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1969 Eurovision Song Contest

YEAR BY YEAR LOOK AT 70 YEARS OF EUROVISION – 1969

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DATE – 29th MARCH

VENUE – MADRID, SPAIN

COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING – NETHERLANDS = SWITZERLAND = BELGIUM = GERMANY = FRANCE = MONACO = ITALY  = PORTUGAL = UNITED KINGDOM = LUXEMBOURG = NORWAY = SPAIN = FINLAND = YUGOSLAVIA = IRELAND = SWEDEN

WINNING COUNTRIES – SPAIN, UNITED KINGDOM, the NETHERLANDS & FRANCE

WINNING ARTISTS – SALOME, LULU, LENNY KUHR & FRIDA BOCCARA

WINNING SONGS  – VIVO CANTANDO, BOOM BANG-A-BANG, DE TROUBADOUR &  UN  JOUR, UN ENFANT

YOUTUBE VIDEO CHOSEN FROM THE 1969 SONGS – PRIMABALLERINA by SIW MALMKVIST

INTERESTING FACT – FOUR SONGS TIED FOR FIRST PLACE.

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1968 Eurovision Song Contest

YEAR BY YEAR LOOK AT 70 YEARS OF EUROVISION – 1968

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DATE – 6th APRIL

VENUE – LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING – NETHERLANDS = SWITZERLAND = BELGIUM = GERMANY = FRANCE = MONACO = ITALY  = PORTUGAL = AUSTRIA = UNITED KINGDOM = LUXEMBOURG = NORWAY = SPAIN = FINLAND = YUGOSLAVIA = IRELAND = SWEDEN

WINNING COUNTRY – SPAIN

WINNING ARTIST – MASSIEL

WINNING SONG – LA LA LA

YOUTUBE VIDEO CHOSEN FROM THE 1968 SONGS – CONGRATULATIONS by CLIFF RICHARD

INTERESTING FACT – KAREL GOTT represented AUSTRIA with TAUSEND FENSTER composed by UDO JURGENS.

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1976 Eurovision Song contest

50 EUROVISION SELECTIONS THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE SHOWS – SONG 24

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Recently GARY SPEIRS listed his 50 Eurovision selection songs that failed to make it to Eurovision.  Following in his footsteps, Roy from LOVE FOR MUSIC and Norbert from MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC are busy with their 50 songs. Continue reading 50 EUROVISION SELECTIONS THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE SHOWS – SONG 24 →

1983 Eurovision Song Contest

50 EUROVISION SONGS THAT FAILED TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOWS – SONG 18

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Recently GARY SPEIRS listed his 50 Eurovision selection songs that failed to make it to Eurovision.  Following in his footsteps, Roy from LOVE FOR MUSIC and Norbert from MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC are busy with their 50 songs. Continue reading 50 EUROVISION SONGS THAT FAILED TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOWS – SONG 18 →

1967 Eurovision Song Contest

YEAR BY YEAR LOOK AT 70 YEARS OF EUROVISION – 1967

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YEAR – 1967

DATE – 8th APRIL

VENUE – VIENNA, AUSTRIA

COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING – NETHERLANDS = SWITZERLAND = BELGIUM = GERMANY = FRANCE = MONACO = ITALY  = PORTUGAL = AUSTRIA = UNITED KINGDOM = LUXEMBOURG = NORWAY = SPAIN = FINLAND = YUGOSLAVIA = IRELAND = SWEDEN

WINNING COUNTRY – UNITED KINGDOM

WINNING ARTIST – SANDIE SHAW

WINNING SONG – PUPPET ON A  STRING

YOUTUBE VIDEO CHOSEN FROM THE 1967 SONGS – IK HEB ZORGEN by LOUIS NEEFS.

INTERESTING FACT – VICKY LEANDROS represented LUXEMBOURG with L’AMOUR EST BLEU, which became one of the biggest Eurovision hits.

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2013 Eurovision Song Contest

BONNIE TYLER HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 75

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Norbert from thefacebook MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC prepared this for ESC COVERS on the death of BONNIE TYLER.

Singer Bonnie Tyler (8 June 1951 – 8 July 2026) has died at the age of 75. Her family announced the news on her website on Thursday. “Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that she passed away unexpectedly last night in a hospital in Portugal,” the statement read. She had been undergoing treatment there.
Tyler, originally from Skewen in South Wales, was placed in an induced coma in early May following emergency bowel surgery. When she woke from the coma a few weeks later, her spokesperson provided an update: “Bonnie is no longer in a coma but remains seriously ill. Her doctors are confident she will make a full recovery, though it will take time.” Tyler’s shows scheduled through August were postponed, though her management had anticipated that she would perform again in the autumn.
In 2013, the singer represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö with the song “Believe in Me.” She rose to fame with hits such as “It’s a Heartache” and “Lost in France,” and also achieved international renown with songs like “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero.” Bonnie Tyler is survived by her husband, Robert Sullivan, to whom she had been married for over fifty year.
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1966 Eurovision Song Contest

YEAR BY YEAR LOOK AT 70 YEARS OF EUROVISION – 1966

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YEAR – 1966

DATE – 5th MARCH

VENUE – LUXEMBOURG CITY, LUXEMBOURG

COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING – NETHERLANDS = SWITZERLAND = BELGIUM = GERMANY = FRANCE = MONACO = ITALY = DENMARK = PORTUGAL = AUSTRIA = UNITED KINGDOM = LUXEMBOURG = NORWAY = SPAIN = FINLAND = YUGOSLAVIA = IRELAND = SWEDEN

WINNING COUNTRY – AUSTRIA

WINNING ARTIST – UDO JURGENS

WINNING SONG – MERCI CHERIE

YOUTUBE VIDEO CHOSEN FROM THE 1966 SONGS – A MAN WITHOUT LOVE by KENNETH MCKELLAR.

INTERESTING FACT – UDO JURGENS participated a third year in a row and won.

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