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Eurovision special
Lookfamiliar?
Thetopwinners
Themost popularwinning
outfit is all-white, then
technicolour ensembles
We run the ruleover someof thecontestants for thismonth’sEurovisionSongContest
The
transvestite
Austria’s
ConchitaWurst
The verdict
Better lashes
than tunes.
Seeprevious
Israeli
transsexual Dana
International
won the contest
in 1998.
The
“joke”band
Iceland’s
Pollapönk
The verdict
Punkier, and
better, than
expected.
Seeprevious
In 2002,
Greece’s
Michalis
Rakintzis sang
SAGAPO
withhis
group in suits
of armour.
The sisters
Russia’s
Tolmachevy
Sisters (they’re
twins)
The verdict
Excessively
schmaltzy, even
by Eurovision
standards.
Seeprevious
Armenia’s
Ashakyan Sisters
came 10th in
2009.
The
Everyman
Norway’s
Carl Espen
The verdict
Decent, James
Blunt-esque
weepie tunes.
Seeprevious
Ireland’s Johnny
Logan, whowon
in 1980 and 1987,
andpenned a
thirdwinner for
LindaMartin
in 1992.
The
“urban” act
Poland’s
Donatan ft Cleo
The verdict
My Slowianie
is
actually not bad,
with shades
of MIA and a
knowingly
ironic video.
Seeprevious
Who See?,
Montenegro’s
rapping
astronauts,
who failed to
make the final in
Malmö last year.
The
cheeseball
Belarus’s Teo
The verdict
The suited Teo
comes off
like a Z-list
Robin Thicke.
Seeprevious
Russia’s 2008
winner Dima
Bilanwas fond
of thewhite
jeans andopen
shirt look.
In thewrong
competition
Holland’s The
Common
Linnets
The verdict
(Not bad) nu-folk
duowho got lost
on theway to
seeMumford&
Sons.
Seeprevious
France’s 1965
entrywas
writtenby Serge
Gainsbourg.
The sultry
songstress
Spain’s Ruth
Lorenzo
The verdict
A touchof ’80s
power balladry,
in a goodway.
Seeprevious
Greece’s 2005
winner Elena
Paparizou.
Ireland (7wins) Sweden (5) UK (5)
France (5) Luxembourg (5)
Netherlands (4)
PA PHOTOS; CORBIS
74per centwomen
26per centmen
What sizeof bandwins?
We’vecomesofar(not)
Moving thecompetition fromMalmö toCopenhagen
represents the shortest distancebetweencompetitions since
Dublinhosted successiveEurovisions in 1994and 1995.
Whatcolour
winnerswear
Thebestsongever?
x14wins
x6
x1
x8
x11
x20
(sincecolour TV)
Baby-facedNorwegian fiddler-singer
Alexander Rybak got the highest-
ever score in 2009…but
multi-culti Swede Loreen
got themostmaximum
scores (18) in 2012, and
Abba’s
Waterloo
(1974)
was voted thebest
Eurovision song of all
timeby the European
BroadcastingUnion.
FromMalmö
ToCopenhagen
It’s going tobe in
Copenhagen from
6-10May
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