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THE HOSTS
In the early years of Eurovision, the contest was
mostly hosted by a woman, record holder is Catherine 'Katie' Boyle, who
presented the contest on no less than four occasions. Boyle is the only one,
next to Jacqueline Joubert (who presented on two occasions) to have presented
more than one contest. In 1978 the contest saw it's first couple presenting the
contest - French couple Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone. Ever since, couples have
taken over and since 1978 the majority of hosts have been "coupled". In 1999
there was a record: three presenters were used in Jerusalem. The last 'solo'
presenter was Mary Kennedy in Dublin 1995.
Here's a list of all presenters
('hosts') of the
Eurovision Song Contest through time :
1956 - Lohengrin Filipello
1957 - Anaïd Iplikjan
1958 - Hannie Lips
1959 - Jacqueline Joubert
1960 - Catherine Boyle
1961 - Jacqueline Joubert
1962 - Mireille Dellanoy
1963 - Catherine Boyle
1964 - Lotte Waever
1965 - Renata Mauro
1966 - Josaine Shen
1967 - Erika Vaal
1968 - Catherine Boyle
1969 - Laurita Valenzuela
1970 - Willy Dobbe
1971 - Bernadette Ní Ghallchoir
1972 - Moira Shearer
1973 - Helga Guitton
1974 - Catherine Boyle
1975 - Karin Falck
1976 - Corry Brokken
1977 - Angela Rippon
1978 - Denise Fabre & Léon Zitrone
1979 - Daniel Peer & Yardena Arazi
1980 - Marlous Fluitsma
1981 - Doireann Ní Bhríain
1982 - Jan Leeming
1983 - Marlène Charell
1984 - Désirée Nosbusch
1985 - Lill Lindfors
1986 - Åse Kleveland
1987 - Viktor Laszlo
1988 - Pat Kenny & Michelle Rocca
1989 - Jacques Deschenaux & Lolita Morena
1990 - Oliver Mlakar and Helga Vlahovic
1991 - Gigliola Cinquetti & Toto Cutugno
1992 - Lidia Cappolicchio & Harald Treutiger
1993 - Fiounuala Sweeney
1994 - Cynthia Ní Mhurchú & Gerry Ryan
1995 - Mary Kennedy
1996 - Ingvild Bryn & Morten Harket
1997 - Carrie Crowley & Ronan Keating
1998 - Ulrika Jonsson & Terry Wogan
1999 - Sigal Shahamon, Dafna Dekel and Yigal Ravid
2000 - Kattis Ahlström & Anders Lundin
2001 - Natasja Crone-Bakk & Soren Pilmark
2002 - Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere
2003 - Renars Kaupers & Marija Naumova
2004 - Meltem Cumbul & Korhan Abay
2005 - Masha Efrosinina & DJ Pasha
2006 - Sakis Rouvas & Maria Menounos
2007 - Jaana Pelkonen & Mikko Leppilampi
2008 - Jovana Jankovic & Zeljko Joksimovic
2009 - SF1+2: Natalia Vodyanova & Andrey Malakhov. Final: Alsou &
Ivan Urgant
2010 - Erik Solbakken and Haddy Jatou N'jie. (Voting and scoreboard: Nadia
Hasnaoui)
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