Upcoming Episode

Semi-Final 1 (27 days and 10 hours)

Release Date

24 May, 1956

Total Episode/Season

107/68

Synopsis

United By Music

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.

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Specials

03 Apr, 2015

Lugano 1956

24 May, 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

03 Mar, 1957

Hilversum 1958

12 Mar, 1958

Cannes 1959

11 Mar, 1959

London 1960

29 Mar, 1960

Cannes 1961

18 Mar, 1961

Luxembourg City 1962

18 Mar, 1962

London 1963

23 Mar, 1963

Copenhagen 1964

21 Mar, 1964

Naples 1965

20 Mar, 1965

Luxembourg City 1966

05 Mar, 1966

Vienna 1967

08 Apr, 1967

London 1968

06 Apr, 1968

Madrid 1969

29 Mar, 1969

Amsterdam 1970

21 Mar, 1970

Dublin 1971

03 Apr, 1971

Edinburgh 1972

25 Mar, 1972

Luxembourg City 1973

07 Apr, 1973

Brighton 1974

06 Apr, 1974

Stockholm 1975

22 Mar, 1975

The Hague 1976

03 Apr, 1976

London 1977

07 May, 1977

Paris 1978

22 Apr, 1978

Jerusalem 1979

31 Mar, 1979

The Hague 1980

19 Apr, 1980

Dublin 1981

04 Apr, 1981

Harrogate 1982

24 Apr, 1982

Munich 1983

23 Apr, 1983

Luxembourg City 1984

05 May, 1984

Gothenburg 1985

04 May, 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

03 May, 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

09 May, 1987

Dublin 1988

30 Apr, 1988

Lausanne 1989

06 May, 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

05 May, 1990

Rome 1991

04 May, 1991

Malmö 1992

02 May, 1992

Millstreet 1993

15 May, 1993

Dublin 1994

30 Apr, 1994

Dublin 1995

13 May, 1995

Oslo 1996

18 May, 1996

Dublin 1997

03 May, 1997

Birmingham 1998

09 May, 1998

Jerusalem 1999

29 May, 1999

Stockholm 2000

13 May, 2000

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

Copenhagen 2001

12 May, 2001

Tallinn 2002

25 May, 2002

Riga 2003

24 May, 2003

Istanbul 2004

12 May, 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

19 May, 2005

Athens 2006

18 May, 2006

Helsinki 2007

10 May, 2007

Belgrade 2008

20 May, 2008

Moscow 2009

12 May, 2009

Oslo 2010

25 May, 2010

Düsseldorf 2011

10 May, 2011

Baku 2012

22 May, 2012

Malmö 2013

14 May, 2013

Copenhagen 2014

06 May, 2014

Vienna 2015

19 May, 2015

Stockholm 2016

10 May, 2016

Kyiv 2017

09 May, 2017

Lisbon 2018

08 May, 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

14 May, 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

18 May, 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

10 May, 2022

After Måneskin won the 2021 contest, Eurovision will return to Italy for the third time.

Liverpool 2023

09 May, 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

07 May, 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

13 May, 2025

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

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