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portugal had to go
through 53 years and
49 attempts to finally
achieve its first
victory (and top 5
result!) in 2017,
scoring the biggest
number of points in
the history of the
show, 758.
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if at first you
don
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try again… 49
times…
since the drop of the
language rule in 1999,
there were three
times when songs
have been sung in
fictional languages:
the belgian entries
from 2003 and 2008
("sanomi" and "o
julissi", respectively)
and the dutch song
from 2008
("amambanda").
you think
official
languages
are not cool?
fine, just
make up
one…
morocco participated
in the eurovision song
contest for its first
and only time in 1980.
its selected song
"bitaqat hub",
performed in arabic
by samira bensaïd,
placed second to last.
the country has not
returned to the
contest since.
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just a
“one-night
stand”...
greta thunberg's
mom, malena
ernman, represented
sweden at eurovision
in 2009, with the song
“la voix”.
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greta
thunberg?
what does
she have to
do with
eurovision?
ireland holds the
record of most
victories in eurovision
song contest: 7 (and
4 of them in the span
of 5 years). on the
other hand, norway
has ended last eleven
times!
the biggest
winners and
losers
yes. it's an eurovision
song (italy 1958), and
it's the most covered
one ever, having
been covered by
artists such as frank
sinatra, david bowie
and more! the song
also became the first
one to win grammy
winner for both
record of the year
and song of the year.
volareeeeee
[ooooh oooh]
even though they
placed last in 1974,
the portuguese entry
"e depois do adeus"
was used as a signal
to alert the rebel
captains and soldiers
to begin the
carnation revolution
that would lead to the
fall of a 40 year-long
dictatorship.
an astrologer told the
israeli entrant in 1988
that 9th song to be
performed would win.
israel had drawn 9th
in the running order
but cyprus withdrew
and israel's position
shifted to 8th.
the song who ended
up performing 9th,
the swiss one, ended
up winning the show!
if an
astrologer
says so…
the barbara dex is an
annual fan-voted
award for the "worst
dressed" artists of
each edition.
it was created in 1997,
and is named after
belgian singer
barbara dex, who
represented belgium
in the eurovision song
contest 1993.
and the worst
dressed
award goes
to….
no act has ever won a
eurovision contest
(either a final or a
semi-final) from the
“dreaded” 2nd
position in the
contest running
order.
the “death
spot”
the 2009 edition
proved to be one of
the biggest and most
expensive editions of
the show. it was held
in the olimpiysky
arena in moscow
with a capacity of
about 25,000 people
and its stage
consisted of about
30% of the world's led
screens at the time!
when 1/3 of
the world's
led screens
belonged to
an eurovision
stage
in 1995 norway won
the contest with the
song “nocturne”,
performed by secret
garden.
the song only
contained 24 words,
accompanied by
long violin solos.
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a violin is
worth a
thousand
words
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