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The Eurovision Song Contest, has, every year since its start in 1956, produced over fifty winners, with one every year except the 1969 contest, when four countries were given joint first place. The winning song each year usually becomes popular across Europe and the rest of the World, and the winning artist, sometimes a previously unknown singer or band, become widely known and respected.
[edit] List of winners
- ↑ In 1969 four countries were joint winners as there was no rule for a tie.
[edit] Number of wins per country
Map showing each country's number of Eurovision wins:
██ 7 wins██ 5 wins██ 4 wins██ 3 wins██ 2 wins██ 1 win██ Have participated, but never won██ Have never participatedNote: On this map,
Croatia is credited with
Yugoslavia's win, as the singer of that entry came from Croatia.
| Country |
Titles |
Winning years |
 Ireland |
7 |
1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 |
 France |
5 |
1958, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1977 |
 Luxembourg |
5 |
1961, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1983 |
 United Kingdom |
5 |
1967, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1997 |
 Sweden |
4 |
1974, 1984, 1991, 1999 |
 Netherlands |
4 |
1957, 1959, 1969, 1975 |
 Israel |
3 |
1978, 1979, 1998 |
 Denmark |
2 |
1963, 2000 |
 Norway |
2 |
1985, 1995 |
 Italy |
2 |
1964, 1990 |
 Switzerland |
2 |
1956, 1988 |
 Spain |
2 |
1968, 1969 |
 Finland |
1 |
2006 |
 Greece |
1 |
2005 |
 Ukraine |
1 |
2004 |
 Turkey |
1 |
2003 |
 Latvia |
1 |
2002 |
 Estonia |
1 |
2001 |
 Yugoslavia |
1 |
1989 |
 Belgium |
1 |
1986 |
 Germany |
1 |
1982 |
 Monaco |
1 |
1971 |
 Austria |
1 |
1966 |
Years in italics indicate joint wins.
[edit] Statistics
| Country |
Wins |
Second[1] |
Third |
Total |
| Ireland |
7 |
2[3] |
4 |
13 |
| United Kingdom |
5[2] |
15 |
2 |
22 |
| France |
5[2] |
4[3] |
7 |
16 |
| Luxembourg |
5 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
| Sweden |
4 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
| Netherlands |
4[2] |
0 |
1 |
5 |
| Israel |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
| Spain |
2[2] |
4 |
1 |
7 |
| Switzerland |
2 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
| Italy |
2 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
| Denmark |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
| Norway |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| Germany |
1 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
| Belgium |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| Monaco |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| Greece |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Estonia |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Latvia |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Turkey |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Austria |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Finland |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Ukraine |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Yugoslavia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- ↑ Only the winner was revealed in 1956. Results for second and third place have never been officially released and are not included in this table.
- ↑ Includes a joint win in 1969
- ↑ Includes a joint second place in 1990
[edit] Trivia
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