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 eurovision song contest - eurosongonline.com , scenario creative services
The Eurovision Song Contest grew out of the Italian "San Remo Song Festival" and was first staged in Switzerland in 1956 with the participation of 7 countries.
The Eurovision's Song Contest stated mission is: "to stimulate the output of original high-quality songs in the field of popular music by encouraging competition between authors and composers through the international comparison of their work".
Morten Arket of "A-Ha" co-presents the 1996 Eurovision in Oslo whilst Ronan Keating from "Boyzone" co-presents the 1997 Eurovision in Dublin.
www.eurosongonline.com /past_years/1.htm   (878 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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 1973 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the eighteenth Eurovision Song Contest and held in Luxembourg.
The language rule that only allowed countries to enter songs that were sung in any of their national languages was dropped, thus leading some countries to sing in English.
The event was marked by a scandal, with the Spanish song, "Eres tú", being accused of plagiarism following suggestions that it was merely a rewrite of the Yugoslav entry from the 1966 contest ("Brez besed" sung by Berta Ambrož).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1973   (369 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest - Table - MSN Encarta
Eurovision Song Contest - Table - MSN Encarta
Started in 1956, this European song contest is held annually in May. The contest is intended to encourage the production of high-quality music through international comparison.
During the live telecast of the European final the winner is chosen by televoting, in which the viewers vote by telephone.
encarta.msn.com /media_701500941/Eurovision_Song_Contest.html   (65 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 1985 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 4, 1985 in Gothenburg.
The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Bobbysocks was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge".
This was Norway's first victory, since first participating in the contest since 1961, and coming in last place at the 1963, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1981 contests.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1985   (325 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 Helsinki 2007 | Eurovision 1973 online for the weekend
By the way I've seen the contests from '57, '69, '70, '74, '75 '77, '78, '79, '80 and '82 lasts months and on the contrary of what some people here suggest there is no neigbourvoting, at least not in the way that it's common today.
We're watching the contest 33 years later after living with these songs for a long time, on the night the jurors heard them for a couple of times before and voted accordingly.
In the official Eurovision book from last year it was mentioned that the juror from Switzerland was responsible for another voting system.
www.esctoday.com /news/read/5822   (1603 words)

  
 EJP | News | Western Europe | Israel fails to impress at Eurovision song contest
The contest was won by Finland's Lordi, a death metal band, with their song Hard Rock Hallelujah.
Butler's song was a rhythm ballad with a gospel influence.
The country first entered the Eurovision song contest back in 1973 with the song Eysham performed by Ilanit, which finished in fourth place.
www.ejpress.org /article/8430   (620 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 and Junior Eurovision Song Contest Page
For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song Contest (both adult and junior version), here are the results with songs, artists and score results.
The 50th Anniversary programme from the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark (the venue of the 2003 Junior Eurovision) was shown on 22 October 2005.
The 2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Results and Details hosted in Norway on 20 November 2004.
www.myledbury.co.uk /eurovision   (997 words)

  
 eurovisionblog.com
Daz’s love of Eurovision has endeared us to him, and it makes a refreshing change to see a UK representative being so enthusiastic about the contest after the apathetic competitors we’ve fielded recently, but if he does want to make an impact next year he’s going to have to come up with something completely different.
The dust has barely settled on this year’s Eurovision and already the voices of dissent are starting to make themselves heard – the ones complaining that the whole thing is political, that everybody simply votes for their neighbours and that it’s about time the whole thing was scrapped.
Portugal, for example, have been in the contest since 1964 but are still awaiting that first victory (and in fact they haven’t even troubled the top ten since 1996), and their recent entries have suggested they may even have given up trying to win.
www.eurovisionblog.com   (7908 words)

  
 Israelity » Sing a Song
Tonight, many Israelis will be tuning in to watch the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest (the finals will be held on Saturday night).
Each year, the song to be sung is played on the radio (over and over) and people enjoy debating its quality and chances for success.
Some feel she will have a better chance for success if more of the audience can understand the words to her song; others feel that singing in a language that is not her mother-tongue may weaken her performance.
www.israelity.com /index.php?p=85   (699 words)

  
 Marion Rung
Eurovision Song Contest 1973: 6th with Tom tom tom (in English)
In many interviews Marion has told that Tipi-tii is the song she has to thank for all her success.
In 1973 placed 6th in the ESC, the highest ever placing for Finland.
www.marionrung.com /english.htm   (341 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)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Even though Eurovision rarely makes a blip in North America, if you’re a fan of Israeli music, you’ll certainly recognize some of the songs that got their start at this competition.
Ilanit was the first singer to represent Israel at the 18th Eurovision Song Contest in 1973.
Although Israelis were thrilled with their Eurovision win, the same could not be said about some of their neighbours.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=6307   (603 words)

  
 Eurovision song contest | Today's issues | Guardian Unlimited
This year's Eurovision song contest is being held in Riga this weekend.
Or linger on the recent relaxation of the language rules that mean that participants no longer need to sing in their native language.
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.
www.guardian.co.uk /netnotes/article/0,6729,721508,00.html   (766 words)

  
 The Diggiloo Thrush
By clicking on a song title you'll see that song's original lyrics, mostly along with an English translation of it.
If a song title is followed by (*), it means that we're looking for its lyrics and/or translation.
If you want to help us and translate some ESC songs or spot a mistake somewhere, please use the contact form or send us an e-mail.
www.diggiloo.net   (204 words)

  
 RTÉ Television: 50th Anniversary of Eurovision
10 of the songs have been chosen by fans from all over Europe and 4 songs were chosen as wildcards from the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group.
The show will be broadcast to more than 25 countries all over Europe, and during the night the European viewers will televote to choose the most popular song of the last 50 years of Eurovision Song Contest.
The Eurovision Song Contest stars, including Johnny Logan, Eimear Quinn, Linda Martin, Riverdance, The Olsen Brothers and pop celebrities like Ronan Keating will perform spectacular medleys of the most loved, most popular and most memorable moments from the Eurovision Song Contest.
www.rte.ie /tv/50eurovision   (305 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.
Amaya, Jose, Roberto and Carlos take the applause for a song that only came second in the Eurovision Song Contest but was a best-seller in Europe and the US.
This song is said to be the best-selling Eurovision song ever – outselling even ‘Waterloo’ and ‘Eres tu’.
www.eurosongonline.com /2005/oct05/50_show.htm   (2055 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest Helsinki 2007 | Eurovision Square
24/Dec at 00:53 - Tonight, the Albanian representative for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest was selected during the 45...
With a monsterous victory, Finland didn't only win the 2006 competition, but was also awarded the organisation of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place on 10th and 12th May 2007 in the capital Helsinki.
The 51st Eurovision Song Contest took place in Athens, which is the political, cultural and economic capital of Greece.
www.esctoday.com   (618 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 1973 Results
For all those people who are interested in the Eurovision Song Contest, here are the results for 1973.
The 1973 Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Nouveau Theatre in Luxembourg on Saturday 7 April 1973.
The full jury score sheet can be downloaded from here, including the entries.
www.myledbury.co.uk /eurovision/year/eurovision_1973.asp   (71 words)

  
 The Eurovision Song Contest
The Irish Republic had a tendency to dominate the contest in recent years -but analyzing the figures since the contest began in 1956, most critics agree that the UK has had the most consistent success.
There was very little interest in the song in the UK where it was not even the betting favourite.
As the contest proceeds you all eat and drink what you've collected for each country while their song is on the air.
www.captcabin.demon.co.uk /eurovision.htm   (990 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest Record Book- Timeline
First time the contest was won by a singer that hadn't performed a song in the contest before (yes, even Lys Assia already had in 1956 as Refrain Refrain was her second song that evening)
First time the contest was held in a sports hall, rather than a concert or conference hall.
Sound recordings of all songs were sent to juries in all countries in advance and voted for.
eurovision.tummiweb.com /firsts.html   (2650 words)

  
 Eurovision
No discussion of the Irish music scene can be complete without reference to the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
The first Eurovision was held in 1956 and although nearly ten years "late" to the party, Ireland has won more Eurovision contests than any other country, including England.
To hear the complete song versions of all the Irish entries into the Eurovision, click here.
www.irish-showbands.com /eurovision.htm   (270 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest Voting
The 2007 Eurovision Song Contest final will be hosted by Finland on 12th May.
This site includes lots of information on Eurovision voting and results 1957-2006, and links to some of the many great Eurovision web pages.
I love the contest and would never dream of missing it
www.songcontestvoting.com /eurovision   (280 words)

  
 Eurovision Songcontest Fan Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
For the second year ESCFC is looking for the best Eurovision winner of all time.
yes she won this online song contest for sweden, song is written by swedish song writers that is why she could sing for sweden she first won a 32 song strong melosongfesti...
Hello, I've seen something about Rosa refered to the United Song Contest autumn edition.
groups.msn.com /EurovisionSongcontestFanCommunity   (268 words)

  
 Eurovision Record Book - All kinds of records in the Eurovision Song Contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Eurovision Record Book - All kinds of records in the Eurovision Song Contest
Welcome to the officious Guinness book of Eurovision records.
And then there's the Crazy Eurovision Quiz for die-hard fans, different every time you play it!
eurovision.tummiweb.com /main.html?page=firsts   (54 words)

  
 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST | OIKOTIMES.COM | Eurovision   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
07.12.06 - Malta: 14 songs to MSFE to be chosen and announced on December 9
24.11.06 - Poland: TVP announced the 10 songs for Piosenki Dla Europy 2007
16.11.06 - Eurovision 2007: deadline for interest submission to the EBU for Helsinki
www.oikotimes.com /site/index.php?id=5   (3598 words)

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