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      • Widespread recognition from winning the song contest has been instrumental in launching several successful music careers, such as those of ABBA (winner of the 1974 contest), Céline Dion (1988), and Måneskin (2021). Below is a list of the winning song and songwriter for each year, alongside the performer and country.
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  1. There have been 68 contests, with one winner each year except for the tied 1969 contest, which had four. 27 countries have won the contest, with Switzerland winning the first contest in 1956. The countries with the highest number of wins are Ireland and Sweden with seven wins each.

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  3. 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.

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  4. May 11, 2024 · List of the winners of the annual Eurovision Song Contest organized by the European Broadcasting Union. A glass trophy in the shape of a microphone is awarded to the winning performer, and smaller trophies are given to the winning songwriters.

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  5. 71 songs written by 147 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.

  6. May 14, 2022 · The UK has won the Eurovision Song Contest on five occasions, with Katrina and The Waves delivering the last triumph in 1997 with “Love Shine a Light”. Britain’s first taste of success came...

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