Eurovision Trivia

1. In this year, the previous year's winner returned to try and defend their title.

From Quiz Guess the Right Eurovision Year

Answer: 2011, Dusseldorf

The 2011 contest, held in Dusseldorf's Esprit Arena, was won by Azerbaijan, with the song "Running Scared" by Ell & Nikki. Host country Germany, winner of the 2010 edition, was represented by 2010 winner Lena Meyer-Landrut, who had returned to the contest to defend her title.

From Quiz Eurovision 2008-2012

Answer: Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan made its debut in the contest with the song "Day After Day" sung by Elnur & Samir. They came eighth overall just ahead of Israel. This score however is their lowest, as since 2008 they have always placed in the top five.

From Quiz The European Song Contest

Answer: J'Aime la Vie

All these song titles were performed in 1986 at the ESC. Sandra Kim, born Sandra Caldarone, won with an enthusiastic performance of "J'aime la Vie" ("I Love Life"). The Swiss delegation moved for a disqualification as the lyrics of this song state "J'ai quinze ans" ("I'm fifteen years old"), which was not true at that time. However, in 1986 there was no alternative version for young participants, so Sandra Kim could keep the title. As for the other songs: Timna Brauer sang "Die Zeit ist Einsam" ("The Time Is Lonely") for Austria and finished 18th. Ketil Stokkan competed for Norway and sang "Romeo". He became 12th. And the Swiss Daniela Simons claimed the second place with her song "Pas pour Moi" ("Not for Me"). This question was brought to you by player JanIQ from Belgium.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest Fanatics

Answer: Milk & Honey with Gali Atari

Gali Atari was a female solo artist who was asked to join Milk & Honey for this song. She took to the stage in a gorgeous pink dress and sang the first verse on her own. The song was so popular on the night, the crowd were on their feet cheering before it had finished.

From Quiz 50 Years of Eurovision

Answer: Switzerland

There were seven countries in the debut edition of the ESC: Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands and of course Switzerland. Each country presented 2 songs, which made 14 in total. The winning song was "Refrain" from Switzerland.

From Quiz Eurovision

Answer: Johnny Logan

Johnny Logan won in 1980 with "What's Another Year?" and in 1987 with "Hold Me Now". Cliff Richard participated twice, coming second in 1968 with "Congratulations" and third in 1973 with "Power to All Our Friends". Vicky Leandros won in 1972 with "Come What May" and Marie Myriam in 1977 with "L'Oiseau et L'Enfant".

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest - Part 1

Answer: Switzerland

Switzerland was awarded the honour to host the first Eurovision Song Contest ever. Since 1957, the EBU - European Broadcasting Union - uses the system that has the winner of an edition organising the next edition.

From Quiz Eurovision Songcontest

Answer: Switzerland

The UK missed the contest because the BBC was too late with the national selection.

From Quiz The Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: Switzerland

In 1956 and it took them another 32 years to win it for the second time in 1988.

From Quiz UK and The Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: No one

Only seven countries entered the first contest, and the UK wasn't among them, each of the participating countries had two entries each.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: 1997

The song was 'Love Shine A Light.'

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: 1962 - De Spelbrekers - Katinka

When the lights went out during the 1962 festival, the only thing the people at home saw, was the white of the shirts of the two singers. The rest was dark, darker, darkest.

From Quiz Guess the Right Eurovision Year

Answer: 2022, Turin

Created as a replacement to the Barbara Dex Award given out from 1997 to 2021, the You're a Vision Award is given to the contestant with the "most remarkable outfit" in the Eurovision Song Contest. The first recipient was Australia's Sheldon Riley.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: United Kingdom

There have been a number of occasions when the winning country has declined to host the contest. In 1960, 1972 and 1974 the UK hosted the contest despite not winning the previous year because the winning country could not afford to host. In 1980, the Netherlands held the contest as Israel could not, due to expense; the date the contest was to be held on was Israel's Remembrance Day.

From Quiz Eurovision 2008-2012

Answer: Nije Ljubav Stvar

2012 was Zeljko Joksimoviæ's second appearance in the contest; he represented Serbia and Montenegro in 2004. Overall they came third in the grand final hosted in Azerbaijan.

From Quiz The European Song Contest

Answer: Last

After winning in 1957 with her song "Net als toen", Corry Brokken wanted to defend her title in Hilversum. Receiving only a single point, she finished on a disappointing shared last place with her title "Heel de Wereld". She also performed in the first Eurovision contest ever held, in 1956. Although her final position is unknown, she is said to have done well with her song "Voorgoed voorbij". In 2010, she still holds the record for being the only competitor to finish both first and last at the Eurovision Song Contest. GraceGreer from the Netherlands crafted this question.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest Fanatics

Answer: Latvia - Marie N singing "I Wanna"

In fact, the song failed to excite even in Latvia - it sold in such small quantities it failed to break the Latvian Top 30. I admit, I love it.

From Quiz 50 Years of Eurovision

Answer: "Nel blu dipinto di blu" ("Volare")

"Volare" was covered more than 100 times in many languages. Probably the most famous cover was made by the Gipsy Kings in 1989. It was the first Italian song to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

From Quiz Were They Right? Germany in Eurovision 1956-2014

Answer: Unser Song für Dänemark

The song won the national selection with a six percent margin. Each artist presented two songs for the public to decide between, and Elaiza's other song was 'Fight Against Myself'. The spokesperson in the final was Helene Fischer, who hosts a popular TV talk show in Germany.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest - Part 2

Answer: La la la

The 1968 Contest ended with a shock result when Sir Cliff Richard was defeated by the Spanish beauty Maria de los Angeles Santamaria, better known as Massiel. She la-la-la-ed Spain to a glorious first ever victory. The song was supposed to have been performed by Joan Manuel Serrat, but when he insisted on singing it in Catalan the Spanish broadcasters asked Massiel to sing the song at London's Royal Albert Hall. She won the contest with 29 points, 6 of which came from West Germany. It was remarkable that Spain and the UK failed to vote for each other at all.

From Quiz Eurovision

Answer: United Kingdom

In 1974 the contest was held in Brighton, England, and the United Kingdon jury, presumably transfixed by the outlandish clothes worn by the Swedish entry, gave them no points. The group was ABBA with the memorable song "Waterloo", and the rest, as they say, is history. One of the UK jury members is quoted as saying that they formed a support group to live with what they had done.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest - Part 1

Answer: Power To All Our Friends

Cliff Richard first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1968. However, he failed to win the contest in his home country, with the song 'Congratulations'. In 1973, he came back for a second attempt. 'Power To All Our Friends', which he performed together with The Shadows, came third. Both songs grew out to become evergreens.

From Quiz Eurovision Songcontest

Answer: 1956

Jury chairman only mentioned the winner, Lys Assis for Switzerland, and until today, the final ranking has not became public.

From Quiz The Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: Matt Monro

The song was called 'I love the little things' and failed to win. It also wasn't released as a single.

From Quiz UK and The Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: All

This song was voted into 7th place.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: Israel

The song was 'Diva' by Dana International.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: Morocco

Maroc entered in 1980 when the festival was held in The Hague in The Netherlands. The entry was called Bitakat hob and was sung by Samira Bensaid.

From Quiz Guess the Right Eurovision Year

Answer: 1969, Madrid

In 1969, there were no tiebreaker rules, so four countries: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain and France all won the contest. The controversial four-way tie resulted in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal all boycotting the 1970 contest.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: 6

The Big 5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are joined in the final each year by the host country.

From Quiz Eurovision Song Contest

Answer: Avicii

Avicii is a Swedish DJ. The song was first performed during the final of the 2013 contest which Avicii attended. The winner that year was Denmark with the song 'Only Teardrops'.

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