Who won the last Eurovision. How many times and in what ages Russia won on Eurovision

Who won the last Eurovision. How many times and in what ages Russia won on Eurovision
Who won the last Eurovision. How many times and in what ages Russia won on Eurovision
All Eurovision winners from 1992 to 2016.

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0:40 - The Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest of 1992 was the Irish singer and TV presenter Linda Martin with the song "Why Me".
0:57 - In 1993, Ireland won again - the Irish singer and TV presenter of Cavana with the song "In Your Eyes" ranked first.
1:15 - In 1994, a victory won the Irish duet of Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan with the song "Rock" N "Roll Kids".
1:38 - Secret Garden won Eurovision, speaking for Norway in 1995 with the "Nocturne" composition.
2:02 - 1996 - and the winner again Ireland. The Irish singer Eiam Quinn with the song The Voice brought the seventh victory to his country.
2:21 - In 1997, the British-American pop rock band Katrina and The Waves with the song "Love Shine A Light" brought victory to urgencies.
2:41 - In 1998, the Israeli singer was given an international song with the song "Diva" brought first place to Israel.
3:03 - In 1999, the Swedish singer and actress Charlotte Nilson presenting Sweden at the competition with the song "Take Me To Your Heaven," ranked first and brought victory to his country.
In 2000, the palm of championship got a duet from Denmark - Olsen Brothers. Niels and Jurgen Olsen performed the song Fly On The Wings Of Love, which brought the first place to Denmark.
In 2001, the Estonian duo, consisting of Padar Tanels and Dave Benton, came to the Eurovision scene with the song Everybody. The back-vocal was hip-hopp 2xl team. Musicians brought the first in the history of Estonia victory in the competition.
In 2002, the victory on Eurovision went to Latvia. It won Marie N - the Latvian singer of Russian origin Maria Naumova, with the song I Wanna.
In 2003, the Turkish pop star Serrtab Erener rose to the pedestal of honor with the song Everyway that I Can.
In 2004, the winner was the representative of Ukraine - the singer Ruslana. Her speech was a real furyor thanks to the incendiary song Wild Dances. Vyle Dances.
In 2005, luck smiled in Grekunkka Elena Papariz - with the song My Number One she brought Greece first place.
In 2006, Eurovision was shaking heavy chords of hard rock, and on stage there were hot Finnish guys in the costumes of mythical mandes and performed the song Hard Rock Hallelujah. The creativity of the Lordi group literally blew up the public, and Finland took the first place.
In 2007, Pop singer from Serbia Maria Sheriffovich performed a song in his native language. Her "prayer" was heard, despite the fact that she was not at the traditional English for the competition, and Maria brought Serbia victory.
In 2008, luck smiled and the Russian pop performer. Dima Bilan was the first winner from Russia. His Believe song and the spectacular number impressed the audience.
In 2009, a singer and violinist of Belarusian origin took place on Eurovision, Alexander Rybak, who represented Norway. Fisherman performed the Fairytale incendiary song, which very much later than many viewers and brought the victory of Norway.
In 2010, the German representative of Lena Mayer Landrut with Satellite's song became an undisputed favorite of the competition.
In 2011, the Azerbaijani Duet of Ell & Nikki, which includes Eldar Gasimova and Nigar Jamal with the song Running Scared brought the first place to Azerbaijan.
In 2012, the Swedish of the Marrocan-Berber origin Lorin with the song Euphoria brought victory to Sweden.
In 2013, the singer from Denmark Emmili de Forest with the song Only Teardrops brought victory to his country.
In 2014, many fans of Eurovision were waiting for a real shock. The first place at the competition was taken by a bearded singer from Austria Copter Wurst with the song Rise Like a Phoenix. The real name of the singer who hides under this pseudonym, Thomas Neurvit.
In 2015, the winner of Eurovision was the representative of Sweden Mons Selmelev with the song Heroes. Even before the final vote, many nicknamed the singer "King of the scene."
In 2016, the winner of Eurovision was the Ukrainian singer and actress of the Crimean Tatar origin of Jamal. From the song 1944 she brought Ukraine first place.

Eurovision All participants in Russia since 1994.

1995 Philip Kirkorov "Lullaby for Volcano"
On Eurovision-1995, Russia was represented by the pop singer Philip Kirkorov.

1997 Alla Pugacheva "Primadonna"
In 1997, Alla Pugacheva was represented by our country, fulfilling the song "Primadonna" she took 15th place.

2000 Alsu "Solo"
In 2000, Russia represents a 16-year-old singer from Tatarstan - Alsu, which triumph was waiting - her song "Solo" took 2 place at the competition.

2001 "Mummy Troll" "Lady Alpine Blue"
In 2001, the Russian rock band "Mumiy Troll" went to Eurovision. With the song "Lady Alpine Blue", the group ranked 12th.

2002 "Prime Minister" "Northern Girl"
In 2002, the Prime Minister appeared on the song contest in 2002. Furnishing the song "Northern Girl" Quartet has become the tenth.

2003 "T.a.t.u." "Do not trust, do not fear, do not ask"
In 2003, the Group "T.A.t.u." participated in Eurovision in Eurovision. At the competition in Latvia, the group performed the song "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask" and ranked 3rd.

2004 Yulia Savicheva "Believe Me"
In 2004, we sent a modest graduate of the TV project "Star Factory - 2" Julia Savichev. With the song "Believe Me" she ranked 11th.

2005 Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One"
Another participant of the "Star Factory", the singer Natalia Podolskaya, represented Russia with a song in the rock style "Nobody Hurt No One". At the competition, Natalia became the 15th.

2006 Dima Bilan "NEVER LET YOU GO"
The participant of Eurovision from Russia in 2006 Dima Bilan performed the song "Never Let You Go" and became second.

2007 "Serebro" "Song # 1"
In 2007, the Unknown Silver Group went to defend the honor of Russia at that time, which with the song "Song # 1" performed quite successfully - it became the third.

2008 Dima Bilan "Believe"
In 2008, Dima Bilan again went to Eurovision again and this time had already returned to his homeland a triumph. His song "Believe" took 1st place - Russia first won the competition. On stage, Bilan was not alone, the figure skater Evgeny Plushenko and the Hungarian violinist and the composer Edwin Marton.

2009 Anastasia Prikhodko "Mamo"
In 2009, Eurovision for the first time passed in Moscow. Russia was represented by another graduate of the "Star Factory" - the Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko. She performed the song "Mamo" in Russian and Ukrainian languages \u200b\u200band eventually found himself at 11th place.

2010 Peter Nalitch "Lost and Forgotten"
In 2010, Russia in Eurovision was represented by the singer Peter Nalka with the song "Lost and Forgotten" and took 11th place.

2011 Alexey Vorobiev "Get You"
In 2011, the singer Alexey Vorobyev with the song "GET YOU" participated in Eurovision from Russia.

2012 "Buranovsky grandmothers" "Party for everybody"
In 2012, the team "Buranovsky grandmothers" presented Russia in Eurovision with the song "Party for Everybody", which they fulfilled at Udmurt and English. They made a huge impression on the audience and eventually became the second.

2013 Dina Garipova "What if"
The winner of the TV show "Voice" Dina Garipova in 2013 ranked 5th in Eurovision in Sweden, fulfilling the Romantic Ballad "What if".

2014 Sisters Tolmachev "Shine"
In 2014, Sister-twin sisters were opposed to Russia and Maria Tolmachevi with the song "Shine" and took 7th place.

2015 Polina Gagarin "A Million Voices"
In 2015, Russia represented the winner of the "Star-2 factory" Polina Gagarin with the song "A Million Voices" and occupied the honorable 2nd place.

2016 Sergey Lazarev "You Are The Only One"
In 2016, our country was represented by singer Sergey Lazarev and with the song "You Are The Only One" he ranked third.

2017 Represent Russia at the Eurovision 2017 Competition, the final of which will be held today on May 13 in Kiev, it was supposed to the singer Yulia Samoilov, but Ukraine banned entry into the country to the Russian participant.
In the competition "Eurovision 2017" Russia does not participate.

Eurovision 2017, Final: countries and participants, order of performance

The full list of Eurovision 2017 Final Participants looks like this:

1. United Kingdom - Lucy Jones, Never Give Up On You
2. Germany - Levina, Perfect Life
3. Spain - Manuel Navarro, Do It for Your Lover
4. Italy - Francesco Gabbani, Occidentali's Karma
5. France - Alma, Requiem
6. Ukraine - O.Torvald, Time
7. Australia - Isaiah Firebreix, Don't Come Easy
8. Armenia - Artsvik, Fly With Me
9. Azerbaijan - Dihaj, Skeletons
10. Belgium - Blanche, City Lights
11. Greece - Demi, This Is Love
12. Cyprus - Khovig, Gravity
13. Moldova - Sunstroke Project, Hey Mamma

14. Poland - Kasya Mosk, Flashlight
15. Portugal - Salvador Collected, Amar Pelos Dois
16. Sweden - Robin Bengtsson, I Can't GO ON
17. Austria - Nathan Trent, Running On Air
18. Bulgaria - Christian Kostov, Beautiful Mess
19. Belarus - NaviBand, Gіstorea Maygo Zhatsya
20. Denmark - Anya Nissen, Where I Am
21. Croatia - Jacques Hudget, My Friend
22. Norway - Jowst, Grab The Moment
23. Netherlands - OG3NE, Lights and Shadows
24. Hungary - Jotsy Papay, Origo
25. Romania - Ilinka and Alex Fleo, Yodel IT!
26. Israel - IMRI ZIV, I FEEL ALIVE,

Eurovision 2017, Final: Favorites, Bookmaker Opinion
Bookmakers continue to take rates on the winner of Eurovision 2017, marks theerussiantimes.com. According to the rating, it is predicted by the victory of Italy, which is the Francesco Gubbani with the song Occidentali's Karm, reports eurovisionworld.

Second place can take Salvador assembled from Portugal with the song Amar Pelos Dois.

The third place is the representative of Bulgaria Christian Kostov with the Beautiful Mess song.

The "First Channel" will not show the broadcast on its air due to the fact that earlier the SBU banned the entrance to Ukraine, the Russian participant in Yulia Samoilova.

Watch Online Eurovision 2017 Final May 13, 2017 at 22.00 Moscow time can be on EUROVISION.UA and EUROVISION.TV

Eurovision is an annual music competition of songs, which is held among performers from countries belonging to the European Broadcasting Union (EMU). Therefore, among the participants of the competition, you can see performers from Israel and other countries outside Europe. From each member country to Eurovision, one participant is sent, which performs one song. The winner of the competition is determined by the voting of viewers and the jury from each participating country.

For the first time, Eurovision Music Competition was held in 1956. A contest appeared as a result of the transformation of the Italian festival of San Remo. Marseille Beon, who loved this project very much, saw in the competition the opportunity to unite nations in the post-war time. Festival in San Remo exists to this day. And Eurovision today is one of the most anticipated and popular events in the musical life of Europe. Every year more than 100 million viewers worldwide observes each year.

Every year, the preliminary selection procedure is undergoing before the competition, which helps to decide on the list of participating countries. The performers from the countries of the Big Four ESU -, - come to the competition automatically.

It can be said that the most awesome country at Eurovision is the United Kingdom. Of course, I became a winner more often (7 times against 5 victories of Britain), but the British were held for the second place, France and Luxembourg, like England, won 5 times, but they took no more than three times.

The citizenship of performers at Eurovision does not matter. This is confirmed by participation in the competition of Katrina Leskanish. She was born in America, and performed with the WAVES group from Cambridge. Another foreigner representing the UK competition was Ozzy Gina J., and Grechanka Nana Muskuri and Belgian Lara Fabian in 1963 and 1988, respectively, advocated Luxembourg. By the way, the victory in 1988 went to Switzerland, which was represented by the Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was the victory at the competition that turned nobody who is not a well-known singer in the real star.

In 1986, the contest won the 13-year-old Belgian Sandra Kim with the song "J'aime La Vie". Now the rules of Eurovision have established an age limit for performers - you can take part in the competition from 16 years.

For the final of the competition there are special strict rules. For example, the scene cannot be amplifiers, the drummer must play on the shock installation provided. The performer can use instrumental minus. Any song, the duration of which is more than 3 minutes, can be disqualified, that "brevity - sister of the talent" remembers everything.

In Lugano (Switzerland), the first Eurovision contest took place. The competition was attended by 7 countries with two performers / songs on the country. The victory won Lis Asia from Switzerland with the song "Refrain". Fox went around the Belgian song "The Drowned Men of The River Seine".

The second competition "Eurovision" was held in the German city of Frankfurt am Main. For the first time participation in the competition adopted Austria, United Kingdom and. The victory won the Kori Brockken from the Netherlands, who performed the song "Net Als Toen". It was in 1957 that a rule was taken that the duration of the song should be no more than three minutes.

The venue of the competition was the city of Hilversum (). The third place went to the Italian singer Domenico Motuno, who performed the song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Vlu". Later, this song was recorded entitled "Volare" and became a real hit. The victory went to Andre Clave from France with the song "Dors Mon Amour". The United Kingdom did not participate in this competition.

Cannes, France. The United Kingdom returned to Eurovision and ranked second with the song "Sing Little Birdie", bypassing only one point French song "Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui". The winner was Holland with the song "Een Beetje". Starting this year, the professional composers are forbidden to enter the jury.

The Netherlands refuses the second time to hold a competition and Eurovision goes for the first time in the UK. Frenchwoman Jacqueline Boyer with the composition "Tom Pillibi" ranked first, the second went to the British with their song "Looking High, High, High", which Bryan Jones fulfilled. This year, the number of participating countries increased to 13 at the expense of Norwegian and returned Luxembourg who joined the contest. 1960 also became the first year when the final of the competition was shown live. For such a step, Finland was solved.

Eurovision returns to Cannes (France). The victory won Luxembourg with the song "Nous Les Amoureux", which was performed by Jean-Claude Pascal. The second place from 16 participating countries was taken by the United Kingdom, which was represented by the group The Allisons.

The venue of the competition was Luxembourg. The song "Un PREMIER AMOUR", which Frankienka Isabelle was performed around, ranked first by typing 26 points.

France refuses the third time to hold "Eurovision" and the competition again takes place in London. Luxembourg presents the Greek singer Nana Muskuri, the French pop star represents Monaco. For the first time in the history of the Competition, Norway scored zero glasses. The victory won Denmark with the song "Dansevise", which Greta and Jürgen Ingmanns were performed.

The festival takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The second place is again occupied by the United Kingdom - Matt Monroe with the song "I Love The Little Things". Later, the "Walk Away" song was very popular - a revised version of the composition of the Austrian member of this year. The victory went to Italy with the song "Non Ho L'Eta", which was performed by the 16-year-old Gilola Chinkvetti.

In Naples (Italy), the victory wins Luxembourg with the song French Serzh Gensbura, which was performed by 17-year-old France Gall. The United Kingdom for the fifth time for 8 years takes second place thanks to the singer Kati Kirby, who performed the song "I Belong".

The victory at the competition goes Udo Yurgens with the song "Merci Chery", which was represented by Austria. From this year, the rule takes effect that the song presented at the competition should be executed in the state language of the artist.

The competition takes place in Vienna (Austria). For the first time, Luxembourg serves Wiki Leandros with the song "L'Amour Est Bleu", which later became the classics. Victory this year got Sandy Show with the song "Puppet On A String". The United Kingdom is first ranked first.

London, Great Britain. The competition takes place in Royal Albert Hall. The first place was taken by the Spanish singer Massiel with the song "La La La". In this song, the word "LA" was used 138 times. British Cliff Richard with the song "Congratoulations" lagged behind the Spanish on one point and took second place.

Eurovision is held in Madrid, Spain. The only time in the history of the competition was first ranked four countries at once. The Netherlands with the song "De Troubadour" performed by Lenny Cür, France with Un Jour Enfant, performed by Frieda Bokcara, United Kingdom with "Boom Bang A Bang" performed by Lulu and Spain with the song "Vivo Cantando", which Salome performed ( Maria Rose Marco).

The venue of the competition was determined by the drawing between the winning countries of 1969. As a result, the competition took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This year, the rules were made to the rules for which the possibility of victory of several participants was excluded at the same time. In the event that several performers receive the same number of points, they must re-execute the song and the jury, except for representatives of countries applying for the first place, again determined the winner. If, in this case, there will be a draw, the Grand Prix will receive both countries. In 1970, due to disagreement with the voting system, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Finland refused to participate in the competition. As a result, the number of participants in the competition decreased to 12. The victory went to the Irish singer Dane with the song "All Kinds of Everything", the eased Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who took only the fourth place.

Dublin. This year, the rule restricting the number of performers on the stage has entered into force. The first place was taken by the representative of Monaco Severin with the song "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue".

Monaco refused to hold a contest and Eurovision runs in Edinburgh, Scotland. The winner was the Greek girl who lives in Germany, but by Luxembourg - Wiki Leandros with the song "APRES TOI".

Competition takes place in Luxembourg. For the first time, Israel is accepted for the first time, which required adoption of additional security measures. Rules once again changed, now the Contractor could independently choose the language of the song. For the second year in a row, Luxembourg won with the song "Tu Te Reconnaitras", which was performed by Anna-Maria David. ABBA with the song "Ring Ring" failed in the National Selection Competition.

Brighton, United Kingdom. For the first time, Greece is accepted for the first time. From France, no one acted in connection with the death of President George Pompidou. The first place was taken by the Swedish group of Abba with their famous song "Waterloo".

Stockholm, Sweden. Turkey first takes part in Eurovision. Due to the participation of Turkey, Greece refuses to participate in the competition, thus expressing his protest against the Turkish invasion of Northern Cyprus. France and Malta returned to the competition. The winner was the Netherlands with the song "Ding-A-Dong" in the execution of groups of tich-in.

Hague, Netherlands. Turkey refuses to participate in the competition, in connection with which Greece is returning. The third time for the history of the competition is the winner of the United Kingdom with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me", which was performed by the Brotherhood Of Men.

London, Great Britain. Competition rules undergo small changes. Perform songs again only in the state language of the artist. The victory this year won France with the song "L'Oiseau et L'Enfant", which was performed by Marie Miriam, who became a star in France.

Paris, France. Turkey and Denmark come back to the competition. The victory went to Israel due to the memorable song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by the Yehar of Cohen and the Alphabet Group.

Eurovision is held in Jerusalem ,. Turkey once again refuses to take part in the competition. The victory went to the owners who were represented by Atari and Milk & Hani Gali with the composition "Hallelujah".

Israel refused not only from holding a competition, but also from participation in Eurovision. The competition was held in the Hague, the Netherlands. Turkey returned to the participants of the competition, for the first time participation in Eurovision adopted Morocco. The victory went to Irish Johnni Logan, who performed the song "What's Another Year".

Dublin, Ireland. Yugoslavia and Israel returned to the competition. For the first time participation in the competition took Cyprus. The British Bucks Fizz group won the British group, who performed the song "Making Your Mind Up". In second place, Germany is located, the rescue from Britain is only 4 points.

Harrogit, United Kingdom. The first place went to Germany with the song "Ein Bißchen Frieden", which singer Nicole performed. This song was recorded in six languages \u200b\u200band came out first in the charts of all European countries.

Munich, Germany. Luxembourg decided to send Corinn Ermome to the "Prepared Singer" contest. And this decision justified itself - she ranked first, ahead of the Israeli singer from the Hazu.

Eurovision is held in Luxembourg. British group "Belle and the Devotions" sprout at the end of their performances. The victory won Sweden with the song "Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Lee" performed by "Herrey's".

Gothenburg, Sweden. The victory went to the Norwegian group "BobbySocks" with the song "La Det Swinge". For the first time in the history of the competition, its broadcast was carried out only through the satellite.

Bergen, Norway. Victory in the Thirtieth, Jubilee, Eurovision Contest won a 13-year-old Sandra Kim, who performed the composition "J'aime La Vie". Belgium became the first. The leading contest was the Minister of Culture of Norway Ase Kleveland, who took the third place in 1966.

Brussels,. The first place was taken by Irishman Johnny Logan, who performed the song "Hold Me Now". He became the first one who twice won Eurovision.

Dublin, Ireland. Thanks to the singer Celine Dion with the song "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi", Switzerland takes first place in the competition. Just one scot from it was lagging behind the UK representative Scott Fitzgerald.

Lausanne, Switzerland. The thirty-fourth Eurovision contest was remembered by the fact that two participants were completely children: 11-year-old Natalie Pak represented France and 12-year-old Gilly Natan, who performed for Israel. It was because of these participants a rule was taken that the competition participants should not be less than 16 years. The winner of this year was Yugoslavia with the song "Rock Me" performed by Riva. The United Kingdom again takes second place.

Zagreb, Yugoslavia. By this year, the number of participants has become relatively permanent, 22 countries took part in the competition. The victory in 1990 won Italian Toto Kutuno, who performed the song "Insieme: 1992".

Rome, Italy. This year, between France, with the song "C'EST Le Dernier Qui A Parle Qui A Raison", which was performed by Amina, and Sweden with Fangad AV En Stormvind in the performance of Caroll was a tense rivalry. Both participating countries scored 146 points. In accordance with the rules, in this case, the country won the country that more often received the greatest amount of points (12 points, 10, etc.). As a result, Sweden became the winner.

Malmo,. The first place at the competition occupies the Irish performer Linda Martin with the song Johnny Logan "Why Me?". Johnny Logan became the first artist who won the Grand Prix of Eurovision three times. Once as the author of the song and twice as a performer.

Milstrite, Ireland. In Eurovision, three former Yugoslav republics participated for the first time, which proclaimed their independence - ,. As a result, the number of contestants increased to 25. For the fifth time for the history of the contest, the victory was received by the representative of Ireland - the singer Niam Kavan, who performed the song "In Your Eyes".

Dublin, Ireland. This year, participation in the competition was first accepted, Hungary, and Russia. However, the number of competing has not changed, since this year Denmark, Belgium, Israel, Luxembourg, Italy, Turkey and Slovenia did not take part in the competition. The third in a row and all the sixth success came to Ireland with the song "Rock'n Roll Kids", which was performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGetygan. The debut of Russia at Eurovision brought the country of the 9th place. The country was represented by Judith (Maria Katz) with the song "Eternal Wanderer."

Dublin, Ireland. The composition of the participating countries continues to change. For the second time in Eurovision, Norway wins. This year, the SECRET GARDEN group, which performed the song "Nocturne" became the triumph. Philip Kirkorov with the song "Lullaby for the volcano" brought Russia only the 17th place.

Oslo, Norway. Due to the fact that a large number of countries expressed the desire to take part in the competition, a new selection system was introduced. It included an additional jury and a preliminary audio recognition that it was necessary to send to ESU. The number of participants was limited to 23. In 1996, Russia did not accept participation in Eurovision. The first place was taken by Ireland, thereby setting a record for the number of victories (seven). The winner's song was "The Voice" performed by Kyuinna.

Eurovision takes place in Dublin again, Ireland. The selection system was modified so that all countries can take part in the competition at least once every two years. The winner country of last year's competition takes part in the competition automatically. The remaining 17 participants are chosen in accordance with the middle score over the past 5 years. The victory won the United Kingdom with the song "Love Shine A Light", which was performed by Katrina and The Waves. Alla Pugacheva was performed from Russia with the song "Priadonna". However, neither the popularity of the singer in our country nor the monumentality of the song did not impress. As a result, only 15th place.

Birmingham, United Kingdom. This year the televisor system was launched to attract additional attention to the audience to the show. The winner of this year has made a lot of noise. Israel ranked first thanks to the singer - transsexual Dane International, who performed the song "Diva".

Jerusalem, Israel. The victory on Eurovision in 1999 won a representative of Sweden - Charlotte Nilson, who performed the song "Take Me To Your Heaven". This year, new rules were also adopted: you can perform songs in any language, you can also sing under the backing, replacing the orchestra. Russia this year did not take part in the competition.

Eurovision is held in Stockholm, Sweden. This year, the first noticeable speech of Russia in the competition took place. Our country occupied the 2nd place thanks to the singer Alsu. The first place was taken by two brothers Olsen from Denmark, who performed the song "Fly On The Wings Of Love".

Copenhagen, Denmark. The competition was held at the Parken stadium, 35,000 people were living for Eurovision, which became a record for the competition. Russia was represented by the Mumi Troll group with the Lady Alpine Blue Song. This year, our country occupied only the 12th place. The winners were Estonian performers Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2xl with the song "Everybody".

Eurovision contest is held in Tallinn, Estonia. Russia is a group of Prime Minister with the song "Northern Girl". The result is the 10th place. The winner of this contest was the singer Marie N from Latvia, who performed the song "I Wanna". For the Baltic countries, this was the second victory in a row.

Riga ,. Russia comes to the Wa-Bank and sends to Eurovision a scandalous group "Tattoo" with the composition "Do not believe, do not be afraid." The group took only third place. The first place was taken by Serrtab Erener from Turkey, which all struck by her song "Everyway That I Can" and the show she arranged on the Squonto Hall scene. This year, for the first time in Eurovision, Ukraine took part, which as a result occupied the 14th place.


Istanbul ,. This year, the young singer Julia Savicheva performed for Russia. Many specialists believe that Julia spoke quite professional, she was able to overcome the excitement and performed worthy. However, it was not enough for victory, as a result, only the 11th place. The first place went to Ukrainian Ruslane, who performed an incendiary song with Hutsul motifs "Wild Dances".

Kiev, . In February 2005, the Eurovision Selection Tour is held in Russia: viewers by means of interactive voting chose the winner. According to the results of the audience voting, the singer Natalia Podolskaya won. With the song "Nobody Hurt No One" she represented our country in Kiev. At Eurovision, Natalia took only the 15th place. The victory went to the singer from Greece Helena Paparizou, who performed the song "My Number One".

The International Music Festival this year was held in Athens. Dima Bilan with the composition "Never Let You Go" first fought in the semifinals of Eurovision (since in 2005 Russia did not gain the required number of points), and then in the final, where he took second place. The victory went to the Finnish rock group "Lordi" with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The group performed on Eurovision in a monster costume than shocked many viewers of the competition.

Helsinki ,. Russia was a female trio "Silver", which was created shortly before the competition. Their song "Song No. 1" took the third place on Eurovision. The winner was the singer from Serbia Maria Sheriffovich with the composition of Prayer.

Eurovision-2008 passed in Belgrade, Serbia. Dima Bilan, whose song Believe brought our country from Russia to the competition for the competition. On the same stage with Bilan, the skater, Olympic champion Evgeny Plushenko, and the famous Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton. In second place was the Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak with a song on the music of Philip Kirkorov "Shady Lady", and on the third - Greek Kalomira with the SECRET Combination song.

The 54th Eurovision Contest was held in Moscow. Alexander Rybak, representing Norway, became the winner of the competition. By the number of scored points, the fisherman set an absolute record - in the final he scored 387 points. The famous French singer Patricia Kaas took part in this competition. For Azerbaijan made Arash with Aysel. A citizen of Ukraine performed for Russia - Anastasia Prikhodko with the song "Mamo". She took only the 11th place.

This year, the music festival has passed in Norway. The country has already held Eurovision on its territory for the third time. The first time "Eurovision" took place in Norway in 1986 due to the victory of the BobbySocks duet, the second time - in 1996 after the victory of the Secret Garden group and for the third time the right to hold a competition was received thanks to Alexander Fisherman. The winner of the 55th Music Competition "Eurovision" was the singer Lena Mayer-Landrut with the song "Satellite". Russia was represented by the music team of Peter Nalich with the "Lost and Forgotten" song. The guys occupied 11th place, but they themselves were satisfied with the result obtained.

56 Eurovision contest held in the city of Düsseldorf, located in Germany. The winner was a duet from Azerbaijan. The song "Running Scared" brought a duet 221 score. Alexey Vorobiev came from Russia, who scored 77 points and took only the 16th place.

Eurovision 2012 passed in Azerbaijan, in Baku, where a concert complex was built specifically for the competition, with a capacity of 20,000 seats. Montenegro returned to the participants.

The 58th Eurovision Contest passed in Malmo. Sweden took Evroshow for the fifth time. The winner was a representative with the song Only Teardrops. According to the results of the voting, the singer scored 281 points. Russian Dina Garipova ranked fifth. From participation in the competition refused: the Czech Republic. Slovakia, Turkey and Portugal. Returned to Eurovision Armenia.

The Eurovision 59th Competition was held in Denmark from 6 to 10 May. It was attended by 37 countries: representatives of Poland and Portugal returned to the international competition. For the first time, the finalists of the competition were performers from Montenegro and San Marino. The winner who scored 290 points was the performer from Austria Drag-Queen with the song Rise Like A Phoenix.

The anniversary, the 60th Eurovision Contest was held in Austria from 19 to 23 May 2015. The winner was the representative of Sweden - with the song "Heroes". Competitative from Russia Polina Gagarin with the composition "Million Voices" took the honorable second place, unconditionally won the sympathy of the European public. Representatives of 40 countries competed at the anniversary event, Ukraine for the first time refused to participate - due to economic difficulties. For the first time on Eurovision, the artist from Australia, who spent on special conditions.

"Eurovision" -2016 is the 61st song contest, which took place in Stockholm, Sweden, from 10 to 14 May. Representatives of 42 countries took part, including a performer from Australia, speaking on special conditions. The victory won a singer from Ukraine Jamala with the composition "1944". Russian Representative Sergey Lazarev with the song "You Are The Only One" took the third place, while having received the largest number of points - 361 - from TV viewers. In 2016, for the first time since 1975, the rules for holding a competition were changed: now the assessments of the jury are announced separately from the results of voting viewers.

The 62nd Eurovision Song Competition will be held in Kiev (Ukraine) from May 9 to 13. Ukraine takes a competition for the second time.


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In the midst of one of the most popular music events - Eurovision - We decided to recall the most striking winners of this competition for the whole story. And who remembered you most?

ABBA.

FROM Eurovision The triumphant climb of the Swedish group began ABBA.. A year before, they did not have the name, and there were only a few songs in their repertoire. Song Waterlooo. In 1974, he won the hearts not only the British, but also Europe, rising in a matter of days on the tops of international charts.

Celine Dion

After Eurovision Glory came to one of the best-selling singers in the world - Celine Dion (47). In 1988, a young singer appeared in front of the teleadia on 600 million people with a song JE DANSE DANS MA TETE. At the competition she represented Switzerland.

Toto Kutuno.

In 1990 in Zagreb The winner became famous Toto Kutuno. (71). He won the competition with the song Insieme.by providing Italy the right to hold Eurovision In 1991, where Kutuno became leading.

SECRET GARDEN.

Group SECRET GARDEN.which represented Norway, won on Eurovision-1995 And after that, she became world famous, releasing several successful albums. Victory on "Eurovision" provided, in particular, the success of their first album Songs from a Secret Garden. About a million copies around the world were sold!

Dana International

Were on "Eurovision" and unique cases. So, in 1998 she became the winner Dana InternationalWhich still remains the only representative of the transsexuals participating in the competition. The girl used to be a man whose name was Cohen.

Ruslana

In May 2004 Ruslana (41) reached the international scene - the Ukrainian singer struck the musical competition "Eurovision" in Istanbul. Single "Dick Dance"who brought her victory, and the album of the same name conquered the public in more than 25 countries. Ninety-seven weeks of Ruslan leaded in 14 different European charts.

Lordi.

The rich for surprises was 2006. Record Number of Points - 292 - Received Finnish Rock Group Lordi.. Even before the competition, the musicians aroused a big noise in the media with their masks of monsters and a song performed in the traditions of heavy rock. After their victory "Eurovision" Joko called "MONSTRUNITY".

In 2008, she finally came to rejoice in Russia. On the Eurovision 2008 in Belgrade with a song Believe. and the big "support group" came Dima Bilan. (33). For the singer, it was a second chance to win, because for the first time, in 2006, she went to the Finns Lordi.. The singer acted in the company of the Hungarian vocabulary-virtuoso Edwina Marton (41) and the famous skateman Evgenia Plushenko (32). According to the results of the audience SMS voting Russia Scored 272 points. Thanks to this victory Moscowfor the first time became the capital of the 54th Competition "Eurovision".

Alexander Rybak

Predictable and expected on "Eurovision 2009" in Russia The winner was the candidate from Norway Belarusian origin Alexander Rybak (29) with the song FairyTale. Simple, but the soulful performance of the boy with a violin took the soul all Europe: He scored 387 points, which is an absolute record in the history of the competition. The highest score to the winner was awarded 15 countries.

Lena Mayer Landrut

Predicted Bookmakers Victory went to the German singer Lena Mayer Landrut (23). Already literally a week after the victory in the national selection of the video on the song Satellite scored more than 2.5 million views Internet (And by the time of the first semi-final - more than 9.7 million). As a result, Lena scored 246 points.

Ell and Nikki

In 2011, the winners of the competition were the romantic couple Ell and Nikki from Azerbaijan. They performed a song Running Scared.

Loreen

One of the most recognizable songs has become Euphoria. Swedish singer Loreen (31). In 2012, it was she who ranked first and headed all the charts. Today Loreen It is one of the most popular singers in Europe.

Emily de Forest

Then the world preferred to give the Victory Lavra singer from Denmark Emily de Forest (22). She struck everyone with his immediacy.

Copter Wurst

But, perhaps, the loud event of the competition became victory Copy Wurst (26) In 2014, which attracted attention not only to vegetation on his face, but also in a strong voice and energy.

Well, now we sincerely hope that the next bright winner Eurovision Will be beautiful (28)!

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the right thing is considered the main musical event of the year in Europe. This competition is very emotional and Azarten not only for participants, but also for viewers from different countries that are going near the screens and sick with the whole soul for their artist. In addition, Eurovision is a spectacular show, the preparation for which it begins almost the day after the next winner was named and the country organizer of the next competition was determined.

But no matter how much millions of people hoped that for the next year, Eurovision will come home to them, most of them have to experience a slight disappointment. The winner can be only one. And it is for him that even losers are rejoiced. After all, it means that another talent was revealed and received a ticket to the musical Olympus.

History of Eurovision


The idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a competition appeared in the middle of the last century. It is then representatives European Broadcasting Unionthought to take the first step towards the cultural association of different countries belonging to its composition. The idea of \u200b\u200borganizing the international song competition was first made by Marcel Besanon. At that time he stood at the head of the Swiss television. This happened in the fiftieth year. But only five years later the offer was approved. On the General Assembly Evs.which took place in Rome, it was decided not only to start the embodiment of the idea about a song contest, in which representatives from all European countries will be able to participate, but it was agreed to use the festival as a sample, which was held in Italian San Remo.. Officially stated that the purpose Eurovision is the search for talents and their promotion on the international scene. However, in fact, the competition was designed to increase the popularity of TV, which in those years has not yet reached modern scale.

First Eurovision Passed fifty sixth in May. Then the participants accepted Switzerland. The concert took place in Lugano. Representatives from all of the seven countries arrived at him. Each musician made two numbers. It was an unprecedented event for Eurovision. Subsequently, the number of participants has increased, and each of them had only one chance to show itself. The first winner of the most popular song contest was Swiss Liz Assia.


Since the number of people who want to show themselves in a popular musical competition is steadily growing, in the fourth year of the new millennium it was decided to divide the competition into two parts. From that moment on, the semi-final is initially carried out, within which everyone can speak, and only then the final starts, to which not all gets. And after another four years the semifinal was two. And this is despite the fact that sometimes countries refuse to reveal their candidate, and in some cases, states that are usually sent by Eurovision performers, for one reason or another refrain from participation.

For many years of Eurovision, the winners most often became representatives of Ireland. As many times, the musicians from this country were on the pedestal. Five times won the Competition France, United Kingdom, Sweden and Lukovębug. It is worth remembering that the famous group of avva and world famous artist Celine Dion They started their career from victory at this competition.

Eurovision Winners in the New Millennium

Today, no one can remember all the participants who tried to drop their glory on the Eurovision scene. The list of winners is also too large to make it reproduce it. Yes, and today it does not make a lot of sense to return to the middle of the last century and try to restore the names of everyone who ever tasted the sweet feeling of triumph. But the winners who entered the history of the competition in the twenty-first century, remember not so difficult. At the moment there were only fourteen. In anticipation
It's time to summarize the previous years.

2000


In 2000. Palm Championship got a duet from Denmark - Olsen Brothers.. Niels and Jürgen Olsen performed a song that was a fifty-year-old anniversary of the competition, he recognized one of his best in his entire history and took the honorary sixth place.

2001


In 2001 The Estonian duet came to the Eurovision scene, consisting of Padar Taper and Dave Benton. The back-vocal was hip-hopp 2xl team. With his performance, talented musicians brought the first in the history of Estonia victory on this prestigious competition. And Tannel Padar managed to penetrate the hearts of the audience and very soon became the most famous rocker at home.

2002


In 2002eurovision victory went to Latvia. She won singer Marie N.. Maria Naumova has Russian roots. However, despite the joy of victory, no bonuses from her did not receive a performer. Moreover, at the moment it is the only participant in the contest, the song of which was published exclusively in Latvia. In 2003, when Eurovision was held in Riga, Maria became one of his leading.

2003


In 2003. Turkhanka rose on the podium Serrtab Erene. At the moment, it is one of the most successful performers in the style of Pop in his country. Her name in Turkey knows absolutely everything. And at the competition in honor of the fifty-year-old Jubilee of Eurovision, the song, who once brought the victory of Serrtab, took the tenth among the best.

2004


In 2004. The winner was the representative of Ukraine - the singer Ruslana. Her speech was a real furyor. For him, Ruslana received the honorary title of People's Artist of Ukraine.

2005


In 2005 Good luck smiled Grechanka Elena Papariswhich came to the stage of this competition for the second time. Four years before the triumphal victory, it was part of the group called "Antique", which could not rise above the third position.

2006


In 2006 Eurovision concussioned heavy chords of hard rock, and on the stage there were hot Finnish guys in the costumes of mythical mandes with a good fraction of irony sang about all the bundes worthy of decent horror. Creation lordi Groups Literally blew up the public and deprived Russians a chance to take the first place, for which in that year many seriously hoped.

2007


In 2007. Pop singer from Serbia Maria Sheriffovich Performed a song in his native language. Her " Prayer"It was heard, despite the fact that she was not at the traditional English for the competition, and Maria became the winner.

2008


In 2008 The first in the history of Eurovision is the victory of Russia. Dmitry Bilan.Who failed to move back in the direction of Hard Rockers, brought the competition to Moscow. His beautiful song made a big impression on the audience. And the spectacular number in which Evgeny Plushenko took part was remembered for a long time.

2009


In 2009 In Eurovision, a kind of record was installed. The young artist who represented Norway managed to gain the largest number of points in the history of the competition. The triumphant was a native of Belarus Alexander Rybak With its incendiary, fabulous song.

2010


In 2010 year Representative Germany Lena Mayer Landrut She became an undisputed favorite of the competition. A year later, she again went to the Eurovision scene, as a participant. But twice luck did not smile at her.

2011


In 2011 Victory went to Duet from Azerbaijan Ell & Nikki.. From Nigyar Jamal and Eldar Gasimova turned out to be very beautiful and harmonious tandem, which simply could not be without attention.

2012


In 2012 Swedish of marocan-Berber origin Lorin I managed to break away from the performers from Russia and took the honorable first place at the competition. Today it is very popular.

2013


In 2013 No surprises did not happen. Singer from Denmark Emmili de Forest It was propheted before the competence. The performer from early childhood was engaged in music and possesses very good vocal data and bright appearance.

2014


In 2014 Many fans of Eurovision were waiting for a real shock. The first place in the competition was taken by a bearded woman Copter Wurst. The real name of the singer who hides under this pseudonym, Thomas Neurvit. He represented Austria. Despite the fact that not everyone was satisfied with this choice, it's hard to deny that the song was beautiful, the performer's voice is strong, and the image is just very memorable.

Very soon the next Eurovision is started - 2015. Singers from many countries will gather together to compete with each other in the skill and please numerous spectators. The show will surely be bright and colorful. Well, the name of the next winner will soon be known to the entire continent.

2015

In 2015. The winner of Eurovision was the representative of Switzerland Mons Zelmerlev. Even before the final vote, many nicknamed the singer "King of the scene."

2016

In 2016.the winner of Eurovision was the representative of Ukraine - Jamala. She performed a song 1944. It is possible to see her speech below:

2017

In 2017. The winner of the Eurovision Contest, which was held in Kiev (Ukraine), became the representative of Portugal Salvador Collected. At the competition, he spoke with the song Amar Pelos Dois ("Love for Two"). According to the results of the vote, the jury and the audience, the representative of Portugal scored 758 votes. You can see his speech below:

2018

In 2018, the winner was Netta Barzilai (Israel) with the song "Toy" ("Toy")



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Eurovision is the oldest annual international television competition, whose participants, first of all, are members of the European Broadcasting Union. The competition was organized and shown to the world on the basis of the Music Festival in San Remo (Italy). All winners of the main musical scene of Europe - in Liga.net material.

Everything began modestly - even in the times of black and white television. The first winner of the competition was the Swiss singer Liz Assia. In Eurovision in 1956, she spoke at once with two songs - the rules of the competition were also repeatedly changed - and the composition "Refrain" won. However, then Asia was not too big competition - only seven countries participated in the competition - Switzerland, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Next year, Austria, Denmark and Britain were joined in the competition, and the Eurovision winner relay was adopted by the Netherlands thanks to the Broken Broken and her song "Net Als Toen". In 1958, Sweden replenished the family of the competition, and the prize took the French actor and singer Andre Cwoon, who conquered the jury and spectators of the song about love "Dors, Mon Amour".

1959 became again successful for the Netherlands - the singer Teddy Scholten won with the composition "Een Beetje". The tradition of inviting new countries to participate has not changed - this year the participant from Monaco came to the competition scene. 1960 - the winner again France - Jacqueline Bayee with the song "Tom Pillibi", and his debut on Eurovision Norway. The Netherlands refused to hold a competition, because Eurovision adopted the United Kingdom.

In 1961, the broadcast of Eurovision on television already appeared frames with the audience hall, without which it is difficult to submit a competition today. Finland, Spain and Yugoslavia joined the participation, and the French singer Jean-Claude Pascal, which represented Luxembourg with the song "Nous Les Amouux" won the victory.

In 1962, a contestant from France Isabelle Obra, who performed the composition "Un PREMIER AMOUR". However, the Competition, France refused at home and again, the United Kingdom came to the rescue - Eurovision-1963 passed in the new BBC television center in Sheppards-Bush. The winner of the eighth contest was Denmark with the song "Dansevise", filled with Greta and Jürgen Ingmanns. The Netherlands then for the first time in the history of the competition for the second year in a row did not receive a single point.

In 1964, Portugal joined Eurovision. The scene of the competition found the outlines, familiar to the modern viewer, but the musical accompaniment remained performed by the live orchestra. Gilola Chinkeveti won from Italy with the song "Non Ho L'Eta".

In 1965, Ireland debuted on the competition scene. The USSR and other Eastern European countries broadcast Eurovision. Teleudatorium exceeded 150 million people. The victory won the second time for the history of Eurovision Luxembourg - he was represented by France Gall with the song "Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son."

The winner of Eurovision-1966 was Austria with the song "Merci Chérie" performed by Udo Yurgens. And the next year in Vienna, bring home the competition, this time deserving, was able to UK, which was represented by Sandy Show with the song "Puppet On A String". In 1968, Eurovision was first broadcast in color, and Spain became the winner with the song "La, La, La ..." performed by Massel.

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The following year in Madrid for the first time in the history of the competition, four countries were at once - the hostess of the 1969 contest Spain, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Austria refused to participate in the competition because of the Dictatorship of Franco in Spain. In 1970, Eurovision adopted the Netherlands, who after the past victories at the competition were then refused to conduct him at home. Ireland won in Amsterdam, which was given to the song "All Kinds of Everything".

The winner of Eurovision-1971 was Monaco with the song "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue", which singer Severin sang. The next two years in a row won Luxembourg, which was represented by Wiki Leandros with the song "Après Toi" and Anna-Maria David with the composition "TU TE Reconnaîtras". In 1973, Israel joined the competition.

In 1974, in the British city of Brighton (Luxembourg could not hold a competition for the second time for financial reasons) the legendary Swedish group "Avva" was the winner of Eurovision with the song "Waterloo". This year, the viewers were able to see the first to see the roller, talking about the performer and his country.

Eurovision-1975 was replenished with a new member - Turkey, and the victory, for the fourth time, won the Netherlands with the team "Teach-in" and the song "Ding-A-Dong".

In 1976, the competition was held in the Hague and won the Eurovision record holder on it - the United Kingdom, which was represented by Brotherhood of Man with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me".

The following year in London, the title of the winner received another record holder of the competition - France. In 1977, Marie Miriam represented it, fulfilled "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant". Then, in Paris, I won Israel for the first time, and twice in a row - Yarho Cohen & Alphabeta was sanging "A-Ba'ni-Bi", and the next year in Jerusalem the song "Hallelujah" performed Gali Atari & Milk and Honey.

In 1980, Israel did not hold the competition for the second time and Eurovision again accepted the Netherlands Hague. This time, Johnny Logan was defeated from Ireland with the song "What's Another Year", and the scene of the competition has already acquired the outline, even more familiar to modern Eurovision fans. Although, surprisingly, the living orchestra still remained. This year Morocco joined the competition.

In 1981, bright and positive "bucks fizz" represented, which represented the UK, and the competition was replenished with another participant - Cyprus. By this time, 20 countries took part in Eurovision.

The following year, in British Harrogate, for the first time, FRG won, who had repeatedly remained in a step from the cherished title and held the second place. German singer Nicole performed the song "EIN BISSCHEN FRIEDEN".

In 1982, Luxembourg won in Munich - he was represented by Corin Erm with the song "Si La Vie Est Cadeau", and the next year Sweden became the winner for the second time for the history of the competition. The group "Herreys" with the song "Diggi-Loo-Diggi-Ley" scored 145 points.

The winner in Swedish Gothenburg on the 30th Eurovision Contest was brilliant and positive "bobbysocks" from Norway with the song "La Det Swinge".

In 1986, Sandra Kim from Belgium scored the greatest number of points with the song "J'aime La Vie". The next year in Brussels defeated Irishni Johnny Logan, fulfilling "Hold Me Now." This competition also appeared a new member - Iceland.

Eurovision-1988 presented the glory of Selin Dion, which represented Switzerland with the song "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi".

Next year, Yugoslavia won in Lausanne for the first time at the competition, from which the group "Riva" was performed with the song "Rock Me".

In 1990, the competition was held in Zagreb. The winner of the 35th Eurovision was Italian Toto Kutuno, fulfilling "Insieme 1992".

In 1991, the Swedish singer Carol's Swedish singer with the song "Fangad AV En Stormvind" won the victory, but she scored an equal number of points with France. The following year, the competition took place in Swedish Malmo thanks to the "additional indicators", which determined the jury.

The winner of Eurovision in 1992, 1993 and 1994 was Ireland. She was represented by Linda Martin with the song "Why Me", then - Niv Kavan, fulfilling "In Your Eyes" and, finally, the duet Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan with the composition "Rock'n'ROLL KIDS". In 1993, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia were joined in the competition. And in 1994, Eurovision was replenished immediately by family participants - after the collapse of the USSR, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia began to perform on the scene. By the way, Poland took second place in the first year of his participation.

In 1995, Norway won. It was represented by the duet "Secret Garden" with the song "Nocturne".

And the next year Ireland won again. This time, the competition in Dublin brought Eyam Quinn and the song "The Voice".
Eurovision-1997 glorified the British pop rock group 2KATRINA AND THE WAVES "and their song" Love Shine A Light ". By the way, Ireland did not quite hand over his position and took second place this year.

In 1998, the competition was held in Birmingham and defeated Dana International (real name - Sharon Cohen) from Israel with the song "Diva". It was the first case when the victory won the "non-traditional" participant of the competition - the future singer was born a man and 5 years before the victory in Eurovision changed the floor. In the same year, Macedonia joined participation in the competition.

The next year, Charlotte Nilson won in Jerusalem from Sweden, fulfilling "Take Me To Your Heaven". In 2000, the Danish duet "Olsen Brothers" and the song "Fly On The Wings Of Love" received the largest number of points in Stockholm.

In 2001, Estonia was finally told in Copenhagen. She was represented by three participants at once - singers Tannel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL band.