Through the official Twitter account of the contest, it was revealed today that, on Monday14th December, the host broadcaster SVT will annouce the name or the names of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest presenter(s). EuroVisionary takes a look at the rumours and at history of Eurovision hosts.
The jigsaw puzzle of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest is filling in slowly because, after the announcement of the list with the participating countries, on Monday 14th the host broadcaster SVT will reveal the name of the presenter or presenters of the 61st Eurovision Song Contest.
The presenter(s) of the 2016 #Eurovision Song Contest to be unveiled at a press conference held by Swedish broadcaster SVT, Monday 12:00 CET
— Eurovision (@Eurovision) December 10, 2015
According to the Swedish newspaper Expressen, rumours suggested Eurovision 2015 winner Måns Zelmerlöw together with 2013 host Petra Mede as the couple fronting next year’s Europe’s favourite TV show in Stockholm, to be held inside the Globe Arena on the 10,12 and 14 May 2016.
Lili Assefa, SVT ‘s head of press for Eurovision said about Monday’s announcement:
We will not be making any comments before the press conference.
Eurovision Song Contest Presenters
All contests before 1978 had one presenter and only a few after 1988 have had only one presenter. Eurovision 1999 was the first contest to use three presenters; this happened again in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. Since 1988, it has been the norm to have two presenters for the contest, except for 1993, 1995 and 2013, in which there was only one. 2009 was the only contest where there were different hosts for the final and the semi finals.
| Year | Presenter(s) | Year | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  Lohengrin Filipello |
1987 |  Viktor Lazlo |
| 1957 |  Anaïd Iplicjian |
1988 |  Michelle Rocca and Pat Kenny |
| 1958 |  Hannie Lips |
1989 | Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux |
| 1959 |  Jacqueline Joubert |
1990 |  Helga Vlahović and Oliver Mlakar |
| 1960 |  Katie Boyle |
1991 |  Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno |
| 1961 | Jacqueline Joubert |
1992 |  Lydia Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger |
| 1962 |  Mireille Delannoy |
1993 | Fionnuala Sweeney |
| 1963 | Katie Boyle |
1994 | Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan |
| 1964 |  Lotte Wæver |
1995 | Mary Kennedy |
| 1965 | Renata Mauro |
1996 |  Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket |
| 1966 | Josiane Shen |
1997 | Carrie Crowley and Ronan Keating |
| 1967 |  Erica Vaal |
1998 | Ulrika Jonsson and Terry Wogan |
| 1968 | Katie Boyle |
1999 |  Dafna Dekel, Sigal Shahamon and Yigal Ravid |
| 1969 |  Laurita Valenzuela |
2000 | Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin |
| 1970 | Willy Dobbe |
2001 | Natasja Crone Back and Søren Pilmark |
| 1971 | Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir |
2002 |  Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere |
| 1972 | Moira Shearer |
2003 |  Marie N and Renārs Kaupers |
| 1973 | Helga Guitton |
2004 |  Meltem Cumbul and Korhan Abay |
| 1974 | Katie Boyle |
2005 |  Maria Efrosnina and Pasha Shylko |
| 1975 | Karin Falck |
2006 |  Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas |
| 1976 | Corry Brokken |
2007 |  Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi |
| 1977 | Angela Rippon |
2008 |  Jovana Janković and Željko Joksimović |
| 1978 | Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone |
2009 |  Natalia Vodianova and Andrey Malahov (semi-finals) Alsou and Ivan Urgant (final) |
| 1979 | Yardena Arazi and Daniel Pe’er |
2010 | Nadia Hasnaoui, Erik Solbakken and Haddy N’jie |
| 1980 | Marlous Fluitsma |
2011 | Anke Engelke, Stefan Raab and Judith Rakers |
| 1981 | Doireann Ní Bhriain |
2012 |  Leyla Aliyeva, Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen |
| 1982 | Jan Leeming |
2013 | Petra Mede |
| 1983 | Marlene Charell |
2014 | Lise Rønne, Nikolaj Koppel and Pilou Asbæk |
| 1984 | Désirée Nosbusch |
2015 | Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer |
| 1985 | Lill Lindfors |
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| 1986. | Åse Kleveland |
