NemesisNick
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26 countries have won the Eurovision Song Contest at least once. They are presented below:
1956 Lys Assia - "Refrain"
1957 Corry Brokken - "Net Als Toen"
1958 André Claveau - "Dors Mon Amour"
1961 Jean-Claude Pascal - "Nous Les Amoureux"
1963 Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann - "Dansevise"
1964 Gigliola Cinquetti - "Non Ho L'étà"
1966 Udo Jürgens - "Merci Chérie"
1967 Sandie Shaw - "Puppet On A String"
1968 Massiel - "La, La, La..."
1970 Dana - "All Kinds Of Everything"
1971 Séverine - "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue"
1974 ABBA - "Waterloo"
1978 Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta - "Abanibi"
1982 Nicole - "Ein Bißchen Frieden"
1985 Bobbysocks - "La Det Swinge"
1986 Sandra Kim - "J'aime La Vie"
1989 Riva - "Rock Me"
2001 Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL - "Everybody"
2002 Marie N - "I Wanna"
2003 Sertab Erener - "Everyway That I Can"
2004 Ruslana - "Wild Dances"
2005 Helena Paparizou - "My Number One"
2006 Lordi - "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
2007 Marija Šerifović - "Molitva"
2008 Dima Bilan - "Believe"
2011 Ell/Nikki - "Running Scared"
Many of the above have won more than once, but a country can only have one first-time win. I've omitted repeat wins, this thread is solely about the first time each country won the ESC. Here's your chance to discuss, and even vote for, which is your favourite first-time winner. You may wish to rank them in order of preference as a post on the thread, but you can only pick one favourite in the poll at the top.
It might just so happen you didn't like a country's first win, but did prefer one of their later wins, e.g. you may not have liked the UK's debut win in 1967 "Puppet On A String", but particularly liked "Save Your Kisses For Me" (1976) or "Making Your Mind Up (1981). On this thread please only discuss first-time wins by a particular country.
Notice the 12-year gap between first time wins 1989 (Yugoslavia) to 2001 (Estonia), the longest in ESC history. This was followed by the 8 year run of first time winners 2001 to 2008, the longest in ESC history.
1956 Lys Assia - "Refrain"
1957 Corry Brokken - "Net Als Toen"
1958 André Claveau - "Dors Mon Amour"
1961 Jean-Claude Pascal - "Nous Les Amoureux"
1963 Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann - "Dansevise"
1964 Gigliola Cinquetti - "Non Ho L'étà"
1966 Udo Jürgens - "Merci Chérie"
1967 Sandie Shaw - "Puppet On A String"
1968 Massiel - "La, La, La..."
1970 Dana - "All Kinds Of Everything"
1971 Séverine - "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue"
1974 ABBA - "Waterloo"
1978 Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta - "Abanibi"
1982 Nicole - "Ein Bißchen Frieden"
1985 Bobbysocks - "La Det Swinge"
1986 Sandra Kim - "J'aime La Vie"
1989 Riva - "Rock Me"
2001 Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL - "Everybody"
2002 Marie N - "I Wanna"
2003 Sertab Erener - "Everyway That I Can"
2004 Ruslana - "Wild Dances"
2005 Helena Paparizou - "My Number One"
2006 Lordi - "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
2007 Marija Šerifović - "Molitva"
2008 Dima Bilan - "Believe"
2011 Ell/Nikki - "Running Scared"
Many of the above have won more than once, but a country can only have one first-time win. I've omitted repeat wins, this thread is solely about the first time each country won the ESC. Here's your chance to discuss, and even vote for, which is your favourite first-time winner. You may wish to rank them in order of preference as a post on the thread, but you can only pick one favourite in the poll at the top.
It might just so happen you didn't like a country's first win, but did prefer one of their later wins, e.g. you may not have liked the UK's debut win in 1967 "Puppet On A String", but particularly liked "Save Your Kisses For Me" (1976) or "Making Your Mind Up (1981). On this thread please only discuss first-time wins by a particular country.
Notice the 12-year gap between first time wins 1989 (Yugoslavia) to 2001 (Estonia), the longest in ESC history. This was followed by the 8 year run of first time winners 2001 to 2008, the longest in ESC history.