Believe it or not, ten things that happened at Eurovision

anti-Franco banners

It was 1964 and Spain represented by the TNT groupit’s unprecedented because its rules eurovision they only allowed duets or soloists to be performed. The gala held in Copenhagen had a surprise guest. during the performance Switzerland A man stepped onto the stage with a banner that read.Boycott Francisco Franco and Salazar”, To protest the Franco regimes in Spain and Salazar in Portugal.

All audiovisual recordings of that moment were lost in a fire. Recorded at Danmarks Radio studios. The event also caused all international events in Spain since then broadcast with a 15-second delay.

Turkey ‘censored’ lesbian kissing

eurovision It has been an appointment marked on the calendar for years. LGTBI community. And e’s most provocative moment2013 Eurovision edition came out of his representative’s hand or mouth. Finland, Krista Siegfridskissed one of the showgirls in a wedding dress to support gay marriage.

This year, Turkey announced that it will not broadcast the festival 24 hours after the premiere. Because of the drop in audience. However, support groups gay They claimed that this was the real reason. lesbian kiss.

Jordan does not recognize Israel’s victory

Subject “Ah-Bah-Nee-Bee” sung in Hebrew by Israel Izhar Cohen and representatives of Alphabeta (“I love you”), 1978 Eurovision edition. Jordan did not want to recognize the winner and gave the first place to Belgium, who placed second. Jordanian television He also cut off the broadcast during Israel’s performance and celebration.and they replaced flower fields pictures.

Georgia doesn’t like Putin

song chosen by Georgia to join the edition Eurovision 2009 Russia didn’t like it at all. Openly, Moscow hosted the festival that year The name of the song performed by Georgian band Stephane & 3G is as follows: ‘We don’t want to let them in’ What is considered an insult to your government Vladimir Putin.

TVE asks Pastora Soler not to win

Sevilla-based artist Pastora Soler didn’t hesitate to point out that TVE asked her if it was better not to win. eurovision 2012 because he did not have the money to organize the festival the following year. They came to say “come to me” please, don’t go to win! It would have been impossible if he had won. He confessed to a Catalan radio in a fit of laughter. Soler was in tenth place.

Salome shares the victory

In 1969, a year after Massiel’s famous ‘La la la’ victory, Salomé won eurovision with ‘I live by singing’ however, as there were no tiebreak rules yet, he had to split the prize with England, France and the Netherlands. The success of the song led the singer to record the song in eight languages: Spanish, Catalan, Basque, English, Italian, French, German and Serbo-Croatian.

While there were various technical issues during the premiere that proved TVE’s capacity to broadcast such a complex festival was limited, the biggest moment of tension came when the four countries tied for first place after the vote. Presenter Laura Valenzuela Eurovision 1969stunned by “this unexpected ending” and had to call Clifford Brown, the EBU census secretary, to clarify which country was the winner and to whom the prize should be awarded. The voting system was changed the following year to prevent a new draw.

“Mistake” at the beginning of Karina’s song

Still, after Salome, we never won again. Eurovision Song Contest, Spain came close to victory several times. For the first time it happened in 1971 thanks to Karina and the song “In a new world”. The popular singer managed to become a representative by winning the “Passport to Dublin”, the most important pre-selection contest organized by TVE. Benidorm Festival. Names such as Nino Bravo, Rocío Jurado, Junior, Jaime Morey, Conchita Márquez Piquer participated in the program… The program was successful and its tune became one of the most remembered. Karina took second place, despite the fact that the first words of the song were not heard at the beginning of the song for technical reasons (“Only at the end of the road…”).

Although it is said that it was caused by the forgetfulness and nervousness of the singer, it was actually due to a technical problem. According to the singer, the rehearsals were exhausting and she admitted that she was so tired that she fell asleep in a chair during one of the rehearsals and was late for the dress rehearsal the day before the Festival. This then resulted in the error of not preparing the performance in time and the technician not turning on the microphone in time for Karina to start singing.

Spain took the win from Betty Misiego

The situation for the surrealist, Voting at Eurovision 1979. Betty Missiego Due to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the festival was held under tight security in Jerusalem and came second. Leading Spain didn’t win because our country’s jury who voted last gave 10 points to the Israeli representative, Shortening the victory for Missiego.

Azúcar Moreno leaves the stage

Couple Azúcar Moreno, who also participated this year, Benidorm Festival with “stance”He arrived in Zagreb in 1990 ready to win Eurovision with ‘Bandit’, but his performance got off to a bad start. sound problems With angry moves, the Salazar brothers forced them to leave the stage and returned a few minutes later to secure a reliable fifth.

Jimmy Jump ruined Daniel Diges’ performance

Spontaneous ‘professional’ Jimmy Jump he sneaked onto the stage in the middle of his performance Daniel Diges in print Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held in Oslo. Jump was among the dancers accompanying the singer, who continued to interpret the song ‘Something Little’ in a somewhat uneasy way. Several security guards were tasked with retracting the controversial character. Diges sang their theme again at the end of the gala, becoming the second person to perform at the festival twice without being a winner.