Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now

'Hold Me Now' is a song composed and performed by Johnny Logan from Ireland.

In 1987 Johnny Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song. Logan had previously won with 'What's Another Year?' in the 1980 Contest and would go on to write the winner of the 1992 Contest ('Why Me?' for Linda Martin for whom he had previously written 'Terminal 3' at the 1984 Contest)

The song holds the distinction of being one of the very few self-composed songs to win the Contest, and is regarded by many fans as one of the high points of Contest history, recently being voted the third-best song in Eurovision history (behind 'Waterloo' and 'Nel blu dipinto di blu').

After Logan had been proclaimed the winner with this song, he was overcome with emotion during the reprise and was unable to reach the high notes in this part of the song. As he had when he won in 1980 with 'What's Another Year?', he shouted "I still love you, Ireland".

The song was performed twentieth on the night. At the close of voting, it had received 172 points, placing 1st in a field of 22.

In the UK the single made it to number 2 in the charts and was a top ten hit through out Europe.

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Eurovision Performance
Video
Single Version
Living A Lie - B-Side

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Vikki - Love Is

'Love Is', written and composed by James Kaleth and Vikki Watson, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by the latter composer, Vikki Watson, credited at Eurovision as Vikki.

Vikki won the right to perform at Gothenburg by winning the UK national final, A Song for Europe, where she was the first singer to perform.

At Gothenburg, the song was performed fourteenth on the night.

At the end of judging that evening, 'Love Is' took the fourth-place slot with 100 points. At the time, it was one of the few entries that managed to receive 100 points without receiving any 12 point allotments from any jury. It was also the UK's strongest showing since winning the 1981 Contest with 'Making Your Mind Up.'

The song was a contemporary ballad about a man and a woman who are both too afraid to plunge head-first with their emotions into a love affair; while both of them want to be loved by the other, both of them are letting their heads rule their hearts. In the chorus, Vikki sings that "love is" the product of a number of impulsive decisions, such as "taking a chance on two hearts beating as one." Vikki nominally used a single chair as a prop, first sitting in it while singing the song, then circling it and abandoning it entirely by the second half of the song.

Despite the high showing at Gothenburg, the song placed at number 49 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Eurovision Performance
Video
Single Version
Lead Me Through The Darkness - B-Side

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Riccardo Fogli - Per Lucia

Riccardo Fogli was born on October 21, 1947 in Pontedera, Italy.

After some time in bands like Slenders and Pooh, he started a solo career in 1973. His main success, however, came in the Eighties.

In 1983, he represented Italy during the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Per Lucia' ('For Lucia').

He finished in joint eleventh place, with Finland, in a field of 20 competitors with 41 points.


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Eurovision Performance
Original Single Version
Altri Tempi - B-Side

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Emly Starr - Samson

Emly Starr was born as Marie-Christine Mareel in Laarne, Belgium on September 5, 1957. Her music career started in 1976 with the single 'Tears of gold'.

After five years, she represented Belgium during the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Samson'. The song finished in 13th place, in a field of 20 participants with 40 points.

The song is inspired by the Biblical story of Samson, with Starr singing that the object of her desires is like Samson in that he is not interested in love. She suggests that he should 'find yourself a Delilah'.

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Eurovision Performance
Dutch Version
English Version

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Live Report - Why Do I Alway's Get It Wrong

'Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?', written by Brian Hodgson and composed by John Beeby, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed by the sextet Live Report, led by Ray Caruana.

Live Report won the right to perform at Lausanne by winning the UK national final, A Song for Europe, where they were the sixth act to perform.

At Lausanne, the song was performed seventh on the night. At the end of judging that evening, 'Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?' took the second-place slot with 130 points. Norway, Portugal, Luxembourg, France and Germany all gave their 12 point designations to the UK that evening. Despite losing the contest by six points to Yugoslavia's Riva with 'Rock Me,' the UK actually received the most sets of 12 point designations for the evening (Yugoslavia received the 12 points from four countries).

For the second year in a row, the UK entered a ballad at the Eurovision final. This song revolved around a man who took off running "where his lover won't find him," as she causes him to hurt, and leaving her presence for good is the only way to stop the pain. Crying out against his illogical love for the woman who has treated him so badly, Caruana asks, "Why do I always get it wrong?"

After Eurovision, the song placed at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Take A Chance On Me - B-Side

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Riva - Rock Me

'Rock Me' was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed by Riva, representing Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the first and only time that this country would win the Contest. The song was performed in Serbo-Croatian.

The song's victory led to international awareness of Yugoslav rock.

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Eurovision Promo

Original Version

English Version

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Scott Fitzgerald - Go

'Go', written and composed by Julie Forsyth, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed by Scott Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald won the right to perform at Dublin by winning the UK national final, A Song for Europe, where he was the eighth singer to perform. Fitzgerald was also the first singer to be chosen to represent the United Kingdom via a national telephone vote. In Dublin, the song was performed fourth on the night.

At the end of judging that evening, 'Go' took the second-place slot with 136 points. Turkey, Belgium and Italy awarded their 12 point designations to the UK that evening. In one of the closest voting rounds up to that time, the UK lost the competition by one point to Switzerland's representative, Canadian singer Celine Dion, with her song 'Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi.'

According to author and contest historian John Kennedy O'Connor, this was the closest contest yet, with the winning margin being just 0.73%. The strong showing in the 1988 contest was an indicator of things to come for the United Kingdom, as it would become the first of eleven straight Top Ten placings in the Contest, and the first of four second-place finishes in the next six years.

In a departure from the past two years, an easy listening ballad was on offer this year, telling the story of two former lovers meeting by chance. Fitzgerald, in the role of the lovesick man, relates the sad story; his former lover had left him years before for another man, and now that she has returned, so has all the sorrow he felt.

After the Eurovision, the song placed at number 52 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Eurovision Performance
Single Version
Love Don't Live Here Anymore - B-Side

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Linda Martin - Terminal 3

'Terminal 3' was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in English by Linda Martin.

The song was written and composed by previous Contest winner Johnny Logan, who had won for Ireland in the 1980 Contest and would later go on to win the 1987 Contest as a performer before writing another song for Martin to win the 1992 Contest with. Thus, the result of this song is part of Logan's positioning as the most successful Contest entrant in history.

The song itself is a moderately up-tempo number, with Martin singing about her feelings while waiting for her lover to disembark from a flight from the United States. She sings that her own feelings for him have not changed and that she hopes that the same is true of him, although "He's been away too long now".

The central motif of the song is the line "Terminal Three: flight's on time", which Logan is on record as admitting was written simply because he was in Terminal Three of Heathrow Airport at the time he wrote the song.

The song was performed ninth on the night and at the close of voting, it had received 137 points, placing 2nd in a field of 19.

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Eurovision Performance
Single Version
Feel's Like I'm Walking In My Sleep - B-Side

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Belle And The Devotions - Love Games

'Love Games', written and composed by Paul Curtis and Graham Sacher, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed by the trio Belle and the Devotions, which was headed by Kit Rolfe.

The song was an homage to the girl group sound of 1960s Motown, with the girls lamenting that their lovers had "played love games" with them and broken their hearts.

The trio was dressed in bright day-glo coloured jackets and miniskirts, with similarly eye-popping hair (Rolfe went for a platinum blonde, while the other singers dyed their hair yellow and bright red, respectively).

The song came 7th in a field of 19 with 63 points.

After Eurovision, the song peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Eurovision Performance
Single Version
Extended Version
Rock Me - B-Side

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Vlado and Isolda - Ciao Amore

Vlado and Isolda was a pop duo that represented Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song 'Ciao, Amore'.

The duo consists of the pop singers Vlado Kalember and Izolda Barudžija. The latter had appeared as a singer or back-up singer in two previous contests, her most famous appearance being in the 1983 entry 'Džuli'.

The entry did not do very well as it finished 18th in a field of 19 with 26 points.


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Eurovision Performance
Croatian Version
English Version

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Dollie De Luxe - Lenge Leve Livet

The duo Dollie de Luxe represented Norway in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Lenge leve livet'.

The song is a modern ballad, with the duo singing the praises of life. They explain that it makes sense to live to the full, because nobody knows for sure what the future may bring.

The song finished 17th in a field of 19 competitors with 29 points and did not chart in the UK.

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Eurovision Performance
Original Version
English Version

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Avi Toledano - Hora

'Hora' (Hebrew script: הורה, English translation: 'Hora') was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, performed in Hebrew by Avi Toledano.

The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Toledano singing about the joy he feels in seeing parts of his country and dancing the traditional 'Hora' folk dance.

The song was performed fifteenth on the night. At the close of voting, it had received 100 points, placing 2nd in a field of 18.


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Eurovision Performance
English Version
Hebru Version

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Sandra Kim - J'aime La Vie

'J'aime la vie' was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed for Belgium by Sandra Kim.

Belgium had finished the 1985 Contest in last place, and thus achieved the rare turnaround from last to first in the space of one year.

The song also marks the only time to date that Belgium has won the Contest.

The single did not chart in the UK but did manged to make it to number 2 in the Dutch Chart, number 6 in the Austrain chart and number 15 in the Swedish chart to name a few.

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Eurovision Performance
Original Single Version
Crazy Of Life - English Single Version
Ne' m'oublie pas - B-Side

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Bobbysocks - La Det Swinge

'La det swinge' ('Let it swing') is a song in Norwegian, sung by the pop duo Bobbysocks!.

It was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 - Norway's first victory in the contest with a total of 123 points.

The single made it to number 44 in the UK singles Chart but managed to get to number 1 in both Norway and Belgium.

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Eurovision Performance
Original Norwegian Single
English Version
Extended English Version

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Prima Donna - Love Enough For Two

Prima Donna were the United Kingdom representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980.

The group comprised sisters Kate Robbins and Jane Robbins, Sally Ann Triplett, Danny Finn, Alan Coates and Lance Aston (brother of Jay Aston, who performed with Bucks Fizz, the following year's contest winners, who went on to enjoy a string of major hits).

Prima Donna performed the song 'Love Enough for Two' which finished in third place, with 106 points. The song was written and composed by Stephanie de Sykes and Stuart Slater. It was their second entry to reach the Eurovision final, having also composed 'The Bad Old Days' in 1978 for Co-Co (which until 1987, was the worst placed UK entry in Eurovision history).

'Love Enough For Two' was also the first UK entry, since 1964, not to make the UK Singles Chart prior to the Eurovision final, eventually peaking there at number 48.

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Eurovision Performance
Single Version
Missing Out On Love - B-Side

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Katja Ebstein - Theater - It's Showtime

Katja Ebstein, (9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland).

She represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest three times: Eurovision Song Contest 1970, Eurovision Song Contest 1971 and Eurovision Song Contest 1980.

Katja Ebstein performed 'Theater' during the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest.

She came 2nd in the contest with a total points amount of 128 losing to Johnny Logan of Ireland with the winning song 'What's Another Year'.

The single was released in Germany, France and the UK where it was renamed to 'It's Showtime'. Each single sleeve had a different colour to Ebstein's name making it easier to tell them apart.

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Eurovision Performance
It's showtime - UK Version
What's Her Bag - UK B-Side

Theater - German Version
Getrennt von Tisch und Be - German B-Side

Theater - French Version
Qu'est-ce qu'elle a - French B-Side

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Sweet Dreams - I'm Never Giving Up

'I'm Never Giving Up', written and composed by Ron Roker, Jan Pulsford, and Phil Wigger, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed by the trio Sweet Dreams.

Sweet Dreams were a UK vocal group comprising Carrie Gray, Helen Kray and Bobby McVay.

Carrie Gray eventually married David Grant and became a vocul coach.

After Eurovision, the song made it to number 21 on the UK Singles Chart during an eight week run. It would become Sweet Dreams' only hit before they disbanded at the end of 1983.

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Eurovision Performance
Single Version
Two Way Mirror - B-Side

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Sheeba - Horoscopes

The Irish girlgroup Sheeba was formed in 1977 by Maxi, Marion Fossett and Frances Campbell.

In 1981 they represented Ireland during the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Horoscopes'.

The group came 5th with a total of 105 points.

The single did managed to make it to number 3 in their home country but failed to chart any where else.


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Eurovision Performance
Single Version
You Came Through Love with Me - B-Side

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Johnny Logan - What's Another Year

'What's Another Year" was Johnny Logan's first Eurovision Song Contest winner, achieving success in the 1980 edition of the Contest. This was Ireland's second Contest victory. Composed by Shay Healy, the song reached number one in the UK for two weeks in May.

The song is often misinterpreted as a power ballad, sung from the point of view of a man who has been waiting for the girl of his dreams to fall in love with him. In reality, the song was written by Shay Healy, about watching his father coming to terms with the death of his wife and companion, Mairin.

When showband frontman Glen Curtin, the original choice of singer, turned down 'What's Another Year', the song was rearranged by Bill Whelan to suit Johnny Logan's singing style.

The success of 'What's Another Year' launched Logan's Eurovision career (he would go on to success in 1987 with 'Hold Me Now'). In addition, the song was selected as one of the 14 greatest Eurovision entries in a special to mark the 50th anniversary of the contest.

In Germany, Johnny Logan released a German language version of 'What's Another Year', entitled 'Was ist schon ein Jahr'.

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Promo Video
Eurovision Performance
UK Single Version
Holland Single Version
Was ist schon ein Jahr - German Single Version
One Night Stand - B-Side

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Nicole - Ein bißchen Frieden - A Little Peace

'Ein bißchen Frieden' ('A Little Peace' in English) is a song in German, written by prolific German Eurovision-writing duo Ralph Siegel (music) and Bernd Meinunger (lyrics) for the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.

It was performed by 17-year old high school student Nicole, resulting in Germany's first win at the Eurovision Song Contest by a record margin of sixty one points, setting a new record for the largest winning margin that lasted until the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, where 'Love Shine a Light' by Katrina and the Waves won by 70 points.

After winning the contest, Nicole performed the reprise in four different languages: German, English, French and Dutch, and released recordings in five additional languages across Europe : Danish, Italian, Russian, and a German-English-Dutch combination and a German-English-Italian combination. It topped the charts in many countries, selling more than three million copies and the English version was the last Eurovision winner to top the charts in the United Kingdom.

The English version also holds the honour of becoming the 500th British Number One.

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Eurovision Main Performance
Eurovision Winners Performance
TOTP Performance
A Little Peace UK Single Version
Ein Bisschen Frieden German Single Version
Een beetje vrede - Netherlands Single Version
La Paix sur Terre - French Single Version
En Smule Fred - Danish Single Version
Thank You Merci Danke - UK Single B-Side
Thank You Merci Danke - German Single B-Side
Thank You Merci Danke - Netherlands Single B-Side

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