The following list includes those participants in the Eurovision Song Contest who are known to be members of the LGBTQ community.
Artists As of the contest, LGBTQ participants have won 12 times, including six out of the last eight contests held.
Table key: First place Second place Third place
Artist Country Year Song Sexual orientation or gender identity Points Place "Il est là" Lesbiancolspan="2" "Hou toch van mij" Gay 9 6 "September, gouden roos" Gay 1 15 "" Gay 31 1 "I Belong" Was in a same-sex relationship after the contest 26 2 "Morgen" Gay 1 16 "" Bisexual 79 12 "" Gay 17 14 "" Gay 41 11 Gerard Joling "Shangri-La" Gay 70 9 Sigga Beinteins "Eitt lag enn" Lesbian 124 4 Sigga Beinteins "Nei eða já" Lesbian 80 7 Dina "Amor d'água fresca" Lesbian 26 17 "I morgon är en annan dag" Gay 9 22 Sara "Chamar a música" Bisexual 73 8 Sigga Beinteins "Nætur" Lesbian 49 12 "Minn hinsti dans" Gay 18 20 Gabriel Forss "Bara hon älskar mig" Gay 36 14 "Love Shine a Light" Lesbian 227 1 "Diva" Trans woman 172 1 Piasek "2Long" Gay 11 20 "Listen to Your Heartbeat" Bisexual 100 5 ""Lesbian 37 12 "Ne ver', ne boysia" Bisexual 164 3 Deen "In the Disco" Bisexual 91 9 "Shame on You" Gay colspan="2" "Takes 2 to Tango" Gay colspan="2" "À chaque pas" Gay 40 15 "High" BisexualGaysir: Landstrykerens lange vandring 3 24 "Love?" Lesbian colspan="2" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" Gay 93 10 "If We All Give a Little" Gay 30 16 "" () Lesbian 268 1 and "Song #1" Bisexuals 207 3 Javi Soleil "I Love You Mi Vida" Gay 43 20 "The Worrying Kind" Bisexual 51 18 David Ducasse "Flying the Flag (For You)" Gay 19 22 Lucy Diakovska "Disappear" Lesbian 14 23 "This is My Life" Gay 64 14 "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" Gay 35 20 "Shine" Gay colspan="2" "" () Gay 71 14 "Il pleut de l'or" Gay colspan="2" "Ding Dong" Trans woman colspan="2" "One Life" Gay colspan="2" and Lee Ryan "I Can" Gay (James)Bisexual (Ryan) 100 11 Tooji "Stay" Gay 7 26 Loreen "Euphoria" Bisexual 372 1 "Only Love Survives" Gay 5 26 "Rise Like a Phoenix" Gay 290 1 "Mother" Gay colspan=2 Amber"Warrior"Lesbian colspan=2 Deen "Ljubav je" Bisexual colspan=2 Nina Kraljić "Lighthouse" Bisexual 73 23 "Soldiers of Love" Gay colspan=2 Jamie-Lee "Ghost" Non-binary gender 11 26 "Made of Stars"Gay 135 14 "Slow Down" Bisexual 153 11 "Color of Your Life" Pansexual 229 8 Rykka "The Last of Our Kind" Non-binary gender colspan=2 "I Feel Alive"Gay 39 23 "Space" Gaycolspan="2" "Amar pelos dois" Intersex 758 1 "Bones" Gay 166 14 "Monsters" Lesbian 46 25 Mélovin "Under the Ladder" Bisexual 130 17 "" Queer 105 16 "Arcade" Bisexual 498 1 "Spirit in the Sky" Gay 331 6 Montaigne "Technicolour" Bisexual and non-binary gender colspan="2" Jendrik "I Don't Feel Hate" Gay 3 25 "Maps" Lesbian colspan="2" and Ethan Torchio "" Lesbian (De Angelis) "Sexually free" (Torchio) 524 1 "Birth of a New Age"Gay 11 23 Vasil "Here I Stand" Gay colspan="2" Roxen "Amnesia" Non-binary gender colspan="2" "" Bisexual 6 24 Tusse "Voices" Queer 109 14 "Not the Same"Gay 125 15 One of the band members of Systur "" Lesbian 20 23 "I.M" Gaycolspan=2 Andrei Ursu "" Bisexual 65 18 Chanel "SloMo"Queer 459 3 Gustaph "Because of You" Gay 182 7 "Queen of Kings" Bisexual 268 5 Luke Black "Samo mi se spava" () Gay 30 24 Loreen "Tattoo" Bisexual 583 1 Zaachariaha Fielding andMichael Ross "One Milkali (One Blood)" Gay colspan=2 Mustii "Before the Party's Over" Queer colspan=2 Aiko "Pedestal" Bisexual colspan=2 Saba "Sand" Lesbian colspan=2 Bambie Thug "Doomsday Blue" Non-binary gender 278 6 "La noia"Queer 268 7 Silvester Belt "Luktelk" Bisexual 90 14Iolanda"Grito"Lesbian15210 Kenzy Loevett and Kat Almagro "11:11" Lesbian colspan=2 Nemo "The Code" Non-binary gender and pansexual 591 1 "Dizzy" Gay and non-binary gender 46 18 JJ "Wasted Love" Queer 436 1 Red Sebastian "Strobe Lights" Queer colspan=2 "Poison Cake" Gay colspan=2 Adonxs "Kiss Kiss Goodbye" Queer colspan=2 "Ich komme" Bisexual 196 11 Miriana Conte "Serving"Queer 91 17 Kyle Alessandro "Lighter" Queer 89 18 Søren Torpegaard Lund "Før vi går hjem" Gay 243 7 Akylas "Ferto" Queer 220 10 Lion Ceccah "Sólo quiero más" Queer 22 22 Boy George "Superstar" Gay colspan=2
Artists with multiple appearances Six of the LGBT artists listed above have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest at least twice: : Bob Benny, and : Jean-Claude Pascal, and (won the first time) : Sigga Beinteins, , and : Dana International, and (won the first time) : Deen, and : Loreen, and (won both times)
Summaries As of the : Of the 50 countries that have competed in the contest, 34 have been represented by LGBT artists at least once, 29 of which have been represented by LGBT artists more than once. Of the 16 countries that have competed in the contest but have never been represented by LGBT artists, five have not been active for over a decade (, , , , and ). A sixth country, , is currently ineligible to participate. Of the 29 countries that have been represented by LGBT artists more than once, is the only country that was represented by only a single LGBTQ artist, who represented the country more than once. LGBT participation by country Country Number of yearsrepresentedby LGBT artists Years represented by LGBT artists Number of unique LGBT artists representing the country3, , 4(two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2024)2, 26, , , , , 5(same artist represented Belgium in 1959 and 1961)2, 1(same artist represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004 and 2016)112, 22, 24, , , 43, , 33, , 34, , , 4116, , , , , 4(same artist represented Iceland in 1990, 1992 and 1994)5, , , , 57, , , , , , 6(same artist represented Israel in 1998 and 2011)2, 3(two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2021)2, 23, , 2(same artist represented Luxembourg in 1961 and 1981)3, , 3117, , , , , , 7115, , , , 52, 24, , , 42, 22, 3(two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2007)2, 3(two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2024)2, 23, , 37, , , , , , 6(same artist represented Sweden in 2012 and 2023)5, , , , 5115, , , , 6(two different artists shared in the representation for the country in 2011)
Of the 70 editions of the contest that have been held, 39 had at least one entry performed by an LGBTQ artist, 24 of which had more than one entry performed by LGBT artists. Every contest held in the 21st century has featured at least one LGBTQ artist. The contest featured 11 entries with LGBT artists (13 LGBT artists altogether), the most of any edition.
LGBT participation by year Year Number of entrieswith LGBT artists Countries with LGBT artists112, 11111113, , 2, 3, , 13, , 115, , , , 12, 5, , , , 2, 2, 2, 3, , 2, 12, 18, , , , , , , 3, , 3, , 3, , 9, , , , , , , , 5, , , , 4, , , 11, , , , , , , , , , 7, , , , , , 4, , ,
Presenters Presenter Host country Year Sexual orientation or gender identity Gay Gay Nikkie de Jager Trans woman Mika Gay Graham Norton (final only) GayCohen, Benjamin (27 April 2006)."Graham Norton: "I'm too old to be attractive to gay men" . Pink News. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
See also LGBTQ visibility in the Eurovision Song Contest Drag performances in the Eurovision Song Contest: Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986https://www.romeo.com/en/blog/great-garlic-girls-interview/ Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
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