Since the Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 and until semi-finals were introduced in 2004, a total of 917 entries were submitted, comprising songs and artists which represented thirty-eight countries. The contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), is held annually between members of the union, with participating broadcasters from different countries submitting songs to the event and casting votes to determine the most popular in the competition. From an original seven participating countries in the first edition, over twenty entries were submitted into the competition in the early 2000s, before the contest started expanding more rapidly in 2004.

Principally open to active member broadcasters of the EBU, eligibility to participate in the contest is not determined by geographic inclusion within the traditional boundaries of Europe. Several countries from outside of Europe have previously submitted entries into the contest, including countries in Western Asia and North Africa, as well as transcontinental countries with only part of their territory in Europe.

Between 1956 and 2003, made the most contest appearances, participating in all but one event since its founding. conversely had participated the fewest times, competing only once in . held the record for the most victories, having won the contest seven times, including four wins in the 1990s. , and the were the second-most successful nations in the contest, having won on five occasions. In addition to its five contest wins, the also placed second fifteen timesmore than any other countryand also holds the record for the most consecutive contest appearances, competing in every edition since 1959. Although it had also achieved two contest wins, held the record for the most last-place finishes in contest history, having featured at the bottom of the scoreboard nine times.

Entries The following tables list the entries which have been performed at the contest between 1956 and 2003. Entries are listed by order of their first performance in the contest; entry numbers provide a cumulative total of all songs performed at the contest throughout its history, and a second cumulative total outlines the total entries for each country. Songs which were performed multiple times are counted only once in the tables, with entry numbers for the performances of semi-final qualifiers marked in italics in the respective finals. For the purposes of the first contest, where each country was represented by two songs, each song is counted as a distinct entry but both songs are counted as a single entry for that country.

Only songs which have competed in the contest final. Songs which failed to qualify from the 1993 qualifying round for new Eastern European countries or the 1996 audio-only qualifying round are subsequently not counted as official entries and are not included in the participation history for each country on the official Eurovision website.

In line with the official Eurovision Song Contest website, entries which represented the former West Germany prior to German reunification (until 1990) and those from the subsequently unified state Germany (since 1991) are considered to have represented the same country. Also in keeping with the official Eurovision records, the 1992 entry which represented the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, subsequently renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, is listed as having represented Yugoslavia rather than Serbia and Montenegro; Serbia and Montenegro is therefore considered to have made its first appearance in 2004.

Table key WinnerWinning entries in each edition of the contest Second placeEntries which came second in each edition of the contest Third placeEntries which came third in each edition of the contest Last placeEntries which came last in each edition of the contest

1950s

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1956 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 1 1 Jetty Paerl "" Dutch 2 2 Lys Assia "" German Georg Betz-Stahl 3 3 Fud Leclerc "" French 4 4 Walter Andreas Schwarz "" German Walter Andreas Schwarz 5 5 Mathé Altéry "" French 6 6 Michèle Arnaud "" French Christian Guittreau 7 7 Franca Raimondi "" Italian 8 8 Corry Brokken "" Dutch Jelle de Vries 9 9 Lys Assia "" French 1 10 10 Mony Marc "" French 11 11 Freddy Quinn "" German 12 12 Dany Dauberson "" French Simone Vallauris 13 13 Michèle Arnaud "" French 14 14 Tonina Torrielli "" Italian

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1957 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 15 1 2 Bobbejaan Schoepen "" Dutch 8 16 2 2 Danièle Dupré "" French 4 17 3 1 Patricia Bredin "All" English 7 18 4 2 Nunzio Gallo "" Italian 6 19 5 1 Bob Martin "" German 10 ◁ 20 6 2 Corry Brokken "" Dutch 1 21 7 2 Margot Hielscher "" German 4 22 8 2 Paule Desjardins "" French 2 23 9 1 Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler "" Danish 3 24 10 2 Lys Assia "" French 8

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1958 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 25 1 3 Domenico Modugno "" Italian 3 26 2 3 Corry Brokken "" Dutch Benny Vreden 9 ◁ 27 3 3 André Claveau "" French 1 28 4 3 Solange Berry "" French 9 ◁ 29 5 1 Alice Babs "" Swedish 4 30 6 2 Raquel Rastenni "" Danish Harry Jensen 8 31 7 3 Fud Leclerc "" French André Dohet 5 32 8 3 Margot Hielscher "" German 7 33 9 2 Liane Augustin "" German 5 34 10 3 Lys Assia "Giorgio" German, Italian 2

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1959 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 35 1 4 Jean Philippe "" French 3 36 2 3 Birthe Wilke "" Danish 5 37 3 4 Domenico Modugno "" Italian 6 38 4 1 Jacques Pills "" French 11 ◁ 39 5 4 Teddy Scholten "" Dutch 1 40 6 4 Alice and Ellen Kessler "" German 8 41 7 2 Brita Borg "Augustin" Swedish 9 42 8 4 Christa Williams "" German Lothar Löffler 4 43 9 3 Ferry Graf "" German 9 44 10 2 Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson "Sing Little Birdie" English 2 45 11 4 Bob Benny "" Dutch 6

1960s

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1960 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 46 1 3 Bryan Johnson "Looking High, High, High" English John Watson 2 47 2 3 Siw Malmkvist "" Swedish 10 48 3 4 Camillo Felgen "" Luxembourgish 13 ◁ 49 4 4 Katy Bødtger "" Danish 10 50 5 5 Fud Leclerc "" French 6 51 6 1 Nora Brockstedt "" Norwegian George Elgaaen 4 52 7 4 Harry Winter "" German 7 53 8 2 François Deguelt "" French 3 54 9 5 Anita Traversi "" Italian Mario Robbiani 8 55 10 5 Rudi Carrell "" Dutch 12 56 11 5 Wyn Hoop "" German 4 57 12 5 Renato Rascel "" Italian 8 58 13 5 Jacqueline Boyer "" French 1

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1961 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 59 1 1 Conchita Bautista "" Spanish 9 60 2 3 Colette Deréal "" French 10 61 3 5 Jimmy Makulis "" German Leopold Andrejewitsch 15 ◁ 62 4 1 Laila Kinnunen "" Finnish 10 63 5 1 Ljiljana Petrović "" () Serbo-Croatian 8 64 6 6 Greetje Kauffeld "" Dutch 10 65 7 4 Lill-Babs "" Swedish 14 66 8 6 Lale Andersen "" German, French 13 67 9 6 Jean-Paul Mauric "" French 4 68 10 6 Franca di Rienzo "" French 3 69 11 6 Bob Benny "" Dutch 15 ◁ 70 12 2 Nora Brockstedt "" Norwegian 7 71 13 5 Dario Campeotto "" Danish Aksel V. Rasmussen 5 72 14 5 Jean-Claude Pascal "" French 1 73 15 4 The Allisons "Are You Sure?" English 2 74 16 6 Betty Curtis "" Italian 5

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1962 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 75 1 2 Marion Rung "" Finnish Kari Tuomisaari 7 76 2 7 Fud Leclerc "" French 13 ◁ 77 3 2 Víctor Balaguer "" Spanish 13 ◁ 78 4 6 Eleonore Schwarz "" German Bruno Uher 13 ◁ 79 5 6 Ellen Winther "" Danish 10 80 6 5 Inger Berggren "" Swedish 7 81 7 7 Conny Froboess "" German 6 82 8 7 De Spelbrekers "Katinka" Dutch 13 ◁ 83 9 7 Isabelle Aubret "" French 1 84 10 3 Inger Jacobsen "" Norwegian 10 85 11 7 Jean Philippe "" French 10 86 12 2 Lola Novaković "" () Serbo-Croatian 4 87 13 5 Ronnie Carroll "Ring-A-Ding Girl" English 4 88 14 6 Camillo Felgen "" French 3 89 15 7 Claudio Villa "" Italian 9 90 16 4 François Deguelt "" French 2

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1963 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 91 1 6 Ronnie Carroll "Say Wonderful Things" English 4 92 2 8 Annie Palmen "" Dutch Pieter Goemans 13 ◁ 93 3 8 Heidi Brühl "Marcel" German Charly Niessen 9 94 4 7 Carmela Corren "" German, English 7 95 5 4 Anita Thallaug "" Norwegian Dag Kristoffersen 13 ◁ 96 6 8 Emilio Pericoli "" Italian 3 97 7 3 Laila Halme "" Finnish Börje Sundgren 13 ◁ 98 8 7 Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann "" Danish 1 99 9 3 Vice Vukov "" () Serbo-Croatian Mario Nardelli 11 100 10 8 Esther Ofarim "" French 2 101 11 8 Alain Barrière "" French Alain Barrière 5 102 12 3 José Guardiola "" Spanish 12 103 13 6 Monica Zetterlund "" Swedish 13 ◁ 104 14 8 Jacques Raymond "" Dutch 10 105 15 5 Françoise Hardy "" French Françoise Hardy 5 106 16 7 Nana Mouskouri "" French 8

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1964 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 107 1 8 Hugues Aufray "" French 4 108 2 9 Anneke Grönloh "" Dutch 10 109 3 5 Arne Bendiksen "" Norwegian 8 110 4 8 Bjørn Tidmand "" Danish 9 111 5 4 Lasse Mårtenson "" Finnish 7 112 6 8 Udo Jürgens "" German Udo Jürgens 6 113 7 9 Rachel "" French 4 114 8 7 Matt Monro "I Love the Little Things" English Tony Hatch 2 115 9 9 Nora Nova "" German 13 ◁ 116 10 6 Romuald "" French 3 117 11 1 António Calvário "" Portuguese 13 ◁ 118 12 9 Gigliola Cinquetti "" Italian 1 119 13 4 Sabahudin Kurt "" () Serbo-Croatian 13 ◁ 120 14 9 Anita Traversi "" Italian 13 ◁ 121 15 9 Robert Cogoi "" French Robert Cogoi 10 122 16 4 Nelly with Tim and Tony "" Spanish Fina de Calderón 12

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1965 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 123 1 10 Conny Vandenbos "" Dutch 11 124 2 8 Kathy Kirby "I Belong" English 2 125 3 5 Conchita Bautista "" Spanish Antonio Figueroa Egea 15 ◁ 126 4 1 Butch Moore "I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain" English 6 127 5 10 Ulla Wiesner "" German 15 ◁ 128 6 9 Udo Jürgens "" German 4 129 7 6 Kirsti Sparboe "" Norwegian Jolly Kramer-Johansen 13 130 8 10 Lize Marke "" Dutch 15 ◁ 131 9 7 Marjorie Noël "" French 9 132 10 7 Ingvar Wixell "Absent Friend" English 10 133 11 10 Guy Mardel "" French 3 134 12 2 Simone de Oliveira "" Portuguese 13 135 13 10 Bobby Solo "" Italian 5 136 14 9 Birgit Brüel "" Danish 7 137 15 9 France Gall "" French Serge Gainsbourg 1 138 16 5 Viktor Klimenko "" Finnish 15 ◁ 139 17 5 Vice Vukov "" () Serbo-Croatian 12 140 18 10 Yovanna "" French 8

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1966 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 141 1 11 Margot Eskens "" German 10 142 2 10 Ulla Pia "" Danish Erik Kåre 14 143 3 11 Tonia "" French 4 144 4 10 Michèle Torr "" French 10 145 5 6 Berta Ambrož "" Slovene 7 146 6 7 Åse Kleveland "" Norwegian Arne Bendiksen 3 147 7 6 Ann-Christine "Playboy" Finnish Ossi Runne 10 148 8 3 Madalena Iglésias "" Portuguese Carlos Canelhas 13 149 9 10 Udo Jürgens "" German 1 150 10 8 Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson "" Swedish 2 151 11 6 Raphael "" Spanish Manuel Alejandro 7 152 12 11 Madeleine Pascal "" French 6 153 13 8 Téréza "" French 17 ◁ 154 14 11 Domenico Modugno "" Italian Domenico Modugno 17 ◁ 155 15 11 Dominique Walter "" French 16 156 16 11 Milly Scott "" Dutch 15 157 17 2 Dickie Rock "Come Back to Stay" English Rowland Soper 4 158 18 9 Kenneth McKellar "A Man Without Love" English 9

+ Eurovision Song Contest 1967 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 159 1 12 Thérèse Steinmetz "Ringe-dinge" Dutch 14 160 2 11 Vicky "" French 4 161 3 11 Peter Horton "" German 14 162 4 12 Noëlle Cordier "" French 3 163 5 4 Eduardo Nascimento "" Portuguese 12 164 6 12 Géraldine "" French 17 ◁ 165 7 9 Östen Warnerbring "" Swedish 8 166 8 7 Fredi "" Finnish 12 167 9 12 Inge Brück "" German Hans Blum 8 168 10 12 Louis Neefs "" Dutch 7 169 11 10 Sandie Shaw "Puppet on a String" English 1 170 12 7 Raphael "" Spanish Manuel Alejandro 6 171 13 8 Kirsti Sparboe "" Norwegian 14 172 14 9 Minouche Barelli "Boum-Badaboum" French 5 173 15 7 "" Slovene 8 174 16 12 Claudio Villa "" Italian 11 175 17 3 Sean Dunphy "If I Could Choose" English 2