Sopot International Song Festival - Winners By Year

Winners By Year

This list includes only winners of the most prestigious contests within the Sopot Music Festival. Sometimes one contest has overshadowed another with time. Grand Prix de disque was the most prestigious award between 1974 and 1976. The Intervision Contest was relegated it to secondary importance, yet it continued until 1979. The festival has also given prizes for Best Interpretation in the 1960s, the Amber Nightingdale in the 1980s and 1990s and Winner Of The Polish Day on and off from the 1960s to the 1980s.

1961-1973 - Price for the Masterpiece

• 1961 - Switzerland - Jo Rolland - "Nous Deux"
• 1962 - Greece - Jeanne Yovanna - "Ti Krima"
• 1963 - USSR - Tamara Miansarova - "Pust vsiegda budiet solnce" (ex-aequo), France - Simone Langlois - "Toi et ton sourire" ( ex-aequo )
• 1964 - Greece - Nadia Constantinoupoulou - "Je te remercie mon coeur"
• 1965 - Canada - Monique Leyrac - "Mon pays"
• 1966 - United States - Lana Cantrell - "I'm all smiles"
• 1967 - Poland - Dana Lerska - "Po prostu jestem"
• 1968 - Poland - Urszula Sipińska - "Po ten kwiat czerwony"
• 1969 - Switzerland - Henri Dès - "Maria Consuella"
• 1970 - Canada - Robert Charlebois - "Ordinaire"
• 1971 - United Kingdom - Samantha Jones - "He Moves Me"
• 1972 - USSR - Lev Leschchenko - "Ja ne byl z nim znakom" (ex-aequo), Poland - Andrzej Dąbrowski - "Do zakochania jeden krok" (ex-aequo)
• 1973 - United Kingdom - Tony Craig - "Can You Feel It" and "I Think Of You Baby"

1974-1976 - Grand Prix de disque

• 1974 - Finland - Marion Rung
• 1975 - United Kingdom - Glen Weston
• 1976 - USSR - Irina Ponarovskaya

1977-1980 - Intervision Song Contest

• 1977 - Czechoslovakia - Helena Vondráčková - "Malovaný džbánku"
• 1978 - USSR - Alla Pugacheva - "Vsyo mogut koroli"
• 1979 - Poland - Czesław Niemen - "Nim przyjdzie wiosna"
• 1980 - Finland - Marion Rung - "Hyvästi yö"

• 1981 - no festival
• 1982 - no festival
• 1983 - no festival

1984-1987 Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix

• 1984 - Poland - Krystyna Giżowska - "Blue Box"
• 1985 - Sweden - Herreys - "Summer Party"
• 1986 - United States - Mara Getz - "Hero Of My Heart"
• 1987 - Germany - Double Take - "Rockola"

1988-1990 - Golden Disc

• 1988 - United States - Kenny James - "The Magic In You"
• 1989 - Norway - Dance with a Stranger
• 1990 - Poland - Lora Szafran - "Zły chłopak" and "Trust Me At Once"

1991-1993 Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix

• 1991 - Latvia - New Moon
• 1992 - Austria - Mark Andrews
• 1993 - Lithuania - Arina - "Rain Is Coming Down"

1994-2004 - Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix (with TVP)

• 1994 - Poland - Varius Manx - "Zanim zrozumiesz"
• 1995 - Poland - Kasia Kowalska - "Jak rzecz" and "A to co mam"
• 1996 - no contest
• 1997 - Netherlands - Total Touch - "Somebody Else's Lover"
• 1998 - Italy - Alex Baroni - "Male che fa male"

• 1999 - no contest
• 2000 - no contest
• 2001 - no contest
• 2002 - no contest
• 2003 - no contest
• 2004 - no contest

2005-2011 Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix (with TVN)

• 2005 - Poland - Andrzej Piaseczny - "Z głębi duszy" (all-Polish contest)
• 2006 - United Kingdom - Mattafix - "Big City Life"
• 2007 - Poland - Feel - "A gdy już jest ciemno"
• 2008 - Sweden - Oh Laura - "Release Me"
• 2009 - Australia - Gabriella Cilmi - "Sweet About Me"
• 2010 - no festival
• 2011 - no festival

2012- Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix (with Polsat)

• 2012 - Sweden - Eric Saade - "Hotter Than Fire"