Eurovision can be considered the main European songwriting event of the year. This is a spectacular and exciting event both for its members and for the public from many countries of the world. The fans watching from the TV screens can not only worry and worry from the bottom of their hearts, but also vote for the performers they like.

Eurovision Song Contest

The World Eurovision Song Contest is a competition between singers from different countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union. They are preparing for this event almost a year before the start of the competition.

The essence of the competition is that fans cannot vote for the performer of their country. Points can be given for a favorite singer of any other country. The winner gets the prize and the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest next year in his home country.

History of appearance

Eurovision appeared in the middle of the 20th century. Marcel Besançon is a Swiss television representative who first spoke about the unification of cultures from different countries that are part of the European Broadcasting Union. A few years later, this idea was approved. Since then, this European competition has begun to be held annually.

An example was the Italian festival held in San Remo. Initially, it was said that the song contest from all over Europe would select the best performers and help them develop further in the international arena. In fact, Eurovision was supposed to boost the ratings of public television, which was not so popular at the time.

First competition

The first competition was held in May 1956. Switzerland hosted the audience and members of the Eurovision Song Contest. The musical battle was held in the city of Lugano. Seven participating countries fought for the victory. The performers sang two songs in a row, this was the first time. The debut winner was Liz Assia from Switzerland.

Every year there were more and more pop singers wishing to perform at the competition. Each country wanted to show itself on the world stage. Therefore, later they began to hold the semi-final of the competition, in which everyone could sing. And in the final, which took place two weeks later, the selected applicants showed their musical skills.

Illustrious ABBA

Now it is already quite difficult to remember many of the participants in the competition who sang their songs for the whole world. The list of Eurovision winners of all years is too long. But the laureates of this award, who went down in history, are still remembered. The renowned group ABBA cannot be forgotten. Their performance made such a surge of emotions in the audience that it was remembered for a long time.

At the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, ABBA took first place. The renowned ensemble represented Sweden and performed the musical composition Waterloo.

Eurovision winners of the XXI century

• In 2000, the Olsen Brothers became the winner. This is a duo from Denmark, which consists of the Olsen siblings. Among the Eurovision winners of all years, only Jurgen and Niels sang a song that later became megapopular.
• In 2001, the Estonian duo Dave Benton and Tanel Padar took first place. For the first time, the award went to Estonia.
• In 2002, Marie N took the honorary podium. The Latvian artist with Russian roots, Maria Naumova, represented her country. At Eurovision, among the winners of all years, she was the first who later became the host of a grand show that took place in Riga.

• In 2003 the laurels of the winner went to Sertab Erener. The Turkish pop diva became a famous singer thanks to this competition.
• In 2004, Ruslana took first place at Eurovision. The debut appearance of this Ukrainian representative delighted the audience of the competition. Thanks to the Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana received the title of People's Artist in her homeland.
• In 2005, Europe was shocked by Elena Papariza, a singer from Greece. The first time she entered the competition, she participated in the Antique group. Unfortunately, they did not take first place. The second time, the girl was more fortunate - she sang a solo and received the long-awaited victory.
• In 2006, Lordi became the first. A rock band from Finland horrified audiences with their creative outer outfit. The hard rock band Lordi performs ironic songs about all kinds of horror.
• In 2007, the palm goes to Maria Sherifovich. She is originally from Serbia. Among the Eurovision winners of all years, her musical composition was sounded first in her native language, and not in English, like the rest. Despite this, she took the lead.
• In 2008, Dima Bilan entered the Eurovision stage, who won silver in 2006. This time, he was able to conquer the hearts of millions of TV viewers and the audience in the hall with his incredible performance. This is the first victory of Russia in the history of the competition.

• In 2009, Alexander Rybak became the winner. The Norwegian representative has collected the largest number of votes in the history of a European competition.
• In 2010, the German representative Lena Mayer-Landrut became the triumphant. But luck smiled at her only once.
• In 2011, Azerbaijan took first place. The duo Ell & Nikki filled the auditorium with harmony and love.
• In 2012, Swedish singer Loreen brought victory to her country. Alas, Russian performers lost first place to her.
• In 2013, the championship was won by Emmily de Forest. This victory was predicted for her at the very beginning of the competition.
• In 2014, a woman with a beard, Conchita Wurst, became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. In fact, this is a pseudonym, and the name of the singer is Thomas Neurwit. Many were shocked by the performer's appearance, but the deep voice of the representative of Austria brought the first place.
• In 2015, Mons Zelmerlev conquered Europeans with his sonorous voice. The Swiss singer became the king of the stage even before the victorious performance.

• Last year, the winner of Eurovision 2016 was a singer from Ukraine - Jamala. Since childhood, she dreamed of a stage and stubbornly walked towards it. But winning such a competition was the highest award. Jamala earned the laurels of the winner of Eurovision-2016.
• Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral became the winner of Eurovision 2017. He entered the stage of a European competition for the first time. The singer received the most votes and took first place. The winner of Eurovision 2017 brought success to his country from Kiev.

2018 year

Who will win in 2018? It is only worth guessing about. But the intrigue will not last long, and in the spring of next year in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, Europe will hear the voice of a new winner. This will be the 63rd counting competition. The semi-finals of the European competition will take place on May 8 and 10, with the final performance on May 12, 2018.

What does participation in the competition give?

For many young singers and vocal and instrumental ensembles, a victorious performance at Eurovision is the beginning of a musical path along the creative ladder. In order to participate in the competition, the country of the performer of the song must be a member of the EBU and be able to broadcast the performance according to the "Eurovision system".

The Eurovision Song Contest is a pop song contest among the member states of the European Broadcasting Union. In total, 60 Eurovision song contests have been held throughout history, and 63 songs have become winners. The winner of the competition is the song with the highest number of points given by other countries participating in Eurovision.

Vzglyad.az decided to recall the Eurovision winners over the past 10 years:

Eurovision 2005. Ukraine

The 2005 Eurovision Song Contest became the 50th Eurovision Song Contest. The final of the competition was held in the city of Kiev.

The first place in the competition was taken by the Greek woman Elena Paparizu with the song “My number one”.

Elena Paparizu was born on January 31, 1982. On May 20, Elena Paparizu performed on the Eurovision stage performing "My Number One" at the opening and "Mambo!" in the interval act and presented the award to the group Lordi. Elena Paparizu continues to lead an active concert and artistic activity today.

Eurovision 2006. Greece

The 2006 Eurovision Song Contest became 51st in a row and was held in Athens (Greece) in the Olympic Hall. The competition was attended by performers from 37 countries.

The winner of the competition was the rock group Lordi from Finland with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". For the first time, the winner of the competition was a rock music performer and for the first time - a representative of Finland. Also, the competition set a record for the number of points for the first place - 292, at that time.

Lordi is a Finnish English-language shock rock band. Founded in 1996 by Tomi Putaansuu (aka Mr. Lordi). The group is famous for performing in masks and costumes of monsters from the underworld and performing ironic horror-themed songs.

In 2005, Mr. Lordi received a call from the selection committee for the Eurovision Song Contest and was asked to choose a song from the new album that could represent Finland in the competition. The band chose the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and changed the arrangement to cut the song from 4 minutes to 3 minutes, as prescribed by the competition format. Lordi successfully won the audience vote and were selected by Finland's representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision 2007. Finland

The 2007 Eurovision Song Contest became the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in the capital of Finland - Helsinki.

The winner was a representative from Serbia - Maria Sherifovich with the song "Prayer".

Maria Sherifovich was born on November 14, 1984. The Serbian singer of mixed Turkish-Gypsy descent made her first public appearance at the age of 12 with Whitney Houston's song "I will Always Love You".

On March 8, 2007, Maria won the Beovizija-2007 competition with the song "Molitva", gaining the largest number of votes in the combined vote of the jury and the TV audience. And thus she was qualified as the first representative of the newly independent Serbia at the European Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The song was also recorded in English, Finnish and Russian. On May 12, the semi-final took place, on the 14th - the final, in which Maria performed under No. 17 and took 1st place.

Upon Maria Sherifovich's return to Belgrade, about 100 thousand people greeted her at the airport.

Eurovision 2008. Serbia

The 2008 Eurovision Song Contest became the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on May 24, 2008 in Belgrade (Serbia).

For the first time, the winner was a representative from Russia - Dima Bilan with the song "Believe".

Russian singer Dima Bilan (birth name and until June 2008 - Victor Belan) was born on December 24, 1981. He represented Russia at Eurovision in 2006 with the song "Never let you go" (2nd place) and in 2008 with the song "Believe", taking 1st place and becoming the first Russian artist to win the Eurovision song contest.

Eurovision 2009. Russia

The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest became the 54th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held from 12 to 16 May at the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex in Moscow (Russia).

On May 7, it was officially announced that Andrey Malakhov and Natalya Vodianova would be leading the semi-finals, and Ivan Urgant and Alsou would be leading the final.

This year, an absolute quantitative record was set in the history of Eurovision - the winner of the contest Alexander Rybak with the song "Fairytale" scored 387 points in the final.

The competition was attended by French star Patricia Kaas. Arash, well-known in Europe, together with Aysel played for Azerbaijan.

Alexander Rybak was born on May 13, 1986. The Norwegian singer and violinist of Belarusian origin won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow.

After the victory on December 11, 2009, Alexander Rybak performed at the Nobel concert in Oslo along with world stars, where he sang the song "Fairytale" in a new arrangement with a symphony orchestra.

Was a guest of honor at the Eurovision selection rounds in Finland, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and performed his new song "Heaven of Europe".

Eurovision 2010. Norway

Eurovision Song Contest 2010 - 55th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held from 25 to 29 May at the Telenor Arena in Berum, a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo. This is the third Eurovision that Norway has hosted.

The winner of the 2010 competition was Lena Mayer-Landrut from Germany with the song "Satellite".

Lena Mayer-Landrut was born on May 23, 1991. The German singer, also known by the stage name Lena, is the winner of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo.

The future star began taking dance lessons at the age of 5. Mayer-Landrut has played supporting roles in several German television series, but has never officially trained in acting or vocal skills.

On March 12, 2010 Lena Mayer-Landrut got the right to represent her country at the international song contest Eurovision 2010 in Oslo with the song "Satellite". As a representative of one of the Big Four countries, Lena automatically ended up in the final of the competition.

Germany decides to send Lena to Eurovision once again, but now in its own country. The singer again performed immediately in the final of Eurovision 2011 with the song "Taken by A Stranger", in Dusseldorf at the Esprit Arena on May 14 and took 10th place.

Eurovision 2011. Germany

The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 became the 56th Eurovision Song Contest held in Germany (Dusseldorf).

The winners of this competition were representatives of Azerbaijan Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal (performed under the pseudonyms Ell and Nikki), who performed the song “Running Scared”, gaining 221 points as a result of voting.

Azerbaijani singer Eldar Parviz oglu Gasimov was born on June 4, 1989 in Baku. On the paternal side, he is a descendant of famous Azerbaijani Soviet actors. From 1995 to 2006 he studied at school and at a music school in the piano class, from which he graduated with honors.

In 2004 and 2008, Eldar won scholarships to study in Germany under the student exchange program. In 2008 he studied vocal, acting and stage speech at the German vocal school. In 2010, Eldar Gasimov graduated with honors from the Faculty of International Relations of the Baku Slavic University.

In 2011, the musician in a duet with Nigar Jamal won the Azerbaijani selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, and got the opportunity to represent his country at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.

Nigar Aydin kyzy Jamal is an Azerbaijani singer, born on September 7, 1980 in Baku. From 1985 to 1986 she was a soloist of a children's ensemble, and while studying at a music school (1988-1995) she composed several songs. Graduated from Khazar University with a degree in Economics and Management. Since 2005 he has been living in London.

In 2011, together with Eldar Gasimov, she participated in the Azerbaijani selection for Eurovision - Milli Seçim Turu 2010. The duo won the competition, and this provided the opportunity for Nigar and Eldar to represent Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. The duo won a landslide victory.

Eurovision 2012. Azerbaijan

The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 became the 57th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the capital of Azerbaijan, in the city of Baku, in the Baku Crystal Hall specially built for the festival.

The first place in the competition was taken by Lorin (Sweden) with the song “Euphoria” (“Euphoria”), gaining 372 points in the voting of the jury and TV viewers.

Lorin Zineb Noka Tagliaoui, also known as Lorin, is a Swedish singer of Moroccan-Berber descent, born on October 16, 1983 in Stockholm. She began her musical career in 2004 with participation in the famous Swedish music competition Idol 2004, in which she took fourth place.

On March 10, 2012, Loreen won the popular Swedish TV competition "Melodifestivalen", which gave her the right to represent her country in the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest song "Euphoria" was performed in the second semi-final, and won an undeniable victory in the final.

Eurovision 2013.Sweden

The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest was the 58th song contest that took place in Malmö, Sweden, at the Malmö Arena.

Denmark participated in the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest. Danish singer Emmily Charlotte de Forest represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Only Teardrops" and took first place with 281 points.

The composition was victorious at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 festival, which allowed its performer to go to the competition. The victory deservedly went to a young, but incredibly talented singer, who was only 19. Despite her young age, she has a very solid performance experience, the singer has been engaged in vocals all her adult life, Emmily has a number of victories in music competitions behind her shoulders. According to Emmily herself, she began to sing before she spoke. As a child, she successfully performed in the church choir, and at the age of 14 went on her first tour with Danish musician Fraser Neal.

The composition, which was performed by Emmily de Forest - "Only Teardrops" - was written by the singer herself.

Eurovision 2014. Denmark

The 59th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Denmark from 6 to 10 May, with a blue diamond becoming the symbol of Eurovision 2014.

In 2014, the winner of the competition, unexpectedly for everyone - and for himself too - was the 25-year-old singer from Austria Thomas Neuwirth, who performed under the stage name Conchita Wurst. In the final, she scored 290 points with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", 52 points ahead of the closest competitor - the duo "The Common Linnets" from the Netherlands, who scored 238 points.

Eurovision 2014 as a whole turned out to be the strongest in recent years. Over the past 10 years, Eurovision has received a lot of criticism, and some countries seem to have deliberately sent out frankly second-rate artists to the competition.

Thomas Neuwirth is an Austrian gay singer who, using his stage image of a bearded woman, fights for the tolerance and equality of all people, regardless of their appearance.

This image is three years old; Neuwirth in the form of Wurst - a bearded and stylishly dressed vamp woman - could have gone to Eurovision 2012, but took second place in the national selection.

The musician himself divides himself and the singer he created - this, however, is the case for all artists who work with characters of the other (and their own) sex. You can recall, for example, Verka Serduchka, who was invented by Andriy Danilko from Ukraine and who in this image recorded albums, starred in films, represented his country at Eurovision 2007 and even took second place there.

The choice of Europe can hardly be considered demonstrative - objectively Conchita Wurst, despite the beard, was the most feminine of the artists participating in this year's competition, and had perhaps the most outstanding vocal abilities in comparison with other competitors.

Eurovision 2015. Austria

The 2015 Eurovision final took place in the Austrian capital Vienna on 23 ma.

According to the results of a 12-point rating scale, Mons Zelmerlev became the winner of Eurovision 2015 with the song Heroes. He scored 365 points and “broke away” from Russia, which remained in second place.

Mons Zelmerlev was born on June 13, 1986 in the Swedish city of Lund in a family of doctors. His father, Sven-Olaf Zelmerlev, worked as a surgeon, and his mother, Bridget Salen, is a professor of speech pathology. The boy grew up listening to the music of Michael Jackson and Elton John. At first, Mons learned to play the piano, but this instrument soon bored him, and he changed it to the guitar.

In 2002, Mons took part in the filming of the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, where he got the small role of one of the eleven brothers of Joseph.

At nineteen, the young man did not yet have a clear idea of ​​what he would do in the future. At that time, a friend of Mons persuaded him to go to Stockholm (Sweden) and audition for the talent show Idol 2005, where he finished in fifth place, and, to his surprise, Mons Zelmerlev passed the qualifying round, performing a song by Enrique Iglesias. This was the first time the guy visited the capital of Sweden. The singer did not manage to win this competition.

The artist's next dream was a big European tour with his team. To implement it, Mons Zelmerlev took part in the qualifying round for Eurovision-2015, successfully passed it. True, only the third attempt was crowned with success, before that the musician had not passed the casting twice, the last time in 2009. At Eurovision 2015, Mons Zelemerlev performed the song Neroes.

In addition to his musical career, Mons took part in dubbing cartoons. So, Lem from Planet 51 spoke in the voice of a popular singer, as well as Flynn Ryder from the animated tale Rapunzel: A Tangled Story.

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is rightfully considered the main musical event of the year in Europe. This competition is very emotional and exciting not only for the participants, but also for viewers from different countries who gather near the screens and cheer for their performer with all their hearts. In addition, Eurovision is a spectacular show, preparation for which begins almost the next day after the next winner has been announced and the host country for the next competition has been determined.

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

Eurovision history

The idea of ​​creating a competition appeared in the middle of the last century. It was then that the representatives European Broadcasting Union thought about taking the first step towards the cultural unification of the different countries that make up it. The idea of ​​organizing an international song competition was first proposed by Marcel Besançon. At the time, he was at the head of Swiss television. This happened in the fiftieth year. But only five years later the proposal was approved. On The EMU General Assembly, which took place in Rome, it was decided not only to start implementing the idea of ​​a song competition, in which representatives from all European countries could take part, but it was also agreed to use the festival, which was held in Italian San Remo... It was officially stated that the goal Eurovision is the search for talent and their promotion on the international stage. However, in fact, the competition was intended to increase the popularity of TV, which in those years had not yet reached modern proportions.

First Eurovision took place in May fifty-sixth. Then the participants were hosted by Switzerland. The concert took place in Lugano. It was attended by representatives from only seven countries. Each musician performed two numbers. This was an unprecedented event for Eurovision. Subsequently, the number of participants increased, and each of them had only one chance to show themselves. The first winner of the most popular song contest was a Swiss woman Liz Assia.

Since the number of those wishing to show themselves in the popular music 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 held, within which everyone can take part, and only then the final starts, to which not everyone gets there. And after another four years there were two semifinals. And this is despite the fact that sometimes countries are denied the right to nominate their candidate, and in some cases, the states that usually send performers to Eurovision, for one reason or another, refrain from participating.

Over the long years of the existence of Eurovision, representatives of Ireland most often became the winners. As many as seven times, musicians from this country found themselves on the podium. France, Great Britain, Sweden and Luxenbug won the competition five times. It is worth remembering that the famous ABBA group and world famous artist Celine Dion started their careers precisely by winning this competition.

Eurovision winners in the new millennium

Today, no one can remember all the participants who tried to gain fame on the Eurovision stage. The list of winners is also too long to reproduce right away. And it doesn't make much sense today to go back to the middle of the last century and try to restore the names of everyone who has ever tasted the sweet sensation of triumph. But the winners, who went down in the history of the competition in the twenty-first century, are not so difficult to remember. At the moment there were only fourteen of them. On the eve of
it's time to take stock of the previous years.

2000

In 2000 the palm went to a duo from Denmark - Olsen brothers... Niels and Jurgen Olsen performed a song that was recognized as one of the best in its history at the fiftieth anniversary of the competition and took the honorable sixth place.

2001

In 2001 An Estonian duet, consisting of Tanel Padar and Dave Benton, entered the Eurovision stage. The backing vocals were hip-hop team 2XL. With their performances, the talented musicians brought the first victory in the history of Estonia at this prestigious competition. And Tanel Padar managed to penetrate the hearts of the audience and very soon became the most famous rocker in his homeland.

2002

In 2002 the victory at Eurovision went to Latvia. She was won by the singer Marie n... Maria Naumova has Russian roots. However, despite the joy of victory, the performer did not receive any bonuses from her. Moreover, at the moment she is the only contestant whose song was released exclusively in Latvia. In 2003, when Eurovision was held in Riga, Maria became one of its hosts.

2003

In 2003 a Turkish woman ascended the podium Sertab Erener... She is currently one of the most successful pop singers in her country. Everyone in Turkey knows her name. And at the contest in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Eurovision, the song that once brought victory to Sertab took tenth place among the best.

2004

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

2005

In 2005 luck smiled at the Greek woman Elena Paparizu, which appeared on the stage of this competition for the second time. Four years before the triumphant victory, she was part of a group called "Antique", which failed to rise above the third position.

2006

In 2006 year Heavy chords of hard rock shook the Eurovision Song Contest, and hot Finnish guys in costumes of mythical monsters appeared on the stage with a good dose of irony and sang about all kinds of horror worthy of a decent horror. Creation Lordi groups literally blew up the public and deprived the Russians of the chance to take first place, which many seriously hoped for that year.

2007

In 2007 pop singer from Serbia Maria Sherifovich sang the song in her native language. Her " Prayer”Was heard, despite the fact that it was not spoken in traditional English for the competition, and Maria became the winner.

2008

In 2008 the first victory of Russia in the history of Eurovision took place. Dmitry Bilan, who failed to push hard rockers aside two years ago, brought the competition to Moscow. His beautiful song made a great impression on the audience. And the spectacular performance, in which Evgeni Plushenko took part, was remembered for a long time.

2009

In 2009 a kind of record was set at Eurovision. The young performer, who represented Norway, managed to score the highest number of points in the history of the competition. A native of Belarus became a triumphant Alexander Rybak with his incendiary, fabulous song.

2010

In 2010 year representative of Germany Lena Mayer-Landrut became the undisputed favorite of the competition. A year later, she again entered the Eurovision stage as a participant. But twice, luck did not smile at her.

2011

In 2011 the victory went to a duet from Azerbaijan Ell & Nikki... From Nigyara Jamal and Eldar Gasimov, a very beautiful and harmonious tandem turned out, which simply could not be ignored.

2012

In 2012 Swedish Moroccan-Berber Lauryn managed to break away from performers from Russia and took the honorable first place in the competition. She is very popular today.

2013

In 2013 there were no surprises. Singer from Denmark Emmily de Forest predicted victory even before the start of the competition. The performer has been studying music since early childhood and has very good vocal abilities and a bright appearance.

2014

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

The next Eurovision Song Contest 2015 will start very soon. Singers from many countries will come together to compete with each other in skill and delight numerous spectators. The show will surely be bright and colorful. Well, the name of the next winner will soon become known to the whole continent.

2015

In 2015 the winner of Eurovision is the representative of Switzerland Mons Zelmerlev... Even before the final vote, many called the singer "the king of the stage."

2016

In 2016 the winner of Eurovision was the representative of Ukraine - Jamala... She sang the song 1944. You can watch her performance below:

2017

In 2017 the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Kiev (Ukraine), was the representative of Portugal Salvador Sobral... At the competition, he performed with the song Amar Pelos Dois ("Love is enough for two"). According to the results of the voting by the jury and spectators, the representative of Portugal received 758 votes. You can watch his performance below:

2018

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

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Eurovision is a world-famous competition. It is the brightest event in the spring. The participating countries begin preparing for it in advance: some organize competitions among performers within their country, others are guided by the popularity of the artists.

The choice of some of the participants is sometimes frightening, and sometimes it makes you fall into depression, in anticipation of, according to many, the collapse of morality on Earth. For example, in 2014 the list of Eurovision winners was replenished with the name of Conchita Wurst ...

Eurovision yesterday, today, tomorrow. Competition transformation

In the first year of its existence, Eurovision was of a unifying and entertainment nature. Tired of wartime, people wanted to take a break from the vanity of everyday life.

Now Eurovision is a rather shocking competition, which is often accused of bias, politicization, and sometimes immorality. However, despite the change in direction, Eurovision is becoming brighter and better from year to year. It is important to note that the competition has outgrown the previously designated framework - singing competitions among representatives of the adult contingent. This is evidenced by the list of Eurovision winners throughout history.

Since 2003, a children's Eurovision song contest has been held. It is analogous to an adult with the only difference: the age limit is up to 15 years. There are already 12 names in the list of winners of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Its main difference from its adult counterpart is the presence of an annually changing slogan (the only year in which it was absent was 2010).

Eurovision winners of all years. List of the first 10 years of existence

In 2016, the Eurovision Song Contest turns 60, so it will not be superfluous to at least briefly trace its history. First of all, the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest of all years should be included in his chronicle. The list will include the nominees who took the Grand Prix:

• 1956th... Country where the competition was held: Switzerland, city of Lugano. Winner: Lis Assia. Composition: Refrain. Winning country: Switzerland.
• 1957th... Country where the competition was held: Germany, city of Frankfurt am Main. Winner: Corrie Brocken. Composition: Net Als Toen. Country: Netherlands.
• 1958th... Venue: Hilversum. Winner: André Clave Composition: Dors Mon Amour. France.
• 1959th... France, the city of Cannes. Winner: Teddy Scholten. Composition: Een Beetje. Country: Netherlands.
• 1960th... Venue: Great Britain. Winner: Jacqueline Boyer. Composition: Tom Pillibi. France.
• 1961st... France, the city of Cannes. Winner: Jean-Claude Pascal Composition: Nous les amoureux. Country: Luxembourg.
• 1962th... Location: Luxembourg. Winner: Isabelle Obre. Composition: Un premier amour. France.
• 1963rd... United Kingdom. Winner: Greta and Jürgen Ingmann. Composition: Dansevise. Country: Denmark.
• 1964th... Venue: Denmark, Copenhagen. Winner: Gigliola Cinquetti. Composition: Non ho l'eta. Italy.
• 1965th... Italy, city of Naples. Winner: Frans Gall with the song Poupée de cire, poupée de son. Country: Luxembourg.

The second decade of the existence of Eurovision. Winners

• 1966th... Location: Luxembourg. Winner: Udo Jurgens. Composition: Merci Cheri. Country: Austria.
• 1967th... Austria, city of Vienna. Winner: Sandy Shaw Composition: Puppet On A String. Country: Great Britain.
• 1968th... Venue: Great Britain, London. Winner: Massiel. Composition: La La La. Spain.
• 1969th... Venue: Spain, city of Madrid. For the first time in the history of Eurovision, the Grand Prix was awarded to four nominees at once:
  - Artist: Lenny Cur. Composition: De troubadour. Country: Netherlands.
  - Artist: Frida Boccara. Composition: Un Jour, Un Enfant. Country: France.
  - Artist: Lulu. Composition: Boom bang a bang. Country: Great Britain.
  - Artist: Salome (Maria Rosa Marco). Composition: Vivo cantando. Country: Spain.
• 1970th... Netherlands, city of Amsterdam (determined by drawing lots). Winner: Dana. Composition: All kinds of everything. Country: Ireland.
• 1971st... Venue: Ireland, Dublin city. Winner: Severin. Composition: Un banc, un arbre, une rue. Monaco.
• 1972-th... Scotland, city of Edinburgh. Winner: Vicky Leandros. Composition: Apres toi. Country: Luxembourg.
• 1973-th... Location: Luxembourg. Winner: Anna-Maria David. Composition: Tu te reconnaitras. Luxembourg.
• 1974th... Great Britain, city of Brighton. Winner: Abba Group. Composition: Waterloo. Country: Sweden.
• 1975th... Venue: Sweden, Stockholm. Winner: Tich-In group. Composition: Ding-A-Dong. Netherlands.

The third decade of the existence of Eurovision

• 1976th... Venue: Netherlands, the city of The Hague. Winner: Brotherhood Of Men with the song Save Your Kisses For Me. Country: Great Britain.
• 1977th... Great Britain, London. Winner: Marie Miriam. Composition: L'oiseau et l'enfant. Country: France.
• 1978th... Venue: France, Paris. Winner: Izrah Cohen and Alphabeta Group. Composition: A-Ba-Ni-Bi. Israel.
• 1979th... Israel, city of Jerusalem. Winner: Gali Atari and Milk & Hani. Composition: Hallelujah. Country: Israel.
• 1980th... Venue: Netherlands, the city of The Hague. Winner: Johnny Logan Composition: What’s Another Year. Ireland.
• 1981... Ireland, city of Dublin. Winner: Bucks Fizz Group. Song: Making Your Mind Up. Country: Great Britain.
• 1982th... Venue: Great Britain, Harrogate city. Winner: Nicole and her melodic Ein Bißchen Frieden. FRG
• 1983-th... Germany, city of Munich. Winner: Corinne Erme. Composition: Si la vie est cadeau. Country: Luxembourg.
• 1984-th... Location: Luxembourg. Winner: Herrey's. Composition: Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Lee. Sweden.
• 1985th... Sweden, city of Gothenburg. Winner: Bobbysocks performing La det swinge. Country: Norway. Broadcasting of the air takes place exclusively thanks to satellites.

The fourth decade of the existence of Eurovision

• 1986th... Venue: Norway, city of Bergen. The winner is Sandra Kim performing J'Aime La Vie. Country: Belgium.
• 1987th... Belgium, city of Brussels. For the second time, Johnny Logan joined the list of Eurovision winners, performing Hold Me Now. Country: Ireland.

• 1988th. Venue: Ireland, Dublin city. Won with Ne partez pas sans moi. Switzerland.
• 1989th... Switzerland, city of Lausanne. Winner: Riva. Composition: Rock me. Country: Yugoslavia.
• 1990th... Location: Yugoslavia, the city of Zagreb. Winner: Toto Cutugno. Composition: Insieme: 1992. Country: Italy.
• 1991-th... Location: Italy, Rome. Winner: Carola. Composition: Fangad av en stormvind. Country: Sweden.
• 1992-th. Venue: Sweden, city of Malmo. Winner: Linda Martin. Johnny Logan's song: Why me? (Ireland).
• 1993-th... Ireland, city of Millstreet. Winner: Niam Kavana. Composition: In your eyes. Country: Ireland.
• 1994th... Venue: Ireland, Dublin. Winner: Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. Composition: Rock'n roll kids. Ireland.
• 1995th... Ireland, Dublin. Grand Prix: Garden. Song: Nocturne.

The fifth decade of the existence of Eurovision

• 1996th... Venue: Norway, Oslo. Grand Prix: Emer Quinn. Song: The voice. Country: Ireland.
• 1997-th... Ireland, Dublin. Grand Prix: Katrina and The Waves. Song: Love shine a light. Country: Great Britain.
• 1998th. Venue: Great Britain, Birmingham. Grand Prix: Dana International. Song: Diva. Israel.
• 1999th. Israel, Jerusalem. Grand Prix: Charlotte Nilson. Song: Take me to your heaven. Country: Sweden.
• 2000th. Venue: Sweden, Stockholm. Grand Prix: Olsen brothers. Song: Fly on the wings of love. Denmark.

• 2001-th... Denmark, Copenhagen. Grand Prix: Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL. Composition: Everybody. Country: Estonia.
• 2002-th. Location: Estonia, Tallinn. Grand Prix: Marie N. Song: I wanna. Latvia.
• 2003-th... Latvia, Riga. Grand Prix: Sertab Erner. Composition: Every way That I Can. Country: Turkey.
• 2004-th... Venue: country Turkey, city of Istanbul. Grand Prix: Ruslana. Composition: Wild Dances. Ukraine
• 2005th... Ukraine, Kiev. Winner: Helena Paparizou. Composition: My Number One. Country: Greece.

The sixth decade of the existence of Eurovision

• 2006th... Venue: Greece, Athens. Grand Prix: rock band Lordi. Hard Rock Hallelujah. Country: Finland.

• 2007th... Finland, Helsinki. Winner: Maria Sherifimovich. Song: "Prayer". Country: Serbia.
• 2008th... Venue: Serbia, Belgrade. Winner: Composition: Believe. Russia.

• 2009th. Russia capital is Moscow. Winner: Alexander Rybak. Composition: Fairytale. Country: Norway.
• 2010th... Location: Norway. Winner of the 55th musical competition: Song: Satellite. Germany.
• 2011th. Venue: Dusseldorf, Germany. Winner: Ell & Nikki. Composition: Running Scared. Azerbaijan.
• 2012th... Where took place: Winner: Lauryn. Composition: Euphoria. Country: Sweden.
  The list of winners of the first semi-final of Eurovision was headed by an interesting group from Russia "Buranovskie Babushki" with the song Party for Everybody.
• 2013th. Location: Sweden, Malmo. Emmily de Forest has been added to the list of Eurovision winners. Song: Only Teardrops. Denmark.
• 2014-th... Where did you go: Denmark. Winner: Conchita Wurst. Composition: Rise Like A Phoenix. Austria.

• 2015-th... Host country for the 60th Anniversary International Competition: Austria. Winner: Mons Zelmerlev. Composition: Heroes. Country: Sweden.

Ireland is the record-breaking country for the number of victories

The researchers of the competition note that Ireland is the most likely to be included in the list of countries-winners of Eurovision. The country has already hosted performers on its territory 7 times.

• 1970th... The victory went to the Irish singer Dana, who performed the song All kinds of everything. It was the first, but not the last, Irish Singers Grand Prix won at the Eurovision Song Contest.
• 1980th... The victory was won by Johnny Logan with the song What’s Another Year.
• 1987th... The victory went to Johnny Logan, who sang the song Hold Me Now. Johnny became the first to add twice to the list of Eurovision winners. Throughout history, only a few have been honored with this honor.
• 1992-th... The victory went to the performer Linda Martin, who performed with Johnny Logan's composition "Why me?" In addition to Linda's victory, Ireland became the first country to have an artist to win the Eurovision Grand Prix three times.
• 1993-th... Niam Kavan won the Grand Prix with the song In your eyes.
• 1994 year became significant for Ireland. Thanks to Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan with the song Rock'n roll kids, Ireland has hosted Eurovision contestants for three years in a row.
• 1996th- the seventh and so far the last time Ireland and its nominees took the Grand Prix at Eurovision. The record was set by Name Quinn, who performed The voice.

Became the 46th song contest Eurovision... He passed May 12, 2001 in the city of Copenhagen (Denmark). The organizers of the competition faced the problem of finding a place for its holding. This eventually became Parken Stadium, after it was agreed to build a retractable roof on it. It became the largest building ever to host a competition, which was watched by 38 thousand spectators. The competition was attended by 23 countries. Poland, Bosnia, Slovenia, Portugal, Lithuania and Greece returned to the competition, replacing the 7 countries with the worst average performance in the last 5 years.

Since this year, telephone voting has become compulsory. However, Croatia, Greece and Malta used a mixed voting model, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey and Russia used jury voting, which was allowed in exceptional cases. The countries that took the first 15 places were now eligible to participate in the next competition. 20 out of 23 participants sang their songs in English in whole or in part, which became a kind of record.

For the first time, Estonia won the competition, represented by a duet and accompanied by a group 2XL... However, a native of Aruba Benton became the first black the most victorious performer in history. The team presented the song "Everybody"("Everything").

Was born in 1980. The Estonian rock musician and pop singer studied clarinet and saxophone, sang in the church and children's choir, as well as in the boys' choir, was fond of folk music and sports dances.

He is the creator of the Speed ​​free ensemble, which released its first CD "Woman Knows" in May 2001. All songs for ensemble Padar wrote myself.

After jointly with Dave Benton winning the competition becomes one of the most famous rock musicians in Estonia.

In 2003 he created The Sun ensemble, with which in 2006 he received prizes in Estonia in 5 out of 15 categories, including the Best Album of the Year and Best Ensemble of the Year awards.

Is one of the two hosts of Eesti otsib superstaari in the third season. Have Padara there is an older sister, the popular Estonian singer Gerli Padar, who became famous before her brother. Gerli Padar represented Estonia in the song contest Eurovision 2007.

(real name Efren Eugene Benita) was born in 1951. The Estonian musician and pop singer began his artistic career in Aruba. At the age of 25, he went to Las Vegas, where he performed in various show programs, including singing with The Drifters, The Platters and Tom Jones. After moving to the Netherlands, he took part in various show projects. In 1994 he accepted an offer to participate in the musical City Lights in Berlin. In addition to working in Germany, he also performed in other European countries.

Since 1997 he has been living in Estonia. After jointly with Tanel Padar winning the competition became one of the most famous pop musicians in Estonia. At the competition Benton and Padar performed a song "Everybody", and the group also participated in the performance 2XL. Benton became the first black performer to win Eurovision... At the end of the same year he released his first solo album From Monday to Sunday.

Soul Militia- Estonian hip-hop group that won the competition Eurovision v 2001 year as backing vocalists Tanela Padara and Dave Benton.

The collective was created in 1997 by Sergey Morgun and Indrek Soom under the name 2XL... It was with this name that they sang the song "Everybody", bringing Estonia its first victory in a music competition. In 2002, the musicians changed their name to Soul Militia. In 2007 we participated in the national selection for Eurovision with the song "My Place".

Eurovision 2002. Estonia

became the 47th song contest Eurovision... He passed May 25, 2002 at the Saku Suurhall arena in Tallinn (Estonia). Initially, 22 countries were supposed to participate in the competition, but the European Broadcasting Union increased this quota to 24. Additional seats were given to Israel and Portugal, but the latter refused due to internal problems of the RTP TV channel, and Latvia took its place.

Russia, Romania, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina used jury voting, while Cyprus, Greece, Croatia and Malta used a mixed voting system (audience and jury).

For the second time in a row, the Baltic country won. Marie N(Maria Naumova) from Latvia won the Grand Prix with 176 points. In addition to the winner, two more representatives of the post-Soviet space entered the top ten - the Estonian Sakhlin took third place, and the Russian group, the Prime Minister, became the tenth.

(pseudonym Marie N) was born in 1973. Since 1994, a Latvian singer of Russian origin began to collaborate with the composer. In 1995, she participated in a TV competition for young talents and was warmly received by the audience. In 1998 she took part in a concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary, after which she gained fame in the country. In 1999 she released her first solo album "Until Bright Tears", recorded in Russian. The album "Ieskaties acis", released in 2001, went gold two weeks after the release, and after 11 months - "platinum". In the same year she recorded album in French "Ma Voix, Ma Voie". She won the Audience Award at the Voice of Asia competition.

In 2000, for the first time she participated in the national selection for Eurovision, where she took first place, but by the decision of the national jury on Eurovision a competitor of the correct nationality who took only third place was sent. Next year Maria made a compromise, hiding the Russian surname with a pseudonym Marie n, again won the qualifying round, and then at the competition itself 2002 year with a song "I Wanna"("I want"), the music to which Maria I wrote it myself. The song became the first among the winners of the competition not to be released by record companies outside their home country. In Latvia itself, the song also did not even enter the top thirty of the national charts.

In November of the same year, she released two new albums (one in English, the other in Latvian). Was the host of the competition Eurovision 2003 held in Riga. In 2004 she performed the main role in the musical "The Sound of Music". She was also recognized as the best performer of the title role in the musical "Sister Carrie".

In her latest album "On my own" she includes songs in Latvian, English, French and Portuguese.

Received a law degree at the University of Latvia. In 2005 she became the first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Latvia.

In late 2007 and early 2008 she took part in a musical based on Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables. Maria plays the role of Fantine.

Eurovision 2003. Latvia

became the 48th song contest Eurovision... He passed May 24, 2003 in the city of Riga (Latvia) on the stage of the Skonto concert hall. 26 countries took part in the competition, which was a record figure in its entire history (among the finals). The last time the competition was held over one evening. The Latvian government has allocated $ 2.3 million for its implementation.

Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina used the jury vote due to the poor telecommunications network. In addition, on the basis of the votes of the reserve jury, the votes of Ireland were distributed, which was the reason for the accusation by the Russian representatives against him of rigging the results. However, it was announced that the results of the spectators' voting did not differ from the final mark given by the jury.

Russian group Tattoo with the song "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask", which was considered the favorite of the competition, took third place, lagging behind the winner - from Turkey - by only three points. Ukraine first participated in the competition and took 14th place.

She was born in 1964. A Turkish pop star, one of the most successful singers in Turkey at the dawn of her career, worked for another famous Turkish singer, Sezen Aksu. His first album "Sakin Ol" Sertab released in 1992, followed by several more albums in Turkish, which brought the singer fame at home and abroad.

But for Sertab a real breakthrough in the musical world of Europe was precisely the victory at Eurovision... On the wave of success when the song "Everyway That I Can"("In Every Way I Can") topped the European charts, recording the 2004 English-language album "No Boundaries".

In 2005 participates in "Congratulations" - a TV show dedicated to 50th anniversary of Eurovision... Her song was ranked 9th among the 15 best songs ever Eurovision... In 2007, a collection of the best songs was released Sertab, whose rich repertoire includes compositions in English, Spanish and Greek, as well as duets with Ruslana, Jose Carreras, Ricky Martin.

Eurovision 2004. Turkey

became the 49th competition in history. He passed May 12 and May 15, 2004 in Istanbul (Turkey), at the "Abdi Ipekchi" arena, where he was transferred at the last moment from the "Midonis Showlands" hall due to transport problems. For the first time, the competition was held in a new format, which included the semi-finals and finals. 10 countries that took the highest places in the previous competition, the host country, as well as representatives of the “big four” states that contribute the largest share to the EMU budget, were immediately admitted to the final. For the first time in history, 36 countries participated in the competition at once. Andorra, Albania, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro participated in the competition for the first time, Monaco returned after a 25-year hiatus. The return of Luxembourg after an 11-year absence was also supposed to take place, but RTL was unable to resolve financial issues.

All participating countries were eligible to vote in the qualifying round and final, however France, Poland and Russia did not broadcast the semi-final due to non-participation in it and therefore did not participate in the first vote. For the first time, all 36 countries used telephone voting to determine the results. At the same time, during the counting of votes, problems arose with this process in Monaco and Croatia.

The competition used a new logo with a heart-shaped flag. The slogan of the competition sounded like "Under one sky", focusing on the unity of Europe and the importance of European integration for Turkey.

For the first time competition Eurovision won Ukraine, who participated in it only for the second time. She was represented by a singer with a composition "Wild Dances"("Wild dances"). The second place was taken by the representative of Serbia and Montenegro Zeljko Joksimovich with the composition "Lane moje", the third - the representative of Greece Sakis Rouvas with the composition "Shake it". Russian Yulia Savicheva remained in 11th place.

Ruslana(Ruslana Lyzhychko) was born in 1973. By that time, the 21-year-old singer had already won awards from the all-Ukrainian competition "Melody-94" and the festival "Slavianski Bazaar-96".

The singer immediately stated that she expects to win. Ruslana performed with a composition "Wild Dances" in Istanbul, took 2nd place in the semifinals of the competition, and May 16, 2004 in the final she took first place with a score of 280 points. Ruslan awarded points to all countries except Switzerland.

The press called the performance of the Ukrainian performer "an absolute sensation" Eurovision 2004, noting that the singer emanated "stunning energy", which "struck on the spot" and foreign journalists: "Gorgeous hair, amazing figure, eyes like coals."

The journalists did not detract from the singer's vocal data, recalling that Ruslana Lyzhychko higher musical education and a diploma of conductor of a symphony orchestra at the Lviv Conservatory.

Upon returning to Kiev with a victory in the song competition, the singer was immediately awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine (bypassing the "honored" one).

As the winner of the previous Eurovision, Ruslana opened a competition in Kiev in 2005 year along with the song "Heart on Fire".

Eurovision 2005. Ukraine

became the 50th song contest Eurovision... The final of the competition has passed May 21, 2005 in the city of Kiev (Ukraine) at the arena of the local Sports Palace (the semifinals took place on May 19). The main theme of the competition sounded like "Awakening", symbolized the awakening of the country and the city after spring, as well as their willingness to merge into a united Europe. The history of the holiday of Ivan Kupala was also touched upon.

Bulgaria and Moldova made their debut at the competition, and after a six-year pause, Hungary returned. The debut of Lebanon was also expected, but in the end the country did not participate in the competition.

Due to the too long time taken to announce the voting results, it was decided, starting next year, to read aloud only the first three winners who received the highest number of votes in each of the participating countries.

The first place in the Song Contest was taken by a Greek woman with a composition "My number one"("My number one"). The second place was taken by the representative of Malta Chiara with the song "Angel", the third place was taken by the representative of Romania Luminitsa Angel accompanied by the group Sistem with the song "Let Me Try".

She was born in 1982. The Greek singer in 2001 as part of the Antique group represented Greece in the song contest, taking 3 a place. V 2005 in Kiev she performed solo and, having improved her result, took 1st place.

In the autumn of the same year she released the single “Mambo!”. It was # 1 in the Greek charts for 10 weeks and went platinum. It was released in Sweden in April 2006 and sold over 25,000 copies. Helena also reissued her debut album for the third time. The third disc contained an English and Greek version of "Mambo!" and three new songs in Greek.

April 12, 2006 Helena released their second album in Greek called "Iparhi Logos", which later went platinum. It included 11 tracks and the song "Mambo!" Three tracks were released as singles.

May 20 performed on stage Eurovision performing "My Number One" at the opening and "Mambo!" in the interval act and presented the award to the group Lordi. A little later, the single "Mambo!" was released in Sweden, where it entered the top five of the charts.

The debut album in English "The Game of Love" was also released in South Africa. 6 songs on it were translated from Greek, and 6 were written specifically for the new album. The song from the new album "To All The Heroes" was chosen as the anthem of the XIX European Athletics Championships.

And today he continues to lead an active concert and artistic activity.

Eurovision 2006. Greece

became 51 in a row and took place in Athens (Greece) in the Olympic Hall. The final took place May 20, 2006... The competition was attended by performers from 37 countries.

Armenia became the debutant of the competition. Austria, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro refused to participate. The winner of the competition is a rock group Lordi from Finland with a song Hard Rock Hallelujah("Hard Rock, Hallelujah"). For the first time, the winner of the competition was a rock music performer and for the first time - a representative of Finland. Also, the competition set a record for the number of points for the first place - 292, at that time. After Serbia and Montenegro refused to participate and announced that it would only vote, Croatia automatically went to the final. Last year's Top Ten + Croatia + Big Four became automatic finalists, the remaining 23 countries took part in the semi-finals.

The final part immediately included the countries that took the first 10 places in 2005 and the countries of the Big Four (Great Britain, Germany, France and Spain). The remaining 10 finalists were determined by the results of the semifinals. In total, compositions from 24 countries took part in the final. The representative of Sweden, Karola, entered the competition for the third time.

Lordi Is a Finnish English-language shock rock band. Founded in 1996 Tomi Putaansuu(he is Mr. Lordi). The group is famous for performing in masks and costumes of monsters from the underworld and performing ironic horror-themed songs. Lordi- winners of the song contest.

The debut album of the band "Get Heavy" was released in 2002 on Halloween night - November 1. The songs "Devil is a Loser" and "Would You Love a Monsterman?" from this album became the first hits of the group. They were released as singles, videos were shot on them. The lyrics were dedicated to "horror films" - monsters, vampires, demons, as well as the praise of rock music.

Lordi was promoted by the renowned producer Hiili Hiilesmaa, who previously worked with the bands HIM, Amorphis and Sentenced. Under his leadership, the album "The Monsterican Dream" was released, which was darker than the previous one and had less commercial success. After that, the line-up changed in the group. Lordi toured Europe supporting HammerFall. Their first two albums were compiled and released in the UK under the title "The Monster Show". The heavier and more successful "The Arockalypse" followed.

In 2005, Mr. Lordi called from the selection committee to Eurovision and offered to choose a song from the new album that could represent Finland in the competition. The band chose the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and changed the arrangement to cut the song from 4 minutes to 3 minutes, as prescribed by the competition format. Lordi successfully won the audience vote and were selected by the representatives of Finland for Eurovision.

Eurovision 2007. Finland

became the 52nd song contest Eurovision... He passed 10 and May 12, 2007 in the capital of Finland - Helsinki. All the action took place at the Hartwall Arena - the largest ice stadium in the country and was broadcast by the YLE TV company. The budget for organizing the competition was 13 million euros.

Karolina Gocheva from Macedonia and Edsilia Rombli from the Netherlands participated in the competition for the second time, Eurydice from Cyprus for the third. The winner was a representative from Serbia - with a song "Prayer"... The second place was taken by Verka Serduchka, who represented Ukraine with the song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai", the third - the Russian group "Serebro" with the song "Song # 1".

She was born in 1984. A Serbian singer of mixed Turkish-Gypsy descent made her first public appearance at the age of 12 with the song “I will Always Love You”.

In 2003, the debut album was released Maria Sherifovich"Naj, najbolja", which marked the beginning of his musical career. The biggest hit on the album was the song “Znaj da znam” written by Darko Dimitrov. In the same year Maria participated in the Budva-festival with Darko Dimitrov's song “Gorka čokolada”. In 2004 she participated in the same festival with the song “Bol do ludila” and won first place. The song was at the top of the charts.

Summer 2005 Maria released the single "Agonija", which was a cover of the song "I believe it" by Greek super singer Despina Vandi. At Beovizija-2005, and then in the semifinals of the national pre-selection of Serbia and Montenegro for the competition Eurovision- Evropesma, Maria performed the song "Ponuda", and took 18th place. In the same year she was the favorite and won at the Serbian Radio Festival with the song "U nedelju" written by Leontina Vukomanović. She also received an award for Best Vocal Performance.

Second album Maria Sherifovich- "Bez ljubavi" was released in 2006 and was very successful. At the beginning of 2007, the single "Bez tebe" was released. The first solo concert took place on February 21, 2007 Maria Sherifovich, which was attended by an audience of four thousand.

March 8, 2007 Maria won the Beovizija-2007 competition with the song "Molitva", gaining the largest number of votes in the combined vote of the jury and the TV audience. And thus she was qualified as the first representative of the newly independent Serbia in the European competition. The song was also recorded in English, Finnish and Russian. On May 12, the semi-final took place, on the 14th - the final, in which Maria performed under No. 17 and took 1st place.

Upon return Maria Sherifovich in Belgrade, at the airport she was greeted by about 100 thousand people.

Eurovision 2008. Serbia

became the 53rd song contest Eurovision... It took place on May 24, 2008 in Belgrade (Serbia).

For the first time, the winner was a representative from Russia - Dima Bilan with a song "Believe"... The second place was taken - "Shady Lady", representing Ukraine, third - Kalomira from Greece ("Secret combination"). The hosts of the competition were Zeljko Joksimovic and Jovana Jankovic. Zeljko became at the same time the composer of the Serbian song "Oro", which was performed by Elena Tomashevich, who performed from Serbia.

Dima Bilan from Of Russia and Charlotte Perelli from Sweden performed for the second time from their country.

Russian singer Dima Bilan(name at birth and until June 2008 - Victor Belan) was born in 1981. He represented Russia at Eurovision in 2006 with the song "Never let you go" (2nd place) and in 2008 with the song "Believe", taking 1st place and becoming the first Russian artist to win a song contest Eurovision.

Dima Bilan graduated from the State Musical College named. Gnesins majoring in classical vocal performer. After that, I decided to continue my education at GITIS, where I entered the second year immediately. Faculty of Acting. Career Dima began in 2000, when the first video clip was included in the rotation of the MTV Russia TV channel Bilan to the song "Autumn". In 2002, the singer made his debut on the stage of the Russian festival in Jurmala - "New Wave", where he presented his composition "Boom" and took 4th place. At the end of October 2003, the debut album entitled "I am a night hooligan" was released. A year later, the second studio album "On the Shore of the Sky" was released.

December 2005 brought Dima Bilan two awards: "Golden Gramophone" for the song "You must be near" in St. Petersburg and Alma-Ata. On the project "New songs about the main thing" the singer received the prize of the First Channel from the professional jury. Dima became the person of the year in show business, as the majority of voters cast their votes for him, according to the search engine "Rambler". In December 2005, a video was shot for the lyric composition "I Remember You". In December 2010, a new video for the song "I just love you" was shot. The track "I just love you" occupied the top lines of the Tophit project for 10 weeks in a row.

Eurovision 2009. Russia

became the 54th competition Eurovision... Conducted with 12 on 16th of May in the SC "Olympiyskiy" in Moscow (Russia). Initially, 43 countries confirmed their participation in the competition. Slovakia announced that it was returning to the competition, while San Marino withdrew due to financial problems. Later, Georgia refused to participate in the competition - there were 42 competitors. On May 7, it was officially announced that the leaders of the semi-finals would be Andrei Malakhov and Natalia Vodianova, and the leaders of the final would be Ivan Urgant and Alsou.

An absolute quantitative record in history was set this year Eurovision- winner of the song contest Fairytale in the final he scored 387 points. The record for the number of points of superiority over the second place was also broken - 169 points. However, the record for the average score was not broken.

A French star took part in the competition. Arash, well-known in Europe, together with Aysel played for Azerbaijan. Sakis Rouvas participated from Greece for the second time, and Chiara from Malta - for the third time. Russia was represented by the citizen of Ukraine Anastasia Prikhodko with the song "Mamo". Her song took 11th place.

Was born in 1986. A Norwegian singer and violinist of Belarusian origin won a song contest in Moscow.

After the victory on December 11, 2009, he performed at the Nobel concert in Oslo along with world stars, where he performed the song Fairytale in a new arrangement with a symphony orchestra.

December 13, 2009 took part in the program "Star Factory" in Ukraine. In early 2010, he worked on recording a new disc, and also voiced the main character in the Norwegian version of the cartoon "How to Train Your Dragon".

Was a guest of honor at the qualifying rounds Eurovision in Finland, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and performed his new song "Heaven of Europe".

March 8, 2010 Alexander gave a big concert in Tallinn, and in June the artist's second album "No Boundaries" was released. In mid-October 2010 he performed in Finland at the Russian Romance festival.

As a result of cooperation with Swedish authors, the album “Visa Vid Vindens Ängar” was released.

Eurovision 2010. Norway

- 55th Song Contest Eurovision... Conducted with 25 on May 29 at the Telenor Arena in Berum, a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo. This is the third Eurovision that Norway has hosted. In 1986, the country won the right to host the competition after the victory of the Bobbysocks duo with the song "La det swinge" and in 1996 after the victory of the duo Secret Garden with the song "Nocturne".

The winner competition 2010 became a participant from Germany with a song "Satellite".

She was born in 1991. German singer also known by her stage name Lena- the winner of the international song competition in Oslo.

The future star began taking dance lessons at the age of 5. Mayer-Landrut played in some German television series in supporting roles, but never officially trained in acting or vocal skills. Studied at IGS Roderbruch Hannover, where in April 2010 passed final exams.

March 12, 2010 Lena Mayer-Landrut got the right to represent her country at the international song contest in Oslo with a song "Satellite"... As a representative of one of the Big Four countries, Lena automatically entered the final of the competition, which took place on Saturday, May 29, 2010... According to the draw, out of 25 participants in the final, the representative of Germany performed under No. 22. Lena scored 246 points, by a significant margin ahead of the Turkish group maNga and the Romanian duo of Paula Seling and Ovi. Mayer-Landrut won the main music prize in Europe - a crystal microphone.

Germany decides to send again Lena on Eurovision, but now in their own country. The singer performed again immediately in the final Eurovision 2011 with the song "Taken by A Stranger", in Dusseldorf at the Esprit Arena on May 14 and took 10th place.

Eurovision 2011. Germany

became the 56th competition Eurovision held in with 10 on May 14 in Germany (city of Dusseldorf).

Representatives of Azerbaijan became the winners of this competition. Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal(performed under pseudonyms Ell and Nikki) who performed the song "Running Scared"("Run without looking back"), gaining 221 points as a result of voting.

The dates for the two semi-finals were May 10 and May 12, 2011, the final has passed May 14.

Azerbaijani singer Eldar Parviz oglu Gasimov- winner of the song contest Eurovision 2011... He was born in 1989 in Baku. On the paternal side, he is a descendant of famous Azerbaijani Soviet actors. From 1995 to 2006 he studied at school and at a music school in the piano class, from which he graduated with honors.

In 2004 and 2008 Eldar won scholarships to study in Germany under the student exchange program. In 2008 he studied vocal, acting and stage speech at the German vocal school. In 2010 year Eldar Gasimov graduated with honors from the Faculty of International Relations of the Baku Slavic University.

In 2011, a musician in a duet with Nigar Jamal won Azerbaijani qualification for Eurovision, and got the opportunity to represent his country at Eurovision 2011... In the semifinals, the duo took second place, which gave him the opportunity to perform in the final of the song competition. The duo managed to win with 221 points. Song "Running Scared" written by the Swedish team of authors - Stefan Ohrn, Sandra Bjurman and Ayan Farguhanson. The same group wrote a song for another performer from Azerbaijan on Eurovision- Safura Alizadeh ("Drip Drop").

Nigar Aydin kyzy Jamal- Azerbaijani singer, winner of the song contest
Eurovision 2011.

She was born in 1980 in Baku. From 1985 to 1986 she was a soloist of a children's ensemble, and while studying at a music school (1988-1995) she composed several songs. 1995-1996 Nigar participated in the republican competition Pohrə and in May 1996 became his honorary diploma. Graduated from Khazar University with a degree in Economics and Management. Since 2005 he has been living in London.

In 2011, together with Eldar Gasimov participated in the Azerbaijani selection for Eurovision- Milli Seçim Turu 2010. The duo won the competition and this provided an opportunity Nigar and Eldaru represent Azerbaijan in the song contest Eurovision 2011 in Germany. The duo won a landslide victory.

Eurovision 2012. Azerbaijan

Song Contest became the 57th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the capital of Azerbaijan, in the city of Baku, in the Baku Crystal Hall specially built for the festival. The final took place on May 26.

42 countries participated in the competition: Montenegro returned, which had not participated since 2010 due to financial difficulties. Poland refused to participate - the local TV and radio company referred to its interest in other television projects. Armenia at the last moment applied for participation in the international song contest, but on March 7, 2012, Armenia 1 TV channel received an official statement of refusal.

The first place in the competition was taken (Sweden) with the song "Euphoria"("Euphoria"), gaining 372 points in the voting of the jury and TV viewers.

Lorin Zineb Noka Tagliaoui also known as - Swedish singer Moroccan-Berber origin, winner of the song contest.

She was born in 1983 in Stockholm. She began her musical career in 2004 with participation in the famous Swedish music competition Idol 2004, in which she took fourth place.

In 2005 she released her debut single "The Snake", together with the band Rob'n'Raz. Later she became one of the leading TV channel TV11.

On March 10, 2012, she won the popular Swedish TV competition "Melodifestivalen", which gave her the right to represent her country in the annual song contest Eurovision... Competition song "Euphoria" was performed in the second semi-final, and won an undeniable victory in the final.

Lorin Zineb Noka Tagliaoui: “The music that inspires me is the one that brings melody and vocals into a kind of trance. These are such performers as Bjork, some of Enya, and especially Lisa Gerrard. "

Song Contest became 58th competition, which took place in the city of Malmö, Sweden, on the territory of the "Malmö Arena". Sweden has previously hosted Eurovision four times: in 1975, 1985, 1992 (also in Malmö) and in 2000. The slogan competition there was “We Are One”.

Representatives of Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Turkey refused to participate in the competition, while Armenian television confirmed rumors about their return to Eurovision.

Denmark participated in the 42nd time in the song contest Eurovision... Danish singer Emmily Charlotte de Forest represented Denmark in the song contest with composition "Only Teardrops"("Only Tears") and took first place with 281 points.

The composition was victorious at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 festival, which allowed its performer to go to the competition. The victory deservedly went to a young, but incredibly talented singer, who was only 19. Despite her young age, she has a very solid performance experience, the singer has been engaged in vocals all her adult life, behind her shoulders Emmily a number of victories in music competitions. According to herself Emmily, she began to sing before she spoke. As a child, she successfully performed in the church choir, and at the age of 14 went on her first tour with Danish musician Fraser Neal.

The composition that I performed - "Only Teardrops"- written by the singer herself. “Only Tears” is the result of more than a year's work. Emmily more than once returned to this song, supplementing and changing it. According to the performer herself, a gentle and lyrical composition with hints of light melancholy allows you to look inside yourself, correctly prioritize and evaluate the path of life.

Eurovision 2014. Denmark

59th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Denmark from 6 to 10 May. Danish national broadcaster DR announced on September 2, 2013 that the song contest was held in Copenhagen, in the B&W rooms located in Refhalejoen Square on Amager Island. The slogan of this year's competition - “Join Us” - was approved by EBU and the reference group. A blue-blue diamond has become the symbol of Eurovision 2014.

V 2014 year the winner of the competition, unexpectedly for everyone - and for himself too - was the 25-year-old singer from Austria Thomas Neuwirth, who performed under the stage name. She's with a song "Rise Like a Phoenix" scored 290 points, 52 points ahead of its closest competitor, The Common Linnets from the Netherlands, with 238 points.

This is Austria's second victory at Eurovision(the first happened far away). overall proved to be the strongest in recent years. Last 10 years addressed to Eurovision there was a lot of criticism, and some countries seemed to be deliberately sending overtly second-rate artists to the competition. V 2014 competition demonstrated a desire to part with the reputation of the Eurotrash collection earned in the early 2000s - and this time, real deeds became visible behind these ambitions.

Thomas Neuwirth Is an Austrian singer of non-traditional sexual orientation who, with the help of his stage image of a bearded woman, fights for the tolerance and equality of all people, regardless of their appearance.

This image is three years old; Neuwirth as Wurst- a bearded and stylishly dressed vamp woman - could have gone to another, but in the national selection he took second place.

The musician himself divides himself and the singer he created - this, however, is the case for all artists who work with characters of the other (and their own) sex. You can recall, for example, Verka Serduchka, which he invented with and who in this image recorded albums, starred in films, represented his country at Eurovision 2007 and even took second place there.

The choice of Europe can hardly be considered demonstrative - objectively, despite the beard, she was the most feminine of the artists participating in this year's competition, and had perhaps the most outstanding vocal abilities in comparison with other competitors.

Eurovision 2015. Austria

The jubilee, 60th, song contest was held in Austria, which became the winner country, held in Copenhagen (Denmark). Austria hosted the competition for the second time. The country only after 48 years was able to repeat the result, where Udo Jurgens became the winner.

First semi-final of Eurovision 2015 took place May 19, second – May 21st, a the final competition passed May, 23rd... The competition was hosted by the Austrian national TV company ORF. The slogan competition became "Building Bridges" ("Building bridges").

V Eurovision 2015 39 countries competed. This is 2 countries more than in the previous year. She refused to participate. About returning to contest said Cyprus, Serbia and the Czech Republic. Australia also made its debut. Venue Eurovision 2015 became the "Wiener Stadthalle" stadium in Vienna.

The results of the competition completely coincided with the forecast of the bookmakers, who absolutely accurately predicted the top three winners: Sweden, Russia, Italy. Representative of Sweden Mons Zelmerlev and the representative of Russia Polina Gagarina were very close on points, replacing each other in the first place. Even the winner of the competition himself later admitted that at some point he resigned himself to the second place and was confident in the victory of Russia. During the voting, the Swede still came out on top. He scored 365 points, leaving Russia in second place.

(Mons Petter Albert Selmerlev) was born on June 13, 1986 in a family of doctors. Since childhood, he was fond of creativity, loved to listen and. He learned to play the piano, took part in the African dance circle, and later began to independently master the guitar.

Took part in the show "Idol 2005", where he took fifth place. In the same year he took part in the show “Let’s Dance” with the singer Anna Book and won.

The singer has appeared in the Swedish versions of the films Grease (2006) and Footloose (2007).

In 2007 he also took part in “Melodifestivalen”, finishing third in the final with the song “Cara mia”.

2015 was a very successful year for Monsa Selmerleva... In "Melodifestivalen" he took first place, thereby gaining the right to represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest... The Swedish performer showed an enchantingly spectacular laser show at the competition, made in the form of a projection, with which Mons sang the song very emotionally "Heroes"... His number was unique and not like the others, so he earned not only a warm welcome, but also a victory for the performer.