Marcel Bezençon Awards

The Marcel Bezençon Awards were first handed out during the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia honouring the best competing songs in the final. Founded by Christer Björkman (Sweden's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 and Head of Delegation for Sweden until 2021) and Richard Herrey (member of Herreys, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 for Sweden), the awards are named after the creator of the annual competition, Marcel Bezençon.^[1]

Marcel Bezençon Awards
Awarded for	Best competing songs in the Eurovision Song Contest
Country	Various participating countries
Presented by	European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
First award	2002
Website	eurovision.tv/about/in-depth/marcel-bezencon-awards

Although sanctioned by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the awards are not presented during the Eurovision final, but rather are handed out during the official afterparty. Beginning with the 2009 contest, the trophies are handed out prior to the final.

Categories

The awards are divided into 3 categories:

• Press Award – Given to the best entry as voted on by the accredited media and press during the event.
• Artistic Award – Presented to the best artist as voted on by the commentators since 2010. Until 2009, the category was voted on by previous winners of the contest.
• Composer Award – A jury consisting of the participating composers vote for the best and most original composition.

In 2008, a special one-off award was presented, the Poplight Fan Award, as voted by fans on the Swedish website Poplight.se and presented to their favourite debuting artist under the age of 25.^[1][2]

Winners

Press Award

Year	Country	Song	Performer	Final	Points	Host city	Ref.
2002	France	"Il faut du temps"	Sandrine François	5	104	Tallinn
2003	Turkey	"Everyway That I Can"	Sertab Erener	1	167	Riga
2004	Serbia and Montenegro	"Lane moje" (Лане моје)	Željko Joksimović	2	263	Istanbul
2005	Malta	"Angel"	Chiara	2	192	Kyiv
2006	Finland	"Hard Rock Hallelujah"	Lordi	1	292	Athens
2007	Ukraine	"Dancing Lasha Tumbai"	Verka Serduchka	2	235	Helsinki
2008	Portugal	"Senhora do mar (Negras águas)"	Vânia Fernandes	13	69	Belgrade	[3]
2009	Norway	"Fairytale"	Alexander Rybak	1	387	Moscow	[4]
2010	Israel	"Milim" (מילים)	Harel Skaat	14	71	Oslo	[5]
2011	Finland	"Da Da Dam"	Paradise Oskar	21	57	Düsseldorf	[6]
2012	Azerbaijan	"When the Music Dies"	Sabina Babayeva	4	150	Baku	[7]
2013	Georgia	"Waterfall"	Nodiko Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani	15	50	Malmö	[8]
2014	Austria	"Rise Like a Phoenix"	Conchita Wurst	1	290	Copenhagen	[9]
2015	Italy	"Grande amore"	Il Volo	3	292	Vienna	[10]
2016	Russia	"You Are the Only One"	Sergey Lazarev	3	491	Stockholm	[11]
2017	Italy	"Occidentali's Karma"	Francesco Gabbani	6	334	Kyiv	[12]
2018	France	"Mercy"	Madame Monsieur	13	173	Lisbon	[13]
2019	Netherlands	"Arcade"	Duncan Laurence	1	498	Tel Aviv	[14]
2021	France	"Voilà"	Barbara Pravi	2	499	Rotterdam	[15]
2022	United Kingdom	"Space Man"	Sam Ryder	2	466	Turin	[16]
2023	Sweden	"Tattoo"	Loreen	1	583	Liverpool	[17]
2024	Croatia	"Rim Tim Tagi Dim"	Baby Lasagna	2	547	Malmö	[18]
2025	France	"Maman"	Louane	7	230	Basel	[19]

Artistic Award

Voted by previous winners

Year	Country	Performer	Song	Stage director(s)	Final	Points	Host city	Ref.
2002	Sweden	Afro-dite	"Never Let It Go"		8	72	Tallinn
2003	Netherlands	Esther Hart	"One More Night"		13	45	Riga
2004	Ukraine	Ruslana	"Wild Dances"		1	280	Istanbul
2005	Greece	Helena Paparizou	"My Number One"	Fokas Evangelinos	1	230	Kyiv
2006	Sweden	Carola	"Invincible"		5	170	Athens
2007	Serbia	Marija Šerifović	"Molitva" (Молитва)	Gorčin Stojanović	1	268	Helsinki
2008	Ukraine	Ani Lorak	"Shady Lady"	Fokas Evangelinos	2	230	Belgrade	[3]
2009	France	Patricia Kaas	"Et s'il fallait le faire"		8	107	Moscow	[4]

Voted by commentators

Since 2010, the show commentators have replaced the previous winners as the selection jury for the winners.

Year	Country	Performer	Song	Stage director(s)	Final	Points	Host city	Ref.
2010	Israel	Harel Skaat	"Milim" (מילים)	Doron Medalie	14	71	Oslo	[5]
2011	Ireland	Jedward	"Lipstick"	Brian Friedman	8	119	Düsseldorf	[6]
2012	Sweden	Loreen	"Euphoria"	Ambra Succi	1	372	Baku	[7]
2013	Azerbaijan	Farid Mammadov	"Hold Me"	Fokas Evangelinos	2	234	Malmö	[8]
2014	Netherlands	The Common Linnets	"Calm After the Storm"	Hans Pannecoucke	2	238	Copenhagen	[9]
2015	Sweden	Måns Zelmerlöw	"Heroes"	Fredrik Rydman	1	365	Vienna	[10]
2016	Ukraine	Jamala	"1944"	Kostiantyn Tomilchenko and Oleksandr Bratkovskyi	1	534	Stockholm	[11]
2017	Portugal	Salvador Sobral	"Amar pelos dois"	Luísa Sobral	1	758	Kyiv	[12]
2018	Cyprus	Eleni Foureira	"Fuego"	Sacha Jean-Baptiste	2	436	Lisbon	[13]
2019	Australia	Kate Miller-Heidke	"Zero Gravity"	Philip Gleeson	9	285	Tel Aviv	[14]
2021	France	Barbara Pravi	"Voilà"	Marika Prochet	2	499	Rotterdam	[15]
2022	Serbia	Konstrakta	"In corpore sano"	Jasmin Cvišić and Miodrag Kolarić	5	312	Turin	[16]
2023	Sweden	Loreen	"Tattoo"	Anders Wistbacka	1	583	Liverpool	[17]
2024	Switzerland	Nemo	"The Code"	Fredrik Rydman	1	591	Malmö	[18]
2025	France	Louane	"Maman"	Fredrik Rydman	7	230	Basel	[19]

Composer Award winners

This award was first presented in 2004, replacing the Fan Award.

Year	Country	Song	Composer(s) Lyrics (l) / Music (m)	Performer	Final	Points	Host city	Ref.
2004	Cyprus	"Stronger Every Minute"	Mike Konnaris (m & l)	Lisa Andreas	5	170	Istanbul
2005	Serbia and Montenegro	"Zauvijek moja"	Slaven Knezović (m) and Milan Perić (l)	No Name	7	137	Kyiv
2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	"Lejla"	Željko Joksimović (m), Fahrudin Pecikoza (l) and Dejan Ivanović (l)	Hari Mata Hari	3	229	Athens
2007	Hungary	"Unsubstantial Blues"	Magdi Rúzsa (m) and Imre Mózsik (l)	Magdi Rúzsa	9	128	Helsinki
2008	Romania	"Pe-o margine de lume"	Andrei Tudor (m), Andreea Andrei (l) and Adina Șuteu (l)	Nico & Vlad	20	45	Belgrade	[3]
2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina	"Bistra voda"	Aleksandar Čović (m & l)	Regina	9	106	Moscow	[4]
2010	Israel	"Milim" (מילים)	Tomer Hadadi (m) and Noam Horev (l)	Harel Skaat	14	71	Oslo	[5]
2011	France	"Sognu"	Daniel Moyne (m), Quentin Bachelet (m) and Jean-Pierre Marcellesi (l), Julie Miller (l)	Amaury Vassili	15	82	Düsseldorf	[6]
2012	Sweden	"Euphoria"	Thomas G:son (m & l) and Peter Boström (m & l)	Loreen	1	372	Baku	[7]
2013	Sweden	"You"	Robin Stjernberg (m & l), Linnea Deb (m & l), Joy Deb (m & l) and Joakim Harestad Haukaas (m & l)	Robin Stjernberg	14	62	Malmö	[8]
2014	Netherlands	"Calm After the Storm"	Ilse DeLange (m & l), JB Meijers (m & l), Rob Crosby (m & l), Matthew Crosby (m & l) and Jake Etheridge (m & l)	The Common Linnets	2	238	Copenhagen	[9]
2015	Norway	"A Monster Like Me"	Kjetil Mørland (m & l)	Mørland & Debrah Scarlett	8	102	Vienna	[10]
2016	Australia	"Sound of Silence"	Anthony Egizii (m & l) and David Musumeci (m & l)	Dami Im	2	511	Stockholm	[11]
2017	Portugal	"Amar pelos dois"	Luísa Sobral (m & l)	Salvador Sobral	1	758	Kyiv	[12]
2018	Bulgaria	"Bones"	Borislav Milanov (m & l), Trey Campbell (m & l), Joacim Persson (m & l), and Dag Lundberg (m & l)	Equinox	14	166	Lisbon	[13]
2019	Italy	"Soldi"	Charlie Charles (m & l), Dario "Dardust" Faini (m & l), and Alessandro Mahmoud (m & l)	Mahmood	2	472	Tel Aviv	[14]
2021	Switzerland	"Tout l'univers"	Gjon Muharremaj (m & l), Xavier Michel (m & l), Wouter Hardy (m & l), and Nina Sampermans (m & l)	Gjon's Tears	3	432	Rotterdam	[15]
2022	Sweden	"Hold Me Closer"	Cornelia Jakobsdotter (m & l), David Zandén (m & l), and Isa Molin (m & l)	Cornelia Jakobs	4	438	Turin	[16]
2023	Italy	"Due vite"	Davide Simonetta (m & l), Marco Mengoni (l) and Davide Petrella (l)	Marco Mengoni	4	350	Liverpool	[17]
2024	Switzerland	"The Code"	Benjamin Alasu (m & l), Lasse Midtsian Nymann (m & l), Linda Dale (m & l), Nemo Mettler (m & l)	Nemo	1	591	Malmö	[18]
2025	Switzerland	"Voyage"	Emily Middlemas (m & l), Tom Oehler (m & l), Zoë Më (m & l)	Zoë Më	10	214	Basel	[19]

Winners by country

Country	Total	Press Award	Artistic Award	Composer Award	Fan Award
Sweden	9	1	5	3
France	8	4	3	1
Italy	4	2		2
Ukraine	4	1	3
Netherlands	4	1	2	1
Switzerland	4		1	3
Portugal	3	1	1	1
Finland	3	2			1
Israel	3	1	1	1
Australia	2		1	1
Cyprus	2		1	1
Norway	2	1		1
Azerbaijan	2	1	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2			2
Serbia and Montenegro	2	1		1
Serbia	2		2
Croatia	1	1
Bulgaria	1			1
Russia	1	1
Austria	1	1
Georgia	1	1
Ireland	1		1
Romania	1			1
Armenia	1				1
Hungary	1			1
Malta	1	1
Turkey	1	1
Greece	1		1
Spain	1				1
United Kingdom	1	1

Melodifestivalen winners

Between 2005 and 2015, Sveriges Television (SVT) awarded Marcel Bezençon Awards during its national selection Melodifestivalen. These awards followed the same format as that for the Eurovision awards, with awards given to songs that competed in the final of the contest.^[20][21]

Press Award

Year	Performer	Song	Final	Points	Ref.
2005	Shirley Clamp	"Att älska dig"	4	130
2006	BWO	"Temple of Love"	2	202
2007	Sonja Aldén	"För att du finns"	6	62
2008	Sanna Nielsen	"Empty Room"	2	206
2009	Caroline af Ugglas	"Snälla snälla"	2	171
2010	Anna Bergendahl	"This Is My Life"	1	214
2011	Eric Saade	"Popular"	1	193
2012	Loreen	"Euphoria"	1	268	[22]
2013	Yohio	"Heartbreak Hotel"	2	133	[23]
2014	Sanna Nielsen	"Undo"	1	212	[24]
2015	Måns Zelmerlöw	"Heroes"	1	288	[25]

Artistic Award

Year	Performer	Song	Stage director(s)	Final	Points	Ref.
2005	Nanne Grönvall	"Håll om mig"		2	209
2006	Carola	"Evighet"		1	234
2007	Sonja Aldén	"För att du finns"		6	62
2008	BWO	"Lay Your Love on Me"		3	158
2009	Sarah Dawn Finer	"Moving On"		6	87
2010	Eric Saade	"Manboy"		3	155
2011	Danny Saucedo	"In the Club"	Ambra Succi	2	149
2012	Loreen	"Euphoria"	Ambra Succi	1	268	[22]
2013	Yohio	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Rennie Mirro	2	133	[23]
2014	Ace Wilder	"Busy Doin' Nothin"	Litho Nericcio	2	210	[24]
2015	Isa	"Don't Stop"	Martin Jonsson	7	56	[25]

Composer Award

Year	Song	Composer(s)	Performer	Final	Points	Ref.
2005	"A Different Kind of Love"	Joacim Dubbelman, Martin Landh, Sam McCarthy	Caroline Wennergren	5	116
2006	"Sing for Me"	Andreas Johnson, Peter Kvint	Andreas Johnson	3	200
2007	"I Remember Love"	Peter Hallström, Sarah Dawn Finer	Sarah Dawn Finer	4	122
2008	"Empty Room"	Bobby Ljunggren, Aleena Gibson	Sanna Nielsen	2	206
2009	"You're My World"	Emilia Rydberg, Fredrik "Figge" Boström	Emilia	9	28
2010	"Keep on Walking"	Salem Al Fakir	Salem Al Fakir	2	183
2011	"Leaving Home"	Jojo Borg Larsson, Nicke Borg, Fredrik Thomander, Anders "Gary" Wikström	Nicke Borg	8	57
2012	"Why Start a Fire"	Lisa Miskovsky, Aleksander With, Bernt Rune Stray, Berent Philip Moe	Lisa Miskovsky	9	39	[22]
2013	"You"	Robin Stjernberg, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Joakim Harestad Haukaas	Robin Stjernberg	1	166	[23]
2014	"Undo"	Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah	Sanna Nielsen	1	212	[24]
2015	"Don't Stop Believing"	Miss Li, Sonny Gustafsson	Mariette Hansson	3	102	[25]