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Revision as of 00:56, 2 December 2007
This page lists all the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual competition organised by member countries of the European Broadcasting Union. The Contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956, is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. The Contest's winner has been determined using numerous voting techniques throughout its history; centre to this has been the awarding of points to countries by juries or televoters, with the country awarded the most points being declared the winner.[1]
The Contest has produced fifty-five winners in fifty-two Contests: one every year except the tied 1969 Contest, which had four winners. Twenty-four different countries have won the Contest, the most recent addition to this list being Serbia, which won the Contest on its debut appearance in 2007.[2] The country with the highest number of wins is Ireland, with seven. Portugal is the country with the longest history in the Contest without a win; it made its fortieth appearance at the 2007 Contest. The only person to have won more than once is Johnny Logan, who won the Contest three times for Ireland; once as a singer, in 1980; once as a singer-songwriter, in 1987; and once as a songwriter for Linda Martin, in 1992.
Winners
Eleven Eurovision winners featured at the Congratulations concert in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the Contest's first fifty years.[9] The most successful countries never to have won the Contest are Malta and Russia, having both finished second twice and third twice. The highest number of points scored by a winning country at Eurovision was the 292 points achieved by Finland's Lordi at the 2006 Contest. The lowest total is the eighteen points scored by the four winning countries in 1969. The largest margin of victory was that of Katrina and The Waves in 1997, who won by 70 points.
The United Kingdom has finished second fifteen times at Eurovision, more than any other country. Since the introduction of the current voting system in 1975, the winner of the Contest has been decided by the final voting nation on eleven occasions.[10]
By country
| Wins | Country | Years |
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| 7 |  Ireland
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1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 |
| 5 |  France
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1958, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1977 |
 Luxembourg
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1961, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1983 | |
 United Kingdom
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1967, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1997 | |
| 4 |  Sweden
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1974, 1984, 1991, 1999 |
 Netherlands
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1957, 1959, 1969, 1975 | |
| 3 |  Israel
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1978, 1979, 1998 |
| 2 |  Denmark
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1963, 2000 |
 Norway
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1985, 1995 | |
 Italy
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1964, 1990 | |
 Switzerland
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1956, 1988 | |
 Spain
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1968, 1969 | |
| 1 |  Austria
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1966 |
 Monaco
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1971 | |
 Germany
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1982 | |
 Belgium
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1986 | |
 Yugoslavia
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1989 | |
 Estonia
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2001 | |
 Latvia
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2002 | |
 Turkey
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2003 | |
 Ukraine
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2004 | |
 Greece
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2005 | |
 Finland
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2006 | |
 Serbia
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2007 |
Years in italics indicate joint wins.
By language
Between 1966 and 1973, and again between 1977 and 1998, countries were only permitted to perform in their own language; see the main Eurovision Song Contest article.
| Wins | Language | Years | Countries |
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| 22 | English | 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,[12] 2005, 2006 | United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Turkey, Ukraine,[12] Greece, Finland |
| 14 | French | 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1988 | Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Belgium |
| 3 | Dutch | 1957, 1959, 1969 | Netherlands |
| Hebrew | 1978, 1979, 1998 | Israel | |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian (Croatian/Serbian) | 1989, 2007 | Yugoslavia, Serbia |
| Norwegian | 1985, 1995 | Norway | |
| Swedish | 1984, 1991 | Sweden | |
| Italian | 1964, 1990 | Italy | |
| German | 1966, 1982 | Austria, Germany | |
| Spanish | 1968, 1969 | Spain | 1 |
| Danish | 1963 | Denmark |
Consecutive Runs
Currently, the greatest number of consecutive contests in which each winning country won for the first time is seven:
| Year | Winning Country |
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| 2001 | Estonia
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| 2002 | Latvia
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| 2003 | Turkey
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| 2004 | Ukraine
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| 2005 | Greece
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| 2006 | Finland
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| 2007 | Serbia
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The greatest number of consecutive contests which produced only repeat winners is eleven:
| Year | Winning Country |
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| 1990 | Italy, their 2nd
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| 1991 | Sweden, their 3rd
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| 1992 | Ireland, their 4th
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| 1993 | Ireland, their 5th
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| 1994 | Ireland, their 6th
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| 1995 | Norway, their 2nd
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| 1996 | Ireland, their 7th
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| 1997 | United Kingdom, their 5th
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| 1998 | Israel, their 3rd
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| 1999 | Sweden, their 4th
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| 2000 | Denmark, their 2nd
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Footnotes
- ^ Extract from the rules for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision.tv. Retrieved on 22 August 2007.
- ^ Serbia were participating for the first time as an independent nation, previously they had competed as part of Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia. Switzerland also won the Contest on their debut—the first Contest, in 1956.
- ^ The full results of the 1956 Contest were never released; only the winner is known.
- ^ Ireland and France tied for second place in the 1990 Contest.
- ^ Sweden won the 1991 Contest following a tie-break.
- ^ a b c d Since 2004 the Contest has included a televised semi-final. In 2004 this was held on the Wednesday before the final, and since 2005 it has been held on the Thursday of "Eurovision Week".
- ^ Date is provisional. EBU plans for future. Eurovision.tv (9 May 2007). Retrieved on 19 August 2007.
- ^ Barry Viniker (13 May 2007) The Beogradska Arena. The home of ESC 2008?. ESCtoday.com. Retrieved on 19 August 2007.
- ^ ABBA win 'Eurovision 50th' vote. BBC News (23 October 2005). Retrieved on 22 August2007.
- ^ 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2002 and 2003.
- ^ On this map, Croatia is credited with Yugoslavia's win, as the singer of that entry came from Croatia.
- ^ a b This song was partially sung in Ukrainian.
References
- Eurovision Song Contest history. Eurovision.tv. Retrieved on 19 August 2007.
- John Kennedy O'Connor (2005). The Eurovision Song Contest 50 Years The Official History. London: Carlton Books Limited. ISBN 1-84442-586-X.
- History. ESCtoday.com. Retrieved on 19 August 2007.
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