List of Eurovision Song Contest entries (1956–2003)
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Since the Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 and until semi-finals were introduced in 2004, a total of 917 entries were submitted, comprising songs and artists which represented thirty-eight countries.[1] The contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), is held annually between members of the union, with participating broadcasters from different countries submitting songs to the event and casting votes to determine the most popular in the competition.[2] From an original seven participating countries in the first edition, over twenty entries were submitted into the competition in the early 2000s, before the contest started expanding more rapidly in 2004.[3]
Principally open to active member broadcasters of the EBU, eligibility to participate in the contest is not determined by geographic inclusion within the traditional boundaries of Europe. Several countries from outside of Europe have previously submitted entries into the contest, including countries in Western Asia and North Africa, as well as transcontinental countries with only part of their territory in Europe.[4]
Between 1956 and 2003, Germany made the most contest appearances, participating in all but one event since its founding.[5] Morocco conversely had participated the fewest times, competing only once in 1980.[6] Ireland held the record for the most victories, having won the contest seven times, including four wins in the 1990s.[7] France, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom were the second-most successful nations in the contest, having won on five occasions. In addition to its five contest wins, the United Kingdom also placed second fifteen times – more than any other country – and also holds the record for the most consecutive contest appearances, competing in every edition since 1959.[8] Although it had also achieved two contest wins, Norway held the record for the most last-place finishes in contest history, having featured at the bottom of the scoreboard nine times.[9]
| 1950s | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | ||||||
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| 1960s | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
| 1970s | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
| 1980s | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| 1990s | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| 2000s | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 2010s | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020s | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||
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Entries[edit]
The following tables list the entries which have been performed at the contest between 1956 and 2003. Entries are listed by order of their first performance in the contest; entry numbers provide a cumulative total of all songs performed at the contest throughout its history, and a second cumulative total outlines the total entries for each country. Songs which were performed multiple times are counted only once in the tables, with entry numbers for the performances of semi-final qualifiers marked in italics in the respective finals.[10] For the purposes of the first contest, where each country was represented by two songs, each song is counted as a distinct entry but both songs are counted as a single entry for that country.[citation needed]
Only songs which have competed in the contest final. Songs which failed to qualify from the 1993 qualifying round for new Eastern European countries or the 1996 audio-only qualifying round are subsequently not counted as official entries and are not included in the participation history for each country on the official Eurovision website.[3]
In line with the official Eurovision Song Contest website, entries which represented the former West Germany prior to German reunification (until 1990) and those from the subsequently unified state Germany (since 1991) are considered to have represented the same country.[5] Also in keeping with the official Eurovision records, the 1992 entry which represented the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, subsequently renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, is listed as having represented Yugoslavia rather than Serbia and Montenegro; Serbia and Montenegro is therefore considered to have made its first appearance in 2004.[11][12]
Table key
- 1 Winner – Winning entries in each edition of the contest
- 2 Second place – Entries which came second in each edition of the contest
- 3 Third place – Entries which came third in each edition of the contest
- ◁ Last place – Entries which came last in each edition of the contest
1950s[edit]
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The Netherlands' Jetty Paerl performed the first ever Eurovision entry in 1956. -
Lys Assia contributed four Eurovision entries for Switzerland, including the contest's first winning entry. -
Denmark's debut entrants Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler were also the first duo to perform at Eurovision. -
Domenico Modugno performed three different Eurovision entries for Italy in the 1950s and 1960s. -
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson were the first of sixteen acts to place second in the contest for the United Kingdom.[13]
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| # | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 |  Belgium | 2 | Bobbejaan Schoepen | "Straatdeuntje" | Dutch |
| 8 |
| 16 | 2 |  Luxembourg | 2 | Danièle Dupré | "Tant de peine" | French |
| 4 |
| 17 | 3 |  United Kingdom | 1 | Patricia Bredin | "All" | English |
| 7 |
| 18 | 4 |  Italy | 2 | Nunzio Gallo | "Corde della mia chitarra" | Italian |
| 6 |
| 19 | 5 |  Austria | 1 | Bob Martin | "Wohin, kleines Pony?" | German |
| 10 ◁ |
| 20 | 6 |  Netherlands | 2 | Corry Brokken | "Net als toen" | Dutch |
| 1 |
| 21 | 7 |  Germany | 2 | Margot Hielscher | "Telefon, Telefon" | German |
| 4 |
| 22 | 8 |  France | 2 | Paule Desjardins | "La Belle amour" | French | 2 | |
| 23 | 9 |  Denmark | 1 | Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler | "Skibet skal sejle i nat" | Danish |
| 3 |
| 24 | 10 |  Switzerland | 2 | Lys Assia | "L'Enfant que j'étais" | French | 8 |
| # | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | Italy | 3 | Domenico Modugno | "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" | Italian | 3 | |
| 26 | 2 | Netherlands | 3 | Corry Brokken | "Heel de wereld" | Dutch | Benny Vreden | 9 ◁ |
| 27 | 3 | France | 3 | André Claveau | "Dors mon amour" | French | 1 | |
| 28 | 4 | Luxembourg | 3 | Solange Berry | "Un grand amour" | French |
| 9 ◁ |
| 29 | 5 |  Sweden | 1 | Alice Babs | "Lilla stjärna" | Swedish |
| 4 |
| 30 | 6 | Denmark | 2 | Raquel Rastenni | "Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog" | Danish | Harry Jensen | 8 |
| 31 | 7 | Belgium | 3 | Fud Leclerc | "Ma petite chatte" | French | André Dohet | 5 |
| 32 | 8 | Germany | 3 | Margot Hielscher | "Für zwei Groschen Musik" | German |
| 7 |
| 33 | 9 | Austria | 2 | Liane Augustin | "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" | German |
| 5 |
| 34 | 10 | Switzerland | 3 | Lys Assia | "Giorgio" | German, Italian |
| 2 |
1960s[edit]
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Nora Brockstedt performed the first Norwegian entry in 1960. -
In 1963, with the song from Switzerland, Esther Ofarim performed the 100th Eurovision entry. -
Udo Jürgens performed three consecutive contest entries for Austria in 1964, 1965 and 1966. -
Cliff Richard contributed two Eurovision entries for the United Kingdom, in 1968 and 1973. -
The Netherlands' Lenny Kuhr performed the contest's 200th entry and was one of the four winners of the 1969 contest.
| # | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 1 |  Finland | 2 | Marion Rung | "Tipi-tii" | Finnish | Kari Tuomisaari | 7 |
| 76 | 2 | Belgium | 7 | Fud Leclerc | "Ton nom" | French |
| 13 ◁ |
| 77 | 3 |  Spain | 2 | Víctor Balaguer | "Llámame" | Spanish |
| 13 ◁ |
| 78 | 4 | Austria | 6 | Eleonore Schwarz | "Nur in der Wiener Luft" | German | Bruno Uher | 13 ◁ |
| 79 | 5 | Denmark | 6 | Ellen Winther | "Vuggevise" | Danish | 10 | |
| 80 | 6 | Sweden | 5 | Inger Berggren | "Sol och vår" | Swedish |
| 7 |
| 81 | 7 | Germany | 7 | Conny Froboess | "Zwei kleine Italiener" | German |
| 6 |
| 82 | 8 | Netherlands | 7 | De Spelbrekers | "Katinka" | Dutch |
| 13 ◁ |
| 83 | 9 | France | 7 | Isabelle Aubret | "Un premier amour" | French |
| 1 |
| 84 | 10 |  Norway | 3 | Inger Jacobsen | "Kom sol, kom regn" | Norwegian |
| 10 |
| 85 | 11 | Switzerland | 7 | Jean Philippe | "Le Retour" | French | 10 | |
| 86 | 12 |  Yugoslavia | 2 | Lola Novaković | "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" (Не пали светла у сумрак) | Serbo-Croatian |
| 4 |
| 87 | 13 | United Kingdom | 5 | Ronnie Carroll | "Ring-A-Ding Girl" | English |
| 4 |
| 88 | 14 | Luxembourg | 6 | Camillo Felgen | "Petit bonhomme" | French |
| 3 |
| 89 | 15 | Italy | 7 | Claudio Villa | "Addio, addio" | Italian | 9 | |
| 90 | 16 |  Monaco | 4 | François Deguelt | "Dis rien" | French |
| 2 |
| # | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 1 | Netherlands | 10 | Conny Vandenbos | "Het is genoeg" | Dutch |
| 11 |
| 124 | 2 | United Kingdom | 8 | Kathy Kirby | "I Belong" | English |
| 2 |
| 125 | 3 | Spain | 5 | Conchita Bautista | "Qué bueno, qué bueno" | Spanish | Antonio Figueroa Egea | 15 ◁ |
| 126 | 4 |  Ireland | 1 | Butch Moore | "I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain" | English |
| 6 |
| 127 | 5 | Germany | 10 | Ulla Wiesner | "Paradies, wo bist du?" | German |
| 15 ◁ |
| 128 | 6 | Austria | 9 | Udo Jürgens | "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" | German |
| 4 |
| 129 | 7 | Norway | 6 | Kirsti Sparboe | "Karusell" | Norwegian | Jolly Kramer-Johansen | 13 |
| 130 | 8 | Belgium | 10 | Lize Marke | "Als het weer lente is" | Dutch |
| 15 ◁ |
| 131 | 9 | Monaco | 7 | Marjorie Noël | "Va dire à l'amour" | French |
| 9 |
| 132 | 10 | Sweden | 7 | Ingvar Wixell | "Absent Friend" | English | 10 | |
| 133 | 11 | France | 10 | Guy Mardel | "N'avoue jamais" | French | 3 | |
| 134 | 12 |  Portugal | 2 | Simone de Oliveira | "Sol de inverno" | Portuguese |
| 13 |
| 135 | 13 | Italy | 10 | Bobby Solo | "Se piangi, se ridi" | Italian | 5 | |
| 136 | 14 | Denmark | 9 | Birgit Brüel | "For din skyld" | Danish | 7 | |
| 137 | 15 | Luxembourg | 9 | France Gall | "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" | French | Serge Gainsbourg | 1 |
| 138 | 16 | Finland | 5 | Viktor Klimenko | "Aurinko laskee länteen" | Finnish | 15 ◁ | |
| 139 | 17 | Yugoslavia | 5 | Vice Vukov | "Čežnja" (Чежња) | Serbo-Croatian |
| 12 |
| 140 | 18 | Switzerland | 10 | Yovanna | "Non, à jamais sans toi" | French |
| 8 |
| # | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | 1 | Portugal | 5 | Carlos Mendes | "Verão" | Portuguese |
| 11 |
| 177 | 2 | Netherlands | 13 | Ronnie Tober | "Morgen" | Dutch |
| 16 ◁ |
| 178 | 3 | Belgium | 13 | Claude Lombard | "Quand tu reviendras" | French |
| 7 |
| 179 | 4 | Austria | 12 | Karel Gott | "Tausend Fenster" | German |
| 13 |
| 180 | 5 | Luxembourg | 12 | Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel | "Nous vivrons d'amour" | French |
| 11 |
| 181 | 6 | Switzerland | 13 | Gianni Mascolo | "Guardando il sole" | Italian |
| 13 |
| 182 | 7 | Monaco | 10 | Line and Willy | "À chacun sa chanson" | French |
| 7 |
| 183 | 8 | Sweden | 10 | Claes-Göran Hederström | "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej" | Swedish | Peter Himmelstrand | 5 |
| 184 | 9 | Finland | 8 | Kristina Hautala | "Kun kello käy" | Finnish |
| 16 ◁ |
| 185 | 10 | France | 13 | Isabelle Aubret | "La Source" | French |
| 3 |
| 186 | 11 | Italy | 13 | Sergio Endrigo | "Marianne" | Italian | Sergio Endrigo | 10 |
| 187 | 12 | United Kingdom | 11 | Cliff Richard | "Congratulations" | English | 2 | |
| 188 | 13 | Norway | 9 | Odd Børre | "Stress" | Norwegian |
| 13 |
| 189 | 14 | Ireland | 4 | Pat McGeegan | "Chance of a Lifetime" | English | John Kennedy | 4 |
| 190 | 15 | Spain | 8 | Massiel | "La La La" | Spanish |
| 1 |
| 191 | 16 | Germany | 13 | Wencke Myhre | "Ein Hoch der Liebe" | German |
| 6 |
| 192 | 17 | Yugoslavia | 8 | Lući Kapurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić | "Jedan dan" (Један дан) | Serbo-Croatian |
| 7 |
| # | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | 1 | Yugoslavia | 9 | Ivan | "Pozdrav svijetu" (Поздрав свијету) | Serbo-Croatian | Milan Lentić | 13 |
| 194 | 2 | Luxembourg | 13 | Romuald | "Catherine" | French |
| 11 |
| 195 | 3 | Spain | 9 | Salomé | "Vivo cantando" | Spanish |
| 1 |
| 196 | 4 | Monaco | 11 | Jean Jacques | "Maman, Maman" | French | Jo Perrier | 6 |
| 197 | 5 | Ireland | 5 | Muriel Day | "The Wages of Love" | English | Michael Reade | 7 |
| 198 | 6 | Italy | 14 | Iva Zanicchi | "Due grosse lacrime bianche" | Italian |
| 13 |
| 199 | 7 | United Kingdom | 12 | Lulu | "Boom Bang-a-Bang" | English |
| 1 |
| 200 | 8 | Netherlands | 14 | Lenny Kuhr | "De troubadour" | Dutch |
| 1 |
| 201 | 9 | Sweden | 11 | Tommy Körberg | "Judy, min vän" | Swedish | 9 | |
| 202 | 10 | Belgium | 14 | Louis Neefs | "Jennifer Jennings" | Dutch |
| 7 |
| 203 | 11 | Switzerland | 14 | Paola | "Bonjour, bonjour" | German |
| 5 |
| 204 | 12 | Norway | 10 | Kirsti Sparboe | "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli" | Norwegian | Arne Bendiksen | 16 ◁ |
| 205 | 13 | Germany | 14 | Siw Malmkvist | "Primaballerina" | German | Hans Blum | 9 |
| 206 | 14 | France | 14 | Frida Boccara | "Un jour, un enfant" | French | 1 | |
| 207 | 15 | Portugal | 6 | Simone de Oliveira | "Desfolhada portuguesa" | Portuguese |
| 15 |
| 208 | 16 | Finland | 9 | Jarkko and Laura | "Kuin silloin ennen" | Finnish | 12 |
1970s[edit]
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Katja Ebstein performed three Eurovision entries for Germany. -
Peter, Sue and Marc made four separate contest appearances for Switzerland in the 1970s and 1980s. -
Family Four represented Sweden at two consecutive contests, in 1971 and 1972. -
Gigliola Cinquetti performed two Italian entries, winning in 1964 and placing second in 1974.
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| # | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221 | 1 | Austria | 13 | Marianne Mendt | "Musik" | German[b] |
| 16 |
| 222 | 2 |  Malta | 1 | Joe Grech | "Marija l-Maltija" | Maltese |
| 18 ◁ |
| 223 | 3 | Monaco | 13 | Séverine | "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" | French |
| 1 |
| 224 | 4 | Switzerland | 16 | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans" | French |
| 12 |
| 225 | 5 | Germany | 16 | Katja Ebstein | "Diese Welt" | German |
| 3 |
| 226 | 6 | Spain | 11 | Karina | "En un mundo nuevo" | Spanish |
| 2 |
| 227 | 7 | France | 16 | Serge Lama | "Un jardin sur la terre" | French |
| 10 |
| 228 | 8 | Luxembourg | 15 | Monique Melsen | "Pomme, pomme, pomme" | French | 13 | |
| 229 | 9 | United Kingdom | 14 | Clodagh Rodgers | "Jack in the Box" | English |
| 4 |
| 230 | 10 | Belgium | 16 | Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel | "Goeie morgen, morgen" | Dutch |
| 14 |
| 231 | 11 | Italy | 16 | Massimo Ranieri | "L'amore è un attimo" | Italian |
| 5 |
| 232 | 12 | Sweden | 12 | The Family Four | "Vita vidder" | Swedish | Håkan Elmquist | 6 |
| 233 | 13 | Ireland | 7 | Angela Farrell | "One Day Love" | English |
| 11 |
| 234 | 14 | Netherlands | 16 | Saskia and Serge | "Tijd" | Dutch | 6 | |
| 235 | 15 | Portugal | 7 | Tonicha | "Menina do alto da serra" | Portuguese |
| 9 |
| 236 | 16 | Yugoslavia | 11 | Krunoslav Slabinac | "Tvoj dječak je tužan" (Твој дјечак је тужан) | Serbo-Croatian |
| 14 |
| 237 | 17 | Finland | 10 | Markku Aro and Koivisto Sisters | "Tie uuteen päivään" | Finnish | Rauno Lehtinen | 8 |
| 238 | 18 | Norway | 11 | Hanne Krogh | "Lykken er" | Norwegian | Arne Bendiksen | 17 |
| # | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 346 | 1 | Ireland | 14 | Colm C. T. Wilkinson | "Born to Sing" | English | Colm C. T. Wilkinson | 5 |
| 347 | 2 | Norway | 18 | Jahn Teigen | "Mil etter mil" | Norwegian | Kai Eide | 20 ◁ |
| 348 | 3 | Italy | 23 | Ricchi e Poveri | "Questo amore" | Italian |
| 12 |
| 349 | 4 | Finland | 17 | Seija Simola | "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" | Finnish |
| 18 |
| 350 | 5 | Portugal | 14 | Gemini | "Dai li dou" | Portuguese |
| 17 |
| 351 | 6 | France | 22 | Joël Prévost | "Il y aura toujours des violons" | French |
| 3 |
| 352 | 7 |  Spain | 18 | José Vélez | "Bailemos un vals" | Spanish |
| 9 |
| 353 | 8 | United Kingdom | 21 | Co-Co | "The Bad Old Days" | English |
| 11 |
| 354 | 9 | Switzerland | 23 | Carole Vinci | "Vivre" | French |
| 9 |
| 355 | 10 | Belgium | 23 | Jean Vallée | "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie" | French | Jean Vallée | 2 |
| 356 | 11 | Netherlands | 23 | Harmony | "'t Is OK" | Dutch |
| 13 |
| 357 | 12 |  Turkey | 2 | Nilüfer and Nazar | "Sevince" | Turkish |
| 18 |
| 358 | 13 | Germany | 23 | Ireen Sheer | "Feuer" | German |
| 6 |
| 359 | 14 | Monaco | 20 | Caline and Olivier Toussaint | "Les Jardins de Monaco" | French |
| 4 |
| 360 | 15 |  Greece | 4 | Tania Tsanaklidou | "Charlie Chaplin" (Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν) | Greek |
| 8 |
| 361 | 16 | Denmark | 11 | Mabel | "Boom Boom" | Danish |
| 16 |
| 362 | 17 | Luxembourg | 22 | Baccara | "Parlez-vous français ?" | French |
| 7 |
| 363 | 18 |  Israel | 6 | Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta | "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (א-ב-ני-בי) | Hebrew | 1 | |
| 364 | 19 | Austria | 17 | Springtime | "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" | German |
| 15 |
| 365 | 20 | Sweden | 18 | Björn Skifs | "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" | Swedish | Peter Himmelstrand | 14 |
| # | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 366 | 1 | Portugal | 15 | Manuela Bravo | "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" | Portuguese | Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa | 9 |
| 367 | 2 | Italy | 24 | Matia Bazar | "Raggio di luna" | Italian | 15 | |
| 368 | 3 | Denmark | 12 | Tommy Seebach | "Disco Tango" | Danish | 6 | |
| 369 | 4 | Ireland | 15 | Cathal Dunne | "Happy Man" | English | Cathal Dunne | 5 |
| 370 | 5 | Finland | 18 | Katri Helena | "Katson sineen taivaan" | Finnish | 14 | |
| 371 | 6 | Monaco | 21 | Laurent Vaguener | "Notre vie c'est la musique" | French |
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