| 1946 |
Maitland Mackie Jnr |
| 1947 |
Dave Willis |
| 1948 |
Provost T Mitchell |
| 1949 |
N M Paterson Esq |
| 1950 |
Maitland Mackie Jnr |
| 1951 |
H R Spence MP |
| 1952 |
Captain A Manson |
| 1953 |
Mrs Wingate |
| 1954 |
Lord Aberdeen |
| 1955 |
Richard Dimbleby |
| 1956 |
Robin B Duff |
| 1957 |
Jon Whiteley |
| 1958 |
Major Gordon |
| 1959 |
Calum Kennedy |
| 1960 |
Miss Morren (Crowned Lady Jane Gordon) |
| 1961 |
No Opener |
| 1962 |
"Sooty" Harry Corbett |
| 1963 |
Elsie Tanner (Patricia Pheonix)
Lucille Hewitt (Jennifer Moss) |
| 1964 |
Anne Shelton (Cancelled - Typhoid) |
| 1965 |
Frankie Vaughan |
| 1966 |
Michael Miles |
| 1967 |
Alexander A Pirie MA Prenton, Oldmeldrum
(In his 80th year) |
| 1968 |
Jimmy Saville |
| 1969 |
Alexander Brothers |
| 1970 |
"Miss United Kingdom" Sheena Drummond |
| 1971 |
David Dimbleby |
| 1972 |
John Cairney (withdrew due to illness)
Maitland Mackie Jnr |
| 1973 |
Bobby Charlton |
| 1974 |
Donny B McLeod |
| 1975 |
Anne Lorne Gillies |
| 1976 |
Robert Dougal |
| 1977 |
Marchioness of Aberdeen (Queen Victoria Pageant) |
| 1978 |
Miss Diana Dors |
| 1979 |
Nicholas Parsons |
| 1980 |
Dr Maitland Mackie |
| 1981 |
"Scotland the What Team" |
| 1982 |
Miss Selena Scott |
| 1983 |
Andy Cameron |
| 1984 |
Jane Franchi |
| 1985 |
Keith Chegwin |
| 1986 |
Air Marshall Sir John Donald |
| 1987 |
Jim McColl
Carole Baxter |
| 1988 |
Allan Stewart |
| 1989 |
Stu Francis |
| 1990 |
Jimmy Cricket |
| 1991 |
Rod Hull & Emu |
| 1992 |
The Lonach Highlanders |
| 1993 |
Linda Lusardi |
| 1994 |
Lieutenant General Sir Peter Graham |
| 1995 |
Rosemarie Ford |
| 1996 |
Lesley Joseph |
| 1997 |
Jamie Theakston |
| 1998 |
Captain Colin Farquharson |
| 1999 |
The Krankies |
| 2000 |
Roy Walker |
| 2001 |
Sarah Mack |
| 2002 |
Olympic Gold Winning Curling Team |
| 2003 |
Gothenburg Heroes |
| 2004 |
Peter Mitchell |
| 2005 |
Angus Farquharson OBE |
| 2006 |
Amanda-Jane Taylor |
| 2007 |
Fiona Kennedy |
| 2008 |
"Scotland the What Team" |
| 2009 |
Alex Salmond |
| 2010 |
Jack Webster |
| 2011 |
Chris Chittell |