Most Eurovision winners by language

Since its inception back in 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest has featured dozens of languages, with the rules changing over time on what languages can be used for songs.

Prior to 1966, countries could perform in whatever language they chose, until the rules changed so that countries had to sing in one of the country's official languages, though this was abolished from 1972 until 1977, and then abolished again in 1998.

As such, English is by far the most common language chosen by winners.

1 - English - 36 wins

First winning in 1967, English was chosen by the likes of ABBA in 1974 before the rules changed again, although the United Kingdom and Ireland contributed to plenty of winners in that period.

Since the rules reverted so that countries could perform in whatever language they chose, only six winners have not been in English.

2 - French - 15 wins

Represented by Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Monaco, Belgium and of course France, French has 15 winners in Eurovision history, albeit none since 1988.

3= - Dutch - three wins

Only represented by the Netherlands, Dutch was used for their wins in 1957, 1959 and 1969.

3= - Italian - three wins

Italy have always performed in their native language, with English also included on a handful of occasions, and their 1964, 1990 and 2021 wins were all in Italian.

3= - Hebrew

Only represented by Israel, Hebrew has been the language of the winning entry for their success in 1978, 1979 and 1998.