Eurovision Song Contest 1956
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Specials
2015
41 episodes
Specials of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 3, 2015.
Lugano 1956
1956
1 episodes
Season 1 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 24, 1956.
Inspired by the Italian Sanremo Festival, the idea to organise a pan-European musicial competition was born at a meeting of the European Broadcasting Union in Monaco in 1955. It was decided that the first ever Eurovision Song Contest would be hosted the following year in the Swiss resort of Lugano. The 1956 Eurovision Song Contest was primarily a radio show, although some cameras were taping the contest for the few Europeans who had a television set at that time. Lohengrin Filipello hosted the programme, which lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The seven participating countries each submitted two entries. The songs of the contest were not to exceed three and a half minutes, and the performers were accompanied by an orchestra of 24 musicians, led by Fernando Paggi.
Frankfurt 1957
1957
1 episodes
Season 2 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 3, 1957.
Hilversum 1958
1958
1 episodes
Season 3 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 12, 1958.
Cannes 1959
1959
1 episodes
Season 4 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 11, 1959.
London 1960
1960
1 episodes
Season 5 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 29, 1960.
Cannes 1961
1961
1 episodes
Season 6 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 18, 1961.
Luxembourg City 1962
1962
1 episodes
Season 7 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 18, 1962.
London 1963
1963
1 episodes
Season 8 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 23, 1963.
Copenhagen 1964
1964
1 episodes
Season 9 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 21, 1964.
Naples 1965
1965
1 episodes
Season 10 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 20, 1965.
Luxembourg City 1966
1966
1 episodes
Season 11 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 5, 1966.
Vienna 1967
1967
1 episodes
Season 12 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 8, 1967.
London 1968
1968
1 episodes
Season 13 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 6, 1968.
Madrid 1969
1969
1 episodes
Season 14 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 29, 1969.
Amsterdam 1970
1970
1 episodes
Season 15 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 21, 1970.
Dublin 1971
1971
1 episodes
Season 16 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 3, 1971.
Edinburgh 1972
1972
1 episodes
Season 17 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 25, 1972.
Luxembourg City 1973
1973
1 episodes
Season 18 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 7, 1973.
Brighton 1974
1974
1 episodes
Season 19 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 6, 1974.
Stockholm 1975
1975
1 episodes
Season 20 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 22, 1975.
The Hague 1976
1976
1 episodes
Season 21 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 3, 1976.
London 1977
1977
1 episodes
Season 22 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 7, 1977.
Paris 1978
1978
1 episodes
Season 23 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 22, 1978.
Jerusalem 1979
1979
1 episodes
Season 24 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 31, 1979.
The Hague 1980
1980
1 episodes
Season 25 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 19, 1980.
Dublin 1981
1981
1 episodes
Season 26 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 4, 1981.
Harrogate 1982
1982
1 episodes
Season 27 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 24, 1982.
Munich 1983
1983
1 episodes
Season 28 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 23, 1983.
Luxembourg City 1984
1984
1 episodes
Season 29 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 5, 1984.
Gothenburg 1985
1985
1 episodes
Season 30 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 4, 1985.
Swedish national broadcaster SVT decided to stage the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest in Gothenburg's Scandinavium, the biggest venue to have hosted the show to date.
Bergen 1986
1986
1 episodes
Season 31 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 3, 1986.
For the first time, Norway had the honour of hosting the 31st Eurovision Song Contest. Just like in Munich three years earlier, 20 countries participated in the contest. The Netherlands and Yugoslavia returned, Italy and Greece withdrew from the from the contest and Iceland made its debut. Iceland had wanted to participate for some years but the small Atlantic island nation had to wait until a satellite connection to Iceland could be established. The 1986 Eurovision Song Contest also marked a historic landmark as the 500th Eurovision song was performed in Bergen - Luxembourg's entry L'Amour De Ma Vie by Canadian-born Sherisse Laurence.
Brussels 1987
1987
1 episodes
Season 32 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 9, 1987.
Dublin 1988
1988
1 episodes
Season 33 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 30, 1988.
Lausanne 1989
1989
1 episodes
Season 34 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 6, 1989.
Switzerland hosted the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 but did not host again until 1989. Céline Dion opened the show with a shortened reprise of her winning song from 1988, Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi and also performed her new English language single, Where Does My Heart Beat Now. The song would go on to be her first major hit in the United States.
Zagreb 1990
1990
1 episodes
Season 35 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 5, 1990.
Rome 1991
1991
1 episodes
Season 36 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 4, 1991.
Malmö 1992
1992
1 episodes
Season 37 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 2, 1992.
Millstreet 1993
1993
1 episodes
Season 38 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 15, 1993.
Dublin 1994
1994
1 episodes
Season 39 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 30, 1994.
Dublin 1995
1995
1 episodes
Season 40 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 13, 1995.
Oslo 1996
1996
1 episodes
Season 41 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 18, 1996.
Dublin 1997
1997
1 episodes
Season 42 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 3, 1997.
Birmingham 1998
1998
1 episodes
Season 43 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 9, 1998.
Jerusalem 1999
1999
1 episodes
Season 44 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 29, 1999.
Stockholm 2000
2000
1 episodes
Season 45 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 13, 2000.
13,000 spectators were at the final in the Globen Arena in Stockholm, which was a new record.
Copenhagen 2001
2001
1 episodes
Season 46 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 12, 2001.
Tallinn 2002
2002
1 episodes
Season 47 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 25, 2002.
Riga 2003
2003
1 episodes
Season 48 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 24, 2003.
Istanbul 2004
2004
2 episodes
Season 49 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 12, 2004.
For the first time ever in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, a Semi-Final was held to ensure that all countries who wanted could participate in the event.
Kyiv 2005
2005
2 episodes
Season 50 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 19, 2005.
Athens 2006
2006
2 episodes
Season 51 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 18, 2006.
Helsinki 2007
2007
2 episodes
Season 52 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 10, 2007.
Belgrade 2008
2008
3 episodes
Season 53 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 20, 2008.
Moscow 2009
2009
3 episodes
Season 54 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 12, 2009.
Oslo 2010
2010
3 episodes
Season 55 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 25, 2010.
Düsseldorf 2011
2011
3 episodes
Season 56 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 10, 2011.
Baku 2012
2012
3 episodes
Season 57 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 22, 2012.
Malmö 2013
2013
3 episodes
Season 58 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 14, 2013.
Copenhagen 2014
2014
3 episodes
Season 59 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 6, 2014.
Vienna 2015
2015
3 episodes
Season 60 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 19, 2015.
Stockholm 2016
2016
3 episodes
Season 61 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 10, 2016.
Kyiv 2017
2017
3 episodes
Season 62 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 9, 2017.
Lisbon 2018
2018
3 episodes
Season 63 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 8, 2018.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following Salvador Sobral's win at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Amar pelos dois". It was the first time the contest took place in Portugal - 53 years after the Iberian nation made its debut.
Tel Aviv 2019
2019
3 episodes
Season 64 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 14, 2019.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Rotterdam 2021
2021
3 episodes
Season 65 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 18, 2021.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 takes place in Rotterdam. The Dutch city was due to host the Contest in 2020 before the event was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Turin 2022
2022
3 episodes
Season 66 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 10, 2022.
After Måneskin won the 2021 contest, Eurovision will return to Italy for the third time.
Liverpool 2023
2023
3 episodes
Season 67 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 9, 2023.
Liverpool is the Host City for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, this year's hosts are Alesha Dixon, Hannah Waddingham and Julia Sanina joined in the grand final by Graham Norton
Malmö 2024
2024
3 episodes
Season 68 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 7, 2024.
Malmö was chosen following a strong city bid process that examined facilities at the venue; the ability to accommodate thousands of visiting delegations, crew, fans and journalists; infrastructure; and other criteria.
Basel 2025
2025
3 episodes
Season 69 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 13, 2025.
Following Nemo's victory in the 2024 contest, Eurovision returns to its home country for the first time.
