List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
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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), followed by Petra Mede with three editions (2013, 2016 and 2024) and a special (Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits in 2015); including the semi-finals, Mede is to date the person who has hosted the most Eurovision broadcasts, with ten. The only other person to have hosted the contest more than once is Jacqueline Joubert (1959 and 1961).
Presenters
Green room hosts
Online host
Special events
Presenters born outside the host country
Katie Boyle, born in Florence, Italy, to an Italian-Russian father and a British-Australian mother
Mireille Delannoy, born in France
Helga Guitton, born in Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia)
Léon Zitrone, born in Petrograd, Russian Empire (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Lill Lindfors, born in Helsinki, Finland
Åse Kleveland, born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Norwegian father and a Swedish mother
Viktor Lazlo, born in Lorient, France
Fionnuala Sweeney, born in Belfast, United Kingdom
Ulrika Jonsson, born in Sollentuna, Sweden
Terry Wogan, born in Limerick, Ireland
Maria Menounos, born in Medford, Massachusetts, United States, to Greek parents
Nadia Hasnaoui, born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and a Norwegian mother
Anke Engelke, born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, to German parents
Katrina Leskanich, born in Topeka, Kansas, United States
Graham Norton, born in Clondalkin, Ireland
Daniela Ruah, born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to Portuguese parents
Mika, born in Beirut, Lebanon
Julia Sanina, born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Hazel Brugger, born in San Diego, California, United States, to a Swiss father and a German mother
Presenters who had formerly competed at Eurovision
Corry Brokken, winner for the Netherlands in 1957, also represented the country in 1956 and 1958
Yardena Arazi, represented Israel in 1976 as part of Chocolate, Menta, Mastik and in 1988
Lill Lindfors, represented Sweden in 1966 alongside Svante Thuresson
Åse Kleveland, represented Norway in 1966
Gigliola Cinquetti, winner for Italy in 1964 and runner-up in 1974
Toto Cutugno, winner for Italy in 1990
Dafna Dekel, represented Israel in 1992
Katrina Leskanich, winner for the United Kingdom in 1997 as part of Katrina and the Waves
Renārs Kaupers, represented Latvia in 2000 as part of Brainstorm
Marie N, winner for Latvia in 2002
Sakis Rouvas, represented Greece in 2004 and in 2009
Željko Joksimović, represented Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 alongside the Ad Hoc Orchestra, and Serbia in 2012
Alsou, represented Russia in 2000
Stefan Raab, represented Germany in 2000
Eldar Gasimov, winner for Azerbaijan in 2011
Måns Zelmerlöw, winner for Sweden in 2015
Edsilia Rombley, represented the Netherlands in 1998 and in 2007
Sandra Studer, represented Switzerland in 1991
Presenters who resigned
Chaim Topol (1979)
Rene Medvešek and Dubravka Marković (1990)
Ruslana, winner of the 2004 contest (2005)
Yana Churikova (2009)
Presenters' costume designers
Running order and allocation draw presenters
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.
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