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Congratulations Show - Abba won!
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Shock result - Abba's Waterloo is the best Eurovision song of all time. Well, I think most people would have been surprised if it did not come out that way in the 50th Anniversary Eurovision show, Congratulations!, which aired on October 22nd from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fourteen past Eurovision winners competed with viewers selecting the best Eurovision song of all time in a show hosted by Katrina Leskanich and Renars Kaupers, both Eurovision veterans themselves. There were videos, live performances, and other songs appeared in medleys.
Unfortunately, although most of Europe showed the contest live, the BBC did not show it on any channel.
It was a pretty good show - all of the competing songs except "My Number One" were presented on video with dance on stage, but many performers appeared at song's end. Then a version of the famous Riverdance interval act came on stage. The competition part was perhaps the least interesting part - the best parts were the live performances of famous Eurovision songs, like Dana International performing "Parlez vous Francais?", Sandra Kim with "Non ho l'eta", Anne-Marie David with "Apres Toi", or Marie Myriam singing "L'Amour est bleu". Some acts did short versions of their own songs - like Alsou, Bobbysocks, and Fabrizio Faniello. We also had Nicole & Hugo perform their so famous 1973 song "Baby, Baby" in purple flared trousers just like the old days!
Here a list of the fourteen competing songs:
"Nel blu, di pinto di blu (Volare") - Domenico Modugno - Italy, 1958
"Poupée de cire, poupée de son" - France Gall - Luxemburg, 1965
"Congratulation(s)" - Cliff Richard - UK, 1968
"Eres tú" - Mocedades - Spain, 1973
"Waterloo" - ABBA - Sweden, 1974
"Save your kisses for me" - Brotherhood of Man - UK, 1976
"What's another year" - Johnny Logan - Ireland, 1980
"Ein bisschen Frieden" - Nicole - Germany, 1982
"Hold me now" - Johnny Logan - Ireland, 1987
"Ne partez pas sans moi" - Céline Dion - Switzerland, 1988
"Diva" - Dana International - Israel, 1998
"Fly on the wings of love" - Olsen Brothers - Denmark, 2000
"Everyway that I can" - Sertab Erener - Turkey, 2003
"My Number One" - Helena Paparizou - Greece, 2005
Source: Eurovision Database UK
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