The 24th Eurovision Song Contest was held outside the geographical area of Europe for the first time. Jerusalem played the proud host of the annual European event
After having won in London in 1977, French Television organised the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest in Paris on the 22nd of April.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the first contest which was troubled by a strike and was only organised five weeks after the planned date.
For the third time in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Netherlands organised the musical highlight of the year. After having hosted the event in Hilversum and Amsterdam, The Hague was chosen as host city for the 1976 event.
The Eurovision Song Contest moved northwards for its 20th anniversary. The 1975 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Stockholm, Sweden on 22nd March.
For the second year in three, the United Kingdom and its national broadcaster BBC held the Eurovision Song Contest without having won in the preceding year. Due to the fact that the Luxembourg broadcaster RTL did not wish to host the song contest again because of financial reasons, British BBC embraced the possibility once more.…
Country: : Luxembourg City : Luxembourg Date : Saturday, 07 April, 1973, 20:00 CET Venue & Location Nouveau Théâtre, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Broacaster CLT Host : Helga Guitton Executive Producer — Executive Supervisor Clifford Brown Multicamera Director — Winner Anne-Marie David from Luxembourg Interval Act Charlie Rivel The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the…
Host Broadcaster BBC decided to arrange the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest outside of London and the honour of hosting it went to the Scottish capital Edinburgh. The contest resulted in two big hits all over the continent: Après Toi by winner Vicky Leandros and Beg, Steal Or Borrow by The New Seekers who ended up…
After Dana’s victory in 1970, the Eurovision Song Contest moved to the emerald island of Ireland, and the number of participants rose again.
Country: : The Netherlands City : Amsterdam Date : Saturday 21 March 1970 Location : RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Broadcaster : NOS Host : Willy Dobbe Executive Producer : Warner van Kampen EBU Scrutineer : Clifford Brown Director : Theo Ordeman Winner : Dana from Ireland Interval Act : Don de Lurio Dancers The Eurovision Song Contest…