TOP 10 curiosities 🤔 you didn't know...

1. The real origin 

The idea of ​​organizing a song contest first arose at the meeting of the European Union Broadcasting Union (EBU) committee held in Monaco in January 1955, with the aim of improving telecommunications networks as well as creating links between member countries in a Europe that was beginning to recover from the ravages of World War II.

It used to be called "The Eurovision Grand Prix" (Le Grand Prix de Eurovision).

2. And the origin... 

The first Eurovision festival was held on May 24, 1956 in Lugano, Switzerland. Only fourteen countries participated, so each one sang twice to make the gala a little longer.

3. Sing in English and you will win, really?

The statistics speak for themselves: 60 of the songs that Eurovision has won, 30 have been sung in English.

4. The "Big Five"

One of the biggest controversies of the festival lies in the fact that some countries are automatically qualified for the final. These countries are Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, and their status as "untouchable" is because they are the economic support of the contest. The norm was established in 1996 after Germany remained for the first and to this day only once eliminated from the competition.

We don’t remember the last time that Spain won in Eurovision. 

5. Who has been the youngest participant?And the oldest one?

The youngest participant of the festival was Jean Jacques, who at the age of 13 represented Monaco in 1969 with the song Maman, maman.

With regard to the older contestants, 2012 became a special year as the oldest man and woman participated in Eurovision. They were the English Englebert Humperdich, 76, and the Russian Natalya Pugacheva, with 76 years old.

6. TOP 1 

Ireland is the country that has won the most times in Eurovision with seven wins, three consecutive from 1992 to 1994.

7. 3 minutes, no more 

Since 1960, the songs can not last more than 3 minutes (they say that Chikilicuatre had a hard time filling his 3 minutes ...). That was because in 1957, the Italian Nunzio Gallo had rolled up too much with his song of 5:09 minutes (until today the longest song of the festival), while the British Patricia Bredin barely reached 1:52 minutes (record of the "eurovisionario" song shorter).

8. Australia?

With the 60th anniversary of Eurovision as an excuse, the Austrian Radio Television and the EBU for their loyalty to the contest, invited Australia to participate in this edition, going directly to the final and having the possibility of winning the contest.

9. Why did you do that ABBA?

Euro-fans from all over Europe gave the massive vote (more than two million televotes received) for the Best Song in the History of Eurovision to ABBA (you all know dancing queen) on the 50th anniversary of the festival, held in Copenhagen in October 2005 and in which dozens of former winners participated.

However,  ABBA did not even have the deference of approaching to pick up the prize.

10. Can I repeat?

Only three times have they allowed a country to repeat its performance, and in two of those occasions the country was Spain. In 1990, Azucar Moreno started his song with sound problems, so they interrupted  his performance within a few seconds of starting to start...

Bye Bye Eurovisionlovers!!!!!!