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Eurovision Song Contest

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The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

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Victoria Swarovski

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Michael Ostrowski

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Seasons

Lugano 1956

1 episodes

Premiered May 24, 1956

Frankfurt 1957

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 3, 1957

Hilversum 1958

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 12, 1958

Cannes 1959

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 11, 1959

London 1960

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 29, 1960

Cannes 1961

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 18, 1961

Luxembourg City 1962

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 18, 1962

London 1963

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 23, 1963

Copenhagen 1964

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 21, 1964

Naples 1965

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 20, 1965

Luxembourg City 1966

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 5, 1966

Vienna 1967

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 8, 1967

London 1968

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 6, 1968

Madrid 1969

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 29, 1969

Amsterdam 1970

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 21, 1970

Dublin 1971

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 3, 1971

Edinburgh 1972

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 25, 1972

Luxembourg City 1973

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 7, 1973

Brighton 1974

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 6, 1974

Stockholm 1975

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 22, 1975

The Hague 1976

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 3, 1976

London 1977

1 episodes

Premiered May 7, 1977

Paris 1978

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 22, 1978

Jerusalem 1979

1 episodes

Premiered Mar 31, 1979

The Hague 1980

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 19, 1980

Dublin 1981

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 4, 1981

Harrogate 1982

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 24, 1982

Munich 1983

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 23, 1983

Luxembourg City 1984

1 episodes

Premiered May 5, 1984

Gothenburg 1985

1 episodes

Premiered May 4, 1985

Bergen 1986

1 episodes

Premiered May 3, 1986

Brussels 1987

1 episodes

Premiered May 9, 1987

Dublin 1988

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 30, 1988

Lausanne 1989

1 episodes

Premiered May 6, 1989

Zagreb 1990

1 episodes

Premiered May 5, 1990

Rome 1991

1 episodes

Premiered May 4, 1991

Malmö 1992

1 episodes

Premiered May 2, 1992

Millstreet 1993

1 episodes

Premiered May 15, 1993

Dublin 1994

1 episodes

Premiered Apr 30, 1994

Dublin 1995

1 episodes

Premiered May 13, 1995

Oslo 1996

1 episodes

Premiered May 18, 1996

Dublin 1997

1 episodes

Premiered May 3, 1997

Birmingham 1998

1 episodes

Premiered May 9, 1998

Jerusalem 1999

1 episodes

Premiered May 29, 1999

Stockholm 2000

1 episodes

Premiered May 13, 2000

Copenhagen 2001

1 episodes

Premiered May 12, 2001

Tallinn 2002

1 episodes

Premiered May 25, 2002

Riga 2003

1 episodes

Premiered May 24, 2003

Istanbul 2004

2 episodes

Premiered May 12, 2004

Kyiv 2005

2 episodes

Premiered May 19, 2005

Athens 2006

2 episodes

Premiered May 18, 2006

Helsinki 2007

2 episodes

Premiered May 10, 2007

Belgrade 2008

3 episodes

Premiered May 20, 2008

Moscow 2009

3 episodes

Premiered May 12, 2009

Oslo 2010

3 episodes

Premiered May 25, 2010

Düsseldorf 2011

3 episodes

Premiered May 10, 2011

Baku 2012

3 episodes

Premiered May 22, 2012

Malmö 2013

3 episodes

Premiered May 14, 2013

Copenhagen 2014

3 episodes

Premiered May 6, 2014

Vienna 2015

3 episodes

Premiered May 19, 2015

Stockholm 2016

3 episodes

Premiered May 10, 2016

Kyiv 2017

3 episodes

Premiered May 9, 2017

Lisbon 2018

3 episodes

Premiered May 8, 2018

Tel Aviv 2019

3 episodes

Premiered May 14, 2019

Rotterdam 2021

3 episodes

Premiered May 18, 2021

Turin 2022

3 episodes

Premiered May 10, 2022

Liverpool 2023

3 episodes

Premiered May 9, 2023

Malmö 2024

3 episodes

Premiered May 7, 2024

Basel 2025

3 episodes

Premiered May 13, 2025

Vienna 2026

3 episodes

Premiered May 12, 2026

Burgas 2027

3 episodes

Premiered May 11, 2027

Episodes

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Ep 1

Grand Prix of the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest

May 24, 1956

80m

Inspired by the Italian Sanremo Festival, the idea to organise a pan-European musicial competition was born at a meeting of the European Broadcasting Union in Monaco in 1955. It was decided that the first ever Eurovision Song Contest would be hosted the following year in the Swiss resort of Lugano. The 1956 Eurovision Song Contest was primarily a radio show, although some cameras were taping the contest for the few Europeans who had a television set at that time. Lohengrin Filipello hosted the programme, which lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The seven participating countries each submitted two entries. The songs of the contest were not to exceed three and a half minutes, and the performers were accompanied by an orchestra of 24 musicians, led by Fernando Paggi.