Eurovision hit of the day

[Shiva]

Fell free to post your song, this is just a general thread to post old Eurovision favourites [:-D] (Long overdue)

Lets start with our favourite tiny island Iceland [;-)]

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[amnesiac]

Next to 1958 and Domenico Modugno is representing Italy with Nel blu di pinto di blu, now more commonly known as Volare. He finished third but the entry went on to become the most successful Eurovision entry ever.

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[falcon]

another icelandic visionary :P


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[amnesiac]

another icelandic visionary :P


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A lady to your lord of flame wars!
I <3 Silvia.

[falcon]

A lady to your lord of flame wars!
I <3 Silvia.


Reread the tag

[Shiva]

Silvia Knight can have my babies [:-P]

One of my favourites now, Theater by Katja Ebstein representing Germany in 1980

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[amnesiac]

Theater! Theater! Great choice Shiva!

The Bolsheviks formally recognised Finnish independence 92 years ago today and to celebrate here's the debut Russian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, the spectacular "Eternal Wanderer" sung by Youddiph.

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[amnesiac]

Here's yet another Andorran classic that somehow didn't make it to the Grand Final.

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Oh Gisela, where did it all go wrong? Was it the out of tune singing? Was it dressing like a bronze aged warrior queen with a thing for poodles? Was it the 1963 choreography?

Don't worry hun, Casanova still ranks as a modern schlager classic.

[Serenitatis]

Im not the biggest fan of the eurovision but i must admit that this year i really liked this

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And this halftime show was the best yet imo :)

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[amnesiac]

Im not the biggest fan of the eurovision but i must admit that this year i really liked this

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Many geese died for Malena's dress.

[Shiva]

Many geese died for Malena's dress.

Many more for Shiels Fitz's [:-))]

[Shiva]

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2003 Slovenia - Karmen Stavec - Nanana

Not the best one out there, but a fun little song non the less [:-D] One of the back singers was the singer for Slovenia in 2009!

[amnesiac]

Oh Shiva, will Slovenia ever beat their 2001 entry Energy?

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OK, so Nusa might look like a Norry girl dressed up like the Bride from Kill Bill but what is there not to love about this high energy Europop dance number. It suffers slightly from a lack of a crazy stage routine but remember this was during Eurovision's strangely austere late 90s/early naughties period! and the key change lights up a soccer stadium; how cool is that?

This is a track BEGGING for an Agnes makeover!

[amnesiac]

In 2006 Switzerland tried to cash in on televoting by forming a super group of six popstars from all over Europe and getting Eurovision legend Ralf Siegel to pen a little ditty called "If We All Give A Little."

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It's not the greatest vocal, the choreography may be a mess but I think a feel good peace and love anthem may be what we need today!

[Shiva]

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Wasn't Magnus in that one?

[amnesiac]

Wasn't Magnus in that one?

No Andreas and he recycled his Alcastar outfit from MF05.

Amazingly, Magnus has yet to grace the Eurovision stage!

[amnesiac]

Ever wonder where our beloved Invincible got his username from?

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[Shiva]

Great melody, nice and catchy, awful awful choreography and it looks like they tried to dress Andre the giant in people clothes [=:-)]

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[JoannaRyde]

can I request the ACTUAL BEST Eurovision song EVER???

Linda Martin's Terminal 3!

By the way, Silvia is GOD!

[Shiva]

can I request the ACTUAL BEST Eurovision song EVER???

Linda Martin's Terminal 3!

By the way, Silvia is GOD!

Why request it, just play it [:-D]

Silvia Knight is having my babies, love her [@};-]

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[amnesiac]

Russia debuted in Dublin in 1994 with the folky ballad "Eternal Wanderer." I've always had a soft spot for it!

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[amnesiac]

It's 11 years later, Eurovison is celebrating it's 50th anniversary in Kyiv and Bosnia-Herzegovina decides to wish the greatest TV show in the world Happy Birthday.

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What seemed like a strong contender for Eurovision glory was let down in Kyiv by a complete and utter inability of Feminem to sing one note in tune. Still, the preview video is a schlager classic!

[Cinaed]

What seemed like a strong contender for Eurovision glory was let down in Kyiv by a complete and utter inability of Feminem to sing one note in tune. Still, the preview video is a schlager classic!

hehe loved them! 'Allo? Copenhagen?' 2005, yea? My first Eurovision [@};-][@};-][@};-]

[Invincible]

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Estonia 2006 - great song and great performance! Pity it didn't even qualify for the final.

[Shiva]

It's 11 years later, Eurovison is celebrating it's 50th anniversary in Kyiv and Bosnia-Herzegovina decides to wish the greatest TV show in the world Happy Birthday.

What seemed like a strong contender for Eurovision glory was let down in Kyiv by a complete and utter inability of Feminem to sing one note in tune. Still, the preview video is a schlager classic!

Tney also appeared to be drunk, that or just had so much fun singing it :) For some reason I see Muggle in this...

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Check out 2.44 and 3.06 to see what I mean ;)

[Carraigrock]

Tney also appeared to be drunk, that or just had so much fun singing it :) For some reason I see Muggle in this...

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Check out 2.44 and 3.06 to see what I mean ;)

A GC.com Feminem tribute group???

Shiva, you have the best ideas.....

[amnesiac]

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It's 1981, Ireland is hosting its second ever Eurovision Song Contest in the RDS and we decided to send a little slice of schlager magic to contrast with Johnny Logan's What's Another Year? from 1980.

[Shiva]

For the day that's in it.

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Iceland's first entry to the Eurovision by the band ICY. Their entry, Gleðibankinn or The Bank of Fun, placed 16th.

[Shiva]

Briggita with Open your heart - Iceland 2003

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[amnesiac]

Briggita with Open your heart - Iceland 2003

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I love 2003; what about having a Gaycork.com ESC03 meetup? We could dress as our favourite entrants, host our own voting etc!

[Shiva]

I love 2003; what about having a Gaycork.com ESC03 meetup? We could dress as our favourite entrants, host our own voting etc!

Tempting!

[amnesiac]

Tempting!


Think of all the costumes!

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[Invincible]

Oooooh i would love that!![:-D]

[Shiva]

Oooooh i would love that!![:-D]

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The plot thickens.

[amnesiac]

I now have images of you, me and Admin knocking on curley and Invincible's door chanting

Eh-owma-ew-oma-soomy-sah-soomy!
Sanomi-sa-neh!

[Shiva]

I now have images of you, me and Admin knocking on curley and Invincible's door chanting

Eh-owma-ew-oma-soomy-sah-soomy!
Sanomi-sa-neh!

Only to be greeted by 2 pink cat suits going Na Na nanananana.

And you in a split back onesie and a blond wig.

[amnesiac]

only to be greeted by 2 pink cat suits going na na nanananana.

And you in a split back onesie and a blond wig.


ribbons! We will need lots and lots of ribbons!

[JoannaRyde]

I may have a suprise in store for u guys at bingo some night soon!

[Shiva]

ribbons! We will need lots and lots of ribbons!

Looking at this we need a lot of pink and white fabric, and virtually nothing else.

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I may have a suprise in store for u guys at bingo some night soon!

Ohhhhh!

[Shiva]

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Wig Wam's performance at Eurovision 2005. This was one of my favourite songs of that year. My only issue is that the singer needs to wear underwear

[Invincible]

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Wig Wam's performance at Eurovision 2005. This was one of my favourite songs of that year. My only issue is that the singer needs to wear underwear

Clever man he was by waving that orange rag around for the whole performance. Only a few months earlier the hugely popular Orange Revolution took place which was a mass democratic uprising against rigged and corrupt presidential election results. Age Sten Nilsen (i googled them[:-P]) was a dab hand at currying favour! Great song too!

[amnesiac]

And without WigWam we would probably not have had Lordi and their winning Hard Rock Hallelujah the following year!

[amnesiac]

Ireland's only real attempt at schlager in the naughties...

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An attempt, that's all...

And as for Donna and Joe, where are they now?

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[Shiva]

And as for Donna and Joe, where are they now?

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And Donna was the gay one, who would have guessed :)

[amnesiac]

They are both openly gay as far as I know!

[Shiva]

They are both openly gay as far as I know!

Is he? I thought she was the only one [:-?] There goes one of Admin's jokes anyway.

[amnesiac]

Is he? I thought she was the only one [:-?] There goes one of Admin's jokes anyway.

Share!

[Shiva]

Share!

That was it. "She was the gay one!" said in an ironic Youghal accent.

[amnesiac]

That was it. "She was the gay one!" said in an ironic Youghal accent.

Oh.
It's a good thing Admin has a steady day job.

[amnesiac]

The year is 1993. Eurovision has found a temporary home in a cowshed in Millstreeet, Co. Cork. The contest has got off to a dodgy start with less than stellar entries from Italy, Turkey and Germany. Up next is Switzerland. Without much success since Celine Dion won on Irish soil in 1988, they've decided to employ the talents of a young Quebecois chanteuse once more.

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Moi Tout Simplement - Annie Cotton

[Shiva]

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Probably the best non-winner of them all.

This ones for you Vonnie our Shady Lady XXX

[amnesiac]

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Probably the best non-winner of them all.

This ones for you Vonnie our Shady Lady XXX

*does the Shady Lady nodding head backing dance in agreement*

And remember guys, check out www.ESCIreland.com for all the latest Eurovision gossip.

[Shiva]

God I love this song a little too much

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[Sheila Fits]

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Probably the best non-winner of them all.

This ones for you Vonnie our Shady Lady XXX

Agreed would have been a far more popular and better winner then auld "wolf features" himself

xx

[louislestat]

I still love this! It reminded me a little of my fav group Bucks Fizz. You can even hear the presenter mention 'Making your mind up' in the introduction

Turkish entry from 1991 - the year Carola won

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[Shiva]

I still love this! It reminded me a little of my fav group Bucks Fizz. You can even hear the presenter mention 'Making your mind up' in the introduction

Turkish entry from 1991 - the year Carola won

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I see what you mean all right, but that Italian presenter, omg he as awful, I remember he was hitting onto 2 of the acts as they came on stage - live on camera.

[amnesiac]

I see what you mean all right, but that Italian presenter, omg he as awful, I remember he was hitting onto 2 of the acts as they came on stage - live on camera.

RAI's organisation of the 1991 contest was nothing but a complete shambles! The whole production was something akin to dodgy Kenny Live special!

[PhonyMcRingRing]

Eurovision is somewhat of a guilty pleasure for me. While it's fun to take the piss out of the cheesy and sh1te entries, there is usually one or two gems there.

2003: I don't like TATU and their vocals were awful, but the song was actually pretty damn good.

2009: I really liked the Estonian gothic string quartet fronted by the most elfin looking woman I've seen that wasn't Liv Tyler as Arwen.

2010: My two favourites, Slovakia and Sweden, failed to qualify. [:-(] Luckily, my third favourite (Germany) won!

Best year though was 2007: Bulgaria's percussion-fuelled dance song and Hungary's answer to Janis Joplin both stand out as great performances. But this is the one that really should have won it imo, probably the best Eurovision song I have ever heard, and one that I regularly listen to on Youtube:

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[Shiva]

Bet you are regretting it now eh Sweden, eh? This is my life, what a load of old shite!

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[triton201]

Bet you are regretting it now eh Sweden, eh? This is my life, what a load of old shite!

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I'd still totally do him tho.

...Did I just say that out loud?

[louislestat]

Lets have some 'Sheeba' for 'Shiva'

I still love this

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[amnesiac]

Lets have some 'Sheeba' for 'Shiva'

I still love this

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Ireland's must schlagertastic moment!

[triton201]

Lets have some 'Sheeba' for 'Shiva'

I still love this

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Nice tune to that....easy listening.
I fear tv has warped me forever, because during the introduction given all that was coming to mind was "Eth eth ethetheth eth eth eth etheth ethethetheth eth ethetheth etheth etheth ethetheth Chris Waddle."

[Shiva]

This song is such a classic :)
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[louislestat]

I always liked this one, can't think for the life of me why?[;-)]

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[Invincible]

I always liked this one, can't think for the life of me why?[;-)]

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Is it because you're singing in it?!

[amnesiac]

I listen to this when I'm down...

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Thankfully the recorded version is a lot less pitchy than the live effort!

[amnesiac]

I love how years of watching Melodifestivalen has increased my enjoyment of the Stieg Larsson movies. I almost wet myself when Lisbeth said "Det Gor Ont" in The Girl Who Played With Fire.

[Serenitatis]

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I heard this on the radio earlier for the first time in years. I remember loving it

[amnesiac]

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I heard this on the radio earlier for the first time in years. I remember loving it

Unfortunately it was not an original!

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[louislestat]

There was lots of controversy about that at the time - they are practically identical aren't they? It was nearly with drawn if I remember correctly?

I love this one since I was a little little boy If anyone has it on MP3 I'd be thrilled. [:-X]

The Swarbriggs Plus 2 (Alma Carroll and Nicola Kerr)

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[Serenitatis]

Unfortunately it was not an original!

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How did they get away with that?

[amnesiac]

How did they get away with that?

They didn't! There was a massive controversy the week before the contest and the EBU came very close to throwing the entry out but in the end they felt they couldn't as the contest was being held in Dublin. The juries were left under no illusions that they were NOT to award Ireland a fourth victory in a row. Instead our own Fionnuala Sherry as part of Secret Garden brought the contest to Norway, where we made a triumphant return the following year, winning our fourth contest out of five with Brendan Graham's The Voice.

[Invincible]

They didn't! There was a massive controversy the week before the contest and the EBU came very close to throwing the entry out but in the end they felt they couldn't as the contest was being held in Dublin. The juries were left under no illusions that they were NOT to award Ireland a fourth victory in a row. Instead our own Fionnuala Sherry as part of Secret Garden brought the contest to Norway, where we made a triumphant return the following year, winning our fourth contest out of five with Brendan Graham's The Voice.

D'ya mind me asking how they went about that? Did they say "you cannot vote for Ireland"? Because i can't remember Ireland ever getting nul point. Did they say "you can only give Ireland a maximum of 4 points"?, or something like "some of you can vote for Ireland but others aren't allowed"? I'm just trying to understand how you can manipulate the vote like that without being blatant about it.

[amnesiac]

D'ya mind me asking how they went about that? Did they say "you cannot vote for Ireland"? Because i can't remember Ireland ever getting nul point. Did they say "you can only give Ireland a maximum of 4 points"?, or something like "some of you can vote for Ireland but others aren't allowed"? I'm just trying to understand how you can manipulate the vote like that without being blatant about it.

We got a 10 from Sweden and minor points from a number of other countries. Apparently before televoting there were lots of dirty shenanigans in Eurovision voting, including trading of votes between countries!

[amnesiac]

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Dime que es lo que puedo hacer, como te puedo tener!

[louislestat]

One of the greats X

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[mack]

One of the greats X

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This is my favourite Eurovision song.
I just really like Frances Ruffelle in general..best Eponine there was[;-)]
I only recently discovered her daughter is Eliza Doolittle of "Skinny Genes" and "Pack Up" fame.

[louislestat]

This is my favourite Eurovision song.
I just really like Frances Ruffelle in general..best Eponine there was[;-)]
I only recently discovered her daughter is Eliza Doolittle of "Skinny Genes" and "Pack Up" fame.

They are the image of one another. I started a whole tread about it a few weeks back.....no one cared. Except you and me.[;-)] HOO-RAY! another Frances fan
The Gran-mother is Sylvia Young from 'The Sylvia Young Stage School'. Some talent in that family

[mack]

They are the image of one another. I started a whole tread about it a few weeks back.....no one cared. Except you and me.[;-)] HOO-RAY! another Frances fan
The Gran-mother is Sylvia Young from 'The Sylvia Young Stage School'. Some talent in that family

Oh that thread must have been before I joined or I would have definitely posted in it lol. They really do look so similar and Frances still looks incredibly young. Some amazing genes in that family too.
I'm tempted to go stick on the Les Mis soundtrack now:cool:

[amnesiac]

One of the greats X

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LOVE Frances Roufelle!

Also loved the home UK entry in 1998...

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[Sheila Fits]

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Dime que es lo que puedo hacer, como te puedo tener!

Great song on the cd.............brutal live............could have been much better......still love it though xx

[Sheila Fits]

LOVE Frances Roufelle!

didnt mind the song erpsay or the singer...but the cheap sonding backing was wicked.....this finished well below par didnt it ?

Also loved the home UK entry in 1998...

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IMAANI.............Where are you now......Best performance of the night ....but of course overshadowed by Dana International and do ye remember Guildo from germany that year ???/ Classic

[Shiva]

Freaky Friday can only be spent in the charming company of Verka!

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[amnesiac]

IMAANI.............Where are you now......Best performance of the night ....but of course overshadowed by Dana International and do ye remember Guildo from germany that year ???/ Classic

Ask and you shall receive my dear!

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Whatever did Dame Katie make of Guildo?

[Shiva]

What happens when you mix a Romanian hit with a Russian Euro Queen?
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[amnesiac]

OMG, how fabulous.

And speaking of Russian Queens...

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[Invincible]

OMG, how fabulous.

And speaking of Russian Queens...

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J'adore that song. My Eurovision memories are kinda patchy but that is one song that has stuck in my mind - unforgettable:).

[louislestat]

This always gives me goosebumps[:-X]
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[twoleggedfrog]

This is still one of my favorite Eurovision songs

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And this has to be the funniest one, I mean, the cut of her like!

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How could she think a tutu would be cool?

Anyway, they both won it...Fair play to Luxembourg and Switzerland [:-D]

[louislestat]

Agree agree agree agree on everything you just said[:-))]

Love that song too

Celine was/is some moose

[twoleggedfrog]

Celine was/is some moose

And that was after SOME of the surgery...I'm going off topic, but here's one of her first appearance on TV there -the close ups on her face are quite scary. I may have nightmares tonight now...

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With special bonus, her mum talking about her 14 children!

[louislestat]

Another one I still love

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[Shiva]

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30 years old today!

[twoleggedfrog]

This was rejected as France entry for the 75 contest as being too crude...

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and was finally only released in 2001 to top the charts...

And while I'm at it, I think Dani would have done well with her 74 entry had France not withdrawn from the contest...

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She was cursed the poor thing

[Shiva]

Should have represented Sweden in 2010 the gorgeous girls from Timoteij. Swedish people don't understand why us non Swedes love these girls so much. Us non-Swedes don't understand why they don't love them more!!!

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And their latest smash hit "Het" which I simply adore, they HAVE to be in Melodifestivalen next year

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