The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters of the contest.
Since 1988, it has been the norm to have at least two presenters for the contest. All contests before 1978, while only three after 1988 (i.e. the 1993, 1995 and 2013 contests), have had one presenter. The 1999 contest was the first to feature three presenters, a method that has been used most often since 2010. The contests from 2018 to 2021 all had four presenters each.
Katie Boyle holds the record for the highest number of contests hosted, with four editions (in 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1974), [1] [2] followed by Petra Mede with three editions (2013, 2016 and 2024) and a special ( Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits in 2015). [2] The only other person to have hosted the contest more than once is Jacqueline Joubert (1959 and 1961). [2]
Year | Presenter(s) | Ref |
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1976 | Hans van Willigenburg | |
1980 | ||
2002 | Tiina Kimmel and Kirke Ert | |
2003 | Ilze Jaunalksne and Dīvs Reiznieks | |
2004 | Sertab Erener (final) | |
2005 | Ruslana and Wladimir Klitschko (final) | |
2007 | Krisse Salminen (final) | |
2008 | Kristina Radenković and Branislav Katić | |
2009 | Dmitry Shepelev | [73] |
2013 | Eric Saade (final) | [74] |
2015 | Conchita Wurst | |
2017 | Timur Miroshnychenko | |
2018 | Filomena Cautela | [75] |
Year | Presenter(s) | Ref |
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2020 | Nikkie de Jager | [76] |
2021 | Nikkie de Jager | [77] |
Year | Event | Presenter(s) | Ref |
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1981 | Songs of Europe | Rolf Kirkvaag and Titten Tei | [78] |
1993 | Kvalifikacija za Millstreet | Tajda Lekše | [79] [80] |
2005 | Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest | Katrina Leskanich and Renārs Kaupers | [81] |
2015 | Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits | Petra Mede and Graham Norton | [82] |
2020 | Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light | Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit | [83] |
Year | Costume designers | Ref. |
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1969 | Carmen Mir | |
1984 | Thomas Heurich | |
1985 | Christer Lindarw | |
1987 | Thierry Mugler | |
2001 | Isabell Kristensen | |
2002 | Aarne Niit and Katrin Kuldma | |
2007 | Erika Turunen | |
2013 | Jean-Paul Gaultier | |
2014 | Ole Yde | |
2015 | Ariane Rhomberg | |
2016 | Lars Wallin, Ida Lanto and Valerie Aflalo | |
2017 | Luvi, Indposhiv, Lake Studio and Burenina | |
2019 | Alon Livne, Galia Lahav, Vivi Bellaish, Inbal Dror and Dana Harel | |
2020 | Diek Pothoven | |
2021 | Diek Pothoven | |
2022 | Pierpaolo Piccioli, Alberta Ferretti, Rebecca Baglini, Alessandro Vigilante, Giorgio Armani and Donatella Versace |
Prior to each year's contest, a series of draws have been held to determine differing facets of the contest's production, which typically are presided over by one or more presenters. Historically, a random drawing of lots was held prior to each year's contest to determine the order in which participating countries would perform in the final, and since 2004 in the semi-finals; this was abolished in 2013, when the running order began to be determined by the contest producers. [104]
A semi-final allocation draw has been held since 2008, to determine which countries perform in which of the two semi-finals, as well as in which semi-final the automatic finalists have voting rights. The semi-finalist countries are divided into pots based on historical voting patterns, and countries in each pot are then split equally between the two semi-finals. [105] During this draw, the countries are also assigned to perform in either the first or second half of the show; the exact running order is then determined at a later date. [106]
Year | Presenter(s) | Ref |
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2006 | Zeta Makrypoulia and Giorgos Kapoutzidis | [136] |
2012 | Leyla Aliyeva and Nargiz Birk-Petersen | [137] |
2013 | Pernilla Månsson Colt and Kodjo Akolor | [138] |
2014 | Bryan Rice, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud , Ulla Essendrop and Peter Falktoft | [139] |
2015 | Kati Bellowitsch and Andi Knoll | [140] |
2016 | Jovan Radomir and Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson | [141] |
2017 | Tetyana Terekhova, Slava Varda, Andriy Kishe, Amy Grace, Neyba Traore, Hanna Butkevych and Andriy Dzhedzhula | [142] |
2018 | Cláudia Semedo , Inês Lopes Goncalves , Pedro Granger and Pedro Penim | [143] |
2019 | Noa Tishby, Shani Nachshoni, Leon Rosenberg and Nadav Abukasis | [144] |
2021 [b] | Koos van Plateringen and Fenna Ramos | [146] |
2022 | Gabriele Corsi, Carolina Di Domenico, Mario Acampa and Laura Carusino | [147] |
2023 | Timur Miroshnychenko and Sam Quek [c] | [149] |
2024 | Elecktra and Tia Kofi | [150] |
This section is missing information about previous years' press conference hosts.(May 2024) |
Year | Presenter(s) | Ref |
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2014 | Ulla Essendrop and Abdel Aziz Mahmoud | [151] |
2015 | Katharina Bellowitsch | [152] |
2016 | Jovan Radomir and Catarina Rolfsdotter | [153] |
2017 | Nika Konstantinova, Tetiana Terekhova and Igor Posypayko | |
2018 | Pedro Granger and Pedro Penim | [154] |
2021 | Koos van Plateringen , Hila Noorzai and Samya Hafsaoui | [155] |
2022 | Carolina Di Domenico, Mario Acampa and Laura Carusino | [156] [157] |
2023 | Timur Miroshnychenko, Jermaine Foster and Mariia Vynogradova | [158] |
2024 | Jovan Radomir | [159] |
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