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.

8th in line is MAGAZIN & LIDIJA who represented CROATIA  at the Eurovision song contest with NOSTALGIJA. The song was sung in Croatian.  I of course attended botah press conferences, but it is difficult to individually chat with a group. I was more in contact with the head of press, as NOSTALGIJA is my favourite song from 1995 and they had the most beautiful promo CD package. On the CD there was also another fantastic song called SIMPATIJA. Croatia holds the record that 6 years out of their participation, their entry ended as my top song for that year.

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