Starting 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.

First up is EDDIE FRIEL who represented IRELAND with DREAMIN’. As I traveled from my guest house to the venue in a taxi, Eddie’s song played on the taxi radio, so it was the first song of 1995 I heard and I liked the song instantly.

PHILIPP KIRKOROV, the Russian participant, covered the song in both English and Russian and I obviously have both versions on CD.

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