The following list includes those participants in the Eurovision Song Contest who are known to be members of the LGBTQ community.
As of the 2025 contest, LGBTQ participants have won 12 times, including six out of the last eight contests held.
Table key: | First place | Second place | Third place |
Six of the LGBT artists listed above have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest at least twice:
As of the 2025 contest:
Country | Number of years represented by LGBT artists | Years represented by LGBT artists | Number of unique LGBT artists representing the country |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 3 | 2021, 2022, 2024 | 4 (two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2024) |
![]() | 2 | 2014, 2025 | 2 |
![]() | 6 | 1959, 1961, 2014, 2023, 2024, 2025 | 5 (same artist represented Belgium in 1959 and 1961) |
![]() | 2 | 2004, 2016 | 1 (same artist represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004 and 2016) |
![]() | 2 | 2016, 2025 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 2024, 2025 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 2004, 2016, 2024 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 2004, 2018, 2025 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 1956, 2004, 2019 | 3 |
![]() | 4 | 2008, 2009, 2016, 2021 | 4 |
![]() | 6 | 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2008, 2022 | 4 (same artist represented Iceland in 1990, 1992 and 1994) |
![]() | 5 | 2005, 2006, 2013, 2021, 2024 | 5 |
![]() | 7 | 1998, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2022 | 6 (same artist represented Israel in 1998 and 2011) |
![]() | 2 | 2021, 2024 | 3 (two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2021) |
![]() | 1 | 2024 | 1 |
![]() | 3 | 1961, 1976, 1981 | 2 (same artist represented Luxembourg in 1961 and 1981) |
![]() | 3 | 2011, 2015, 2025 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 2017 | 1 |
![]() | 7 | 1968, 1988, 2001, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2021 | 7 |
![]() | 1 | 2021 | 1 |
![]() | 5 | 2004, 2012, 2019, 2023, 2025 | 5 |
![]() | 2 | 2001, 2016 | 2 |
![]() | 4 | 1992, 1994, 2017, 2024 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 2021, 2022 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 2003, 2007 | 3 (two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2007) |
![]() | 1 | 2024 | 2 (two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2024) |
![]() | 2 | 2007, 2023 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 2007, 2021, 2022 | 3 |
![]() | 6 | 1992, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2023 | 5 (same artist represented Sweden in 2012 and 2023) |
![]() | 5 | 1973, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2024 | 5 |
![]() | 1 | 2018 | 1 |
![]() | 5 | 1965, 1997, 2007, 2011, 2024 | 6 (two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2011) |
Presenter | Host country | Year | Sexual orientation or gender identity |
---|---|---|---|
Yigal Ravid | ![]() | 1999 | Gay [105] |
Assi Azar | ![]() | 2019 | Gay [106] |
Nikkie de Jager | ![]() | 2021 | Trans woman [107] |
Mika | ![]() | 2022 | Gay [108] [109] |
Graham Norton [ae] | ![]() | 2023 (final only) | Gay [110] [111] |