Eurovision Song Contest

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 f...

Frankfurt 1957

Hilversum 1958

Cannes 1959

London 1960

Cannes 1961

Luxembourg City 1962

London 1963

Copenhagen 1964

Naples 1965

Luxembourg City 1966

Vienna 1967

London 1968

Madrid 1969

Amsterdam 1970

Dublin 1971

Edinburgh 1972

Luxembourg City 1973

Brighton 1974

Stockholm 1975

The Hague 1976

London 1977

Paris 1978

Jerusalem 1979

The Hague 1980

Dublin 1981

Harrogate 1982

Munich 1983

Luxembourg City 1984

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...

Brussels 1987

Dublin 1988

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 S...

Zagreb 1990

Rome 1991

Malmö 1992

Millstreet 1993

Dublin 1994

Dublin 1995

Oslo 1996

Dublin 1997

Birmingham 1998

Jerusalem 1999

Stockholm 2000

13,000 spectators were at the final in the Globen Arena in Stockholm, which was a new record.

Copenhagen 2001

Tallinn 2002

Riga 2003

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

Athens 2006

Helsinki 2007

Belgrade 2008

Moscow 2009

Oslo 2010

Düsseldorf 2011

Baku 2012

Malmö 2013

Copenhagen 2014

Vienna 2015

Stockholm 2016

Kyiv 2017

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 wit...

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.

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; an...

Basel 2025

Following Nemo's victory in the 2024 contest, Eurovision returns to its home country for the first time.