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Recalling the 50th anniversary of the 1963 contest

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0100

At the end of this month, the BBC will close the doors of its TV Centre for the last time, marking the end of more than 50 years of television production in the west London studios. Today, we look back at a time when no less than three of its studios were pressed into production to stage the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest. It turned out to be quite a memorable contest.

Recalling Sweden's first staging of the contest in 1975

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0100

As we look forward to the staging of the 58th edition of Europe's Favourite TV Show in Sweden in May. Today, marks the date when Sweden first staged the Eurovision Song Contest, way back in 1975, which saw the introduction of the scoring system, with its douze points.

Former winners together in Athens

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:36:00 +0100

There are many benefits that come with being a winner in Europe's Favourite TV Show, apart from the honour of taking the title and having an international hit. It can also lead to making guest appearances in various national finals across Europe each year, and 2013 has been no exception.

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus: Loreen's 'a really good artist'

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:00:00 +0100

"A really good song and a really good artist." says Björn Ulvaeus, the legendary song writer and a member of the pop icon ABBA, about Loreen and her song Euphoria.

1986: Belgium's greatest year

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:05:02 +0100

In the latest of our journeys back in to the history of Europe's Favourite TV Show, we focus on Belgium. They have participated no fewer than 54 times, but their only victory came back in 1986 when Sandra Kim took the honours with J'Aime La Vie.

Dima Bilan to win MTV Worldwide Act award?

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:10:25 +0100

The Russian pop star and 2009 Eurovision Song Contest winner Dima Bilan has been nominated to represent Europe in the competition for MTV's Worldwide Act award. Will he win it? It's up to you!

Ireland's Eurovision winners on tour

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:31:43 +0200

This week sees the launch of an exciting and memorable music tour. ‘Best Of Eurovision’ Ireland’s Winners will see Eurovision Song Contest winners Johnny Logan, Linda Martin, Dana, Niamh Kavanagh, Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan perform their Eurovision hits together for the first time.

Belarus: Koldun worked his magic in 2007

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:09:46 +0200

In the latest chapter of our look back in to the history books of Europe's Favourite TV Show, we today take a look back at the records and participation of Belarus.

Azerbaijan: Major success since 2008 debut

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:52:27 +0200

The next country who's Eurovision Song Contest history we explore, is that of this year's host nation, Azerbaijan. Although they have only been participating since 2008, the Land of Fire have made quite an impression to date.

1966: Austria's finest hour

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:30:00 +0200

Today we take a look back at Austria's participation in Europe's Favourite TV Show. Although they have participated no fewer than 45 times, Austria have tasted victory only once to date, back in 1966 when Udo Jürgens won with Merci, Chérie