List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters

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 have had one presenter, and three contests after 1988 have had only one presenter (these being the 1993, 1995 and 2013 contests). The 1999 contest was the first to consist of three presenters, and this method has been used most often since 2010. The contests from 2018 to 2021 consisted of four presenters each (excluding the cancelled 2020 contest).

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

Presenters who had formerly competed at Eurovision

* Corry Brokken, represented the in and , winner of the contest
* Yardena Arazi, represented in as part of Chocolate, Menta, Mastik and
* Lill Lindfors, represented in alongside Svante Thuresson
* Åse Kleveland, represented in
* Gigliola Cinquetti, winner of the contest and runner-up in the contest for
* Toto Cutugno, winner of the contest for
* Dafna Dekel, represented in
* Katrina Leskanich, winner of the contest for the as part of Katrina and the Waves
* Renārs Kaupers, represented in as part of Brainstorm
* Marie Naumova, winner of the contest for
* Sakis Rouvas, represented in and
* Željko Joksimović, represented in alongside the Ad Hoc Orchestra, and in
* Alsou, represented in
* Stefan Raab, represented in
* Eldar Gasimov, winner of the contest for
* Måns Zelmerlöw, winner of the contest for
* Edsilia Rombley, represented the in and

Presenters who resigned

* Chaim Topol (1979)
* Rene Medvešek and (1990)
* Alison Doody (1995)
* Ruslana, winner of the 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 by one or more presenters. Historically a random drawing of lots was held prior to each year's contest to determine the order in which participating countries would perform in the grand final, and since 2004 in the semi-finals; this was abolished in 2013, when the running order began to be determined by the contest producers.

A semi-final allocation draw has been held since 2008, to determine which countries perform in which of the two semi-finals, as well as in which semi-final the automatic finalists have voting rights. The semi-finalist countries are divided into pots based on historic voting patterns, and countries in each pot are then split equally between the two semi-finals. During this draw the countries are also assigned to perform in either the first or second half of the show; the exact running order is then determined at a later date.

Opening Ceremony presenters

See also

* List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenters

Notes and references

Notes

References

Further reading

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