70 CONTESTS IN NUMBERS

Every winner, every record, every point exchanged since Lugano 1956. Filter by era, country or voting system and explore the story behind the numbers.

70Contests held

1,936Entries performed

52Countries ever

28Different winners

Wins by country

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Countries with the most wins in the selected era

Ireland 8

Sweden 7

United Kingdom 5

France 5

Israel 5

Luxembourg 5

Netherlands 5

Italy 3

Switzerland 3

Denmark 3

Records

Point totals vary across voting systems — use the era filter above for fairer comparisons.

Most points, one entry758

Portugal · 2017

Biggest winning margin173

Bulgaria · 2026

Longest wait to win53 yrs

Portugal · 1964→2017

Most entries77

France

Most top-5 finishes31

Sweden

Most consecutive finals31

Germany

Multi-time winning artists5

Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta · Johnny Logan · Linda Martin

Nil points finishes42

Across available final-result data

Points leaders

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Highest-scoring entries in the selected era

Portugal→Amar pelos dois · 2017758

Ukraine→Stefania · 2022631

Bulgaria→Beautiful Mess · 2017615

Switzerland→The Code · 2024591

Sweden→Tattoo · 2023583

Raw point totals are not perfectly comparable across different voting systems.

Host cities

6×Dublin

4×London

4×Luxembourg

3×Copenhagen

Counts are based on the contest-year records available in the site database.

Languages

Share of entries by recorded performance language in the selected era.