Eurovision 2022: Who has won the event previously?

The Eurovision Song Contest takes place on Saturday, May 14 and is live from Turin, Italy. The favourites coming into the event are Ukraine but who has won the event previously?

When does the Eurovision Song Contest take place?

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest final takes place on Saturday, May 14 with semi-finals happening on Tuesday, May 10 and Thursday, May 12.

Where is Eurovision 2022 being held?

Eurovision tradition dictates that the winners of the previous year are tasked with hosting the event in the following year.

Italy were victors in 2021, meaning the event this year takes places from Turin, Italy.

Who has won the event previously?

This year will be the 65th Eurovision Song Contest, with the event first taking place in 1956 and continuing annually with the exception of 2020, when the event wasn’t held due to global restrictions.

There have been 27 different winners over the years, including a controversial year in 1969 when four nations finished on the same points tonight and shared the crown.

Ireland are the most successful country in Eurovision history, winning the event seven times. They haven’t taken the crown since 1996 though, a title that proved to be their fourth in five years after consecutive wins in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

Number of Wins	Country	Years Won
7	Ireland	1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
6	Sweden	1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015
5	France Luxembourg Netherlands United Kingdom	1958, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1977 1961, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1983 1957, 1959, 1969, 1975, 2019 1967, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1997
4	Israel	1978, 1979, 1998, 2018
3	Denmark Italy Norway	1963, 2000, 2013 1964, 1990, 2021 1985, 1995, 2009
2	Austria Germany Spain Switzerland Ukraine	1966, 2014 1982, 2010 1968, 1969 1956, 1988 2004, 2016
1	Azerbaijan Belgium Estonia Finland Greece Latvia Monaco Portugal Russia Serbia Turkey Yugoslavia	2011 1986 2001 2006 2005 2002 1971 2017 2008 2007 2003 1989