Lugano 1956

Season 1 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 24, 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 ...Read more

Frankfurt 1957

Season 2 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 3, 1957

Hilversum 1958

Season 3 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 12, 1958

Cannes 1959

Season 4 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 11, 1959

London 1960

Season 5 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 29, 1960

Cannes 1961

Season 6 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 18, 1961

Luxembourg City 1962

Season 7 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 18, 1962

London 1963

Season 8 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 23, 1963

Copenhagen 1964

Season 9 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 21, 1964

Naples 1965

Season 10 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 20, 1965

Luxembourg City 1966

Season 11 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 5, 1966

Vienna 1967

Season 12 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 8, 1967

London 1968

Season 13 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 6, 1968

Madrid 1969

Season 14 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 29, 1969

Amsterdam 1970

Season 15 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 21, 1970

Dublin 1971

Season 16 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 3, 1971

Edinburgh 1972

Season 17 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 25, 1972

Luxembourg City 1973

Season 18 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 7, 1973

Brighton 1974

Season 19 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 6, 1974

Stockholm 1975

Season 20 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 22, 1975

The Hague 1976

Season 21 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 3, 1976

London 1977

Season 22 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 7, 1977

Paris 1978

Season 23 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 22, 1978

Jerusalem 1979

Season 24 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on March 31, 1979

The Hague 1980

Season 25 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 19, 1980

Dublin 1981

Season 26 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 4, 1981

Harrogate 1982

Season 27 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 24, 1982

Munich 1983

Season 28 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 23, 1983

Luxembourg City 1984

Season 29 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 5, 1984

Gothenburg 1985

Season 30 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 4, 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

Season 31 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 3, 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 participa...Read more

Brussels 1987

Season 32 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 9, 1987

Dublin 1988

Season 33 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 30, 1988

Lausanne 1989

Season 34 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 6, 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 repr...Read more

Zagreb 1990

Season 35 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 5, 1990

Rome 1991

Season 36 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 4, 1991

Malmö 1992

Season 37 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 2, 1992

Millstreet 1993

Season 38 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 15, 1993

Dublin 1994

Season 39 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on April 30, 1994

Dublin 1995

Season 40 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 13, 1995

Oslo 1996

Season 41 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 18, 1996

Dublin 1997

Season 42 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 3, 1997

Birmingham 1998

Season 43 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 9, 1998

Jerusalem 1999

Season 44 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 29, 1999

Stockholm 2000

Season 45 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 13, 2000

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

Copenhagen 2001

Season 46 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 12, 2001

Tallinn 2002

Season 47 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 25, 2002

Riga 2003

Season 48 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 24, 2003

Istanbul 2004

Season 49 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 12, 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

Season 50 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 19, 2005

Athens 2006

Season 51 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 18, 2006

Helsinki 2007

Season 52 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 10, 2007

Belgrade 2008

Season 53 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 20, 2008

Moscow 2009

Season 54 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 12, 2009

Oslo 2010

Season 55 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 25, 2010

Düsseldorf 2011

Season 56 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 10, 2011

Baku 2012

Season 57 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 22, 2012

Malmö 2013

Season 58 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 14, 2013

Copenhagen 2014

Season 59 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 6, 2014

Vienna 2015

Season 60 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 19, 2015

Stockholm 2016

Season 61 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 10, 2016

Kyiv 2017

Season 62 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 9, 2017

Lisbon 2018

Season 63 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 8, 2018

The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following Salvador Sob...Read more

Tel Aviv 2019

Season 64 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 14, 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

Season 65 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 18, 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 th...Read more

Turin 2022

Season 66 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 10, 2022

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

Liverpool 2023

Season 67 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 9, 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 ...Read more

Malmö 2024

Season 68 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 7, 2024

Malmö was chosen following a strong city bid process that examined facilities at the venue; the ability to accommodate thousands of visiting delegatio...Read more

Basel 2025

Season 69 of Eurovision Song Contest premiered on May 13, 2025

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