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  Eurovision Song Contest 1994 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on April 30, 1994 in Dublin.
To cope with the increasing number of countries wishing to participate in the contest, for 1994 the European Broadcasting Union ruled that the five lowest-placed countries from the preceding year's contest would not participate.
With advances in technology, this was the first contest in which the spokesperson for each national jury appeared on-screen, live from their own countries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1994   (257 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1994   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the twelfth Eurovision and was held on 8 April 1967 in Austria.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth Eurovision and was held on April 3, 1971 in Dublin.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the eighteenth Eurovision and was held on April 7, 1973 in Luxembourg.
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 Eurovision Song Contest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Among the famous performers to have graced the Eurovision stage are Nana Mouskouri, Sandie Shaw, Cliff Richard, Vicky Leandros, Julio Iglesias, Mocedades, Olivia Newton John, ABBA, The Shadows, Baccara, Céline Dion, Katrina and the Waves, and t.A.T.u.
Currently, the contest winner is selected by means of a modified version of the Borda count Each country ranks all the entries and assigns 12 points to their favorite entry, 10 points to their second favorite entry, and 8 through 1 points to their third through 10th favorites.
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 UK 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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest   (2442 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 1970 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the fifteenth Eurovision and was held on March 21, 1970 in Amsterdam.
With as the presenter, the contest was won by Dana who represented Ireland, with the song "All Kinds of Everything".
Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden boycotted this contest as they were not pleased with the result of 1969 and the voting structure.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1970   (247 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 1962 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the seventh Eurovision and was held on March 18, 1962 in Luxembourg.
With as the presenter, the contest was won by Isabelle Aubret who represented France, with her song "Un Premier Amour".
All 10 jury members points would then be added up and the song with the most points would get 3 points, the song with the second most points would get 2 points and the song with the third most points would get 1 point.
www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1962   (195 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Eurovision Song Contest Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The 2002 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Tallinn, Estonia on Saturday 26 June, 2002, hosted by Annely Peebo, an opera singer, and Marko Matvere, an actor.
The 2003 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Riga, Latvia on Saturday 24 May, 2003, hosted by Marie N, the singer who won the ESC 2002, and Renars Kaupers, a singer whose group competed in the ESC 2000.
By the 1960s, entries were limited to one song per country (participation in the contest had almost doubled), and the songs had to be sung in one of the national languages of the country.
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 Eurovision Song Contest Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At the first contest in 1956, each country was allowed to submit two three-minute (or less) songs, performed by inhabitants of the respective country.
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.
This was invoked at the 1991 contest, to resolve a tie between Sweden and France.
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 Eurovision Song Contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The winner of the contest is decided by each country assigning points (currently 1 to 8, 10 and 12) to their favourite ten entries.
Countries entering the contest for the first time often score highly as well, as voters are generally sympathetic to newly forged nations.
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.infothis.com /find/Eurovision_Song_Contest   (2137 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 1973 - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
With Helga Guitton as the presenter, the contest was won by Anne-Marie David who represented Luxembourg, with her song "Tu Te Reconnaitras".
The language rule that only allowed countries to enter songs that were sung in any of their national languages was dropped, this led to some countries to sing in English.
The event was marked with a scandal as the Spanish song, Eres tú, was accused of plagiarism due to suggestions that it was merely a rewrite of the Yugoslav) entry from the 1966 contest (Brez besed sung by Berta Ambrož).
open-encyclopedia.com /Eurovision_Song_Contest_1973   (201 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 is the fifty-first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Athens, Greece due to Elena Paparizou's win in the 2005 contest.
The scheduled dates for the contest are 18 May 2006 for the Semi Final and 20 May 2006 for the Final.
It is rumoured currently that the only new country will be Georgia, scheduled to become an active EBU member in October 2005.
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 united kingdom in the eurovision song contest 1994   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994
The UK entered "We Will be Free (Lonely Symphony)", performed by Frances Ruffelle, for the 1994 contest.
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 Eurovision Song Contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The 2005 contest saw France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom, the four largest contributors to the EBU who automaticaly qualify for the final, occupying the four bottom positions of the final, each with fewer than 20 points.
In the contest of that year, Switzerland (who finished seventh), were leading prior to the results of the Eastern Block being announced.
The Celtic dancing show Riverdance was first seen internationally at the 1994 contest and the Hothouse Flowers had a successful career after their interval appearance in 1988.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Eurovision-Song-Contest.htm   (2978 words)

  
 BBC Radio 2 - Eurovision - Your Favourite UK Eurovision Moment
i thought tha abba has been the best eurovision contestants and i wasn't even born, also i liked last years contestant for cyprus as she is my hairdressers sister so i had to say i liked her but she was very good.
The Irish jury at the 1967 Eurovision contest, voting last, ought to have been shot for not giving Cliff Richard the few points that were needed to place him in the lead.
I remember the first few bars of the song when there was a problem with the microphone and we couldnt hear the first line of the song....but all came good in the end and Sandy triumphed.
www.bbc.co.uk /radio2/eurovision/mymu/contact.shtml   (11967 words)

  
 Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hungary has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fiven times, debuting in 1994 (see ESC1994).
Their debut was successful, finishing 4th, but further success has proved difficult.
Hungary began a hiatus from the competition after the 1998 contest, returning in 2005 to a 12th place finish.
www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest   (123 words)

  
 History of Russia at Eurovision Song Contest
At the same year when Eurovision Song Contest celebrates 50th anniversary in 2005, we have another anniversary of the local scale - 10th participant of Russia in the contest will be selected.
National preselection is sensationally won by unknown performer with stage name Youddiph and her performance at the final of the contest still remains as model of professional performance not beaten by any of future Russian representatives.
Unfortumately audio version of his songs failed to impress European jurors at additional preselection level and Andrei was not given a chance to test his luck again and to present his brilliant live performance of "Ya eto Ya" to the European audience.
esc.ruz.net /russia/indexe.htm   (936 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Results
The 2004 Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Abdi Ipekci Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.
This is the first Eurovision Song Contest to have a semi final and a final.
Unconfirmed, the date for the Eurovision Song Contest 50th Contest Semi Final 2005 is Wednesday 18 May 2005 and the Final is on Saturday 21 May 2005.
www.myledbury.co.uk /eurovision/year/eurovision_2004.asp   (585 words)

  
 eurovisionlive.com | Russia 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Since the debut of Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, there were always strange and extraordinary compositions for the former czar empire.
However the Eurovision Song contest has become very popular throughout the country and everybody is proud to be presented as an advanced country in Europe.
The song is similar to "All the things she said - modern, rocky and provocative.
eurovisionlive.com /englisch/archiv/2003/russland.htm   (265 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 2001 - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th Eurovision, it was held in Denmark on May 12th and the presenters were Natasja Crone Back[?] and Søren Pilmark[?].
Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL[?] was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Everybody[?].
Each Country had a televote, where the top ten most voted for songs were awarded the 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points.
www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/eu/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001.html   (164 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For the first time Polish song was performed in English.
The way of the choice of Polish representatives for Danish contest was very long unclear.
From the artistic songs that are remembered to the commercial, festival pop-dance-eurovision-monsters, which are all the same.
obbie.dmkproject.pl /eurosong/polska01_eng.php   (188 words)

  
 United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A Falseta is part of a Flamenco song, much as a sentence is part of a paragraph.
The artists improvise their own falsetas which are then put together to form the whole song.
Fame Academy is the name of televised competition to search for and to educate musical talents, and to award the best contestant with a chance to become a successful music artist.
www.elexi.de /en/u/un/united_kingdom_in_the_eurovision_song_contest_1994.html   (277 words)

  
 BBC Radio 2 - Making Your Mind Up - A to Z of Eurovision
From the mid 70's votes were relayed by telephone and from 1994 technology meant we could see and hear the jury spokesman give their points.
The song set a record for the highest number of points scored in the Contest Katrina has now split from the Waves.
Scoreboard - Regardless of the songs, the scoreboard is the main attraction at the Contest.
www.bbc.co.uk /radio2/eurovision/mymu/atoz.shtml   (1690 words)

  
 BBC - Press Office - Eurovision Song Contest 2002
The biggest international singing event of the year, the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, returns to BBC ONE on Saturday 25 May at 8.00pm with Terry Wogan providing the best commentary around from Tallinn, Estonia.
Liquid Eurovision is shown nightly in the week before the contest and features all the latest news from Estonia and previews all the songs.
Kevin Bishop is the executive producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 and Dominic Smith is the producer.
www.bbc.co.uk /pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/05_may/16/eurovision2002.shtml   (322 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 2004 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Results and Details hosted in Norway on 20 November 2004.
Visit Gina G's new website (She is also in the UK Final of the 2005 Eurovision).
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 1994 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
1994 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, Dublin, Ireland, 30th April
The first contest to show the jury foremen in vision by satellite.
Also the first contest to feature the relegation zone where countries scoring badly had to drop out for the following year
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 Zdob si Zdub to represent Moldova | Eurovision Song Contest 2006 at esctoday.com
Zdob si Zdub won the televoting and finished second in the vote of the professional jury that was won by Millenium.
Congratulation from Norway, the song sound very good and i think will be in a top 10.
A nice ethnic song from Moldova, which is capable of ending up in the top 5.
www.esctoday.com /news/read/3904   (677 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th Eurovision it was held in Ireland on May 13th and the presenter was Mary Kennedy.
Secret Garden was the winner of this Eurovision the song "Nocturne".
Each Country had a Jury who awarded 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 points for their top ten songs.
www.freeglossary.com /Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995   (187 words)

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