Just in Case You Missed the Last 50 Eurovision Song Contests...

text of EBU press release June 16, 2005

A total of 14 songs have been selected to take part in Congratulations, the special ESC 50th anniversary TV show organized on behalf of the EBU by Danmarks Radio (DR) in Copenhagen on Saturday 22 October 2005.

The special two-hour celebration show will be broadcast live (21:00 CET) in over 25 countries across Europe (the final list to be announced). On the night, European viewers will televote to choose the most popular ESC song. As with the Eurovision Song Contest, the centralized televoting system will be developed and coordinated for Congratulations by digame.de GmbH, an affiliate of Deutsche Telekom.

The 14 songs are, in chronological order: Nel Blu Di Pinto di Blu or Volare (Domenico Modugno), 1958, Italy; Poupée de Cire Poupée de Son (France Gall), 1965, Luxembourg; Congratulations (Cliff Richard), 1968, UK; Eres Tú (Mocedades), 1973, Spain; Waterloo (ABBA), 1974, Sweden; Save Your Kisses for Me (Brotherhood of Man), 1976, UK; What's Another Year (Johnny Logan), 1980; Ireland; Ein Bisschen Frieden (Nicole), 1982, Germany; Hold Me Now (Johnny Logan), 1987, Ireland; Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi (Céline Dion), 1988, Switzerland; Diva (Dana International), 1998, Israel; Fly on the Wings of Love (Olsen Brothers), 2000, Denmark; Everyway That I Can (Sertab Erener), 2003, Turkey; My Number One (Helena Paparizou), 2005, Greece.

Eurovision Song Contest stars, including The Olsen Brothers (Joergen and Noller Olsen) and pop celebrities, will perform spectacular medleys of the most loved, most popular and most memorable moments from the Eurovision Song Contest.

Keywords:public television, Eurovision Song Contest

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