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).
who has won the most eurovision song contests
Ireland 's Johnny Logan