Founding Seven

The Founding Seven are the seven countries that were the very first to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Three of these nations are also part of the Big Five.

All seven of these nations have won the contest at least once.

Founding Seven Nations[]

Belgium (RTBF/VRT)
France (France 2)
Germany (ARD/NDR)
Italy (RAI) did not compete between 1998-2010, returned in 2011
Luxembourg (RTL) did not compete between 1994-2023, returned in 2024
The Netherlands (AVROTROS)
Switzerland (SRG SSR)

Founding Seven Winning Entries[]

Year	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Final Points
1956	Switzerland	Lys Assia	Refrain	French	Unknown
1957	The Netherlands	Corry Brokken	Net als toen	Dutch	31
1958	France	André Claveau	Dors, mon amour	French	27
1959	The Netherlands	Teddy Scholten	Een beetje	Dutch	21
1960	France	Jacqueline Boyer	Tom Pillibi	French	32
1961	Luxembourg	Jean-Claude Pascal	Nous les amoureux		31
1962	France	Isabelle Aubret	Un premier amour		26
1964	Italy	Gigliola Cinquetti	Non ho l'età	Italian	49
1965	Luxembourg	France Gall	Poupée de cire, poupée de son	French	32
1969	The Netherlands	Lenny Kuhr	De troubadour	Dutch	18
1969	France	Frida Boccara	Un jour, un enfant	French	18
1972	Luxembourg	Vicky Leandros	Après toi		128
1973	Luxembourg	Anne Marie David	Tu te reconnaîtras		129
1975	The Netherlands	Teach-In	Ding-a-Dong	English	152
1977	France	Marie Myriam	L'oiseau et l'enfant	French	136
1982	Germany	Nicole	Ein bißchen Frieden	German	161
1983	Luxembourg	Corinne Hermès	Si la vie est cadeau	French	142
1986	Belgium	Sandra Kim	J'aime La Vie		176
1988	Switzerland	Celine Dion	Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi		137
1990	Italy	Toto Cutugno	Insieme: 1992	Italian	149
2010	Germany	Lena	Satellite	English	246
2019	The Netherlands	Duncan Laurence	Arcade	English	498
2021	Italy	Måneskin	Zitti e buoni	Italian	524
2024	Switzerland	Nemo	The Code	English	591

Eurovision Song Contest
Editions
1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • ~~2020~~ • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025
Countries
Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Australia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czechia • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Latvia • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Moldova • Monaco • Montenegro • Morocco • The Netherlands • North Macedonia • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Serbia and Montenegro • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • United Kingdom • Ukraine • Yugoslavia
Winning Songs
Refrain • Net Als Toen • Dors, mon amour • Een beetje • Tom Pillibi • Nous les amoureux • Un premier amour • Dansevise • Non ho l'età • Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son • Merci, Chérie • Puppet on a String • La, La, La • Boom Bang-a-Bang • Vivo Cantando • Un jour, un enfant • De Troubadour • All Kinds of Everything • Un banc, un arbre, une rue • Après Toi • Tu Te Reconnaîtras • Waterloo • Ding-a-Dong • Save Your Kisses For Me • L'Oiseau et l'enfant • A-Ba-Ni-Bi • Hallelujah • What's Another Year • Making Your Mind Up • Ein bißchen Frieden • Si la vie est cadeau • Diggiloo Diggiley • La Det Swinge • J'aime La Vie • Hold Me Now • Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi • Rock Me • Insieme: 1992 • Fångad av en stormvind • Why Me? • In Your Eyes • Rock 'n' Roll Kids • Nocturne • The Voice • Love Shine a Light • Diva • Take Me To Your Heaven • Fly on the Wings of Love • Everybody • I Wanna • Everyway That I Can • Wild Dances • My Number One • Hard Rock Hallelujah • Molitva • Believe • Fairytale • Satellite • Running Scared • Euphoria • Only Teardrops • Rise Like a Phoenix • Heroes • 1944 • Amar pelos dois • Toy • Arcade • Zitti e buoni • Stefania • Tattoo • The Code
Specials
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest • Eurovision's Greatest Hits • Europe Shine a Light
Aspects of Eurovision
Commentator • EuroClub • Eurovision Village • Executive Supervisor • Flag Parade • Grand Prix • Green Room • Head of Delegation • Interval Act • National Final • National Jury • Official Rules • Opening Ceremony • Pre-Parties • Pre-Song Postcards • Reference Group • Rest of the World Vote • Running Order Draw • Semi-Finals • Scoreboard • Spokesperson • Televoting • Voting Systems
Miscellaneous
Big Five • Curse of 43 • Curse of Number Two • Curse of Green • Douze Points! • ESCRadio Awards • ESC Top 250 • Eurovision Again • Eurovision National Broadcasters • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga • Founding Seven • LGBT visibility • Lynda Woodruff • Marcel Bezençon Awards • Nul Points • OGAE • Records • Stand-ins • The Reorder Board • Tie Situation • Top Scoring Songs • Voting Diaspora • Winner's Curse • Withdrawn Songs • You're a Vision Award

Founding Seven

Founding Seven Nations[]

Founding Seven Winning Entries[]

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