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  Category:United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main article for this category is United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest.
United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
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 United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1959.
The semi-finals were held on February 2 and February 5, 1959 and the final was held on February 7, 1959 all were presented by Pete Murray.
United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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 Eurovision Song Contest : Eurovision
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.
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.
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.
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 Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest 1974
The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the nineteenth Eurovision and was held on April 6, 1974, in the United Kingdom.
France was originally also going to enter this Eurovision with the song "La vie a vingt cinq ans" by Dani, but they withdrew because Georges Pompidou, the French president, died in the week of the contest.
On April 25, 1974, the Portuguese entry was used as the signal for the tanks of the left-wing military coup that otherthrew the fascist government to move in.
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 What is Eurovision?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
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.
However, the contest is considered a unique showcase for launching the host country as a tourist destination, and for the summer of 2005 to coincide with its hosting of the ESC, Ukraine even abolished its normal visa requirements for tourists.
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.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Her reign of over five decades has seen ten different Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and numerous Prime Ministers in the other personal union nations of which she is or was Head of State.
The Queen, or her Governors-General in the realms outside the United Kingdom, also gives a speech at the annual State Opening of Parliament, outlining the government's legislative agenda for the year, but the speech is written by ministers.
In the United Kingdom, her official title is Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
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 Eurovision Song Contest 1997 - Wikipedia
The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 was the 42nd Eurovision, it was held in Ireland on May 3rd and the presenters were Ronan Keating[?] and Carrie Crowley[?].
Katrina & the Waves[?] was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Love Shine A Light[?].
Or a televote, where the top ten most voted for songs were awarded the 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points.
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 Eurovision Song Contest 1968 - Wikipedia
The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision, it was held in the United Kingdom on April 6th and the presenter was Katie Boyie[?].
Massiel[?] was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, La La La[?].
This was unacceptable for the Francoist State, and for most spanish people (even more, the original song "La, la, la" was written in Castilian or Spanish).
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 UK 1968
In 1968 the Eurovision Song Contest was staged by the BBC in the world famous Royal Albert Hall in London.
By the late 1960s, the Eurovision Song Contest had become the biggest live music event on European television and most countries were sending their most popular singers and most successful songwriters to the contest.
The United Kingdom was the twelfth of seventeen songs to be performed on the catwalk style stage, and Cliff Richard in a stylish blue suit with a ruffle collared shirt gave a typically professional note perfect performance of the song, accompanied by three backing singers who looked as if they'd dressed in their nighties.
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 Eurovision Song Contest 1983   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
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.
www.fresnocaus.com /details/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1983   (393 words)

  
 Eurovision Songcontest Record Book- The show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
With the change of rules (one song per country) the year after, but three new countries a number of 10 participating songs was reached in the 1957 contest in Frankfurt, Germany.
The 1961 contest was the first one to take place on a Saturday, but in 1962 for once it was held on a Sunday again.
Except for the first contest, held on 24 May, until 1977 the ESC was usually held in March, sometimes in April.
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 Eurovision Song Contest 1982   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on April 24, 1982 in Harrogate, United Kingdom.
The German entrant, Nicole, was the winner of this contest with the song, Ein Bisschen Frieden.
Nicole went on to sing the reprise of her song in English, French and Dutch, as well as German, to the delight of the invited audience in Harrogate Conference Centre who stood to applaud her.
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 Eurovision Song Contest quiz -- free game
In the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, there was only one African country that ever participated.
When Udo Jurgens won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1966 for Austria, it was not the first time he participated.
In the 2000 Song Contest, there was only one country, that only scored 2 points and finished at the last place.
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 Eurovision Song Contest - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The contest's name comes from the Eurovision TV Distribution Network, which is run by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
If a EBU country does not broadcast the Song Contest they are automatically disqualified for the next year.
Denmark originally held a song contest for children in 2000 then it organised a Nordic Children's Eurovision.
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 Soult.com Eurovision | 2005 | United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is one of Eurovision's most successful nations, with 5 wins (the last in 1997, with 'Love Shine a Light') and an extraordinary 15 2nd places, including - most famously - Cliff Richard and 'Congratulations'.
Javine's self-penned Eurovision entry, 'Touch My Fire', is probably her best single so far, a modern pop song with a splash of the exotic - depending on who you talk to its influences ae variously Bollywood, Turkish or Greek, though the latter seems most plausible given the contribution of Greek-Cypriot co-writer John Themis.
I watched the eurovision with a load of friends, we saw Javine and all thought she was a dead cert for Top 5 placing, couldn't believe it when the points came in.
www.soult.co.uk /eurovision/2005/unitedkingdom.shtml   (2596 words)

  
 escforever.com | Database
The contest had to be postponed for five weeks because of a strike by BBC camera men and women.
It was not until the 1999 contest in Jerusalem that this rule was dropped.
It was the year it became clear the trend for cheerful pop songs at Eurovision was over.
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 United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1972.
It was held on February 12, 1972 and presented by Cliff Richard.
See: United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
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 Eurovision Song Contest 1986 - Wikipedia Light!
The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 3, 1986 in the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway.
Sandra Kim was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, J'aime La Vie.
In the lyrics of her song, Kim claimed to be 15 years of age, but when it was revealed that she was actually 13 after the contest, Switzerland appealed for her to be disqualified, but this was to no avail.
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 Soult.com Eurovision | 2004 | United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is one of Eurovision's most successful nations, with 5 wins (the last in 1997, with 'Love Shine a Light') and an extraordinary 15 2nd places, including most famously Cliff Richard and 'Congratulations' in 1968, and most recently Imaani with 'Where are you?' in 1998.
His winning song, 'Hold on to our love', is surprisingly good, if slightly old-fashioned - a gentle, guitar-led ballad in the same mould as 'Rock 'n' roll kids' (Ireland's 1994 winner) or 'Fly on the wings of love' (winner for Denmark in 2000).
If this song was among the semi-finals of last night (as it should be, uk flooded last year), it wouldn't stand a chance to make it to the finals...
www.soult.co.uk /eurovision/2004/unitedkingdom.shtml   (2671 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 1976   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the twenty first Eurovision and was held on April 3, 1976 in The Hague.
With Corry Brokken as the presenter, the contest was won by Brotherhood of Man who represented the United Kingdom, with their song "Save Your Kisses For Me".
Liechtenstein again attempted an entry into Eurovision, but as they had no broadcasting service yet, this was impossible.
www.losgatoscaus.com /section/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976   (259 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest 2000
The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision, it was held in Sweden on May 13th and the presenters were Anders Lundin and Kattis Ahlstrm.
Olsen Brothers was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Fly On The Wings of Love.
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.
knowallabout.com /e/eu/eurovision_song_contest_2000.html   (91 words)

  
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 Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Together with his wife, Pearl Carr, he represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959; they came second with the song, "Sing, Little Birdie".
Teddy's brother, Bryan Johnson was also a singer, and represented the UK the following year in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960.
Pearl Lavinia Carr, who is known as Pearl Carr (born Exmouth, Devon 2 November 1923) was a singer, comedienne, dancer and the partner of her late husband Teddy Johnson.
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 United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974.
It was held on February 23, 1974 and presented by Jimmy Saville.
"Long Live Love" won the national and went on to come joint 4th in the contest.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/u/un/united_kingdom_in_the_eurovision_song_contest_1974.html   (121 words)

  
 ::::: EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2004 on STAR RADIO ::::: Listen Online to all the Eurovision songs on STAR RADIO
This year's Eurovison song contest was held in Istanbul on the 15th of May and 36 countries from various cultures and religions contested for the Grand Prix united "under the same sky" - theme of this year's Eurovison contest; the winner was UKRAINE with 'Wild Dances'.
In 2000 the "A&K" duo became a prizewinner in the national TV contest of young talented performers and was rewarded with a chance to record their debut album in the studio of the National State Teleradiocomany of the Republic of Belarus.
That year that was the only song to be performed in Latvian and the public was on its feet during that song.
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 esctoday.com | Sing little birdie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Between the first hit in 1959 and the last hit in 1961 there was another participation in the UK pre-selection of 1960.
They participated with two songs, but only one, Pickin' Petals, managed to get through to the last six.
In the late eighties they appeared as ageing Vaudeville stars in Sondheim's Follies on the London stage and were 1998 seen in a special edition of Jobs For The Boys, a eurobash for Hale and Pace's abortive 1998 UK attempt.
www.esctoday.com /annual/songinfo.php?contest=276&song=10   (290 words)

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