Eurovision Song Contest
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.
- Status: Returning Series
- Original Language: en
- In Production: Yes
- Number of Seasons: 69
- Number of Episodes: 107
- First Air Date: 1956-05-24
Seasons
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Season 0: Specials
Air Date: 2015-04-03
Episode Count: 41
No overview available.
Season 1: Lugano 1956
Air Date: 1956-05-24
Episode Count: 1
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.
Season 2: Frankfurt 1957
Air Date: 1957-03-03
Episode Count: 1
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Season 3: Hilversum 1958
Air Date: 1958-03-12
Episode Count: 1
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Season 4: Cannes 1959
Air Date: 1959-03-11
Episode Count: 1
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Season 5: London 1960
Air Date: 1960-03-29
Episode Count: 1
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Season 6: Cannes 1961
Air Date: 1961-03-18
Episode Count: 1
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Season 7: Luxembourg City 1962
Air Date: 1962-03-18
Episode Count: 1
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Season 8: London 1963
Air Date: 1963-03-23
Episode Count: 1
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Season 9: Copenhagen 1964
Air Date: 1964-03-21
Episode Count: 1
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Season 10: Naples 1965
Air Date: 1965-03-20
Episode Count: 1
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Season 11: Luxembourg City 1966
Air Date: 1966-03-05
Episode Count: 1
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Season 12: Vienna 1967
Air Date: 1967-04-08
Episode Count: 1
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Season 13: London 1968
Air Date: 1968-04-06
Episode Count: 1
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Season 14: Madrid 1969
Air Date: 1969-03-29
Episode Count: 1
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Season 15: Amsterdam 1970
Air Date: 1970-03-21
Episode Count: 1
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Season 16: Dublin 1971
Air Date: 1971-04-03
Episode Count: 1
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Season 17: Edinburgh 1972
Air Date: 1972-03-25
Episode Count: 1
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Season 18: Luxembourg City 1973
Air Date: 1973-04-07
Episode Count: 1
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Season 19: Brighton 1974
Air Date: 1974-04-06
Episode Count: 1
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Season 20: Stockholm 1975
Air Date: 1975-03-22
Episode Count: 1
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Season 21: The Hague 1976
Air Date: 1976-04-03
Episode Count: 1
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Season 22: London 1977
Air Date: 1977-05-07
Episode Count: 1
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Season 23: Paris 1978
Air Date: 1978-04-22
Episode Count: 1
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Season 24: Jerusalem 1979
Air Date: 1979-03-31
Episode Count: 1
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Season 25: The Hague 1980
Air Date: 1980-04-19
Episode Count: 1
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Season 26: Dublin 1981
Air Date: 1981-04-04
Episode Count: 1
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Season 27: Harrogate 1982
Air Date: 1982-04-24
Episode Count: 1
No overview available.
Season 28: Munich 1983
Air Date: 1983-04-23
Episode Count: 1
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Season 29: Luxembourg City 1984
Air Date: 1984-05-05
Episode Count: 1
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Season 30: Gothenburg 1985
Air Date: 1985-05-04
Episode Count: 1
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.
Season 31: Bergen 1986
Air Date: 1986-05-03
Episode Count: 1
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.
Season 32: Brussels 1987
Air Date: 1987-05-09
Episode Count: 1
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Season 33: Dublin 1988
Air Date: 1988-04-30
Episode Count: 1
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Season 34: Lausanne 1989
Air Date: 1989-05-06
Episode Count: 1
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.
Season 35: Zagreb 1990
Air Date: 1990-05-05
Episode Count: 1
No overview available.
Season 36: Rome 1991
Air Date: 1991-05-04
Episode Count: 1
No overview available.
Season 37: Malmö 1992
Air Date: 1992-05-02
Episode Count: 1
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Season 38: Millstreet 1993
Air Date: 1993-05-15
Episode Count: 1
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Season 39: Dublin 1994
Air Date: 1994-04-30
Episode Count: 1
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Season 40: Dublin 1995
Air Date: 1995-05-13
Episode Count: 1
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Season 41: Oslo 1996
Air Date: 1996-05-18
Episode Count: 1
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Season 42: Dublin 1997
Air Date: 1997-05-03
Episode Count: 1
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Season 43: Birmingham 1998
Air Date: 1998-05-09
Episode Count: 1
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Season 44: Jerusalem 1999
Air Date: 1999-05-29
Episode Count: 1
No overview available.
Season 45: Stockholm 2000
Air Date: 2000-05-13
Episode Count: 1
13,000 spectators were at the final in the Globen Arena in Stockholm, which was a new record.
Season 46: Copenhagen 2001
Air Date: 2001-05-12
Episode Count: 1
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Season 47: Tallinn 2002
Air Date: 2002-05-25
Episode Count: 1
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Season 48: Riga 2003
Air Date: 2003-05-24
Episode Count: 1
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Season 49: Istanbul 2004
Air Date: 2004-05-12
Episode Count: 2
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.
Season 50: Kyiv 2005
Air Date: 2005-05-19
Episode Count: 2
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Season 51: Athens 2006
Air Date: 2006-05-18
Episode Count: 2
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Season 52: Helsinki 2007
Air Date: 2007-05-10
Episode Count: 2
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Season 53: Belgrade 2008
Air Date: 2008-05-20
Episode Count: 3
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Season 54: Moscow 2009
Air Date: 2009-05-12
Episode Count: 3
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Season 55: Oslo 2010
Air Date: 2010-05-25
Episode Count: 3
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Season 56: Düsseldorf 2011
Air Date: 2011-05-10
Episode Count: 3
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Season 57: Baku 2012
Air Date: 2012-05-22
Episode Count: 3
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Season 58: Malmö 2013
Air Date: 2013-05-14
Episode Count: 3
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Season 59: Copenhagen 2014
Air Date: 2014-05-06
Episode Count: 3
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Season 60: Vienna 2015
Air Date: 2015-05-19
Episode Count: 3
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Season 61: Stockholm 2016
Air Date: 2016-05-10
Episode Count: 3
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Season 62: Kyiv 2017
Air Date: 2017-05-09
Episode Count: 3
No overview available.
Season 63: Lisbon 2018
Air Date: 2018-05-08
Episode Count: 3
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.
Season 64: Tel Aviv 2019
Air Date: 2019-05-14
Episode Count: 3
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Season 65: Rotterdam 2021
Air Date: 2021-05-18
Episode Count: 3
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.
Season 66: Turin 2022
Air Date: 2022-05-10
Episode Count: 3
After Måneskin won the 2021 contest, Eurovision will return to Italy for the third time.
Season 67: Liverpool 2023
Air Date: 2023-05-08
Episode Count: 3
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.
Season 68: Malmö 2024
Air Date: 2024-05-07
Episode Count: 3
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.
Season 69: Basel 2025
Air Date: 2025-05-13
Episode Count: 3
Following Nemo's victory in the 2024 contest, Eurovision returns to its home country for the first time since 1989.
