By Year
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The first decade and a half of Eurovision saw it evolve from a seven nation shindig in Lugano to a mammoth event that captured the imagination of a continent (well the Western bit), though over that entire period they’d never thought of a tie-breaker.
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The Seventies started with a boycott-ridden contest and Ireland’s first of seven Grand Prix, and ended with the first contest to be staged outside of Europe.
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The Eighties saw Johnny Logan win the contest twice and also compose a runner-up for Linda Martin. Germany’s first win, Luxembourg and France’s last, and a French-Canadian in a frightful frock winning for Switzerland.
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The first contest of the Nineties was staged just months after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the decade would see the organizers trying to cope with a string of new countries wanting to join the party.
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The Noughties saw Eurovision routinely in massive arenas with fans to the forefront, and also momentously the advent of first one and then two semi-finals, enabling any country who wanted to compete to do so.
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The Teenies saw Sweden accrue it’s fifth and sixth victories to lie just one win behind Ireland, and not without controversy Australia become a regular participant.
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The Twenties began with a pandemic-induced cancellation followed by a dramatic return in 2021.