ESC Winning Countries:

2) NETHERLANDS

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

ALL THE WINNING COUNTRIES

A look back at every country that has won the Eurovision Song Contest in chronological order.

 

1957

NETHERLANDS

Frankfurt hosted the second ESC. Corry Brokken claimed the first Dutch win with “Net Als Toen”. The convention that the victorious nation presents the following year’s Contest began with this triumph.

One of the founding participants, The Netherlands has gone on to win a further 4 times. It was the first country to score a second victory, with the 1959 entry “Een beetje” by Teddy Scholten. In 1969, The Netherlands was part of the controversial 4-way tie for the winning song with Lenny Kuhr’s “De troubadour”. The next Dutch triumph was achieved by Teach-In with “Ding-a-dong” in 1975. Its last ESC win was in 2019 with “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence. 

As the winning nation, The Netherlands announced Rotterdam would be the host city for the 2020 Contest. Due to COVID-19, Eurovision had to be postponed for the first time in its history. Rotterdam finally hosted the Contest in 2021.