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	Eurovision Song Contest
		Eurovision is the television network supervised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), and was established in the early 1950s to serve two functions: to share the costs of programming with international interest between the broadcasting services of member nations, and to promote cultural appreciation and identification throughout western Europe.
		The Eurovision Song Contest is a long, live Saturday evening showcase of pop music talent that typically ranges from the indescribably bad, through the insufferably indifferent, to a few catchy little numbers.
		In estimating the significance of the Eurovision Song Contest, perhaps less attention should be given to its bloated festivity or the derivative nature of the contenders' music.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/E/htmlE/eurovisionso/eurovisionso.htm (1015 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Up until 2003, participation in the Eurovision Song Contest was dependant on a country having performed with a reasonable amount of success for the previous few years.
		Following the dominance of English language songs, particularly Sweden's 1974 victory (with ABBA's "Waterloo"), a rule was passed in 1977 that the song had to be sung in one of the official languages of the performing country.
		Many viewers of the contest view the event as a combination of camp entertainment and a musical train wreck (a fact played upon in the English-language broadcast with the sardonic BBC commentary of Terry Wogan) and a subculture of Eurovision song contest drinking games and the like has evolved in some countries.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=9954 (2291 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest 1968 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the thirteenth Eurovision Song Contest.
		Serrat was withdrawn by Spain and replaced by Massiel who sang the same song in Spanish.
		The countries that broadcast it in colour were: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1968 (175 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Eurovision song contest of the Eurovision song contest is an international music competition which is organized since 1956 yearly.
		On the occasion of the 50-th Eurovision song of contest an art exhibit found in Kiev for the first time also under the title "We, the people of Eurovision..." instead of.
		Of the Eurovision song contest produced in the course of his history meanwhile reaching round several decades numerous songs which became international success and sometimes Evergreens.
	www.slotsch.de /english/html/eurovision_song_contest.html (1167 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest 1983 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Eurovision Song Contest 1983 was the 28th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on April 23, 1983 in Munich.
		Corinne Hermes was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "Si la vie est cadeau".
		This was Luxembourg's fifth victory in the contest which equalled the record set by France in 1977.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1983 (364 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Eurovision Song Contest was invented in Scotland in 1682 by a wee crofter called Wullie Faifley.
		The Eurovision Song Contest was cited in 1998 as the third most stressful life event, after the death of a spouse and a family trip to IKEA.
		In 2006, the contest was won by Urho Kekkonen (1900-1986) as a side effect of the eventual freezing of hell.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest (732 words)

	escforever.com \| Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Eurovision was broadcast in technicolour for the first time in 1968, despite the majority of European households not having colour television sets.
		She was only selected to sing after the original choice, Juan Manuel Serrat, wanted to sing the song in Catalan, not Spanish -- something that was forbidden under the Franco regime.
		A bit of fun at the BBC: An ‘Albanian delegation’ became the talk of the contest after performing a satirical version of Cliff Richard’s entry, “Congratulations.” It was only later discovered to be a joke by some mischievous BBC employees.
	www.escforever.com /1968.html (196 words)

	The Eurovision Song Contest - Nostalgia Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This became the Eurovision Song Contest, the first of which was held in Lugano, Switzerland, and was relayed to less than ten nations.
		While the main claim to fame of the contest must be the "discovery" of Abba, it has also given the world such lyrical masterpieces as La La La, Ding Ding A Dong, A-Ba-Ni-Bi and even Boom Bang-A-Bang from the United Kingdom (or Royaume-Uni as we are known once a year).
		It is a commonly held misconception that Cliff Richard won the contest in 1968, with Congratulations, but he didn't.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/variety/eurovision.htm (511 words)

	Hall of Fame / The Eurovision Song Contest
		Eurovision is unique, a festival of music by performers from an ever-increasing number of nations, allowing the public to select “a song for Europe”.
		Eurovision took place for the first time in Lugano, Switzerland in 1956, and was inspired by the popular San Remo Festival.
		An estimated 100 million people tuned into the Eurovision Song Contest at The NIA, Birmingham but to stage the three hour extravaganza, broadcast live to 36 countries, the BBC actually took up residence for two weeks, using every available space in the arena.
	www.necgroup.co.uk /media/halloffame/eurovision-song-contest.asp (702 words)

	EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
		Bizarrely, the UK's song was chosen after the date of the international final but the EBU adopted the idea of contacting the international juries by telephone and this was introduced in 1957 and used until 1993.
		However, it should be remembered that as viewers only vote for one song, this issue would only have affected the voting if a substantial number of people had had the British entry as their favourite but decided not to vote for it because of the war.
		Even though the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was approved by the EBU, it hasn't been very successful, and has generally had unsatisfactory audience ratings, particularly in the United Kingdom, where from 2004 it was only shown on digital channel ITV2.
	www.solarnavigator.net /music/eurovision_song_contest.htm (4923 words)

	Maltese Song For Eurovision 2000 - Desire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After winning the prestigious Malta Song for Europe Festival on January 15th, she will be performing as a singer in several countries around the world including Germany (at Cap Sounds Studios - Frankfurt), Sweden (at the Eurovision Song Contest) and her long-time dream AUSTRALIA.
		One of his goals was to write a song and have it represent Malta in the Eurovision song contest.
		Songs he wrote have been selected for the Malta Song for Europe finals for eight consecutive years.
	members.tripod.com /eurovision00/song.htm (633 words)

	::::: EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2005 on STAR RADIO ::::: Listen Online to all the Eurovision songs on STAR RADIO
		The Eurovision Song Contest, which has a great tradition and heritage going back to 1956, is one of the very few truly pan-European television programmes and is watched by up to 100 million people every year.
		In 2002 Constantinos was again in the Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn, Estonia, as the leader singer of ONE representing Cyprus with the song ‘Gimme’ and reaching the 6th place.
		She was asked to sing a song for the Dutch National Song Contest and felt that she had "nothing left to lose".
	www.star-radio.net /eurovision2005.htm (7155 words)

	Historical Milestones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Inspired by the popular Italian San Remo Festival, the idea for the ESC was born during a meeting in Monaco in 1955 and adopted in Rome shortly after.
		Because Ruslana won the contest with the song âWild Dancesâ, next year's contest will be held in Kiev in the Ukraine.
		The Final of the 50th Eurovision Song Contest was held on Saturday 21 May at the Sports Palace (Palats Sportu) in Kyiv.
	www.eurovision.tv /english/611.htm (1938 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest - UKGameshows
		The contest was first staged in Switzerland in 1956, and the UK has participated every year except 1956 and 1958.
		The song that gets the most votes wins, the writers and performers win some tatty gold medallions and the real prize is that the winning nation gets the honour to host the following contest next year.
		But there's one thing an Eurovision synopsis wouldn't be complete without, the one Factor X that is Terry Wogan, he who has been commentating for the television viewers since the early seventies (for the more serious minded amongst you, put your telly on mute and listen to Ken Bruce on Radio 2).
	www.ukgameshows.com /page/index.php/Eurovision_Song_Contest (2328 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest - Part 2 quiz -- free game
		Her song 'J'Aime La Vie' scored 176 points and marked the first, and up to now only, victory for her country.
		The rules of the Eurovision Song Contest state that a singer from a country must hold a passport for that country.
		The United Kingdom, with five victories and no less than fifteen second positions, was in shock after the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=180408 (335 words)

	TIMEeurope.com \| Euro treasure .. or Eurotrash? - 05/27/02
		The contest is to music what figure skating is to the Olympics — unabashedly camp, enduringly popular and dubiously judged.
		The European Broadcasting Union, Eurovision's founder, says the mission is to "contribute to the creation of high- level" pop songs with a TV special.
		Austria's Manuel Ortega, who will sing Say a Word in Tallinn, says the contest "is a huge opportunity to present my song in front of millions of people." That may be the only time most of them will hear it, since few Eurovision songs top charts outside their home markets.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2002/0527/eurovision/story.html (491 words)

	Eurovision - All Final and Semifinal results for the Eurovision 2006 in Athens
		We are the first posting the Eurovision final results and we want to thank all Eurovision Funs for you support.
		We going to open a blog for Eurovision 2007 as many of you kindly requested but the main site you love will remain the same so you can find quick and easy information for the Eurovision Song Contest.
		That is how we see it and we hope all of you see the annual Eurovision Song Contest as different cultures in Europe communicate with each other.
	www.eurovision-contest.com (299 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Today's issues \| Eurovision song contest
		This year's Eurovision song contest is being held in Riga this weekend.
		The Eurovision song contest has been celebrating Europe's musical diversity, the spirit of friendly competition and Terry Wogan's genial broadcasting manner since 1956, when it was established to to promote peace and harmony in a Europe still recovering from the second world war.
		We wuz robbed in 1968 when Cliff Richard, singing Congratulations, lost narrowly to the Spanish entry, called La La La. But we wuz compromised the following year when Lulu had to share her victory with three other countries - equal points meant four winners.
	www.guardian.co.uk /netnotes/article/0,6729,721508,00.html (757 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Eurovision 1956/1999: Music: Various (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This Swedish Import CD includes all the winning songs from the contest's conception in 1956 until 1999.
		Unlike the British-produced Eurovision compilations, this release isn't an anthology of the numerous UK failures (no Clodagh Rodgers, or Sonia here); instead Eurovision 1956/1999 is 100 per cent European, with the winning songs often sung in the artist's native tongues.
		Although it includes most of the winning songs, two of them are missing: Si la vie est cadeau (Corinne Hermes,Luxembourg, 1983) and "Vivo Cantando" (Salomé, Spain, 1969, when no less than four songs tied and won the prize).
	www.amazon.co.uk /Eurovision-1956-1999-Various/dp/B00004SGH0 (1087 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest \| Armenian Public Television
		The most used words by Eurovision fans in connection with the song contest are "Abba", "Eurovision", "Dana" and "Leandros" according to a study by the University of Leiden.
		Yet another change of direction: all contestants have to sing in their native language again.
		And the winner was Luxembourg, with Corinne Hermes and her song "Si la vie est un cadeau".
	www.armtv.com /eurovision/eng/?sub=contest (1971 words)

	News from esctoday.com
		England Vs Netherlands: Eurovision faces - Former Eurovision Song Contest participant Ruth Jacott, and Paul de Leeuw, the Dutch spokesman during the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest 2006 will sing the national anthems of England and The Netherlands preceding the friendly soccer game coming wednesday between both countries.
		Malta: 150 songs submitted so far - The Malta council of culture and arts had a busy day since today doors were open for the submissions of entries for Maltasong 2007, the Maltese national final.
		Azerbaijan not taking part in Helsinki - Eurovision Song Contest executive supervisor Svante Stockselius comfirmed that Azerbijan will not be able to participate in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki.
	www.songcontestvoting.com /eurovision/fannews.asp (657 words)

	UK and "The Eurovision Song Contest" quiz -- free game
		""The Eurovision Song Contest", as you know, is watched by millions of people each year in dozens of different countries, however for this quiz we are only concerned with UK participation."
		In 1976 the UK won for the second time the song was 'Save Your Kisses For Me', the singers were Brotherhood of Man, but where was the contest held?
		Cheryl Baker was one quarter of Bucks Fizz when they won the contest in 1981, three years earlier she had been part of which other Eurovision entry?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=92279 (465 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest Helsinki 2007 \| United Kingdom: National Television Awards
		In the best Entertainment Programme, the Eurovision Song Contest is one of the 25 short listed programmes, many of which are made up of various format talent shows.
		The venue itself has connections to the contest, having been the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, and the venue for A Song For Europe in both 1976 and 1978.
		Dr.Who and Eurovision are my two greatest obsessions in my life, and I do often fail to resist making unnecessary Eurovision references on Outpost Gallifrey at times, so this only redresses the balance.
	www.esctoday.com /news/read/6304 (1205 words)

	51st EUROVISION Song Contest 2006 - eurosongonline.com , scenario creative services
		Before re-entering the contest and winning with the song ‘Fangad av en stormvind’, Carola had had also taken part in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest.
		Massiel from Spain, Eurovision winner in 1968, is introduced by her one-time biggest rival: Sir Cliff Richard.
		But Johnny’s involvement in Eurovision goes even deeper – he not only took part in the Irish national selection contests of 1979, 1985, 1986 and 1991 but he also participated in the Dutch versions in 2004 and 2005.
	www.eurosongonline.com /2005/oct05/50_show.htm (2055 words)

	Welcome at eurosong - Eurovision Song Contest 2007 - Helsinki - Finland
		Since 1987 he presented the Dutch TV show during the Eurovision song contest and was very known as the Dutch radio presentation man during the final.
		A special landmark was reached this year - the 1,000th Eurovision song, which will by chance, was sung by Ireland, the country that has won by far the most Eurovision titles - seven.
		As the title promises, the song is melodic hard rock, a genre seldom associated with Eurovision.
	www.eurosong.nl /IndexUK.aspx (1312 words)

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