Eurovision song contest
The Eurovision Song Contest, or simply Eurovision, was first held on May, 24th 1956, becoming one of the longest-running television shows in the world.
Held annually held among members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), it attracts some 600 million viewers from around the world even though only citizens of the member countries may vote for the winning song.
Many of the winners have gone on to become world-famous stars, including ABBA, Celine Dion, and Katrina and the Waves.
Eurovision winners
| Year | Country | Song | Performer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Switzerland | Refrain | Lys Assia |
| 1957 | Netherlands | Net Als Toen | Corry Brokken |
| 1958 | France | Dors, Mon Amour | André Claveau |
| 1959 | Netherlands | Een Beetje | Teddy Scholten |
| 1960 | France | Tom Pillibi | Jacqueline Boyer |
| 1961 | Luxembourg | Nous les amoureux | Jean-Claude Pascal |
| 1962 | France | Un premier amour | Isabelle Aubret |
| 1963 | Denmark | Dansevise | Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann |
| 1964 | Italy | Non ho l’età (per amarti) | Gigliola Cinquetti |
| 1965 | Luxembourg | Poupée de cire, poupée de son | France Gall |
| 1966 | Austria | Merci Chérie | Udo Jürgens |
| 1967 | United Kingdom | Puppet on a String | Sandie Shaw |
| 1968 | Spain | La, la, la | Massiel |
| 1969 | Spain | Vivo Cantando | Salomé |
| United Kingdom | Boom Bang-a-Bang | Lulu | |
| Netherlands | De Troubadour | Lennie Kuhr | |
| France | Un jour, un enfant | Frida Boccara | |
| 1970 | Ireland | All Kinds of Everything | Dana |
| 1971 | Monaco | Un banc, un arbre, une rue | Séverine |
| 1972 | Luxembourg | Après Toi | Vicky Leandros |
| 1973 | Luxembourg | Tu Te Reconnaîtras | Anne-Marie David |
| 1974 | Sweden | Waterloo | ABBA |
| 1975 | Netherlands | Ding-A-Dong | Teach-In |
| 1976 | United Kingdom | Save Your Kisses for Me | Brotherhood of Man |
| 1977 | France | L’Oiseau Et L’Enfant | Marie Myriam |
| 1978 | Israel | A-Ba-Ni-Bi | Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta |
| 1979 | Israel | Hallelujah | Gali Atari & Milk and Honey |
| 1980 | Ireland | What’s Another Year? | Johnny Logan |
| 1981 | United Kingdom | Making Your Mind Up | Bucks Fizz |
| 1982 | Germany | Ein Bisschen Frieden | Nicole |
| 1983 | Luxembourg | Si la vie est cadeau | Corinne Hermès |
| 1984 | Sweden | Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley | Herreys |
| 1985 | Norway | La det swinge | Bobbysocks |
| 1986 | Belgium | J’aime la vie | Sandra Kim |
| 1987 | Ireland | Hold Me Now | Johnny Logan |
| 1988 | Switzerland | Ne partez pas sans moi | Céline Dion |
| 1989 | Yugoslavia | Rock Me | Riva |
| 1990 | Italy | Insieme: 1992 | Toto Cutugno |
| 1991 | Sweden | Fångad av en stormvind | Carola |
| 1992 | Ireland | Why Me | Linda Martin |
| 1993 | Ireland | In Your Eyes | Niamh Kavanagh |
| 1994 | Ireland | Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids | Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan |
| 1995 | Norway | Nocturne | Secret Garden |
| 1996 | Ireland | The Voice | Eimear Quinn |
| 1997 | United Kingdom | Love Shine a Light | Katrina and the Waves |
| 1998 | Israel | Diva | Dana International |
| 1999 | Sweden | Take Me to Your Heaven | Charlotte Nilsson |
| 2000 | Denmark | Fly on the Wings of Love | Olsen Brothers |
| 2001 | Estonia | Everybody | Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL |
| 2002 | Latvia | I Wanna | Marie N |
| 2003 | Turkey | Everyway That I Can | Sertab Erener |
| 2004 | Ukraine | Wild Dances | Ruslana |
| 2005 | Greece | My Number One | Helena Paparizou |
| 2006 | Finland | Hard Rock Hallelujah | Lordi |
| 2007 | Serbia | Molitva | Marija Šerifovic |
| 2008 | Russia | Believe | Dima Bilan |
| 2009 | Norway | Fairy Tale | Alexander Rybak |
For the latest results, see the official Eurovision pages.
Here is Celine Dion winning the Eurovision for Switzerland in 1998: