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Blast from the past: Ireland 2001

We know a lot about Eurovision; this is knowledge we want to share with you. Therefore we’d like to bring you a blast from the past. Back to 2001, the Irish entry: “Without your love” by Gary O’Shaughnessy. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest The nineties were thé decade for

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Blast from the past: Netherlands 1973

We know a lot about Eurovision; this is knowledge we want to share with you. Therefore we’d like to bring you a blast from the past. Back to 1973! We will talk about the Dutch entry, “De oude muzikant” by Ben Cramer. The Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest It

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41 countries in 2022 Eurovision Song Contest

41 countries will take part in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. That is what EBU announced today. In comparison with the 2021 contest, Armenia and Montenegro return. The full list is here: Albania Australia Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia

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Blast from the past: Ireland 2003

We know a lot about Eurovision; this is knowledge we want to share with you. Therefore we’d like to bring you a blast from the past. Back to 2003, we will talk about the Irish entry, “We’ve got the world”, sung by Mickey Harte.  You’re a star In the days

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Blast from the past: France 1995

We know a lot about Eurovision; this is knowledge we want to share with you. Therefore we’d like to bring you a blast from the past. This time we’re going back to 1995, to the French entry of that year. France in the Eurovision Song Contest In 1987, France had

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Blast from the past: Finland 1969

We know a lot about Eurovision; this is knowledge we want to share with you. Therefore we’d like to bring you a blast from the past. This time we’re going back to 1969, to the Finnish entry of that year. Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest Finland didn’t enter the

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Montenegro returns

According to Eurovision website esctoday, Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG confirmed its participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. The country returns after one year of pause. In fact two, but due to COVID19 there was no contest at all in 2020. The first ever entry of Montenegro as an

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Blast from the past: Belgium 1980

We know a lot about Eurovision; this is knowledge we want to share with you. Therefore we’d like to bring you a blast from the past. Today: the 1980 Belgian entry. Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest When Belgium first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, it

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Turin is the host city!!

The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Turin. The EBU announced this news today. The contest will be held at 10, 12 and 14 may in PalaOlimpico. Marcus Österdahl (Eurovision’s Executive Producer) said: “Turin is the perfect Host City for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. As we saw

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Blast from the past: Estonia 2004

We know a lot about Eurovision; this is knowledge we want to share with you. Therefore we’d like to bring you a blast from the past. Today: the 2004 Estonian entry. Semifinal 2004 was the first year that Eurovision knew a semifinal. The best scoring countries of the year before

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