Almost 7 decades of Eurovision in pictures
First held on May 24, 1956, in Lugano, Switzerland, the Eurovision Song Contest was one of the earliest attempts to broadcast a live televised event to a large international marketwith Boom Bang-a-Bang in 1967, to Sam Ryder with his pop hit Space Man giving the UK its best result for more than 20 years. He missed out on the top spot to Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra but his catchy track peaked at number two in the UK charts.
And who can ever forget, Bucks Fizz achieved success in the 1980s, most notably for winning the contest in 1981 with the song"Making your mind up".
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