The brightest winners in the history of Eurovision. Eurovision Eurovision winners by year table

Eurovision is an annual music song competition held among performers from countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). That is why among the competition participants you can see performers from Israel and other countries outside Europe. Each participating country sends one participant to Eurovision who performs one song. The winner of the competition is determined by voting by viewers and a jury from each participating country.

The Eurovision music competition was first held in 1956. A competition appeared as a result of the transformation Italian festival San Remo. Marcel Beson, who was very fond of this project, saw in the competition an opportunity to unite nations in the post-war era. The festival in Sanremo still exists today. And Eurovision today is one of the most anticipated and popular events in the musical life of Europe. Every year this competition is watched by more than 100 million television viewers around the world.

Every year, before the competition, a pre-selection procedure takes place, which helps determine the list of participating countries. Performers from the Big Four EBU countries - , - enter the competition automatically.

We can say that the luckiest country at Eurovision is Great Britain. Of course, she became the winner more often (7 times against 5 victories of Britain), but the British took second place 15 times, France and Luxembourg, like England, won 5 times, but they took second place no more than three times.

The nationality of performers at Eurovision does not matter. This is confirmed by the participation of Katrina Lescanish in the competition. She was born in America and performed with the Cambridge band Waves. Another foreigner representing Great Britain in the competition was Ozzy Gina J., while Greek Nana Mouskouri and Belgian Lara Fabian competed for Luxembourg in 1963 and 1988 respectively. By the way, the victory in 1988 went to Switzerland, represented by the Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was the victory at the competition that turned nobody famous singer into a real star.

In 1986, the competition was won by 13-year-old Belgian Sandra Kim with the song “J’aime la vie.” Now the Eurovision rules set an age limit for performers - you can take part in the competition from 16 years old.

For the finals of the competition there are special strict rules. For example, there cannot be amplifiers on stage, the drummer must play on a provided drum kit. The performer may use instrumental backing tracks. Any song whose duration is more than 3 minutes can be disqualified. Everyone remembers that “brevity is the sister of talent.”

The first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano (Switzerland). 7 countries took part in the competition with two artists/songs per country. Lis Assia from Switzerland won with the song “Refrain”. Lis beat out the Belgian song "The Drowned Men Of The River Seine".

The second Eurovision Song Contest was held in the German city of Frankfurt am Main. For the first time, Austria, Great Britain and Germany took part in the competition. The victory was won by Corrie Brocken from the Netherlands, who performed the song “Net Als Toen”. It was in 1957 that the rule was adopted that the duration of a song should be no more than three minutes.

The location of the competition was the city of Hilversum (). Third place went to the Italian singer Domenico Modugno, who performed the song “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu”. This song was later recorded under the name “Volare” and became a real hit. The victory went to Andre Clavet from France with the song “Dors Mon Amour”. Great Britain did not participate in this competition.

Cannes, France. The UK returned to Eurovision and took second place with "Sing Little Birdie", beating France's "Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui" by just one point. The winner was Holland with the song “Een Beetje”. Starting this year, professional composers are prohibited from serving on the jury.

The Netherlands refuses to host the competition for the second time and Eurovision is being held in the UK for the first time. Frenchwoman Jacqueline Boyer took first place with the song “Tom Pillibi”, second place went to the British with their song “Looking High, High, High”, performed by Brian Jones. This year the number of participating countries has increased to 13 due to Norway joining the competition and Luxembourg returning. 1960 was also the first year that the final of the competition was shown live. Finland has decided to take this step.

Eurovision returns to Cannes (France). Luxembourg won with the song “Nous les amoureux”, performed by Jean-Claude Pascal. Second place out of 16 participating countries was taken by Great Britain, represented by The Allisons.

The venue of the competition was Luxembourg. The song “Un premier amour”, performed by the Frenchwoman Isabelle Oubre, took first place with 26 points.

France refuses to host Eurovision for the third time and the competition is again held in London. Luxembourg is represented by Greek singer Nana Mouskouri, while the French pop star represents Monaco. For the first time in the history of the competition, Norway scored zero points. Denmark won with the song “Dansevise”, performed by Greta and Jürgen Ingmann.

The festival takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Second place is again taken by the UK - Matt Monroe with the song “I Love The Little Things”. Later, his song “Walk Away”, a reworked version of the composition of this year’s Austrian participant, became very popular. The victory went to Italy with the song “Non ho l’eta”, performed by 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti.

In Naples (Italy), Luxembourg wins with a song by the Frenchman Serge Gainsbourg, performed by 17-year-old France Gall. The UK takes second place for the fifth time in 8 years thanks to singer Katya Kirby, who performed the song “I Belong”.

The victory in the competition goes to Udo Jürgens with the song “Merci Cheri”, who represented Austria. Starting this year, the rule comes into force that the song presented at the competition must be performed in the state language of the performing country.

The competition takes place in Vienna (Austria). Vicky Leandros performed for Luxembourg for the first time with the song “L’amour est bleu”, which later became a classic. This year's winner was Sandie Shaw with her song "Puppet On A String". The UK takes first place for the first time.

London, Great Britain. The competition takes place at the Royal Albert Hall. The first place was taken by the Spanish singer Massiel with the song “La La La”. The word "La" was used 138 times in this song. Briton Cliff Richard with the song “Congratulations” was one point behind the Spaniard and took second place.

Eurovision takes place in Madrid, Spain. For the only time in the history of the competition, four countries took first place at once. The Netherlands with "De troubadour" performed by Lenny Cure, France with "Un Jour, Un Enfant" performed by Frida Boccara, UK with "Boom bang a bang" performed by Lulu and Spain with the song "Vivo cantando" performed by Salomé ( Maria Rosa Marco).

The location of the competition was determined by drawing lots between the winning countries of 1969. The competition ended up taking place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This year, changes were made to the rules, which eliminated the possibility of several participants winning at the same time. In the event that several performers receive the same number of points, they must perform the song again and the jury, in addition to representatives of the countries claiming first place, again determines the winner. If in this case there is a draw, both countries will receive the Grand Prix. In 1970, due to disagreement with the voting system, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Finland refused to take part in the competition. As a result, the number of participants in the competition was reduced to 12. The victory went to the Irish singer Dana with the song “All kinds of everything,” eclipsing the Spanish singer Julio Iglessias, who took only fourth place.

Dublin, . This year, a rule came into effect limiting the number of performers on stage to six. The first place was taken by the representative of Monaco, Severine, with the song “Un banc, un arbre, une rue”.

Monaco refused to host the competition and Eurovision is taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The winner was a Greek girl living in Germany, but singing for Luxembourg - Vicky Leandros with the song “Apres toi”.

The competition takes place in Luxembourg. This is the first time Israel is taking part in the competition, which required additional security measures. The rules have once again undergone changes; now the performer can independently choose the language for performing the song. For the second year in a row, Luxembourg won with the song “Tu te reconnaitras”, performed by Anne-Marie David. ABBA's song "Ring Ring" failed in the national selection competition.

Brighton, UK. Greece is taking part in the competition for the first time. From France, no one spoke out in connection with the death of President Georges Pompidou. The Swedish group ABBA took first place with their famous song"Waterloo"

Stockholm, Sweden. Türkiye is taking part in Eurovision for the first time. Due to Turkey's participation, Greece refuses to participate in the competition, thus expressing its protest against the Turkish invasion of Northern Cyprus. France and Malta returned to the competition. The winner was the Netherlands with the song “Ding-A-Dong” performed by the groups Teach-In.

The Hague, Netherlands. Türkiye refuses to participate in the competition, and therefore Greece returns. For the third time in the history of the competition, the UK wins with the song “Save Your Kisses For Me”, performed by the band Brotherhood Of Men.

London, Great Britain. The rules of the competition are undergoing minor changes. Once again, songs must be performed only in the official language of the performing country. France won this year with the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”, performed by Marie Miriam, who became a star in France.

Paris, France. Türkiye and Denmark are returning to the competition. The victory went to Israel thanks to the catchy song “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta group.

Eurovision takes place in Jerusalem. Türkiye once again refuses to take part in the competition. The victory went to the hosts, who were represented by Gali Atari and Milk and Honey with the composition “Hallelujah”.

Israel refused not only to host the competition, but also to participate in Eurovision. The competition took place in The Hague, the Netherlands. Turkey returned to the number of participants in the competition, Morocco took part in Eurovision for the first time. The victory went to the Irishman Johnny Logan, who performed the song “What’s Another Year”.

Dublin, Ireland. Yugoslavia and Israel returned to the competition. Cyprus took part in the competition for the first time. The victory was won by the British group Bucks Fizz, who performed the song “Making Your Mind Up”. Germany is in second place, only 4 points behind Britain.

Harrogate, UK. First place went to Germany with the song “Ein Bißchen Frieden”, performed by singer Nicole. This song was recorded in six languages ​​and reached number one in the charts in all European countries.

Munich, Germany. Luxembourg decided to send a “trained singer”, Corinne Hermé, to the competition. And this decision justified itself - she took first place, ahead of the Israeli singer Ofra Haza.

Eurovision takes place in Luxembourg. British band Belle and the Devotions were booed at the end of their performance. Sweden won with the song “Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Lee” performed by Herrey’s.

Gothenburg, Sweden. The victory went to the Norwegian group “Bobbysocks” with the song “La det swinge”. For the first time in the history of the competition, it was broadcast only via satellite.

Bergen, Norway. The victory in the thirtieth anniversary Eurovision contest was won by 13-year-old Sandra Kim, who performed the song “J’Aime La Vie”. Belgium was the first. The host of the competition was the Norwegian Minister of Culture Ase Kleveland, who took third place at Eurovision in 1966.

Brussels, . First place was taken by Irishman Johnny Logan, who performed the song “Hold Me Now”. He became the first to win Eurovision twice.

Dublin, Ireland. Thanks to the singer Celine Dion with the song “Ne partez pas sans moi”, Switzerland takes first place in the competition. British representative Scott Fitzgerald was just one point behind her.

Lausanne, Switzerland. The thirty-fourth Eurovision Song Contest was memorable for the fact that two participants were still children: 11-year-old Nathalie Park represented France and 12-year-old Gili Nathanel, who competed for Israel. It was because of these participants that the rule was adopted that participants in the competition should not be under 16 years old. This year's winner was Yugoslavia with the song "Rock me" performed by Riva. The UK is again in second place.

Zagreb, Yugoslavia. By this year, the number of participants had become relatively constant, with 22 countries taking part in the competition. The victory in 1990 was won by the Italian Toto Cutugno, who performed the song “Insieme: 1992”.

Rome, Italy. This year there was intense competition between France with "C'est le dernier qui a parle qui a raison" sung by Amina and Sweden with "Fangad av en stormvind" sung by Carola. Both participating countries scored 146 points. In accordance with the rules, in this case, the victory is won by the country that most often received the most points (12 points, 10, etc.). As a result, Sweden became the winner.

Malmo, . Irish singer Linda Martin took first place in the competition with Johnny Logan’s song “Why me?” Johnny Logan became the first artist to win the Eurovision Grand Prix three times. Once as a songwriter and twice as a performer.

Millstreet, Ireland. For the first time, three former Yugoslav republics, which declared their independence, are taking part in Eurovision. As a result, the number of competitors increased to 25. For the fifth time in the history of the competition, the victory went to the representative of Ireland - singer Niamh Kavanagh, who performed the song “In your eyes”.

Dublin, Ireland. This year, Hungary and Russia took part in the competition for the first time. However, the number of competitors did not change, since Denmark, Belgium, Israel, Luxembourg, Italy, Turkey and Slovenia did not take part in the competition this year. The third success in a row and only the sixth success came to Ireland with the song “Rock’n roll kids”, performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. Russia's debut at Eurovision brought the country 9th place. The country was represented by Judith (Maria Katz) with the song “Eternal Wanderer”.

Dublin, Ireland. The composition of participating countries continues to change. Norway wins Eurovision for the second time. This year's winner was the group Secret Garden, who performed the song “Nocturne”. Philip Kirkorov with the song “Lullaby for a Volcano” brought Russia only 17th place.

Oslo, Norway. Due to the fact that a large number of countries expressed a desire to take part in the competition, a new system selection. It included an additional jury and a preliminary audio application, which had to be sent to the EBU. The number of participants was limited to 23. In 1996, Russia did not take part in Eurovision. Ireland took first place, thereby setting a record for the number of victories (seven). The winning song was “The voice” performed by Imer Quinn.

Eurovision takes place again in Dublin, Ireland. The selection system has been modified to ensure that all countries can take part in the competition at least once every two years. The winning country of last year's competition automatically takes part in the competition. The remaining 17 participants are selected based on their GPA over the past 5 years. Great Britain won with the song “Love shine a light” performed by Katrina and The Waves. Alla Pugacheva performed from Russia with the song “Primadonna”. However, neither the popularity of the singer in our country nor the monumentality of the song made an impression. As a result, only 15th place.

Birmingham, UK. This year, a televoting system was launched to attract additional attention from viewers to the show. This year's winner created a lot of buzz. Israel took first place thanks to transsexual singer Dana International, who performed the song “Diva.”

Jerusalem, Israel. The victory at Eurovision in 1999 was won by the representative of Sweden, Charlotte Nilsson, who performed the song “Take me to your heaven”. This year, new rules were also adopted: songs can be performed in any language, and you can also sing with a backing track, replacing the orchestra. Russia did not take part in the competition this year.

Eurovision takes place in Stockholm, Sweden. It was this year that Russia made its first notable appearance at the competition. Our country took 2nd place thanks to the singer Alsou. First place was taken by two Olsen brothers from Denmark, who performed the song “Fly on the wings of love.”

Copenhagen, Denmark. The competition took place at the Parken stadium, 35,000 people watched Eurovision live, which became a record for the competition. Russia was represented by the Mumiy Troll group with the song “Lady alpine blue”. This year our country took only 12th place. The winners were Estonian performers Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL with the song “Everybody”.

The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Tallinn, Estonia. Russia is represented by the group “Prime Minister” with the song “Northern girl”. The result is 10th place. The winner of this competition was singer Mari N from Latvia, who performed the song “I wanna”. For Baltic countries this was the second victory in a row.

Riga, . Russia goes all-in and sends to Eurovision scandalously famous group"TATTOO" with the composition "Don't believe, don't be afraid." The group took only third place. First place was taken by Sertab Erener from Turkey, who amazed everyone with her song “Everyway That I Can” and the show she staged on the stage of Skonto Hall. This year, Ukraine took part in Eurovision for the first time, and as a result took 14th place.

Istanbul, . This year, young singer Yulia Savicheva performed for Russia. Many experts believe that Yulia performed quite professionally; she was able to overcome her anxiety and performed with dignity. However, this was not enough for victory; as a result, only 11th place. First place went to Ukrainian Ruslana, who performed a fiery song with Hutsul motifs “Wild Dances”.

Kyiv, . In February 2005, the Eurovision qualifying round took place in Russia: TV viewers chose the winner through interactive voting. According to the results audience voting singer Natalya Podolskaya won. With the song “Nobody Hurt No One” she represented our country in Kyiv. At Eurovision, Natalya took only 15th place. The victory went to the singer from Greece Helena Paparizou, who performed the song “My Number One”.

This year's international music festival took place in Athens. Dima Bilan with the song “Never Let You Go” first competed in the Eurovision semi-finals (since Russia did not score the required number of points in 2005), and then in the final, where he took second place. The victory went to the Finnish rock band “Lordi” with the song “ Hard Rock Hallelujah." The group performed at Eurovision dressed as monsters, which shocked many viewers of the competition.

Helsinki, . Russia was represented by the female trio “Silver”, which was created shortly before the competition. Their song “Song No. 1” took third place at Eurovision. The winner was the singer from Serbia Maria Šerifović with the composition “Prayer”.

Eurovision 2008 took place in Belgrade, Serbia. Dima Bilan is representing Russia for the second time, whose song “Believe” brought victory to our country. On the same stage with Bilan were figure skater, Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko, and the famous Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton. In second place was the Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak with the song “Shady lady” to the music of Philip Kirkorov, and in third place was the Greek Kalomira with the song “Secret combination”.

The 54th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Moscow. The winner of the competition was Alexander Rybak, representing Norway. In terms of the number of points scored, Rybak set an absolute record - in the final he scored 387 points. The famous French singer Patricia Kaas. Arash and Aysel competed for Azerbaijan. A Ukrainian citizen, Anastasia Prikhodko, performed for Russia with the song “Mamo”. She took only 11th place.

This year the music festival took place in Norway. This is the third time the country has hosted Eurovision on its territory. The first time Eurovision took place in Norway in 1986 thanks to the victory of the duo “Bobbysocks”, the second time - in 1996 after the victory of the group Secret Garden and the third time the right to host the competition was obtained thanks to Alexander Rybak. The winner of the 55th Eurovision Song Contest was singer Lena Mayer-Landrut with the song “Satellite”. Russia was represented by the musical group of Peter Nalich with the song “Lost and Forgotten”. The guys took 11th place, but they themselves were satisfied with the result.

The 56th Eurovision Song Contest was held in the city of Dusseldorf, located in Germany. The winner was a duet from Azerbaijan. The song “Running Scared” brought the duo 221 points. Alexey Vorobyov represented Russia, who scored 77 points and took only 16th place.

Eurovision 2012 took place in Azerbaijan, in Baku, where a concert complex with a capacity of 20,000 seats was built specifically for the competition. Montenegro returned to the list of participants.

The 58th Eurovision Song Contest was held in the city of Malmö. Sweden hosted the Euroshow for the fifth time. The winner was the representative with the song Only Teardrops. According to the voting results, the singer scored 281 points. Russian Dina Garipova took fifth place. Refused to participate in the competition: Czech Republic. Slovakia, Türkiye and Portugal. Armenia returned to Eurovision.

The 59th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Denmark from 6 to 10 May. 37 countries took part in it: representatives of Poland and Portugal returned to the stage of the international competition. For the first time, performers from Montenegro and San Marino became finalists of the competition. The winner, with 290 points, was an Austrian drag queen performer with the song Rise Like A Phoenix.

The anniversary, 60th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Austria from 19 to 23 May 2015. The winner was the representative of Sweden with the song “Heroes”. Contestant from Russia Polina Gagarina with the composition “Million Voices” took an honorable second place, unconditionally winning the sympathy of the European public. Representatives from 40 countries competed in the anniversary event; Ukraine refused to participate for the first time due to economic difficulties. For the first time, a performer from Australia came to Eurovision, performing under special conditions.

Eurovision 2016 was the 61st song contest held in Stockholm, Sweden from 10 to 14 May. Representatives from 42 countries took part in it, including a performer from Australia who performed at special conditions. The victory was won by the singer from Ukraine Jamala with the composition “1944”. The representative of Russia Sergey Lazarev with the song “You Are the Only One” took third place, while receiving the most a large number of points - 361 - from TV viewers. In 2016, for the first time since 1975, the rules of the competition were changed: now the jury's scores are announced separately from the results of TV viewers' voting.

The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Kyiv (Ukraine) from May 9 to 13. Ukraine is hosting the competition for the second time.

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Who won Eurovision 2016 in the final and what place Lazarev took at Eurovision became known on the night of May 14-15, during the online broadcast of Eurovision 2016 from Sweden.

The final of Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm (Sweden) took place on May 14. Representatives from 26 countries competed in the finals. Sergey Lazarev performed at number 18 with the song You Are The Only One. He became one of the main contenders for victory, but ultimately took third place.

Eurovision 2016, voting results

Eurovision 2016, final results (see table)

Winner of Eurovision 2016

Singer Jamala, representing Ukraine, took 1 place at the 61st Eurovision Song Contest 2016, held in the capital of Sweden - Stockholm. She scored the maximum amount of points based on the professional jury voting and audience voting: Jamala performed the song “1944” and ultimately received 534 votes.

Meanwhile, according to the results audience vote first place occupied by the representative of Russia Sergey Lazarev, and the Ukrainian took second place.

first place went to Jamal,

second – representative of Australia,

third - Sergei Lazarev.

Second place occupied by singer Australian singer Dami Im, who performed the song Sound Of Silence, receiving 511 votes.

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Third place took Sergey Lazarev at Eurovision 2016 - representative of Russia, with the song You Are the Only One (“You are the only one”), with a total score of 491 votes.

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Jamala sang the song “1944” about the Crimean Tatars. The singer called the composition “a very personal song.” She noted that she should be heard by as many people as possible not only in Ukraine, but also outside the country. Jamala composed this song herself. Real name: Susanna Alimovna Jamaladinova. Jamal became famous for his performance at the International Competition of Young Performers " New wave 2009" in Jurmala, where she received the Grand Prix.

Jamala - winner of Eurovision 2016 in the final with the song “1944”

When the invaders come...
They're breaking into your house
They kill everyone
And they say:
"We are not to blame
not guilty."
Where is your mind?
Humanity is crying.

You think you are gods.
But everyone dies.
Don't consume my soul.
Our souls


I couldn't enjoy my youth

We could build a future
Where people are free
To live and love.
Happy time.
Where is your heart?
Humanity, rise up!

Do you think you are gods
But everyone dies.
Don't consume my soul.
Our souls
I couldn't enjoy my youth
I couldn't live on this earth
I couldn't enjoy my youth
I couldn't live on this earth.

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"Eurovision"

Eurovision has been held annually since 1956. Russia first took part in the competition in 1994 and won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, when singer Dima Bilan won first place. According to the rules, Eurovision 2017 will be held in Ukraine, the homeland of the winner of Eurovision in 2016.

The competition is open to countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union or the Council of Europe. Also participating in the competition are states located in Asia: Israel and Cyprus (they send participants to the competition almost every year from the beginning of participation), as well as partially located in Europe and Asia: Armenia, Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Non-European and not a member of the EMU or CoE, Australia has been participating since 2015.

Yesterday, May 14, the Eurovision 2016 song contest ended in Stockholm. The whole of Europe voted with bated breath for their favorite participants from various countries. The winner was the Ukrainian performer Jamala, who performed number 21 with the song “1944”. This composition tells the story of her family’s deportation from Crimea in the middle of the last century. Ukrainian star, who had difficulty holding back tears on stage, received a stormy ovation from the audience.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Text, design: Yulia Romas, Veronika Golubeva

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.
  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, 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.