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List of LGBTQ participants in the Eurovision Song Contest

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The following list includes those participants in the Eurovision Song Contest who are known to be members of the LGBTQ community.

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As of the 2025 contest, LGBTQ participants have won 12 times, including six out of the last eight contests held.

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Artists with multiple appearances

Six of the LGBT artists listed above have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest at least twice:

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As of the 2025 contest:

  • Of the 50 countries that have competed in the contest,[ad] 32 have been represented by LGBT artists at least once, 27 of which have been represented by LGBT artists more than once.
    • Of the 18 countries that have competed in the contest but have never been represented by LGBT artists, five have not been active for over a decade (Andorra, Monaco, Morocco, Slovakia, and Turkey). A sixth country, Belarus, is currently ineligible to participate.
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  • Of the 69 editions of the contest that have been held, 38 had at least one entry performed by an LGBTQ artist, 23 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 2024 contest featured 11 entries with LGBT artists (13 LGBT artists alltogether), the most of any edition.
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Presenters

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Notes

  1. The 1956 contest had secret voting and, apart from the winner, no results were released.
  2. Came out subsequent to the Eurovision performance
  3. Never publicly came out during his lifetime
  4. Performed as part of the duo Stjórnin
  5. Performed as part of the band Heart 2 Heart
  6. Performed as part of the band Blond
  7. Performed as part of the band Katrina and the Waves
  8. Performed as part of the band Friends
  9. Performed as part of the duo t.A.T.u.
  10. Performed as part of the duo Donna and Joe
  11. Performed as part of the group six4one
  12. Performed as part of the band Serebro
  13. Performed as part of the band D'Nash
  14. Performed as part of the band The Ark
  15. Performed as part of the band Scooch
  16. Performed as part of the band No Angels
  17. Performed as part of the band Eurobandið
  18. Performed as part of the duo Alex Swings Oscar Sings!
  19. Performed as part of the band De Toppers
  20. Performed as part of the band Blue
  21. Thomas Neuwirth, the person behind the drag persona Conchita Wurst, is openly gay
  22. Performed with Dalal and feat. Ana Rucner and Jala
  23. Performed as part of the band Lighthouse X
  24. Performed as part of the group Keiino
  25. Open during the contest
  26. Performed as part of the band Måneskin
  27. Performed under the stage name Wrs
  28. Performed as part of the band Electric Fields
  29. Performed as part of the band Megara
  30. Excluding Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, countries that no longer exist and were not represented by LGBT artists during their existence
  31. Has also served as the UK's television commentator for the contest since 2009
  32. Listed in this article since the performer is also LGBT
  33. Performance featured dancers in drag
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