It’s that time of year again when the next two weeks are given over to the fun and excitement of the build up to the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest, this year to be held in Basel , Switzerland. My colleagues , John ,James and Richard are already out and about around there , so in the meantime , those of us back in Blighty will keep you entertained with all things Eurovision!

There is no doubt that Eurovision over the years has often given us lots of rather entertaining moments, apart from the singing ! Ranging from the funny, to weird, to dramatic and sometimes serious .Who could, for example, forget the four country win back in 1969 , or host Lil Lindfors , losing her skirt at the contest in Gothenburg in 1985? We at Eurovision decided it would be fun to look back at some of those entertaining moments , so each day during the run up to Basel 2025, we will be refreshing those memories by looking at one of those special moments .

Today’s hi-light

Today, we cast our minds back to 1969 and that infamous memory where for the first time in its history , we had four winners of the contest! The contest was held in Madrid, Spain . The UK, France, Spain and The Netherlands all scored 18 points each and in those days, they hadn’t worked out a plan B for this . so 4 winners had to be declared . The result caused much controversy , resulting in several countries not participating in the following year’s contest.The winners were : United Kingdom with “Boom Bang-a-Bang” by Lulu, Spain with “Vivo cantando” by Salomé, the Netherlands with “De troubadour” by Lenny Kuhr, and France with “Un jour, un enfant” by Frida Boccara. 

What do you think? Do you remember this moment? What is your favourite memory of Eurovision ?Let us know by lea ving a comment in our comments box and you can find us on our FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, BLUESKY and X feeds.

You can see our previous memories HERE HERE and HERE and HERE

Keep a look out for more of our favourite memories each day here at Eurovision Ireland !

Author: Sarah Rudman

Source : Eurovision Ireland, Wikipedia, James Scanlan.