section_path: Organised events/Eurovision Song Contest
section_name: Eurovision Song Contest
paragraph_text: Eurovision Song Contest
  
  The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la chanson) is an annual international song competition between EBU members, that was first held in Lugano, Switzerland, on 24 May 1956. Seven countries participated – each submitting two songs, for a total of 14. This was the only contest in which more than one song per country was performed: since 1957, all contests have allowed one entry per country. The 1956 contest was won by the host nation, Switzerland. The winner of the most recent contest, which took place in Basel, Switzerland, is Austria.