Eurovision Song Contest
Some people love it with a passion. Some people hate it with a passion. This annual event has been on our TV screens since the 50's. I am of the opinion that it's OK to watch and even possibly enjoy Eurovision as long as you don't take it too seriously. That said, I am now going to engage sad anorak mode and list the runners and riders of this mammouth event over the past few years. Here is the list of the winners of each contest, along with the United Kingdom entry for that year. League Table Country Wins Ireland 7 France 5 Luxembourg 5 United Kingdom 5 Netherlands 4 Sweden 4 Israel 3 Denmark 2 Italy 2 Norway 2 Spain 2 Switzerland 2 Austria 1 Belgium 1 Estonia 1 Germany 1 Greece 1 Latvia 1 Monaco 1 Turkey 1 Yugoslavia 1 The UK suffered the NIL POINT embarrasment in 2003 when Jemini bottomed out with Cry Baby. Many blame the result on the Iraq war backlash. Others simply lay the blame with the awful off-key performance. The UK has had more 2nd placed entries than any other country. 15 in total. The UK enjoys automatic entry to each years competition because it is one of the big 4, along with France, Germany and Spain. The last UK entry to go to number 1 in the UK charts was Gina G with "Ooh Ahh... Just A Little Bit" in 1996. The last before that was Bucks Fizz with "Making Your Mind Up" in 1981. The UK was disqualified from the first contest in 1956 because it registered after the deadline.	Year Winning Country Artist Song UK Artist UK Song Pos 1956 Switzerland Lys Assia Refrain No Entry 1957 Netherlands Corrie Brokken Net Als Toen Patricia Bredin All 7 1958 France André Claveau Dors, Mon Amour No Entry 1959 Netherlands Teddy Scholten Een Beetje Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson Sing Little Birdie 2 1960 France Jacqueline Boyer Tom Pillbi Bryan Johnson Looking High, High, High 2 1961 Luxembourg Jean-Claude Pascal Nous Les Amoureux The Allisons Are You Sure? 2 1962 France Isabelle Aubret Un Premier Amour Ronnie Carroll Ring-a-Ding Girl 4 1963 Denmark Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann Dansevise Ronnie Carroll Say Wonderful Things 4 1964 Italy Gigliola Cinquetti Non Hol L'étà Matt Monro I Love The Little Things 2 1965 Luxembourg France Gail Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son Kathy Kirby I Belong 2 1966 Austria Udo Jürgens Merci Chérie Kenneth McKellar A Man Without Love 9 1967 United Kingdom Sandie Shaw Puppet On A String Sandie Shaw Puppet On A String 1 1968 Spain Massiel La La La Cliff Richard Congratulations 2 1969 United Kingdom Lulu Boom Bang-a-Bang Lulu Boom Bang-a-Bang 1 Netherlands Lenny Kuhr De Troubadour France Frida Boccara Un Jour, Un Enfant Spain Salomé Vivo Cantando Four-Way Tie 1970 Ireland Dana All Kinds Of Everything Mary Hopkin Knock Knock (Who's There?) 2 1971 Monaco Sévérine Un Banc, Un Arbe, Une Rune Clodagh Rogers Jack In The Box 4 1972 Luxembourg Vicky Leandros Après Toi The New Seekers Beg Steal or Borrow 2 1973 Luxembourg Anne-Marie David Tu Te Reconnaîtras Cliff Richard Power To All Our Friends 3 1974 Sweden ABBA Waterloo Olivia Newton-John Long Live Love 4 1975 Netherlands Teach-in Ding Ding-a-Dong The Shadows Let Me Be The One 2 1976 United Kingdom Brotherhood Of Man Save All Your Kisses For Me Brotherhood Of Man Save All Your Kisses For Me 1 1977 France Marie Myriam L'Oiseau Et L'Enfant Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran Rock Bottom 2 1978 Israel Yizhar Cohen and the Alphabeta A-Ba-Ni-Bi Co-Co The Bad Old Days 11 1979 Israel Milk and Honey Hallelujah Black Lace Mary Ann 7 1980 Ireland Johnny Logan What's Another Year? Prima Donna Love Enough For Two 3 1981 United Kingdom Bucks Fizz Making Your Mind Up Bucks Fizz Making Your Mind Up 1 1982 Germany Nichole Ein Bißchen Frieden Bardo One Step Further 7 1983 Luxembourg Corinne Hermès Si La Vie Est Cadeau Sweet Dreams I'm Never Giving Up 6 1984 Sweden Herreys Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Ley Belle And The Devotions Love Games 7 1985 Norway Bobbysocks La Det Swinge Vikki Love Is 4 1986 Belgium Sandra Kim J'aime La Vie Ryder Runner In The Night 7 1987 Ireland Johnny Logan Hold Me Now Rikki Only The Light 13 1988 Switzerland Celine Dion Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi Scott Fitzgerald Go 2 1989 Yugoslavia Riva Rock Me Live Report Why Do I Always Get It Wrong 2 1990 Italy Toto Cutugno Insieme: 1992 Emma Give A Little Love Back To The World 6 1991 Sweden Carola Fångad Av En Stromvind Samantha Janus Message To Your Heart 10 1992 Ireland Linda Martin Why Me? Michael Ball One Step Out Of Time 2 1993 Ireland Niamh Kavanagh In Your Eyes Sonia Better The Devil You Know 2 1994 Ireland Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan Rock 'n' Roll Kids Frances Ruffelle Lonely Symphony 10 1995 Norway Secret Garden Nocturne Love City Groove Love City Groove 10 1996 Ireland Eimear Quinn The Voice Gina G Ooh Ahh... Just A Little Bit 8 1997 United Kingdom Katrina and the Waves Love Shine A Light Katrina and the Waves Love Shine A Light 1 1998 Israel Dana International Diva Imaani Where are you? 2 1999 Sweden Charlotte Nilsson Take Me To Your Heaven Precious Say It Again 12 2000 Denmark Olsen Brothers Fly On The Wings Of Love Nikki French Don't Play That Song Again 16 2001 Estonia Tanel Padar & Dave Benton Everybody Lindsay Dracass No Dream Impossible 15 2002 Latvia Marie N I Wanna Jessica Garlick Come Back 3 2003 Turkey Sertab Erener Everyway That I Can Jemini Cry Baby 26 2004 Ukraine Ruslana Wild Dances James Fox Hold On To Our Love 16 2005 Greece Helena My Number One Javine Touch My Fire 22
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