List of Eurovision winning countries. Eurovision winners by year

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 even 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.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been held since 2003. 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 the first 10 years of existence

In 2016, the Eurovision music competition turns 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.
1961st. 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.
The list of winners of the first semi-final of Eurovision was headed by an 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, 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- for the seventh and so far the last time, Ireland and its nominees took the Grand Prix at Eurovision. The record was set by Imen Quinn, who performed The voice.

Became the 46th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 12, 2001 in the city of Copenhagen (Denmark). The organizers of the competition were faced with the problem of finding a place to hold it. This eventually became the Parken stadium, after it was agreed that a retractable roof would be built on it. It became the largest building ever to host the competition, watched by 38 thousand spectators. 23 countries took part in the competition. Poland, Bosnia, Slovenia, Portugal, Lithuania and Greece are back in the running, replacing the 7 countries with the worst average results over the past 5 years.

Starting this year, telephone voting has become mandatory. However, Croatia, Greece and Malta used a mixed voting model, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey and Russia used jury voting, which was allowed in exceptional cases. Countries finishing in the first 15 places were now eligible to participate in the next competition. 20 out of 23 participants performed their songs entirely or partially in English, which became a kind of record.

For the first time, Estonia won the competition, represented by a duet and accompanied by a group 2XL. At the same time, a native of Aruba Benton became the first black man the winningest performer in history. The team presented the song "Everybody"("All").

Born 1980. The Estonian rock musician and pop singer studied the clarinet and saxophone, sang in church and children's choirs, as well as in the boys' choir, and was interested in folk music and sports dancing.

He is the creator of the ensemble Speed free, which released its first disc, “Woman Knows,” in May 2001. All songs for ensemble Padar I wrote it myself.

After joint Dave Benton victory in the competition becomes one of the most famous rock musicians in Estonia.

In 2003 he created the ensemble The Sun, with which in 2006 he received prizes in Estonia in 5 out of 15 categories, including the prize “Best Album” of the Year and “Best Ensemble of the Year”.

– one of the two presenters of Eesti otsib superstaari of the third season. U Padara has an older sister, the popular Estonian singer Gerli Padar, who became famous before her brother. Gerli Padar represented Estonia at the song contest Eurovision 2007.

(real name Efren Eugene Benita) was born in 1951. The Estonian musician and pop singer began his artistic career in Aruba. At the age of 25, he went to Las Vegas, where he performed in various show programs, including singing in the groups The Drifters, The Platters and Tom Jones. Having moved to the Netherlands, he participated in various show projects. In 1994, he accepted an offer to participate in the musical “City Lights” in Berlin. In addition to working in Germany, he also performed in other European countries.

Since 1997 he has lived in Estonia. After joint Tanel Padar winning the competition became one of the most famous pop musicians in Estonia. At the competition Benton And Padar sang a song "Everybody", and the group also took part in the performance 2XL. Benton became the first black performer to win Eurovision. At the end of the same year he released his first solo album, From Monday to Sunday.

Soul Militia– Estonian hip-hop group that won the competition Eurovision V 2001 as backing vocalists Tanelya Padara And Dave Benton.

The team was created in 1997 by Sergei Morgun and Indrek Soom under the name 2XL. It was with this title that the song was sung "Everybody", bringing Estonia its first victory in a music competition. In 2002, the musicians changed their name to Soul Militia. In 2007 they took part in the national selection for Eurovision with the song "My Place".

Eurovision 2002. Estonia

became the 47th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 25, 2002 at the Saku Suurhall arena in Tallinn (Estonia). Initially, 22 countries were expected to participate in the competition, but the European Broadcasting Union increased this quota to 24. Additional places were given to Israel and Portugal, but the latter refused due to internal problems of the RTP television channel, and Latvia took its place.

Russia, Romania, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina used jury voting, while Cyprus, Greece, Croatia and Malta used a mixed voting system (spectator and jury).

For the second time in a row, the Baltic country won. Marie N(Maria Naumova) from Latvia received the Grand Prix with 176 points. In addition to the winner, two more representatives of the post-Soviet space entered the top ten - the Estonian Sahlin took third place, and the Russian group Prime Minister became tenth.

(pseudonym Marie N) was born in 1973. The Latvian singer of Russian origin began collaborating with the composer in 1994. In 1995 she took part in a television competition for young talents and was warmly received by the audience. In 1998, she took part in a concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary, after which she gained fame in the country. In 1999 she released her first solo album, “Until Bright Tears,” recorded in Russian. Released in 2001, the album “Ieskaties acis” became gold two weeks after its release, and after 11 months – platinum. In the same year I recorded album in French "Ma Voix, Ma Voie". She received the audience award at the Voice of Asia competition.

In 2000, for the first time, she participated in the national selection for Eurovision, where she took first place, but by the decision of the national jury Eurovision the participant of the correct nationality who took only third place was sent. Next year Maria compromised by hiding her Russian surname with a pseudonym Marie N, again won the qualifying round, and then the competition itself 2002 with a song "I Wanna"(“I want”), the music for which Maria I wrote it myself. The song was the first among the winners of the competition that was not released by record companies outside their country. In Latvia itself, the song also did not even enter the top thirty of the national hit parade.

In November of the same year, she released two new albums (one in English, the second in Latvian). She was the host of the competition Eurovision 2003, held in Riga. In 2004 she performed the main role in the musical “The Sound of Music”. She was also recognized as the best performer of the title role in the musical “Sister Carrie.”

In her latest album “On my own” she included songs in Latvian, English, French and Portuguese.

Received a law degree from the University of Latvia. In 2005, she became the first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Latvia.

At the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008, she took part in a musical based on the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Maria plays the role of Fantine.

Eurovision 2003. Latvia

became the 48th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 24, 2003 in the city of Riga (Latvia) on the stage of the Skonto concert hall. 26 countries took part in the competition, which was a record number in its entire history (among finals). The last time the competition was held over one evening. The Latvian government allocated $2.3 million for its implementation.

Jury voting was used by Russia and Bosnia and Herzegovina due to poor telecommunications networks. In addition, the votes of Ireland were distributed based on the votes of the reserve jury, which led to accusations by Russian representatives against him of rigging the results. However, it was announced that the results of the audience vote did not differ from the final score given by the jury.

Russian group Tattoo with the song “Don’t believe, don’t be afraid, don’t ask,” which was considered the favorite of the competition, took third place, only three points behind the winner from Turkey. Ukraine competed for the first time and took 14th place.

Born 1964. The Turkish pop star, one of the most successful singers in Turkey, at the beginning of her career worked with another famous Turkish singer, Sezen Aksu. His first album “Sakin Ol” Sertab released in 1992, followed by several more albums in Turkish, which brought the singer fame at home and abroad.

But for Sertab the real breakthrough in the musical world of Europe was precisely the victory at Eurovision. On the wave of success when the song "Everyway That I Can"(“In All the Ways That I Can”) topped the European charts and recorded the English-language album “No Boundaries,” released in 2004.

In 2005 he participated in “Congratulations” - a TV show dedicated to 50th anniversary of Eurovision. Her song was ranked 9th among the top 15 songs of all time Eurovision. A collection of the best songs was released in 2007 Sertab, whose rich repertoire includes compositions in English, Spanish and Greek, as well as duets with Ruslana, Jose Carreras, Ricky Martin.

Eurovision 2004. Türkiye

became the 49th competition in history. He passed May 12 and May 15, 2004 in Istanbul (Turkey), at the Abdi Ipekci Arena, where it was moved at the last moment from the Midonis Showlands hall due to transport problems. For the first time, the competition was held in a new format, which included semi-finals and finals. The 10 countries that took the highest places in the previous competition, the host country, as well as representatives of the “Big Four” states that contribute the largest share to the EMU budget were immediately allowed into the finals. For the first time in history, 36 countries participated in the competition at once. Andorra, Albania, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro participated in the competition for the first time, Monaco returned after a 25-year break. Luxembourg was also supposed to return after an 11-year absence, but the broadcaster RTL was unable to resolve financial issues.

All participating countries had voting rights in the qualifying round and final, however, France, Poland and Russia did not broadcast the semi-final due to non-participation and therefore did not participate in the first vote. For the first time, all 36 countries used telephone voting to determine results. At the same time, during the counting of votes, problems arose with this process in Monaco and Croatia.

The competition used a new logo with a heart-shaped flag. The slogan of the competition was “Under One Sky”, focusing on the unity of Europe and the importance of European integration for Turkey.

First time competition Eurovision won Ukraine, participating in it only for the second time. She was represented by a singer with a composition "Wild Dances"("Wild dances"). The second place was taken by the representative of Serbia and Montenegro Zeljko Joksimovic with the composition “Lane moje”, the third place was taken by the representative of Greece Sakis Rouvas with the composition “Shake it”. Russian Yulia Savicheva remained in 11th place.

Ruslana(Ruslana Lyzhichko) was born in 1973. The 21-year-old singer by that time already had awards from the all-Ukrainian competition “Melody-94” and the festival “Slavic Bazaar-96”.

The singer immediately stated that she expected to win. Ruslana performed a composition "Wild Dances" in Istanbul, took 2nd place in the semi-finals of the competition, and May 16, 2004 in the final she took first place with a score of 280 points. Ruslan All countries except Switzerland received points.

The press called the performance of the Ukrainian performer “an absolute sensation” Eurovision 2004, noting that the singer emanated “stunning energy”, which “struck foreign journalists on the spot”: “Gorgeous hair, amazing figure, eyes like coals.”

The journalists did not belittle the singer’s vocal abilities, recalling that she Ruslana Lyzhichko higher musical education and a diploma as a symphony orchestra conductor at the Lviv Conservatory.

Upon returning to Kyiv with a victory at the song competition, the singer was immediately awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine (bypassing the “honored” one).

Like the previous winner Eurovision, Ruslana opened the competition in Kyiv in 2005 along with the song "Heart on Fire".

Eurovision 2005. Ukraine

became the 50th song contest Eurovision. The final of the competition has passed May 21, 2005 in the city of Kyiv (Ukraine) at the arena of the local Sports Palace (the semi-final took place on May 19). The main theme of the competition was “Awakening”, symbolizing the awakening of the country and city after spring, as well as their readiness to join a united Europe. The history of the Ivan Kupala holiday was also touched upon.

Bulgaria and Moldova made their debut at the competition, and Hungary returned after a six-year break. Lebanon was also expected to debut, but the country ultimately did not participate in the competition.

Due to the length of time it took to announce the voting results, it was decided that, starting next year, only the first three winners with the most votes in each participating country would be read aloud.

A Greek woman with her composition took first place at the Song Contest "My number one"(“My number one”). The second place was taken by the representative of Malta Chiara with the composition “Angel”, the third place was taken by the representative of Romania Luminica Angel, accompanied by the group Sistem with the composition “Let Me Try”.

Born 1982. The Greek singer represented Greece at the song competition in 2001 as part of the group Antique, taking 3rd place. place. IN 2005 In Kyiv she performed solo and, having improved her result, took 1st place.

In the fall of the same year, she released the single “Mambo!” It was No. 1 on the Greek chart for 10 weeks and went platinum. In April 2006 it was released in Sweden and sold more than 25 thousand copies. Elena also re-released her debut album for the third time. The third disc contained the English and Greek versions of "Mambo!" and three new songs in Greek.

April 12, 2006 Elena released a second album in Greek entitled “Iparhi Logos”, which later went platinum. It included 11 tracks and the song "Mambo!" Three tracks were released as singles.

On May 20th she performed on stage Eurovision performing "My Number One" at the opening and "Mambo!" in the interval act and presented the award to the group Lordi. A little later, the single “Mambo!” was also released in Sweden, where it entered the top five of the chart.

The debut album in English “The Game of Love” was also released in South Africa. 6 songs on it were translated from Greek, and 6 were written specifically for the new album. A song from the new album called “To All The Heroes” was chosen as the anthem of the 19th European Athletics Championships.

And today he continues to conduct active concert and artistic activities.

Eurovision 2006. Greece

became the 51st in a row and took place in Athens (Greece) in the Olympic Hall. The final took place May 20, 2006. Performers from 37 countries took part in the competition.

Armenia became the debutant of the competition. Austria, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro refused to participate. The winner of the competition was a rock band Lordi from Finland with a song "Hard Rock Hallelujah"("Hard Rock, Hallelujah"). For the first time, the winner of the competition was a rock music performer and for the first time, a representative of Finland. Also at the competition, a record was set for the number of points for first place - 292, at that time. After Serbia and Montenegro refused to participate and stated that they would only vote, Croatia automatically qualified for the final. Last year's top ten + Croatia + the Big Four became automatic finalists, with the remaining 23 countries participating in the semi-finals.

The final part immediately included the countries that took the first 10 places in 2005 and the Big Four countries (Great Britain, Germany, France and Spain). The remaining 10 finalists were determined based on the results of the semi-finals. In total, compositions from 24 countries took part in the finals. The representative of Sweden, Carola, performed at the competition for the third time.

Lordi- Finnish English-language shock rock band. Founded in 1996 Tomi Putaansuu(aka Mr. Lordi). The group is famous for performing in masks and costumes of monsters from the underworld and performing ironic songs on horror themes. Lordi– winners of the song competition.

The band's debut album, Get Heavy, was released in 2002 on Halloween night, November 1st. The songs "Devil is a Loser" and "Would You Love a Monsterman?" from this album became the group's first hits. They were released as singles and videos were shot for them. The lyrics were dedicated to “horror films” - monsters, vampires, demons, as well as praise to rock music.

Lordi The famous producer Hiili Hiilesmaa, who had previously worked with the groups HIM, Amorphis and Sentenced, began promoting it. Under his leadership, the album “The Monsterican Dream” was released, which was darker than the previous one and had less commercial success. After this, composition changes occurred in the group. Lordi Toured Europe as an opening act for the band HammerFall. Their first two albums were compiled into a compilation and released in Britain under the title The Monster Show. Next came the heavier and more successful “The Arockalypse”.

In 2005, Mr. Lordi the selection committee called Eurovision and offered to choose a song from the new album that could represent Finland in the competition. The group chose the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and changed the arrangement to shorten the song from 4 minutes to 3 minutes, as prescribed by the competition format. Lordi successfully won the audience vote and were chosen as representatives of Finland at Eurovision.

Eurovision 2007. Finland

became the 52nd song contest Eurovision. He passed 10 And May 12, 2007 in the capital of Finland - Helsinki. All the action took place at Hartwall Arena - the largest ice stadium in the country and was broadcast by the YLE television company. The budget for organizing the competition amounted to 13 million euros.

Carolina Gocheva from Macedonia and Edsilia Rombley from the Netherlands participated in the competition for the second time, Eurydice from Cyprus for the third time. The winner was a representative from Serbia - with a song "Prayer". Second place went to Verka Serduchka, representing Ukraine with the song “Dancing Lasha Tumbai”, the third – Russian group “Serebro” with the song “Song #1”.

Born 1984. The Serbian singer of mixed Turkish-Gypsy descent made her first public appearance at age 12 with the song “I will Always Love You.”

Debut album released in 2003 Maria Sherifovich“Naj, najbolja”, which marked the beginning of his musical career. The album's biggest hit was the song "Znaj da znam", written by Darko Dimitrov. Same year Maria participated in the Budva festival with the song “Gorka čokolada” by Darko Dimitrov. In 2004, she participated in the same festival with the song “Bol do ludila” and took first place. The song ranked high on the charts.

Summer 2005 Maria released the single "Agonija", which was a cover version of the song "I believe it" by the Greek super singer Despina Vandi. At Beovizija-2005, and then in the semi-finals of the national pre-selection of Serbia and Montenegro for the competition Eurovision– Europesma, Maria performed the song “Ponuda” and took 18th place. That same year she was the favorite to win at the Serbian Radio Festival with the song "U nedelju", written by Leontina Vukomanovic. She also received the award for best vocal.

Second album Maria Sherifovich– “Bez ljubavi” was released in 2006, and was very successful. At the beginning of 2007, the single “Bez tebe” was released. The first solo concert took place on February 21, 2007 Maria Sherifovich, which was attended by an audience of four thousand.

March 8, 2007 Maria won the Beovizija-2007 competition with the song “Molitva”, gaining the most votes during the combined voting of the jury and the television audience. And thus she was qualified as the first representative of the newly independent Serbia at the European competition. The song was also recorded in English, Finnish and Russian. The semi-final took place on May 12, the final on May 14, in which Maria performed under number 17 and took 1st place.

Upon return Maria Sherifovich to Belgrade, about 100 thousand people greeted her at the airport.

Eurovision 2008. Serbia

became the 53rd song contest Eurovision. It took place on May 24, 2008 in Belgrade (Serbia).

For the first time, a representative from Russia became the winner - Dima Bilan with a song "Believe". Second place went to “Shady Lady”, representing Ukraine, third – Kalomira from Greece (“Secret combination”). The hosts of the competition were Zeljko Joksimovic and Jovana Jankovic. Zeljko simultaneously became the composer of the Serbian song “Oro”, which was performed by Jelena Tomasevich, who competed from Serbia.

Dima Bilan from Russia and Charlotte Perelli from Sweden performed for the second time each for their country.

Russian singer Dima Bilan(name at birth and until June 2008 – Victor Belan) was born in 1981. He represented Russia at Eurovision in 2006 with the song “Never let you go” (2nd place) and in 2008 with the song "Believe", taking 1st place and becoming the first Russian artist to win the song competition Eurovision.

Dima Bilan graduated from the State Music College named after. Gnessin, specialty is a classical vocal performer. After that, I decided to continue my education at GITIS, where I entered straight into my second year. Faculty of Acting. Career Dima began in 2000, when the first video clip was included in the rotation of the MTV Russia channel Bilana for the song "Autumn". In 2002, the singer made his debut on the stage of the Russian festival in Jurmala - “New Wave”, where he presented his composition “Boom” and took 4th place. At the end of October 2003, their debut album entitled “I am a night hooligan” was released. A year later, the 2nd studio album “On the Shore of Heaven” was released.

December 2005 brought Dima Bilan two awards: “Golden Gramophone” for the song “You Should Be Nearby” in St. Petersburg and Alma-Ata. On the project “New Songs about the Main Thing,” the singer received the Channel One prize from the professional jury. Dima became the man of the year in show business, since the majority of voters cast their votes for him, according to the Rambler search engine. In December 2005, a video was shot for the lyrical composition “I Remember You.” In December 2010, a new video for the song “I Just Love You” was shot. The track “I Just Love You” occupied the top positions of the Tophit project for 10 weeks in a row.

Eurovision 2009. Russia

became the 54th competition Eurovision. Conducted with 12 By 16th of May at the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex in Moscow (Russia). Initially, 43 countries confirmed participation in the competition. Slovakia said it was returning to the competition, while San Marino withdrew due to financial problems. Later, Georgia refused to participate in the competition - there were 42 contestants. On May 7, it was officially announced that the hosts of the semi-finals would be Andrei Malakhov and Natalya Vodianova, and the hosts of the finals would be Ivan Urgant and Alsou.

This year an absolute quantitative record was set in history. Eurovision– winner of the competition with a song "Fairytale" in the final he scored 387 points. The record for the number of points superiority over second place was also broken - 169 points. However, the GPA record was not broken.

A French star took part in the competition. Famous in Europe, Arash and Aysel competed for Azerbaijan. Sakis Rouvas participated from Greece for the second time, Chiara from Malta participated for the third time. Russia was represented by Ukrainian citizen Anastasia Prikhodko with the song “Mamo”. Her song took 11th place.

Born 1986. A Norwegian singer and violinist of Belarusian origin won a song competition in Moscow.

After the victory, on December 11, 2009, he performed at the Nobel concert in Oslo along with world-famous stars, where he performed the song "Fairytale" in a new arrangement with a symphony orchestra.

On December 13, 2009, he participated in the “Star Factory” program in Ukraine. At the beginning of 2010, he worked on recording a new disc, and also voiced the main character in the Norwegian version of the cartoon How to Train Your Dragon.

Was the guest of honor at the qualifying rounds Eurovision in Finland, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and performed his new song “Heaven of Europe”.

March 8, 2010 Alexander performed a big concert in Tallinn, and in June the artist’s second album “No Boundaries” was released. In mid-October 2010 he performed in Finland at the Russian Romance festival.

As a result of collaboration with Swedish authors, the album “Visa Vid Vindens Ängar” was released.

Eurovision 2010. Norway

– 55th Song Contest Eurovision. Conducted with 25 By May 29 at the Telenor Arena in Bærum, a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo. This is the third Eurovision that Norway has hosted. In 1986, the country received the right to host the competition after the victory of the Bobbysocks duo with the song “La det swinge” and in 1996 after the victory of the Secret Garden duo with the song “Nocturne”.

The winner competition 2010 became a participant from Germany with a song "Satellite".

Born in 1991. The German singer is also known by her stage name Lena– winner of the international song competition in Oslo.

The future star began taking dance lessons at the age of 5. Mayer-Landrut She played supporting roles in some German television series, but never received formal acting or vocal training. Studied at IGS Roderbruch Hannover, where April 2010 passed the final exams.

March 12, 2010 Lena Mayer-Landrut received the right to represent her country at the international song competition in Oslo with the song "Satellite". As a representative of one of the Big Four countries, Lena automatically qualified for the finals of the competition, which took place on Saturday, May 29, 2010. According to the draw, out of 25 participants in the final, the representative of Germany competed at number 22. Lena scored 246 points, by a significant margin ahead of the Turkish group maNga and the Romanian duo of Paula Seling and Ovi. Mayer-Landrut won the main European music prize - a crystal microphone.

Germany decides to send again Lena on Eurovision, but now in his own country. The singer performed again immediately in the final Eurovision 2011 with the song "Taken by A Stranger", in Düsseldorf at the Esprit Arena on May 14 and took 10th place.

Eurovision 2011. Germany

became the 56th competition Eurovision, passed in with 10 By May 14 in Germany (city of Dusseldorf).

The winners of this competition were representatives of Azerbaijan Eldar Gasimov And Nigar Jamal(performed under pseudonyms Ell And Nikki), who performed the composition "Running Scared"(“Run Without Looking Back”), gaining 221 points as a result of voting.

The dates for the two semi-finals were May 10 And May 12, 2011, the final is over May 14.

Azerbaijani singer Eldar Parviz oglu Gasimov– winner of a song contest Eurovision 2011. He was born in 1989 in Baku. On his father's side, he is a descendant of famous Azerbaijani Soviet actors. From 1995 to 2006 he studied piano at school and at a music school, graduating with honors.

In 2004 and 2008 Eldar won scholarships to study in Germany under a student exchange program. In 2008 he studied vocals, acting and stage speech at a German vocal school. In 2010 Eldar Gasimov Graduated with honors from the Faculty of International Relations of the Baku Slavic University.

In 2011, the musician in a duet with Nigar Jamal won the Azerbaijani selection for Eurovision, and got the opportunity to represent his country at Eurovision 2011. In the semi-finals, the duo took second place, which gave them the opportunity to perform in the finals of the song competition. The duo managed to win, receiving 221 points. Song "Running Scared" written by the Swedish author team Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman and Ayan Farguhansson. The same group wrote a song for another performer from Azerbaijan on Eurovision– Safura Alizadeh (“Drip Drop”).

Nigar Aydin kyzy Jamal– Azerbaijani singer, winner of a song competition
Eurovision 2011.

Born in 1980 in Baku. From 1985 to 1986 she was a soloist in a children's ensemble, and while studying at a music school (1988-1995) she composed several songs. In 1995-1996 Nigar participated in the republican competition Pohrə and in May 1996 became its honorary diploma winner. She graduated from Khazar University with a degree in economics and management. Since 2005 he has lived in London.

In 2011, together with Eldar Gasimov participated in the Azerbaijani selection for Eurovision– Milli Seçim Turu 2010. The duo won the competition, and this provided an opportunity Nigar And Eldar represent Azerbaijan at the song competition Eurovision 2011 in Germany. The duo won a landslide victory.

Eurovision 2012. Azerbaijan

Song Contest became the 57th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the capital of Azerbaijan, in the city of Baku, in the Baku Crystal Hall, specially built for the festival. The final took place on May 26.

42 countries took part in the competition: Montenegro returned, having not participated since 2010 due to financial difficulties. Poland refused to participate - the local television and radio company cited interest in other television projects. Armenia applied at the last minute to participate in the international song competition, but on March 7, 2012, an official statement of refusal was received from the Armenia 1 TV channel.

Sweden took first place in the competition with the song "Euphoria"(“Euphoria”), gaining 372 points in the voting of the jury and television viewers.

Lauryn Zineb Noka Tagliaoui, also known as , is a Swedish singer Moroccan-Berber origin, winner of a song competition.

Born 1983 in Stockholm. She began her musical career in 2004 by participating in the famous Swedish music competition Idol 2004, where she took fourth place.

In 2005, she released her debut single “The Snake”, together with the group Rob’n’Raz. Later she became one of the presenters of the TV11 channel.

On March 10, 2012, she won the popular Swedish television competition “Melodifestivalen”, which gave her the right to represent her country at the annual song competition Eurovision. Competition song "Euphoria" performed in the second semi-final, and won an undeniable victory in the final.

Lauryn Zineb Noka Tagliaoui: “The music that inspires me is the kind that puts me in a kind of trance with its melody and vocals. It's artists like Björk, some of Enya, and especially Lisa Gerrard."

Song Contest became 58th competition, which took place in the city of Malmo, Sweden, on the territory of the Malmö Arena. Previously, Sweden hosted Eurovision four times: in 1975, 1985, 1992 (also in Malmö) and in 2000. Slogan competition was “We Are One”.

Representatives from Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Turkey refused to participate in the competition, while Armenian television confirmed rumors about their return to Eurovision.

Denmark participated for the 42nd time in the song competition Eurovision. Danish singer Emmy Charlotte de Forest represented Denmark at the song competition with the composition "Only Teardrops"(“Only Tears”) and took first place with 281 points.

The composition became a winner at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 festival, which allowed its performer to go to the competition. The victory deservedly went to the young but incredibly talented singer, who was only 19. Despite her young age, she has a very solid performance experience, the singer has been practicing vocals her entire adult life, with Emmyly a number of victories in music competitions. By her own admission Emmyly, she started singing before talking. As a child, she successfully performed in the church choir, and at the age of 14 she went on her first tour with the Danish musician Fraser Neil.

The composition performed by - "Only Teardrops"– written by the singer herself. “Only Tears” is the result of more than a year of work. Emmyly I returned to this song more than once, adding to and changing it. According to the performer herself, a gentle and lyrical composition with notes of light melancholy allows you to look inside yourself, set your priorities correctly and evaluate the path of life.

Eurovision 2014. Denmark

59th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Denmark from 6 to 10 May. The Danish national broadcaster DR announced on September 2, 2013 that the song competition was held in Copenhagen, at the B&W halls, which are located in Refhaløen Square on the island of Amager. The slogan for this year's competition – “Join Us” – was approved by the EBU and the reference group. The symbol of Eurovision 2014 was a blue diamond.

IN 2014 the winner of the competition, unexpectedly for everyone - and for himself too - was a 25-year-old singer from Austrian Thomas Neuwirth, who performed under the stage name. In she with a song "Rise Like a Phoenix" scored 290 points, 52 points ahead of the closest competitor - the duet “The Common Linnets” from the Netherlands, who scored 238 points.

This is Austria's second victory in Eurovision(the first happened in the distant past). overall it turned out to be the strongest in recent years. The last 10 years to Eurovision There was a lot of criticism, and some countries seemed to deliberately send frankly second-rate artists to the competition. IN 2014 competition demonstrated a desire to part with the reputation of a collection of Eurotrash, earned in the early 2000s - and this time, real deeds became visible behind these ambitions.

Thomas Neuwirth is an Austrian singer of non-traditional sexual orientation who, with the help of his stage image of a bearded woman, fights for tolerance and equality of all people, regardless of their appearance.

This image is three years old; Neuwirth as Wurst- a bearded and stylishly dressed vamp - could have gone to another competition, but at the national selection he took second place.

The musician himself separates himself and the singer he created - this is, however, what all artists do who work with characters of a different (and also their own) gender. You can remember, for example, Verka Serduchka, whom he invented with and who, in this image, recorded albums, acted in films, represented his country at Eurovision 2007 and even took second place there.

Europe's choice can hardly be considered demonstrative - objectively, despite the beard, she was the most feminine of the artists participating in this year's competition, and had perhaps the most outstanding vocal abilities in comparison with other competitors.

Eurovision 2015. Austria

The 60th anniversary song competition was held in Austria, which became the winning country, held in Copenhagen (Denmark). Austria hosted the competition for the second time. Only 48 years later the country was able to repeat the result, where Udo Jurgens became the winner.

First semi-final of Eurovision 2015 took place May 19, second – May 21st, A the final the competition passed May, 23rd. The competition was hosted by the Austrian national broadcaster ORF. Slogan competition became "Building Bridges".

IN Eurovision 2015 39 countries competed. This is 2 countries more than in the previous year. She refused to participate. About returning to contest declared Cyprus, Serbia and the Czech Republic. Australia also made its debut. Venue Eurovision 2015 became the Wiener Stadthalle stadium in Vienna.

The results of the competition completely coincided with the forecast of the bookmakers, who absolutely accurately predicted the first three winners: Sweden, Russia, Italy. Representative of Sweden Mons Zelmerlöw and representative of Russia Polina Gagarina were very close on points, replacing each other in first place. Even the winner of the competition himself subsequently admitted that at some point he had come to terms with second place and was confident in Russia’s victory. During the voting, the Swede still came in first place. He scored 365 points, leaving Russia in second place.

(Mons Petter Albert Selmerlöw) was born on June 13, 1986 in a family of doctors. Since childhood, I was fond of creativity, loved to listen and... He learned to play the piano, attended an African dance club, and later began to independently learn to play the guitar.

He participated in the show “Idol 2005”, where he took fifth place. In the same year, with the singer Anna Book, he took part in the show “Let’s Dance” and won.

The singer starred in the Swedish versions of the films Grease (2006) and Footloose (2007).

In 2007 he also participated in the Melodifestivalen, taking third place in the final with the song “Cara mia”.

2015 was a very successful year for Monsa Selmerlöva. In Melodifestivalen he took first place, thereby gaining the right to represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest. The Swedish performer showed an enchantingly spectacular laser show at the competition, made in the form of a projection from which Mons sang the song very emotionally "Heroes". His performance was unique and unlike others, and therefore deserved not only a warm welcome, but also a victory for the performer.

P offer together with NV remember the bright hits of the winners of previous years - the best songs of Europe from 2005 to today!

It is known that the winning songs not only receive recognition from the jury and the audience of the competition, but also become the main hits of Europe, topping numerous charts and getting into rotation on all kinds of radio stations.

Awakening

The 50th anniversary competition was held in Ukraine thanks to Ruslana’s victory in Istanbul with the composition Wild Dances.

From May 19 to 24, 39 participants competed for the palm, which went to the Greek singer Elena Paparizou with the song My Number One. The singer's performance scored 230 points.

Feel the rhythm

In May 2006, contestants from all over Europe came to Athens. This year was a landmark year for Finland, as for the first time in the history of the competition, Finnish performers won.

In addition, rock musicians won for the first time, setting a record for the number of points at that time - 292. We invite you to remember the bright performance of the group Lordi with the song Hard Rock Hallelujah.

Real fantasy

Having opened its doors for the first time to participants in the main European song competition, Finland spent $13 million on the organization.

Then, at the main ice stadium of the country in Helsinki, the Serbian singer won millions of hearts Maria Sherifovich with the song Prayer. Nothing superfluous: just a restrained image, strong vocals and deep meaning.

Sound fusion

The 53rd song competition took place at the main arena of Serbia in the city of Belgrade. This year has become a landmark year for Russia, because Dima Bilan with the composition Believe brought the first victory to his native country in the entire history of the competition.

In addition to Bilan, Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko appeared on stage.

On the main arena of Moscow from May 12 to 16, 42 countries competed for victory in the prestigious competition, as a result, millions of listeners cast their votes for the charismatic Norwegian Alexandra Rybak.

His song Fairytale set an absolute record for the number of points - 387 in the final voting.

Share the moment

In 2010, Norway opened the doors to Eurovision for the third time, sparing 24 million euros on the organization. Germany received the right to host the next, 56th competition, thanks to its victory Lena Mayer-Landrut with the composition Satellite.

The song later topped the charts in seven countries and even received several gold and platinum certifications.

Feel your heartbeat

In 2011, Germany hosted Eurovision. On the main arena of Düsseldorf, representatives from 25 countries competed for victory in the final, but the best were Eldar Kasimov and Nigar Jamal with the song Running Scared. Thus, Azerbaijan received the right to host the competition for the first time.

Light your fire

To adequately host the 57th competition, the Azerbaijani authorities allocated $63.3 million, breaking all previous records.

Among 26 contenders for victory in the final, the Swedish singer took first place Lauryn with the song Euphoria, which later topped the music charts around the world and became a real hit!

Thanks to Lorin's victory, Sweden became the Eurovision host country for the fifth time, and Malmö became the "host" city for the second time. On the main arena of the country, 26 participants competed for victory, but the singer from Denmark was able to win the hearts of millions Emmy de Forest performing "Only Teardrops".

join us

Thirty-seven contestants flocked to Copenhagen this May to compete for victory in the 59th edition of the competition. The first place was taken by the representative of Austria, a drag queen. Cum Wurst, whose victory caused a serious resonance in the world. But, despite the shocking image, the song Rise Like a Phoenix became a hit in many countries around the world.

Building bridges

To compete in the 60th anniversary competition, talented performers gathered in the capital of Austria - Vienna. Among the twenty-seven finalists, the Swedish singer was the best Mons Selmerlev with the song Heroes. The cheerful melody and creative video accompaniment brought the Swede 365 points.

A Ukrainian performer of Crimean Tatar origin performed the composition at the competition 1944 , dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944. In particular, the artist dedicated the competition song to the memory of her ancestors and great-grandmother, who was deported from Crimea and never returned to her homeland.

“This song is about my great-grandmother, and my performance was dedicated to her, as well as to all Crimean Tatars and, of course, to my country Ukraine”, she noted.

Celebrate Diversity

Eurovision 2017 took place in Kyiv. For the first time in history, victory went to Portugal - a 28-year-old Salvador Sobral.

The singer, who suffered from heart disease since childhood, scored a record 758 points with the song Amar pelos dois in Portuguese, in which he sang about a heart that can “endure everything and love for two.”

At the same time, Portugal, which participated in the competition for 53 years, became the record holder for the longest participation in the competition without a single victory.

Eurovision 2018 will be held in the capital of Portugal, Lisbon. The first and second semi-finals of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will take place on 8 and 10 May, while the grand final, which will determine the winner, will take place on 12 May.

The third largest indoor stadium in Europe and the largest in Portugal - Altice Arena, which seats about 20 thousand spectators, was chosen as the venue for Eurovision 2018 in Lisbon. Ukraine will be represented at the competition this year by singer MELOVIN.

MELOVIN - Under The Ladder

Read the latest details of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018: news, participants, photos, videos in NV STYLE.

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The grand finale of Eurovision 2017 has come to an end. The 26 best participants of this year put in their best efforts with dreams of becoming the one who won the Eurovision. But, according to the rules of the competition, there is only one winner of Eurovision 2017. Read about the winner of the competition in our material.

Preparations for Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv lasted a whole year after. And, judging by the reviews on the Internet, many were impressed by the competition in Ukraine. Just look at the stellar performances: people can’t recover from Ruslana’s brilliant performance. Now the one who won Eurovision 2017, namely the winning country, will again think about conquering the audience of the competition, but next year. In the meantime, everyone is celebrating the winner of Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv.

Let us immediately note that all participants in the final performed very well, but the Eurovision winners are usually those who have received the greatest support and love from the audience. Watch online at WANT.ua. And from this evening, May 13 in Kyiv, for the one who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, a new life and era in creativity will begin.

Undoubtedly, now Eurovision is perhaps the No. 1 topic for discussion, so the victory at Eurovision 2017 is along with political events in the world and scandals such as the relationship between the French President and his wife. Let us remind you that the bookmakers predicted . Therefore, we are looking forward to the fact that the Eurovision final, which was won by Salvador Collected according to the audience voting table, will be in the TOP of discussions and debriefings of how everything was organized and carried out for several more days.

We are pleased to announce that Portugal won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Salvador Sobral became the winner of Eurovision 2017 in Ukraine, congratulations!

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Watch online performance Eurovision 2017 winner: Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois

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We also publish the places and table of Eurovision 2017 winners, where you can see who voted from each country and how.

Table of voting results for countries at Eurovision 2017

Now the song of the Eurovision winner - Portugal - will definitely be heard on radio and TV for a long time. We congratulate Eurovision 2017 winner Salvador Sobral on this achievement. Follow our updates on the competition in the special section "".

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 the winners of the main European music scene are in the LIGA.net material.

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 French singer Jean-Claude Pascal won, representing 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 stage took on the shape familiar to modern viewers, but the 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 the British city of Brighton (Luxembourg was unable to host the competition a second time for financial reasons), the legendary Swedish group ABBA became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 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 became the winner 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 Danish duet "Olsen Brothers" and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" received the most points at the competition.

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.