I started a new series to remember the fact that Eurovision is 70 years old. 28 of those years I had attended Eurovision at the host city, but unfortunately just 25 years I had press accreditation so I could meet the participating artists and therefor I will focus just on artists from those 25 years.1995 was my first year with accreditation and of course that year stands out in my memory.  23 artists participated that year in Dublin.  I met 22 of them, the 23rd one refused to meet me because I was from South Africa.

8 of the 22 artists were very special and I still cherish them to this day as part of my Eurovision experience. These are the 8 artists from 1995 I will write about.

Third in line is BO HALLDORSSON who represented ICELAND with NUNA. I had never before met anybody from Iceland, so he was the first and I was very impressed with Iceland and its people judging from Bo and the rest of the delegation.  I also loved his song a lot, both the Icelandic original and the English version.

In 2017 during Eurovision in Kyiv, Ukraine, Bo’s daughter SVALA represented Iceland andher husband called Bo on the telephone and Bo and I  chatted again about our first meeting in Dublin in 1995.

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