Eurovision Song Contest
(1956)
Lugano 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
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Hilversum 1958
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Cannes 1959
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London 1960
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Cannes 1961
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Luxembourg City 1962
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London 1963
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Copenhagen 1964
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Naples 1965
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Luxembourg City 1966
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Vienna 1967
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London 1968
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Madrid 1969
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Amsterdam 1970
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Dublin 1971
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Edinburgh 1972
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Luxembourg City 1973
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Brighton 1974
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Stockholm 1975
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The Hague 1976
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London 1977
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Paris 1978
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Jerusalem 1979
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The Hague 1980
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Dublin 1981
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Harrogate 1982
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Munich 1983
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Luxembourg City 1984
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Gothenburg 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
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
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Dublin 1988
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Lausanne 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
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Rome 1991
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Malmö 1992
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Millstreet 1993
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Dublin 1994
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Dublin 1995
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Oslo 1996
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Dublin 1997
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Birmingham 1998
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Jerusalem 1999
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Stockholm 2000
13,000 spectators were at the final in the Globen Arena in Stockholm, which was a new record.
Copenhagen 2001
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Tallinn 2002
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Riga 2003
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Istanbul 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
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Athens 2006
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Helsinki 2007
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Belgrade 2008
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Moscow 2009
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Oslo 2010
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Düsseldorf 2011
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Baku 2012
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Malmö 2013
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Copenhagen 2014
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Vienna 2015
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Stockholm 2016
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Kyiv 2017
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Lisbon 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
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Rotterdam 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
After Måneskin won the 2021 contest, Eurovision will return to Italy for the third time.
Liverpool 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
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
Following Nemo's victory in the 2024 contest, Eurovision returns to its home country for the first time since 1989.