List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union 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, 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, followed by Petra Mede with three editions and a special ; 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.
Presenters
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
- Léon Zitrone, born in Petrograd, Russian Empire
- 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
- 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, also represented the country and
- Yardena Arazi, represented as part of Chocolate, Menta, Mastik and
- Lill Lindfors, represented alongside Svante Thuresson
- Åse Kleveland, represented
- Gigliola Cinquetti, winner for and runner-up
- Toto Cutugno, winner for
- Dafna Dekel, represented
- Katrina Leskanich, winner for the as part of Katrina and the Waves
- Renārs Kaupers, represented as part of Brainstorm
- Marie N, winner for
- Sakis Rouvas, represented and
- Željko Joksimović, represented alongside the Ad Hoc Orchestra, and
- Alsou, represented
- Stefan Raab, represented
- Eldar Gasimov, winner for
- Måns Zelmerlöw, winner for
- Edsilia Rombley, represented the and
- Sandra Studer, represented
Presenters who resigned
- Chaim Topol
- Rene Medvešek and
- Ruslana, winner of the contest
- Yana Churikova
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. 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 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 historical 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.
| Year | Presenter | |
| Jacques Harvey and Helga Guitton | ||
| Carola Häggkvist | ||
| Linda Martin and Pat Kenny | ||
| Niamh Kavanagh and Fionnuala Sweeney | ||
| Christian Borch | ||
| Eimear Quinn and Mary Kennedy | ||
| Katrina Leskanich and Terry Wogan | ||
| Tanel Padar and Dave Benton | ||
| Marie N and Renārs Kaupers | ||
| Meltem Cumbul and Korhan Abay | ||
| Pavlo Shylko and Wladimir Klitschko | ||
| Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas | ||
| Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi | ||
| Jovana Janković and Željko Joksimović | ||
| Yana Churikova | ||
| Judith Rakers and Sabine Heinrich | ||
| Leyla Aliyeva and Nazim Huseynov | ||
| Pernilla Månsson Colt and Josefine Sundström | ||
| and Ulla Essendrop | ||
| Kati Bellowitsch and Andi Knoll | ||
| Alexandra Pascalidou and Jovan Radomir | ||
| Timur Miroshnychenko and Nika Konstantinova | ||
| Sílvia Alberto and Filomena Cautela | ||
| Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub | ||
| Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit | ||
| Carolina Di Domenico and | ||
| AJ Odudu and Rylan Clark | ||
| Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi | ||
| Jennifer Bosshard and Jan van Ditzhuijzen | ||
| and Cesár Sampson |
Opening ceremony presenters
| Year | Presenter | |
| Zeta Makrypoulia and Giorgos Kapoutzidis | ||
| Leyla Aliyeva and Nargiz Birk-Petersen | ||
| Pernilla Månsson Colt and Kodjo Akolor | ||
| Bryan Rice,, Ulla Essendrop and | ||
| Kati Bellowitsch and Andi Knoll | ||
| Jovan Radomir and Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson | ||
| Tetyana Terekhova, Slava Varda, Andriy Kishe, Amy Grace, Neyba Traore, Hanna Butkevych and Andriy Dzhedzhula | ||
| ,, and | ||
| Noa Tishby, Shani Nachshoni, and | ||
| and | ||
| Gabriele Corsi, Carolina Di Domenico, and | ||
| Timur Miroshnychenko, Sam Quek and Richie Anderson | ||
| Elecktra and Tia Kofi | ||
| Jan van Ditzhuijzen, Tanja Dankner, and |