The host(s) of next year’s Eurovision to be revealed on 14th December

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.

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
1986.	Åse Kleveland