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71 songs written by 147 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.The contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956 (with the exception of 2020), is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world.
This contest saw the performance of Eurovision's 1,500th song, when former winner Alexander Rybak performed "That's How You Write a Song" in the second semi-final for Norway. [ 176 ] [ 286 ] Israel gained its fourth Eurovision title, represented by Netta with " Toy ".
Lys Assia, the winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, performing at the 1958 contest. The Eurovision Song Contest was developed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as an experiment in live television broadcasting and a way to produce cheaper programming for national broadcasting organisations.
The discography of the Eurovision Song Contest winners includes all the winning singles of the annual competition held since 1956. As of 2024 [update] , 71 songs have won the competition, including four entries which were declared joint winners in 1969 .
The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the 19th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 6 April 1974 in the Dome in Brighton, United Kingdom.Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and presented by Katie Boyle, this was the fifth time that the United Kingdom had staged the contest.
Pages in category "Eurovision Song Contest winners" The following 164 pages are in this category, out of 164 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the 14th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Madrid , Spain , following the country's victory at the 1968 contest with the song " La La La " by Massiel .
The final of the contest has been broadcast by BBC One (previously BBC Television Service and BBC TV) since the first contest in 1956, the first live colour transmission of the contest in the United Kingdom was the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 (though the 1968 contest had been repeated in colour on BBC Two the day after the live telecast on BBC ...