Eurovision History Chat: 1991
The colour! The fantasy! The chaotic presenting! It’s not a Fellini film, it’s Eurovision 1991. AJ & Hikki discuss what happened when the contest returned to the country that inspired […]
Category Archives: Eurovision History Chats
Andy & Hikaru’s Stroll Through Eurovision History: Country-by-Country
Eurovision History Chat: Portugal
Eurovision has many hidden stories, and one of the most surprising ones is that of Portugal. Hikaru had previously talked about the 1960s & 1970s entries of Portugal in a […]
Eurovision History Chat: Luxembourg
Mention Luxembourg and Eurovision and often times people think of Serge Gainsbourg’s cheeky and cutting winner in 1965 performed by the naive France Gall. Luxembourg, however, was far from naive […]
Eurovision History Chat: 1995
17 years and one day ago, something amazing happened at Eurovision. 1995 marked the 40th Eurovision Song Contest. This significant event was commemorated by a 4 minute montage at the […]
Eurovision History Chat: Cyprus
Cyprus made its debut at Eurovision in 1981 with the pleasant and popular Monika, a song which Sha-Pow points out is actually a play on words. Without a doubt, Cyprus […]
Eurovision History Chat: Greece
The newest member of the JOYEurovision Team: Sha-Pow joins Hikaru in a discussion of Greece’s Eurovision History. Eurovision History Chat: Greece Related articles Eurovision History Chat: United Kingdom (joyeurovision.com) Eurovision […]
EuroSongCountdown meets Mateusz
What started out as just a simple edition of The JOYEurovision Discs became a fascinating journey through Eurovision and Polish Eurovision history with longtime Eurovision fan, Mateusz Preisner. First, Mateusz […]
Special Report – 1963 and all that
It is almost half a century ago, but the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest remains a high water mark in the history of the event. It is right up there with […]
Musings – Sharing the passion
As Hikaru & I countdown to our first “EuroSongCountdown 2012″ on Joy 94.9/joy.org.au on Saturday April 7th at 2100 AET/1200GMT we have both been reflecting on the passions we find […]
Eurovision History Chat: United Kingdom
The UK began its Eurovision journey in 1957 with the operatic All, performed by Patricia Bredin. Since then there have been singing little birdies, puppets on a string, kisses, indecisive […]
