Title: List of Eurovision Song Contest winners
Content:  the contest. Switzerland won the first contest in 1956. The country with the highest number of wins is Ireland, with seven. The only person to have won more than once as performer is Ireland's Johnny Logan, who performed "What's Another Year" in 1980 and "Hold Me Now" in 1987. Logan is also one of only five songwriters to have written more than one winning entry ("Hold Me Now" in 1987 and "Why Me?" in 1992, performed by Linda Martin). This makes Logan the only person to have three Eurovision victories to their credit, as either singer, songwriter or both. The other four songwriters with more than one winning entry to their credit are, Willy van Hemert (Netherlands, 1957 and 1959), Yves Dessca (Monaco, 1971 and Luxembourg, 1972), Rolf Løvland (Norway, 1985 and 
Title: Eurovision Song Contest
Content:  48 years after their first win in. The United Kingdom holds the record for the highest-number of second-place finishes, having come runner-up in the contest fifteen times. Meanwhile, has come last more than any other country, appearing at the bottom of the scoreboard on eleven occasions, including scoring nul points four times. A country has recorded back-to-back wins on four occasions: recorded consecutive wins in  and 1969; Luxembourg did likewise in  and ; Israel won the contest in  and ; and Ireland became the first country to win three consecutive titles, winning in,  and. Ireland's winning streak in the 1990s includes 
Title: Eurovision Song Contest
Content:  68 songs from 27 countries have won the Eurovision Song Contest. has recorded the most wins, with seven in total, followed by with six, and, , the  and the  with five each. Of the 52 countries to have taken part, 25 have yet to win. On only one occasion have multiple winners been declared in a single contest: in, four countries finished the contest with an equal number of votes and due to the lack of a tie-break rule at the time, all four countries were declared winners. A majority of winning songs have been performed in English, particularly since the 
Title: List of Eurovision Song Contest entries (2004–present)
Content:  participated the fewest times, competing only once in. holds the record for the most victories, having won the contest seven times, including four wins in the 1990s. is the second-most successful nation in the contest, having won on six occasions. In addition to its five contest wins, the has also placed second fifteen times – more than any other country – and also holds the record for the most consecutive contest appearances, competing in every edition since 1959. Although it has also achieved three contest wins, holds the record for the most last-place finishes in contest history, having featured at the bottom of the scoreboard eleven times.
Title: List of Eurovision Song Contest winners
Content:  Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) featured at the Congratulations concert in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. has finished first seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won the contest for three consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994), the only country to ever do so. Three countries have won twice in a row: (1968 and 1969),  (1972 and 1973) and  (1978 and 1979). is the only country to win with its debut entry (in 2007), although Serbia had competed previously as part of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. By contrast, Portugal 
Title: Eurovision Song Contest
Content:  Year", written by Shay Healy, and in  with the self-penned "Hold Me Now". Logan was also the winning songwriter in for the Irish winner, "Why Me?" performed by Linda Martin, and has therefore achieved three contest victories as either a performer or writer. Four further songwriters have each written two contest-winning songs: Willy van Hemert, Yves Dessca, Rolf Løvland, and Brendan Graham. Following their introduction in, Alexander Rybak became the first artist to win multiple Eurovision semi-finals, finishing in first at the second semi-finals in and ; he remains the only entrant to have done so as of 2021.
Title: List of Eurovision Song Contest winners
Content:   The first repeat winner was Netherlands, completed in. France was the first country to win three times (completed in ), four times (completed in ), and five times (completed in ). Ireland was the first country to win six times (completed in ) and seven times (completed in ). The first country to win two consecutive contests was Spain, from to. The first country to win three consecutive contests was Ireland, from to. The year 1969 is in italics to indicate a joint (4-way) win.
Title: List of Eurovision Song Contest winners
Content:  68 songs written by 134 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual competition organised by member countries of the European Broadcasting Union. The contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956 (with the exception of 2020), is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. The contest's winner has been determined using numerous voting techniques throughout its history; centre to these have been the awarding of points to countries by juries or televoters. The country awarded the most points is declared the winner. The first Eurovision Song Contest was not won on points, but by votes (two per country), and only the winner was announced. There have been 65 contests, with one winner each year except the tied 1969 contest, which had four. Twenty-seven countries have 
Title: List of Eurovision Song Contest winners
Content:  country with the most top three places that has never won the contest is Malta, having finished second in 2002 and 2005 and third in 1992 and 1998. Another island nation Iceland has also finished second twice, in 1999 and 2009. With Portugal achieving its first win in 2017, Malta now also holds the record for longest wait for a first win, having first shown up in the contest in 1971 (although Cyprus has more winless appearances, with 36 since debuting in 1981, due to Malta taking a break from 1976 through 1990). Spain holds the current record for longest drought by a 
Title: History of the Eurovision Song Contest
Content:  won in a single year. As four medals had fortunately been struck for the prize-giving, Spain's Salomé, the UK's Lulu, the Netherlands' Lenny Kuhr and France's Frida Boccara were all able to receive their prize ahead of a reprise of all four winning songs: "Vivo cantando", "Boom Bang-a-Bang", "De troubadour", and "Un jour, un enfant" respectively. The result meant that France gained a new record fourth win in the contest, with the Netherlands recording its third win, and both Spain and the United Kingdom earning their second wins; Spain also became the first country to achieve two wins in a row.

Question: who has won the eurovision song contest the most times?
Answer: Ireland's Johnny Logan.
Ireland.