Editing Eurovision Song Contest (section)

=== Naming ===
The contest has been known by different names in various languages. The first contest was officially named the {{lang|fr|Gran premio Eurovisione della canzone europea}} in Italian, the {{lang|fr|Grand Prix Eurovision de la chanson européenne}} in French, and the ''Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Competition'' in English,<ref name="Radio Times">{{cite news |title=Thursday 24 May – Television |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/8550f816c7ad447fbfccbf0903ad4814?page=38 |access-date=2 June 2022 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=18 May 1956 |page=38 |location=London, United Kingdom |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811084616/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/8550f816c7ad447fbfccbf0903ad4814?page=38 |url-status=live}}</ref> Similar variations, such as {{lang|se|Eurovision Schlagerfestival}} in Swedish or {{lang|nl|Eurovisie Songfestival}} in Dutch, were unofficially used in some editions. The names ''Eurovision Song Contest'' and {{lang|fr|Concours Eurovision de la Chanson}} in French became a {{lang|la|de facto}} standard in subsequent decades. The contest was briefly rebranded as ''Eurosong'' in English for the {{ESCYr|1996|3=1996 edition}},<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Marlowe|date=1996-05-11 |title=Norway Shapes a New-style Eurovision|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-05-11.pdf|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=13|issue=19|location=[[Amsterdam]], Netherlands|issn=1385-612X|page=10|access-date=2025-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817005018/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-05-11.pdf|archive-date=2020-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref> but this was reverted the following year. The names were not standardised until 2004,<ref>{{Cite web |year=2002 |title=Palmarès du Concours Eurovision de la Chanson |url=http://www.ebu.ch/departments/television/pdf/Winners-Palmares_56-02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528174029/http://www.ebu.ch/departments/television/pdf/Winners-Palmares_56-02.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2008 |access-date=28 June 2020 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Rules of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest|url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2004.pdf|id=SPG 03-12612|publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}</ref>{{bsn|date=January 2025}} when the contest was rebranded.<ref name="ESC History" /> The official brand guidelines specify that translations of the name may be used depending on national tradition and brand recognition in the competing countries, but that the official name ''Eurovision Song Contest'' is always preferred.<ref name="Brand" />

On only four occasions has the name used for the official logo of the contest not been in English or French: the Italian names {{lang|it|Gran Premio Eurovisione della Canzone}} and {{lang|it|Concorso Eurovisione della Canzone}} were used when Italy hosted the {{Escyr|1965}} and {{Escyr|1991}} contests respectively; and the Dutch name {{lang|nl|Eurovisiesongfestival}} was used when the Netherlands hosted in {{Escyr|1976}} and {{Escyr|1980}}.<ref name="ESC History" />