The Eurovision Song Contest: The Winning Songs
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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.
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The 1950s Eurovision Winners
Eurovision Winning Songs For 1956-1959
1956 Lugano, Switzerland
Winner : Switzerland : "Refrain" performed by Lys Assia
1957 Frankfurt, Germany
Winner : Netherlands : "Net Als Toen" performed by Corry Brokken.
1958 Hilversum, Netherlands
Winner : France : "Dors, Mon Amour" performed by Andre Claveau.
1959 Cannes, France
Winner : Netherlands : "Een Beetje" performed by Teddy Scholten.
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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.
The Winning Eurovision Songs For 1969
Eurovision 1969: Four Way Tie
In 1969, there was a four way tie for the winning song, and no rules in place to break the deadlock. As a result, four countries shared the winner's rostrum: France, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Songs:
France - Un Jour, Un Enfant (Frida Boccara)
Spain - Vivo Cantando (Salome)
Netherlands - De Troubadour (Lenny Kuhr)
United Kingdom - Boom Bang-A-Bang (Lulu)
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The 1970s Eurovision Winners
Eurovision Winning Songs For 1970-1979
Possibly some of the best songs came during the 1970s. Here are the winners from 1970 to 1979.
1970 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Winner : Ireland : "All Kinds of Everything" performed by Dana.
1971 Dublin, Ireland
Winner : Monaco : "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" performed by Severine.
1972 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Winner : Luxembourg : "Apres Toi" performed by Vicky Leandros.
1973 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Winner : Luxembourg : "Tu Te Reconnaitras" performed by Anne-Marie David.
1974 Brighton, United Kingdom
Winner : Sweden : "Waterloo" performed by ABBA.
1975 Stockholm, Sweden
Winner : Netherlands : "Ding-A-Dong" performed by Teach-In.
1976 The Hague, Netherlands
Winner: United Kingdom: "Save Your Kisses For Me" performed by Brotherhood Of Man.
1977 London, United Kingdom
Winner : France : "L'oiseau Et L'enfant" performed by Marie Myriam.
1978 Paris, France
Winner : Israel : "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and The Alphabeta.
1979 Jerusalem, Israel
Winner : Israel : "Hallelujah" performed by Milk And Honey.
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The 1980s Eurovision Winners
Eurovision Winning Songs For 1980-1989
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1980 The Hague, Netherlands
Winner : Ireland : "What's Another Year" performed by Johnny Logan.
1981 Dublin, Ireland
Winner : United Kingdom : "Making Your Mind Up" performed by Bucks Fizz.
1982 Harrogate, United Kingdom
Winner : Germany : "Ein Bisschen Frieden" performed by Nicole.
1983 Munich, Germany
Winner : Luxembourg : "Si La Vie Est Cadeau" performed by Corinne Hermes.
1984 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Winner : Sweden : "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys.
1985 Gothenburg, Sweden
Winner : Norway : "La Det Swinge" performed by Bobbysocks.
1986 Bergen, Oslo
Winner : Belgium : "J'aime La Vie" performed by Sandra Kim.
1987 Brussels, Belgium
Winner : Ireland : "Hold Me Now" performed by Johnny Logan.
1988 Dublin, Ireland
Winner : Switzerland : "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi" performed by Celine Dion.
1989 Lausanne, Switzerland
Winner : Yugoslavia : "Rock Me" performed by Riva.
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The 1990s Eurovision Winners
Eurovision Winning Songs For 1990-1999
This was Ireland's decade. Four winning songs, with the Celtic sound mesmerizing voters three years in a row (1992-1994 inclusive).
1990 Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Winner : Italy : "Insieme 1992" performed by Toto Cotugno.
1991 Rome, Italy
Winner : Sweden : "Faangad Av En Stormvind" performed by Carola.
1992 Malmo, Sweden
Winner : Ireland : "Why Me?" performed by Linda Martin.
1993 Millstreet, Ireland
Winner : Ireland : "In Your Eyes" performed by Niamh Kavanagh.
1994 Dublin, Ireland
Winner : Ireland : "Rock'N'Roll Kids" performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan.
1995 Dublin, Ireland
Winner : Norway : "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden.
1996 Oslo, Norway
Winner : Ireland : "The Voice" performed by Eimear Quinn.
1997 Dublin, Ireland
Winner : United Kingdom : "Love Shine A Light" performed by Katrina and The Waves.
1998 Birmingham, United Kingdom
Winner : Israel : "Diva" performed by Dana International.
1999 Jerusalem, Israel
Winner : Sweden : "Take Me To Your Heaven" performed by Charlotte Nilsson.
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The 2000s Eurovision Winners
Eurovision Winning Songs For 2000-2009
Eurovision entered the new millenium with ever more countries participating in the contest. Eastern Europe was now heavily involved, and this was reflected in the voting which appeared to show Eastern Bloc nations voting for their neighbours, as well as politically influenced voting which shut out some superior songs from either winning or reaching the Top 5.
2000 Stockholm, Sweden
Winner : Denmark : "Fly On The Wings Of Love" performed by Olsen Brothers.
2001 Copenhagen, Denmark
Winner : Estonia : "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL.
2002 Tallinn, Estonia
Winner : Latvia : "I Wanna" performed by Marie N.
2003 Riga, Latvia
Winner : Turkey : "Every Way That I Can" performed by Sertab Erener.
2004 Istanbul, Turkey
Winner : Ukraine : "Wild Dances" performed by Ruslana.
2005 Kyiv, Ukraine
Winner : Greece : "My Number One" performed by Helena Pararizou.
2006 Athens, Greece
Winner : Finland : "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi.
2007 Helsinki, Finland
Winner: Serbia: "Molitva" performed by Marija Serifovic.
2008 Belgrade, Serbia
Winner: Russia: "Believe" performed by Dima Bilan.
2009 Moscow, Russia
Winner: Norway: "Fairytale" performed by Alexander Rybak.
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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.
2012: Baku, Azerbaijan
Winner: Sweden: "Euphoria" performed by Loreen.
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- I grew up with this competition. :) Still, my all time favorites are ABBA: :)))
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- You make me wonder if you invented the Eurovision Song Contest because you really master the subject!
Wonderful lens, as usual, Richard!
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- Wow! This is such a remarkable competition -- I was not familiar with it until now. Nicely done.
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- Eurovision is brilliant.
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- Great memories!!! Some of these I had forgotten long ago so it was great to see them all again :)
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- 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
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Strangely been following the Eurovision Song Contest for many years. I wanted all the winners in one place visually. I hope you enjoy all the songs!
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