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The Euro Years

A concise history of the Eurovision Song Contest: Who won, where and why? It's all here.


1950s - The girls wore dresses & the boys kept score
1960s - Luxembourg shows that size doesn't matter
1970s - Out came Abba, The Shadows & Black Lace
1980s - Shoulder pads, polka dots and elbow-length gloves
1990s - Dana International injects a boost of glamour!
2000s - More countries but less clothing...

IN PICTURES:
Check out the pictures of Eurovision fashion through the ages!
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BBC One BBC One
The Eurovision Song Contest Final
Sat 21st May at 8pm


BBC Three BBC Three
Semi-Final & more
19th & 21st May


BBC Radio 2
The Eurovision Song Contest with Ken Bruce
Sat 21st May at 8pm

 
 
BBC EUROVISION NEWS
Webmaster of ESC Today website Meet the man whose life is Eurovision. The webmaster of esctoday.com.
This way...

- BBC journalist blogs from Kiev
- How much do you know about Eurovision?


 
 
LISTEN LINKS
 Wake up to Wogan
 Radio 2 live
 
 
COOL LINKS
The official Eurovision Site
Packed with all the information you need to enjoy the contest

Javine's Official Website
Listen to Javine's Eurovision song and check out exclusive Javine news.

Making Your Mind Up
See the UK hopefuls who failed to make it this year.

Eurovision 2004
Find out what happened when James Fox went to Turkey.

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