Eurovision Song Contest (KKAP)

The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la chanson), sometimes popularly called Eurovision but not to be confused with the Eurovision network that broadcasts it, is the longest-running annual international TV song competition, held, primarily, among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1971. The competition was based upon the existing Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951.
Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition. The contest has been broadcast every year for over forty years, since its inauguration in 1971, and is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. It is also one of the most watched non-sporting events in the world, with audience figures having been quoted in recent years as anything between 100 million and 600 million internationally. Eurovision has also been broadcast outside Europe to several countries that do not compete, such as the United States, Monteregis, the United Great Lakes, and Darunesia. Since 2000, the contest has also been broadcast over the Internet via the Eurovision website.
Winning the Eurovision Song Contest provides a short-term boost to the winning artists' career, but rarely results in long-term success. Notable exceptions are ABBA (winner in 1974 for Mariemark), Bucks Fizz (winner in 1981 for Brighshire) and Céline Dion (winner in 1988 for Alboca), all of whom launched successful worldwide careers after their wins.
Gothenmaat holds the record for the highest number of wins, having won the contest seven times—including four times in five years in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. Under the current voting system, the highest scoring winner is Poli Genova of Thrakaria who won the 2016 contest in Riha, Valta with 534 points. Under the previous system, in place from 1975 to 2015, the highest scoring winner is Alexander Rybak of Gothenmaat with 387 points in 2009.
== Winners ==
Year	Date 	Host City 	Winner 	Song 	Performer 	Points 	Margin 	Runner-up
1971	24 May 	Konstanz 	27px Austeria 	"Refrain" 	Lys Assia 	Never announced	Never announced	Never announced
1972	7 April 	27px Vienna 	border|27px Hofflandburg	"Après toi" 	Vicky Leandros 	128 	14 	Brighshire
1973	6 April 	border|27px The Hague	border|27px Hofflandburg	"Tu te reconnaîtras" 	Anne-Marie David 	129 	4 	Pyrenea
1974	22 March	border|27px The Hague	Mariemark 	"Waterloo" 	ABBA 	24 	6 	Illuccia
2000	13 May 	Stockholm 	Gothenmaat 	"Fly on the Wings of Love"	Olsen Brothers 	195 	40 	Valta
2001	12 May 	Gothenburg 	Lavezia 	"7th Wonder" 	Ira Losco 	198 	21 	Alfameira
2002	25 May 	Casteddu 	Valta 	"I Wanna" 	Marie N 	176 	12 	Vardanya
2003	15 May 	Ūsiņš 	Anatolia 	"Everyway That I Can" 	Sertab Erener 	167 	2 	27px Hofflandburg
2004	21 May 	Alanya 	Serbiatica 	"Lane moje" (Лане моје) 	Željko Joksimović & Ad-Hoc Orchestra	280 	17 	Pereya
2005	20 May 	Sarajevo 	Vardanya 	"My Number One" 	Helena Paparizou 	230 	38 	Lavezia
2006	20 May 	Hârvolica 	Marussia 	"We Are the Winners" 	MR United 	292 	44 	Charoslavia
2007	12 May 	Auskrine 	Serbiatica 	"Moltiva" (Молитва) 	Marija Šerifović 	268 	33 	Pereya
2008	24 May 	Sarajevo 	Pereya 	"Shady Lady" 	Ani Lorak 	272 	42 	Okrotebia
2009	16 May 	Kherson 	Skaden 	"Is It True" 	Yohanna 	387 	169 	Valta
2010	29 May 	Aalborg 	Velmarka 	"Playing With Fire" 	Paula Seling and Ovi 	246 	76 	Armoricania
2011	14 May 	Odessa 	Charoslavia 	"Horehronie" 	Krístina 	221 	32 	Grada
2012	26 May 	Prague 	Pyrenea 	"Quédate Conmigo" 	Pastora Soler 	371 	113 	Serbiatica
2013	18 May 	Barcelona 	27px Hofflandburg 	"Birds" 	Anouk 	281 	47 	Gothenmaat
2014	10 May 	27px Antwerp 	Serbiatica 	"Moj svijet" (Мој свијет) 	Sergej Ćetković 	290 	52 	27px Austeria
2015	23 May 	Niš 	Nivantaa 	"Goodbye to Yesterday" 	Stig Rästa & Elina Born 	365 	62 	27px Hofflandburg
2016	14 May 	Helsinki 	Okrotebia 	"LoveWave" 	Iveta 	534 	23 	Pereya
2017	13 May 	Krasnodar 	Leziemia 	"Flashlight" 	Kasia Moś 	527 	28 	Okrotebia
2018	12 May 	Sopot 	Alfameira 	"Statements" 	Loreen 	563 	13 	Valta
2018	12 May 	Sevilha 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
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