<P> There have been 62 contests , with one winner each year except the tied 1969 contest , which had four . Twenty - seven different countries have won the contest . Switzerland won the first contest in 1956 . The country with the highest number of wins is Ireland , with seven . The only person to have won more than once as performer is Ireland 's Johnny Logan , who performed `` What 's Another Year '' in 1980 and `` Hold Me Now '' in 1987 . Logan is also one of only five songwriters to have written more than one winning entry ( `` Hold Me Now '' 1987 and `` Why Me ? '' 1992 , performed by Linda Martin ) . This unique distinction makes Logan the only person to have three Eurovision victories to his / her credit , as either singer , songwriter or both . The other four songwriters with more than one winning entry to their credit are , Willy van Hemert ( Netherlands , 1957 and 1959 ) , Yves Dessca ( Monaco , 1971 and Luxembourg , 1972 ) , Rolf Løvland ( Norway , 1985 and 1995 ) and Brendan Graham ( Ireland , 1994 and 1996 ) . </P>
<P> There have been 62 contests , with one winner each year except the tied 1969 contest , which had four . Twenty - seven different countries have won the contest . Switzerland won the first contest in 1956 . The country with the highest number of wins is Ireland , with seven . The only person to have won more than once as performer is Ireland 's Johnny Logan , who performed `` What 's Another Year '' in 1980 and `` Hold Me Now '' in 1987 . Logan is also one of only five songwriters to have written more than one winning entry ( `` Hold Me Now '' 1987 and `` Why Me ? '' 1992 , performed by Linda Martin ) . This unique distinction makes Logan the only person to have three Eurovision victories to his / her credit , as either singer , songwriter or both . The other four songwriters with more than one winning entry to their credit are , Willy van Hemert ( Netherlands , 1957 and 1959 ) , Yves Dessca ( Monaco , 1971 and Luxembourg , 1972 ) , Rolf Løvland ( Norway , 1985 and 1995 ) and Brendan Graham ( Ireland , 1994 and 1996 ) . </P>
who 's won the eurovision the most times
who 's won the eurovision the most times
Johnny Logan
Johnny Logan