List of Eurovision Song Contest host cities

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition held by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. This page is a list of cities and venues that have hosted the contest one or more times.

Stockholm's Globe Arena, host venue of the 2000 and 2016 contests.

The contest has frequently been held in a capital city. The six editions spanning from 2019 to 2025 (the 2020 edition having been cancelled) are to date the longest span of consecutive editions without a capital hosting the event. This record was previously held by the four editions between 1956 and 1959.

Host cities

Contests	Country	City	Venue	Year	Ref.
9	United Kingdom	London	Royal Festival Hall	1960	[1]
			BBC Television Centre	1963	[2]
			Royal Albert Hall	1968	[3]
			Wembley Conference Centre	1977	[4]
		Edinburgh	Usher Hall	1972	[5]
		Brighton	Brighton Dome	1974	[6]
		Harrogate	Harrogate Conference Centre	1982	[7]
		Birmingham	National Indoor Arena	1998	[8]
		Liverpool	Liverpool Arena	2023	[9]
7	Ireland	Dublin	Gaiety Theatre	1971	[10]
			RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion	1981	[11]
				1988	[12]
			Point Theatre	1994	[13]
				1995	[14]
				1997	[15]
		Millstreet	Green Glens Arena	1993	[16]
	Sweden	Stockholm	St. Eriks Mässan	1975	[17]
			Globe Arena	2000	[18]
				2016	[19]
		Gothenburg	Scandinavium	1985	[20]
		Malmö	Malmö Isstadion	1992	[21]
			Malmö Arena	2013	[22]
				2024	[23]
5	Netherlands	Hilversum	AVRO Studios	1958	[24]
		Amsterdam	RAI Congrescentrum	1970	[25]
		The Hague	Nederlands Congresgebouw	1976	[26]
				1980	[27]
		Rotterdam	Rotterdam Ahoy	2020[a]	[28]
				2021	[29]
4	Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Villa Louvigny	1962	[30]
				1966	[31]
			Théâtre Municipal	1973	[32]
				1984	[33]
3	France	Cannes	Palais des Festivals	1959	[34]
				1961	[35]
		Paris	Palais des Congrès	1978	[36]
	Norway	Bergen	Grieghallen	1986	[37]
		Oslo	Oslo Spektrum	1996	[38]
			Telenor Arena	2010	[39]
	Germany[b]	Frankfurt am Main	Großer Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks	1957	[40]
		Munich	Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle	1983	[41]
		Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf Arena	2011	[42]
	Denmark	Copenhagen	Tivolis Koncertsal	1964	[43]
			Parken Stadium	2001	[44]
			B&W Hallerne	2014	[45]
	Israel	Jerusalem	International Convention Center	1979	[46]
				1999	[47]
		Tel Aviv	Expo Tel Aviv	2019	[48]
	Italy	Naples	Sala di Concerto della RAI	1965	[49]
		Rome	Studio 15 di Cinecittà	1991	[50]
		Turin	PalaOlimpico	2022	[51]
	Switzerland	Lugano	Teatro Kursaal	1956	[52]
		Lausanne	Palais de Beaulieu	1989	[53]
		Basel	St. Jakobshalle	2025	[54]
2	Austria	Vienna	Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg	1967	[55]
			Wiener Stadthalle	2015	[56]
	Ukraine	Kyiv	Palace of Sports	2005	[57]
			International Exhibition Centre	2017	[58]
1	Spain	Madrid	Teatro Real	1969	[59]
	Belgium	Brussels	Centenary Palace	1987	[60]
	Yugoslavia	Zagreb[c]	Koncertna Dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski	1990	[61]
	Estonia	Tallinn	Saku Suurhall	2002	[62]
	Latvia	Riga	Skonto Olympic Hall	2003	[63]
	Turkey	Istanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	2004	[64]
	Greece	Athens	Olympic Indoor Hall	2006	[65]
	Finland	Helsinki	Hartwall Arena	2007	[66]
	Serbia	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	2008	[67]
	Russia	Moscow	Olimpiysky Arena	2009	[68]
	Azerbaijan	Baku	Baku Crystal Hall	2012	[69]
	Portugal	Lisbon	Lisbon Arena	2018	[70]

Special events

Country	City	Venue	Event	Occasion	Year	Ref.
Norway	Mysen	Momarken	Songs of Europe	Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the contest	1981	[71]
Slovenia	Ljubljana	TV SLO Studio 1	Kvalifikacija za Millstreet	Pre-qualification round held for the 1993 contest between eastern European countries	1993	[72]
Denmark	Copenhagen	Forum Copenhagen	Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest	Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the contest	2005	[73]
United Kingdom	London	Eventim Apollo	Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits	Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the contest	2015	[74]
Netherlands	Hilversum	Studio 21	Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light	Replacement show for the 2020 contest, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	2020	[75]

Hosting traditions and exceptions

Amsterdam's RAI Congrescentrum, Edinburgh's Usher Hall, and the Liverpool Arena

The tradition of the winning country hosting the following year's event was established in 1958, held in the Netherlands.^[76][77][78] A number of exceptions to this rule have occurred since, typically when the winning country had already hosted the event in the recent past. These exceptions are listed below:

• 1960—hosted by the BBC in London when the Netherlands' NTS declined due to expense, having previously hosted the 1958 contest. The United Kingdom was chosen to host after finishing in second place in 1959.^[79]
• 1963—hosted by the BBC in London when France's RTF declined due to expense, having previously hosted the contest in 1959 and 1961. The second- and third-placed Monaco and Luxembourg also declined when offered hosting duties.^[80]
• 1970—hosted by the NOS in Amsterdam following a ballot to determine the host country, after the 1969 contest produced four winning countries.^[25][81]
• 1972—hosted by the BBC in Edinburgh when Monaco's Télé Monte Carlo was unable to provide a suitable venue. The Monégasque broadcaster invited the BBC to host the event due to their previous experience.^[82]
• 1974—hosted by the BBC in Brighton when Luxembourg's RTL declined due to expense after staging the 1973 contest.^[6]
• 1980—hosted by the NOS in the Hague when Israel's IBA declined due to expense after staging the 1979 contest. The Dutch offered to host the contest after several other broadcasters, reportedly including runner-up Spain's TVE and the BBC, were unwilling to do so.^[83]
• 2023—hosted by the BBC in Liverpool on behalf of Ukraine's UA:PBC, after the EBU decided that Ukraine would not be able to host the event due to security concerns caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[84] The United Kingdom was chosen to host after finishing in second place in 2022.^[85]

With Australia's invitation to participate in the contest in 2015, it was announced that should it win the contest, Australian broadcaster SBS would co-host the following year's contest in a European city in collaboration with an EBU member broadcaster of its choice.^[86][87]

Host city insignia

The host city insignia on display inside Vienna City Hall in May 2015.

The host city insignia is a rotating trophy awarded to cities hosting the Eurovision Song Contest, proposed jointly by the city of Helsinki, the Finnish broadcaster Yle and the EBU in conjunction with the 2007 edition, and was used annually until 2024.

The insignia takes the form of a large key ring to which the host cities can attach their city key or other symbol representing the city. The insignia exchange usually takes place in conjuction with the semi-final allocation draw. The insignia is then traditionally put on display in a public place, such as the city hall or another venue of local significance, for the remainder of the year.^[88] The insignia's concept and fob were designed by the Anteeksi group, while the key ring was designed by jewellery designer Taru Tonder. Hand-engraved on the ring are the following texts: "Eurovision Song Contest Host City", all host cities up until 2006, and a "Helsinki 2007" stamp with the initials of the insignia designers. Additionally, the fob has a picture of the Helsinki Senate Square attached to the ring.^[89][90][91]

From 2025 onwards, the host city handover is symbolised by a "friendship gift" from the preceding host city to its successor, which stays permanently in each city.^[92]

Semi-final allocation drawing venue

Since the introduction of the two semi-finals system in 2008, a draw has been held to determine in which semi-final a country would participate, as well as in which semi-final a country would vote in. Each year, either five or six countries are exempt from the drawing for competing in the semi-finals: the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) and the host country, if the host is not one of the "Big Five". In 2015, the number of countries exempt was seven, as Australia joined the other six exempt countries as a special guest contestant.

Regardless if a country is exempt from competing in the semi-finals, all participating countries are allotted a semi-final in which to vote.

Year	Venue	City	Ref.
2008	Old Palace	Belgrade	[93]
2009	Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel	Moscow	[94]
2010	Smuget [no]	Oslo	[95]
2011	Esprit Arena	Düsseldorf	[96]
2012	Buta Palace	Baku	[97]
2013	Malmö Town Hall [sv]	Malmö	[98]
2014	Copenhagen City Hall	Copenhagen	[99]
2015	Vienna Rathaus	Vienna	[100]
2016	Stockholm City Hall	Stockholm	[101]
2017	Column Hall of Kyiv City State Administration	Kyiv	[102]
2018	Lisbon City Hall	Lisbon	[103]
2019	Tel Aviv Museum of Art	Tel Aviv	[104]
2021[d]	Rotterdam City Hall	Rotterdam	[106]
2022	Palazzo Madama	Turin	[107]
2023	St George's Hall	Liverpool	[108]
2024	Malmö Town Hall	Malmö	[109]
2025	Kunstmuseum Basel	Basel	[110]

Running order drawing venue

Previously, the running order was determined at a dedicated event. This has been made redundant following the implementation of producer-created running orders in 2013.

Year	Venue	Ref.
1988	Mansion House, Dublin	[111]
1993	National Concert Hall, Dublin	[112]
1997	Clarence Hotel, Dublin	[113]
2007	Finlandia Hall, Helsinki	[114]
2008	Sava Centar, Belgrade	[115]
2009	Cosmos Hotel, Moscow	[116]
2012	Buta Palace, Baku	[117]

Receptions and opening ceremony venues

An official opening ceremony with a red carpet procession has been held since 2009 at a venue in the host city. Prior to that, a welcome reception was typically held for all participating artists and hosted by the mayor of the host city.^[118]

Table key

X Contest cancelled

Year	Venue	Ref.
1985	Kronhuset	[119]
1992	Malmö City Hall [sv]	[120]
1993	Great Southern Hotel, Killarney and City Hall, Cork	[120]
1994 1997	Dining Hall, Trinity College Dublin	[121]
1995	Royal Hospital Kilmainham	[122]
1996 2010	Oslo City Hall	[123][124]
1998	ICC Birmingham	[125]
1999	Israel Museum	[126]
2000 2016	Stockholm Palace and City Hall	[127]
2001 2014	Copenhagen City Hall	[128]
2004	Çırağan Palace	[129]
2006	Zappeion	[130]
2007	Finlandia Hall	[131]
2008	Palace of Serbia	[132]
2009	Central Manezh Exhibition Center	[133]
2011	Tonhalle Düsseldorf	[134]
2012	Baku Sports Palace	[135]
2013	Malmö Opera	[136]
2015	Vienna City Hall	[137]
2017	Mariinskyi Palace and Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Center	[138]
2018	Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology and Electricity Museum	[139]
2019	Habima Square and Charles Bronfman Auditorium	[140]
2020	Rotterdam Cruise Terminal X	[141]
2021[e]	Rotterdam Cruise Terminal	[143]
2022	Palace of Venaria	[144]
2023	Walker Art Gallery and St George's Hall	[145]
2024	Malmö Live	[146]

See also

• List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest host cities

Notes

1. The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. The 1957 and 1983 contests were held in West Germany. The 2011 contest was held in reunified Germany.
3. Now in present-day Croatia following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
4. The semi-final allocation draw for the cancelled 2020 contest was retained for the 2021 contest.^[105]
5. No opening ceremony event was held in 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions, only the "Turquoise Carpet" event was held.^[142]

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Further reading

• O'Connor, John Kennedy (2010). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History (2nd ed.). London: Carlton Books. ISBN 978-1-84732-521-1.
• Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
• Roxburgh, Gordon (2016). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Three: The 1980s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-118-9.
• Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.