From ABBA and Celine Dion to Ireland's record-breaking six wins...
will have us glued to our sofa on Saturday night as the wonderful and wacky singing competition returns for another year - and we couldn't be more excited for another year of singing competition, fabulous outfits and points tension!
We have our hopes pinned on Years and Years star Olly Alexander, who will be representing the UK with his songand if he does manage to clinch the top spot, it will mark the sixth win for the United Kingdom since the competition started 68 years ago.Loreen took home the big prize with her smash-hit son Tattoo. She is the second performer to ever have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, as she previously competed - and won - in 2012 with her song Euphoria.
Bizarrely, four countries managed to walk away champions in the 1969 contest. Frida Boccara, Lennie Kuhr, Salomé and the UK's very own Lulu all tied for the top spot. Lulu sangAfter more than ten years of competition, the United Kingdom won Eurovision for the first time with Sandie Shaw's Puppet on a String.1963 – Denmark. At the time, only seven countries participated in the competition; Switzerland, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
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