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Forgotten Histories Of Eurovision: 2009 Edition – Recent But Accessible?

What Do You Mean “Forgotten”? The internet is a great resource that allows us to find information just like that! But not all of it is easy to find! If you want exact breakdowns of Eurovision results for example, many of the sites from then no longer exist/have broken links and it is our mission …

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Interval Act: Been There, Seen That, Got The T-Shirt

First Of All, What Were These Interval Acts? Year Host City Country Interval Act 1956 Lugano Switzerland Les Joyeux Rossignols (Piano Music with Bird Sounds) 1957 Frankfurt Germany No Interval 1958 Hilversum Netherlands The Orchestra – Wedding Dance 1959 Cannes France No Interval 1960 London United Kingdom No Interval 1961 Cannes France Tessa Beaumont and …

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moving mountains is tough, Getting Montaigne “to” eurovision was a victory

Over the years many countries have ended up withdrawing their entry from Eurovision for a variety of reasons. Be that France’s 1974 entry, La Vie A Vingt-cinq Ans, which was withdrawn following the death of the French president; Lebanon’s 2005 entry, Quand tout s’enfuit, which was pulled after the Lebanese broadcaster was told they must …

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