As Europe's biggest night kicks off, find a complete list of all the previous winners here
Last modified on May 14, 2022 00:04 BST Eve Crosbie The Eurovision Song Contest will have us glued to our sofa on Saturday night as the wonderful and wacky singing competition returns for another year.We have our hopes pinned on singer and TikTok star Sam Ryder, who will be representing the UK with his song Space Man - and if he does manage to clinch the top spot, it will mark the sixth win for the United Kingdom since the competition started 66 years ago.
2009 – Norway Alexander Rybak's song Fairytale was awarded a whopping 387 out of a possible 492 points.2007 – Serbia Astonishingly, in Serbia's first year as part of the competition, they won with Marija Šerifović's Molitva .2005 – Greece Helena Paparizou won the 2005 Eurovision song contest with My Number One.
2000 – Denmark Fly on the Wings of Love by The Olsen Brothers was the winning song in 2000 and marked another win for Denmark.1998 – Israel Israel won in 1997 with Dana International's Diva. It marked the last year that entrants were required to perform in their national language.1996 – Ireland Ireland managed to win for a sixth time with Eimear Quinn's The Voice.
1970 – Ireland Ireland secured the first of many victories in 1970 with Dana who performed All Kinds of Everything.
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