Home » Entertainment » TV » Cable TV

The Eurovision Song Contest: The Winning Songs

Ranked #10,169 in Entertainment, #113,711 overall

The Songs That Won The Eurovision Song Contest

Although much derided by music critics and the public alike, the Eurovision Song Contest has been pulling in huge European television audiences since its inception in 1956.

Over the years, many of the winning artists have fallen by the wayside, but several have gained international stardom through their participation. ABBA began their road to fame and fortune with Waterloo in 1974, while Celine Dion's big European break came in 1988 with the winning Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi.

Along the way, established artists such as Cliff Richard, The New Seekers and Lulu who all represented the United Kingdom, have also taken part in Europe's biggest song competition to varying degrees of success.

Sometimes even those well-known names could not ensure the winners place on the rostrum, as can be evidenced here with a gathering of all the Eurovision Song Contest's winning songs since the 1950s.

What is The Eurovision Song Contest?

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), in which participating countries each submit a song to be performed on live television; then proceed to cast votes for the other countries' songs, in order to find the most popular song in the competition. Each country participates via one of their national EBU-member television stations, whose task it is to select a singer and a song to go forward to represent the country in the international competition.

Read more at Wikipedia.

Original Eurovision Designs

Unique Eurovision Fashions and Collectibles

The 1960s Eurovision Winners

Eurovision Winning Songs For 1960-1968

No 1969 video here as this was an unusual year. Please see below for more details:

1960 London, United Kingdom
Winner : France : "Tom Pillibi" performed by Jacqueline Boyer.

1961 Cannes, France
Winner : Luxembourg : "Nous Les Amoureux" performed by Jean-Claude Pascal. (Video below).

1962 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Winner : France : "Un Premier Amour" performed by Isabelle Aubret

1963 London, United Kingdom
Winner : Denmark : "Dansevise" performed by Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann.

1964 Copenhagen, Denmark
Winner : Italy : "Non Ho L'eta" performed by Gigliola Cinquetti.

1965 Naples, Italy
Winner : Luxembourg : "Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son" performed by France Gall.

1966 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Winner : Austria : "Merci Cherie" performed by Udo Jurgens.

1967 Vienna, Austria
Winner : United Kingdom : "Puppet On A String" performed by Sandie Shaw.

1968 London, United Kingdom
Winner : Spain : "La La La" performed by Massiel.

Jean-Claude Pascal - Nous les amoureux - Eurovision 1961 - Luxembourg - Winner: by eurovisionfrancetube | video info

13 ratings | 4,397 views

curated content from YouTube

Great Deals on Eurovision Items

Find Your Eurovision Song Contest Bargains

From the history of the Eurovison Song Contest, there is always collectible Eurovision memorabilia to find.

Great Eurovision Finds

All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Eurovision Song Contest

Do You Love Eurovision?

Buy: I Heart Eurovision by eurovision
Browse Eurovision Hats

Did Eurovision Change Your Life?

Buy: Eurovision Changed My Life! by eurovision
Create custom t-shirts on zazzle

The Eurovision Buzz

Eurovision on Twitter

The 2010s Eurovision Winners

Eurovision Winning Songs For 2010-

2010: Oslo, Norway
Winner: Germany: "Satellite" performed by Lena.

2011: Dusseldorf, Germany
Winner: Azerbaijan: "Running Scared" performed by Ell and Nikki.

Lena - Satellite (Germany): by eurovision | video info

109,426 ratings | 35,401,187 views

curated content from YouTube

Eurovision News & Views

Feb 9, 2012 @ 2:42 pmEurovision 2012: Listen to the 5 From Ireland Incl... from Eurovision Song Contest News: Ireland has broadcast the five songs vying to represent the country at Eurovision 2012. As predicted, Jedward will be among them. 1. Mistaken sung by Celtic Whisper with Maria McCool. (Listen here) 2...
Feb 4, 2012 @ 6:44 pmEurovision 2012: Kurt Calleja to Sing For Malta from Eurovision Song Contest News: After four hours, yes four hours, Malta finally chose its song for the Eurovision Song Contest. It came down to a close run thing between the songs This is the Night and Pure, with the former sung by...
Feb 3, 2012 @ 6:22 pmEurovision 2012: Malta to Choose Song Feb 4th from Eurovision Song Contest News: The finalists to determine the song to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan this coming May will be performing live in Ta' Qali on February 4th. This Saturday night, Mal...
Jan 29, 2012 @ 2:28 pmEurovision 2012: French Song Unveiled from Eurovision Song Contest News: The song representing France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, performed by Anggun has been unveiled for all to hear. Well, you get a preview at least! Echo (You and I) is an up-tempo number� and w...
Jan 26, 2012 @ 6:05 pmEurovision 2012: Montenegro Announce Song Title from Eurovision Song Contest News: The title of the song from Montenegro for Eurovision 2012 has been revealed. Rambo Amadeus (gotta love that name!) will be singing Euro neuro in the first Semi-Final to be held on May 22. By all acco...
Jan 25, 2012 @ 3:59 pmEurovision 2012: Cyprus: Ivi Adamou to Sing La La... from Eurovision Song Contest News: While it has been known for some time that former Greek X-Factor participant Ivi Adamou would be the voice for the Cypriot entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, tonight came the announcement of...
Jan 25, 2012 @ 12:46 pmEurovision 2012: The Semi-Final Allocation from Eurovision Song Contest News: Today saw the allocation of countries to each of the semi-finals of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest to take place May 22 and 24. Here is how things shaped up, and when in each semi-final a particular...
Jan 23, 2012 @ 6:39 pmEurovision 2012: Dates of National Song Finals from Eurovision Song Contest News: While five countries have already announced the songs that will represent them at Eurovision 2012 in Baku, National Finals across Europe have been arranged for many of the remaining countries to deci...
Jan 21, 2012 @ 4:18 pmEurovision 2012: Soluna Samay to Sing For Denmark from Eurovision Song Contest News: The Danish National Result for Eurovision 2012 is now in and Soluna Samay will be singing the song Should've Known Better for Denmark. It came down to votes between three songs: Take Our Hearts, Vente...

Find Everything Eurovison

Love This Eurovision Page?

This module only appears with actual data when viewed on a live lens. The favorite and lensroll options will appear on a live lens if the viewer is a member of Squidoo and logged in.

Add this to your lens »

What Are Your Thoughts About the Eurovision Song Contest?

Share Your Favorite Eurovision Song Contest Memories

Love it or hate it, the Eurovision Song Contest has been around for over 50 years. Let us know your what you think!

submit

Reply

a_willow Mar 13, 2010 @ 10:57 am | delete

I grew up with this competition. :) Still, my all time favorites are ABBA: :)))

Reply

prosperity66 Mar 13, 2010 @ 6:01 am | delete

You make me wonder if you invented the Eurovision Song Contest because you really master the subject!
Wonderful lens, as usual, Richard!
Dom.

Reply

smange Feb 22, 2010 @ 1:23 pm | delete

Wow - This lens rocks!

Reply

JaguarJulie Jul 21, 2009 @ 6:13 am | delete

Wow! This is such a remarkable competition -- I was not familiar with it until now. Nicely done.

Reply

nickupton May 28, 2009 @ 10:32 am | delete

Eurovision is brilliant.

Reply

lakeerieartists May 14, 2009 @ 1:54 am | delete

This is not a contest that I follow, but I love this lens. Blessings.

Reply

debnet Mar 28, 2009 @ 2:12 pm | delete

Great memories!!! Some of these I had forgotten long ago so it was great to see them all again :)

Reply

chefkeem May 11, 2008 @ 1:22 am | delete

What a great trip down memory lane for me! Growing up in Germany, in the 50s, 60s, and 70s - we were glued to the TV sets, every year at Eurovision's time. Gigliola, France, Udo, ABBA - all very familiar characters from my past. Germany finally won in the year after my emigration to the US. (I don't think my move had anything to do with it, though!) 5*s