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Mari
10-21-2005, 01:18 PM
Yay! Euro-kitsch time... pure nostalgia :D
Tomorrow night they're holding the Best of 50 years of Eurovision Songcontest in Kopenhagen, and these are the finalists:

* "Nel blu, di pinto di blu (Volare") - Domenico Modugno - Italy, 1958
* "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" - France Gall - Luxemburg, 1965
* "Congratulation(s)" - Cliff Richard - UK, 1968
* "Eres tú" - Mocedades - Spain, 1973
* "Waterloo" - ABBA - Sweden, 1974
* "Safe your kisses for me" - Brotherhood of Man - UK, 1976
* "What's another year" - Johnny Logan - Ireland, 1980
* "Ein bisschen Frieden" - Nicole - Germany, 1982
* "Hold me now" - Johnny Logan - Ireland, 1987
* "Ne partez pas sans moi" - Céline Dion - Switzerland, 1988
* "Diva" - Dana International - Israel, 1998
* "Fly on the wings of love" - Olsen Brothers - Denmark, 2000
* "Everyway that I can" - Sertab Erener - Turkey, 2003
* "My Number One" - Helena Paparizou - Greece, 2005

your favorite to win, please. Or any other favorite not in that list. If you don't know the songs, you can see the performances on the official site:
www.eurovision.tv (http://www.eurovision.tv/english/index.htm)
shackin'up
10-21-2005, 01:39 PM
Vicky Leandros' Apres-toi. It's not even in the list damnit.
Mari
10-21-2005, 01:47 PM
The more songs I hear from this list, the more I wonder how they compiled it.. what's Greece doing in there?! The last song? Come on, must be better songs out there. Anyway, for now I'm going with Nicole & Ein Bisschen Frieden, because that's the first eurovision song I can actually remember, although I'm sure I've seen the show in years before that:D
Richard B
10-21-2005, 02:46 PM
Waterloo - ABBA
JazmenFlowers
10-21-2005, 06:05 PM
waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war...oh, um Waterloo - ABBA
Mari
10-22-2005, 05:31 PM
Well, Waterloo won. Doh. Wouldn't have expected anything else. A bit snobby of them not to turn up though ;)
Richard B
10-22-2005, 05:45 PM
Well, Waterloo won. Doh. Wouldn't have expected anything else. A bit snobby of them not to turn up though ;)
They are so over it. They can barely get Agnetha to appear at all in anything, especially for the documentary stuff they filmed for their DVD's.
shackin'up
10-22-2005, 06:27 PM
come on people. am I THAT old? Apres-toi by Vicky Leandros was the best and most heartfelt song ever in that creepy competition.
BombaySapphire3
10-22-2005, 09:46 PM
Well, Waterloo obviously. Why the hell isn't it on the list?
But also Sandie Shaw's Puppet On A String and Bucks Fizz's Making Your Mind Up - classic.
I miss the days when Ireland used to win every year :(
Where's Johnny Logan when you need him?
Wasn't Buck's Fizz put together specifically for Eurovison? I know they did have a few U.K. hits in the early 80s after ABBA were no longer putting out records.
danax6
10-22-2005, 09:50 PM
come on people. am I THAT old? Apres-toi by Vicky Leandros was the best and most heartfelt song ever in that creepy competition.
No no, I have to agree. :nod:

*But*, I wanted to vote for Celine Dion, thinking she was number 12 (I wasn't really paying attention, my beer was more interesting) and it turns out I ended up voting for Johnny Logan. :eek: Celine was number 11.

And he ended up third. I will never forgive myself.