Buranovskie Babushki” with the song Party for Everybody.
2013 Venue: Sweden, Malmo. Emmilie de Forest has joined the list of Eurovision winners. Song: Only Teardrops. Denmark.
2014. Where it took place: Denmark. Winner: Conchita Wurst. Composition: Rise Like A Phoenix. Austria.

2015. Country hosting the 60th Anniversary international competition: Austria. Winner: Mons Zelmerlev. Composition: Heroes. Country: Sweden.

Ireland is the country with the record number of victories

Researchers of the competition note that Ireland is included in the list of Eurovision winning countries more often than others. The country has already hosted performing participants on its territory 7 times.

1970. The victory went to the Irish performer Dana, who performed the song All kinds of everything. This was the first, but not the last, Grand Prix won by Irish singers at the Eurovision Song Contest.
1980. Johnny Logan won with the song What’s Another Year.
1987. The victory went to Johnny Logan, who performed the song Hold Me Now. Johnny became the first to join the list of Eurovision winners twice. Throughout history, only a few have received this honor.
1992. The victory went to performer Linda Martin, who performed with Johnny Logan’s composition “Why me?” In addition to Linda's victory, Ireland became the first country to have an artist who won the Eurovision Grand Prix three times.
1993. Niamh Cavan won the Grand Prix with the song In your eyes.
1994 became significant for Ireland. Thanks to Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan's song Rock 'n roll kids, Ireland hosted Eurovision contestants for three years in a row.
1996- seventh and so far last time Ireland and its nominees took the Grand Prix at Eurovision. The record was set by Imen Quinn, who performed The voice.