Eurovision Song Contest winner, winner of the annual Eurovision Song Contest organized by the European Broadcasting Union. A glass trophy in the shape of a microphone is awarded to the winning performer, and smaller trophies are given to the winning songwriters. The country represented by the winning performance is accorded the right to host the contest the following year. Widespread recognition from winning the song contest has been instrumental in launching several successful music careers, such as those of ABBA (winner of the 1974 contest), Céline Dion (1988), and Måneskin (2021). Below is a list of the winning song and songwriter for each year, alongside the performer and country.
| year | song, songwriter | performer | country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | “Refrain,” Émile Gardaz, Géo Voumard | Lys Assia | Switzerland |
| 1957 | “Net als toen,” Willy van Hemert, Guus Jansen | Corry Brokken | Netherlands |
| 1958 | “Dors mon amour,” Pierre Delanoë, Hubert Giraud | André Claveau | France |
| 1959 | “Een beetje,” Willy van Hemert, Dick Schallies | Teddy Scholten | Netherlands |
| 1960 | “Tom Pillibi,” Pierre Cour, André Popp | Jacqueline Boyer | France |
| 1961 | “Nous les amoureux,” Jacques Datin, Maurice Vidalin | Jean-Claude Pascal | Luxembourg |
| 1962 | “Un Premier Amour,” Rolande Valade, Claude Henri Vic | Isabelle Aubret | France |
| 1963 | “Dansevise,” Sejr Volmer-Sørensen, Otto Francker | Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann | Denmark |
| 1964 | “Non ho l’età,” Nicola Salerno | Gigliola Cinquetti | Italy |
| 1965 | “Poupée de cire, poupée de son,” Serge Gainsbourg | France Gall | Luxembourg |
| 1966 | “Merci chérie,” Udo Jürgens, Thomas Hörbiger | Udo Jürgens | Austria |
| 1967 | “Puppet on a String,” Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | Sandie Shaw | United Kingdom |
| 1968 | “La, la, la,” Ramón Arcusa, Manuel de la Calva | Massiel | Spain |
| 1969 | “Vivo cantando,” Aniano Alcalde, María José de Cerato | Salomé | Spain |
| “Boom Bang-a-Bang,” Peter Warne, Alan Moorhouse | Lulu | United Kingdom | |
| “De troubadour,” Lenny Kuhr, David Hartsena | Lenny Kuhr | Netherlands | |
| “Un Jour, un enfant,” Eddy Marnay, Emile Stern | Frida Boccara | France | |
| 1970 | “All Kinds of Everything,” Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith | Dana | Ireland |
| 1971 | “Un Banc, un arbre, une rue,” Yves Dessca, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre | Séverine | Monaco |
| 1972 | “Après toi,” Klaus Munro, Yves Dessca, Mario Panas | Vicky Leandros | Luxembourg |
| 1973 | “Tu te reconnaîtras,” Vline Buggy, Claude Morgan | Anne-Marie David | Luxembourg |
| 1974 | “Waterloo,” Stikkan Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus | ABBA | Sweden |
| 1975 | “Ding-a-Dong,” Will Luikinga, Eddy Ouwens, Dick Bakker | Teach-In | Netherlands |
| 1976 | “Save Your Kisses for Me,” Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden, Martin Lee | Brotherhood of Man | United Kingdom |
| 1977 | “L’Oiseau et l’enfant,” José Gracy, Jean-Paul Cara | Marie Myriam | France |
| 1978 | “A-Ba-Ni-Bi,” Ehud Manor, Nurit Hirsh | Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta | Israel |
| 1979 | “Hallelujah,” Shimrit Orr, Kobi Oshrat | Gali Atari and Milk and Honey | Israel |
| 1980 | “What’s Another Year,” Shay Healy | Johnny Logan | Ireland |
| 1981 | “Making Your Mind Up,” Andy Hill, John Danter | Bucks Fizz | United Kingdom |
| 1982 | “Ein bisschen Frieden,” Bernd Meinunger, Ralph Siegel | Nicole | West Germany |
| 1983 | “Si la vie est cadeau,” Alain Garcia, Jean-Pierre Millers | Corinne Hermès | Luxembourg |
| 1984 | “Diggi-loo diggi-ley,” Britt Lindeborg, Torgny Söderberg | Herrey’s | Sweden |
| 1985 | “La det swinge,” Rolf Løvland | Bobbysocks | Norway |
| 1986 | “J’aime la vie,” Marino Atria, Jean-Pierre Furnémont, Angelo Crisci | Sandra Kim | Belgium |
| 1987 | “Hold Me Now,” Sean Sherrard | Johnny Logan | Ireland |
| 1988 | “Ne partez pas sans moi,” Nella Martinetti, Atilla Sereftug | Céline Dion | Switzerland |
| 1989 | “Rock Me,” Stevo Cvikich, Rajko Dujmich | Riva | Yugoslavia |
| 1990 | “Insieme: 1992,” Toto Cutugno | Toto Cutugno | Italy |
| 1991 | “Fångad av en stormvind,” Stephan Berg | Carola | Sweden |
| 1992 | “Why Me,” Sean Sherrard | Linda Martin | Ireland |
| 1993 | “In Your Eyes,” Jimmy Walsh | Niamh Kavanagh | Ireland |
| 1994 | “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids,” Brendan Graham | Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan | Ireland |
| 1995 | “Nocturne,” Petter Skavlan, Rolf Løvland | Secret Garden | Norway |
| 1996 | “The Voice,” Brendan Graham | Eimear Quinn | Ireland |
| 1997 | “Love Shine a Light,” Kimberley Rew | Katrina and the Waves | United Kingdom |
| 1998 | “Diva,” Yoav Ginay | Dana International | Israel |
| 1999 | “Take Me to Your Heaven,” Gert Lengstrand | Charlotte Nilsson | Sweden |
| 2000 | “Fly on the Wings of Love,” Jørgen Olsen | Olsen Brothers | Denmark |
| 2001 | “Everybody,” Maian-Anna Kärmas, Ivar Must | Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, and 2XL | Estonia |
| 2002 | “I Wanna,” Marija Naumova, Marats Samauskis | Marie N | Latvia |
| 2003 | “Every Way That I Can,” Demir Demirkan, Sertab Erener | Sertab Erener | Turkey |
| 2004 | “Wild Dances,” Ruslana Lyzhichko, Aleksandr Ksenofontov | Ruslana | Ukraine |
| 2005 | “My Number One,” Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou | Helena Paparizou | Greece |
| 2006 | “Hard Rock Hallelujah,” LORDI | LORDI | Finland |
| 2007 | “Molitva,” Vladimir Graić, Saša Milošević Mare | Marija Šerifović | Serbia |
| 2008 | “Believe,” Dima Bilan, Jim Beanz | Dima Bilan | Russia |
| 2009 | “Fairytale,” Alexander Rybak | Alexander Rybak | Norway |
| 2010 | “Satellite,” Julie Frost, John Gordon | Lena | Germany |
| 2011 | “Running Scared,” Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman, Iain Farquharson | Ell/Nikki | Azerbaijan |
| 2012 | “Euphoria,” Thomas G:son, Peter Boström | Loreen | Sweden |
| 2013 | “Only Teardrops,” Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard | Emmelie de Forest | Denmark |
| 2014 | “Rise like a Phoenix,” Charly Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas | Conchita Wurst | Austria |
| 2015 | “Heroes,” Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad | Måns Zelmerlöw | Sweden |
| 2016 | “1944,” Susana (“Jamala”) Jamaladinova | Susana (“Jamala”) Jamaladinova | Ukraine |
| 2017 | “For the Both of Us,” Luisa Sobral | Salvador Sobral | Portugal |
| 2018 | “Toy,” Doron Medalie, Stav Beger | Netta | Israel |
| 2019 | “Arcade,” Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy | Duncan Laurence | Netherlands |
| 2020 | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
| 2021 | “Zitti e buoni,” Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi, Ethan Torchio | Måneskin | Italy |
| 2022 | “Stefania,” Ivan Klymenko, Oleh Psiuk, Ihor Didenchuk, Tymofii Muzychuk, Vitalii Duzhyk | Kalush Orchestra | Ukraine |
| 2023 | “Tattoo,” Jimmy Jansson, Jimmy Joker, Loreen, Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son | Loreen | Sweden |
| 2024 | “The Code,” Benjamin Alasu, Lasse Midtsian Nymann, Linda Dale, Nemo Mettler | Nemo | Switzerland |