Eurovision winner in 1990. Eurovision participants who gained worldwide fame. Ireland is the country with the record number of victories

The 1991 competition took place in Rome, the capital of Italy. The event was hosted by its winners in 1964 and 1990 - Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno. The participant from Italy sang a song in the Neapolitan dialect of Italian. A total of 22 competitors competed: Malta returned, but the Netherlands refused.

There were two winners: a representative Sweden Carola (1983 participant, 3rd place) and French singer Amina scored 146 points each, but since Sweden had more top marks, Carola was declared the winner. She performed the song "Fångad av en stormvind".

Carola

The 1992 competition took place in Malmö, Sweden (for the first time in history). The representative of France sang his song in three languages: Lesser Antilles, Creole and French proper. Switzerland replaced its representative due to the song's non-compliance with the competition conditions. The return of the Netherlands took place.

The winner was the participant from Ireland Linda Martin , which already performed in 1984 and took 2nd place. This time Martin performed the song “Why me” with a score of 155 points.

Linda Martin

The 1993 competition took place in Millstreet, Ireland. Millstreet is the smallest town in history to host Eurovision. The main feature of the competition was the debut of post-Yugoslav states - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia, while Yugoslavia itself refused for political reasons. The participant from France sang the song in French and Corsican.

The winner was again the representative Ireland- singer Neve Kavanagh with the song "In your eyes" (187 points).

Neve Kavanagh

The 1994 competition took place again in Ireland, this time in Dublin. A record number of participants took part at that time - 25. This happened because 7 countries debuted at once: Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Estonia, while Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Slovenia and Luxembourg refused, and Luxembourg stopped participating at all. Therefore, songs in Hungarian, Estonian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Russian, Romanian and Polish were performed at the competition for the first time. Lithuania received 0 points.

Surprisingly, the winner was again Ireland. This time the highest result was shown with the song "Rock "n" roll kids" (226 points).

Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan

After another victory, Ireland was forced to host the 1995 competition, which was again held in Dublin. Thus, Ireland won three times in a row. The number of participants was reduced to 23: Belgium, Denmark, Turkey, Slovenia and Israel returned, while Estonia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland, Romania and Slovakia withdrew.

For the first time in several years, Ireland did not win, but finished in 14th place. But the winner was the representatives of Norway - the group Secret Garden with the song "Nocturne".

Secret Garden

The 1996 competition took place in Oslo, the capital of Norway. For the first time at the competition, a prototype of the semi-finals was introduced: out of 29 applications, 23 were supposed to be in the finals. Thus, as a result of the selection, Germany was eliminated (in the first and last time in history), Russia, Macedonia, Denmark, Hungary, Israel and Romania. Also, for the first and last time in history, well-known politicians (for example, the Prime Ministers of Sweden and Ireland, the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) addressed the participants. Estonia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Finland returned, but Serbia and Montenegro refused.

The winner of the competition after a year's break was Ireland and her representative Eimear Quinn with the song "The Voice".

Eimear Quinn

The 1997 competition took place in the capital of Ireland, Dublin. 25 countries participated: Denmark, Hungary, Germany, Russia and Italy returned, and Belgium, Slovakia, Finland and Israel returned. Last year's experiment with jury pre-listening of audiotapes was unsuccessful, and the European Broadcasting Union changed the rules. Countries with the lowest average scores over the past 4 years were disqualified from participating in the 1997 competition, and countries with the worst scores over the past 5 years missed out on at least two competitions altogether. The number of countries was determined in such a way as to reduce the number of final participants to exactly 25: the host country of the current competition, the top 17 countries based on scores over the past five years, and seven more countries that did not participate last year but broadcast the competition and did not automatically qualify for the finals those who broke the rules. private owners were allowed to use songs without live orchestra accompaniment - using phonograms with recorded musical accompaniment (the orchestra was completely removed in 1999). For the first time in the history of the competition, television viewers from five countries (Austria, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden) were able to participate in determining the winner by telephone voting, but the system was officially approved only in 1998. The rest of the countries used the classical jury according to tradition. The jury's scores often differed from those of the audience in the five countries.

The winner was the representative Great Britain- group Katrina the Vawes with the song "Love shine a light" (227 points).

Katrina the Vawes

The 1998 competition took place in Birmingham, UK. Macedonia made its official debut (the country was suspended in 1996). A total of 25 countries competed: Belgium, Israel, Romania, Slovakia and Finland returned. But a whole string of former participants refused: Austria, Italy, Denmark, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the same time, Italy left the competition for almost a decade. Russia was suspended due to refusal to broadcast the event (for the first time in history). The refusal was facilitated by the low viewing rating of the competition in the country. Switzerland scored zero points.

Also for the first time, the traditional system of now telephone and SMS voting was introduced, but it almost immediately malfunctioned and was initially ineffective, so several countries introduced traditional juries to voting.

The winner of the competition for the first time (out of two cases) was a representative of the LGBT community - a transsexual Dana International (formerly known as Yaron Cohen) from Israel. The singer performed the song "Diva" in Hebrew. There is a famous Russian-language cover version of this composition performed by Philip Kirkorov. By the way, Dana also performed in 2011, but then did not make it to the finals.

Dana International

The 1999 competition took place in the capital of Israel, Jerusalem. Twenty-three countries took part in the competition, with many withdrawing due to financial reasons and low average scores the previous year. So, Austria, Denmark, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland returned, but also Hungary, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Finland and Switzerland.

Two countries at once: Croatia and Iceland took second place with a score of 146 points, but the Balkan country could have won - its votes were counted due to the fact that the performer used a phonogram recording of a male choir and performed live. In addition, the recalculation took into account average rating performances over 5 years, which influenced the country’s results.

In this regard, the representative won Sweden Charlotte Nilsson with the song "Take me to your heaven" and scored 163 points.

Charlotte Nilsson

By the way, for the first time on the competition’s website, fans were able to watch video clips of the participants, and EBU made an attempt to release the now traditional CD with the compositions of all the competitors, but this project was postponed due to copyright problems.

The last Eurovision Song Contest in the 20th century took place on May 13, 2000 in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Latvia made its full debut at the competition, but declined for financial reasons in 1999. In addition, the representatives of the country were the legendary Brainstorm, who took 3rd place. A total of 24 countries took part: Russia, Switzerland, Macedonia, Finland and Romania returned, but Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Portugal, Lithuania and Slovenia refused.

The winner was the duet Olsen brothers from Denmark with the song "Fly on the wings of love" and a score of 195 points. Russia, which took 2nd place (the country was represented by the famous singer Alsou), tried to challenge the results, accusing Denmark of using prohibited recording devices, but no changes were made in determining the winner.

Olsen Brothers

For the first time, the traditional rule was introduced, in which Germany, France, Spain and Great Britain can compete directly in the finals of the competition, regardless of the ranking of previous years (the so-called “Big Four”).

Lashate mi cantare, cola kitarai mano, lashate mi cantare sleepy Italiano. This is not a mantra, not a set of random sounds, these are the words of a song by the most famous Italian in Russia and throughout the CIS, Toto Cutugno.

Few people understood what they meant, but they bawled them instead of traditional drinking songs, with all the breadth of the Russian soul, harmoniously, trying to shout over the tape recorder and each other. He was the most beloved among the many Italians who suddenly unexpectedly captured Russia, the most beautiful, mysterious and desirable. The cassette creaked, the head was wiped with cotton wool soaked in cologne, and the tape recorder was turned on again. Schoolgirls bought the Krugozor magazine with a blue floppy plate at the kiosks only because of the photograph on the cover of a burning brunette with very expressive eyes. It was cut out and carefully hung on the wall. Cutugno, in a white jacket and a red scarf, an elegant knight of a sad image, was the hero of their girlish dreams, secret desires and the ideal of a real man.
In the eighties, the fashion for Italians came to the USSR. IN New Year's Eve, after the traditional " Blue light“, at exactly four o’clock in the morning the program “Melodies and Rhythms of Foreign Pop” began. Foreign popular songs were played there, often in Italian. Annual festival in San Remo, composers whose songs had not previously been performed publicly, were broadcast on our central television, which in the days of late socialism was a real revolution. Toto Cutugno has taken part in it several times since 1975, and in 1980 he became the winner with the lyrical song Solo noi. In 1983, he officially took only fifth place, but was recognized as the best in terms of the number of listener votes. L’italiano becomes the singer’s calling card and instantly conquers countries and continents. The songs he wrote for such famous performers as Joe Dassin, Adriano Celentano, Mireille Mathieu, Ricky e Poveri are also popular.
1990 becomes a landmark year for Toto Cutugno thanks to his victory in the thirty-fifth Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on May 5 in Zagreb, the capital of socialist Yugoslavia. The song was chosen in the spirit of the time and was dedicated to European unity. On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, the Iron Curtain disappeared, and Europe became different. Victory in this competition opened the way for the singer to the Olympus of world fame, although his melodic songs, hoarse voice and demonic look won our hearts much earlier.
Since 2006, the singer has been a frequent guest in Russia. Festivals Autoradio and “Retro - FM”, Cutugno also sang on the stage of the State Kremlin Palace. Now the legendary Italian is writing new songs and actively touring around the world.
Lashate mi kantare, kola kitarai mano, lashate mi kantare sleepy Italian suddenly thundered out of the open window on a warm summer evening, drowning out the noise of passing cars. Everything is clear, it’s the neighbors singing karaoke, it’s their holiday today.

- winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974.

The Swedish vocal and instrumental ensemble ABBA was one of the most successful groups in the history of pop music and the most popular group created in Scandinavia. The ensemble was created in 1972 and named after the first letters of the performers' names. The quartet consisted of Agnetha Fältskog (vocals), Björn Ulvaeus (vocals, guitar), Benny Andersson (keyboards, vocals) and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (vocals).

Their first success in their homeland came in 1972 after recording the song People Need Love. In March 1973, the first Ring Ring album appeared.

The song of the same name reached the top of the Swedish charts.

The victory at the Eurovision Song Contest in England in April 1974 with the song Waterloo is considered to be the beginning of the quartet's international rise.

On November 30, 1999, the singer released her first English-language album. In total, Fabian's discography includes more than a dozen albums.

The total circulation of all her albums worldwide. The release of the latest album Le Secret in April 2013 was marked by the singer's world tour.

Fabian's performances are distinguished by the absence of backup dancers, scenery and newfangled costumes. The singer goes on stage in formal dresses, with a minimum of jewelry and makeup, content only with her 4.1 octave voice, which can be classified as a lyric soprano. In 2011, Fabian performed at the opening ceremony of the Asian Winter Games in Astana, Kazakhstan, where she performed the composition own composition Always to the music of Igor Krutoy.

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Eurovision is the oldest annual international television competition, the participants of which are, first of all, members of the European Broadcasting Union. The competition was organized and shown to the world on the basis of the music festival in San Remo (Italy). All the winners of the main European music scene are in the LIGA.net material.

It all started modestly - back in the days of black and white television. The first winner of the competition was the Swiss singer Lise Assia. At Eurovision in 1956, she performed two songs at once - the rules of the competition also changed several times - and the composition "Refrain" won. However, at that time Asia did not have too much competition - only seven countries took part in the competition - Switzerland, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

The following year, Austria, Denmark and Britain joined the competition, and the Netherlands took the baton of Eurovision winners thanks to Corrie Brocken and her song "Net Als Toen". In 1958, Sweden joined the competition family, and the prize was taken by French actor and singer Andre Clavo, who captivated the jury and audience with the love song "Dors, Mon Amour".

1959 was again successful for the Netherlands - singer Teddy Scholten won with the song "Een Beetje". The tradition of inviting new countries to participate has not changed - this year a participant from Monaco entered the competition stage. 1960 - France won again - Jacqueline Boyer with the song "Tom Pillibi", and Norway debuted at Eurovision. The Netherlands refused to host the competition, so the UK hosted Eurovision.

In 1961, footage of the audience already appeared in the Eurovision broadcast on television, without which it is difficult to imagine the competition today. Finland, Spain and Yugoslavia joined in, and French singer Jean-Claude Pascal won, representing Luxembourg with the song "Nous les amoureux".

In 1962, the French contestant Isabelle Oubre won, performing the song "Un premier amour". However, France refused to host the competition at home and Great Britain again came to the rescue - Eurovision 1963 was held at the new BBC television center in Sheppard's Bush. The winner of the eighth competition was Denmark with the song "Dansevise", performed by Greta and Jürgen Ingmann. The Netherlands then, for the first time in the history of the competition, did not receive a single point for the second year in a row.

In 1964, Portugal joined Eurovision. The competition stage took on the shape familiar to modern viewers, but the musical accompaniment still remained performed by a live orchestra. Gigliola Cinquetti from Italy won with the song “Non ho l’eta”.

In 1965, Ireland made its debut on the competition stage. The USSR and other Eastern European countries broadcast Eurovision. The television audience exceeded 150 million people. Luxembourg won for the second time in Eurovision history - it was represented by France Gall with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son".

The winner of Eurovision 1966 was Austria with the song "Merci Chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens. And the next year in Vienna, Great Britain was able to bring home the competition, this time deserving it, represented by Sandy Shaw with the song “Puppet On a String”. In 1968, Eurovision was broadcast in color for the first time, and the winner was Spain with the song "La, la, la..." performed by Massiel.

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The following year in Madrid, for the first time in the history of the competition, four countries became winners at once - the host of the 1969 competition, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain. Austria refused to participate in the competition due to Franco's dictatorship in Spain. In 1970, Eurovision was hosted by the Netherlands, which, after their previous victories at the competition, then refused to host it. Ireland won in Amsterdam, represented by Dana with the song "All Kinds of Everything".

The winner of Eurovision 1971 was Monaco with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", performed by singer Severine. The next two years in a row, Luxembourg won, represented by Vicky Leandros with the song "Après toi" and Anna-Marie David with the song "Tu te reconnaîtras". In 1973, Israel joined the competition.

In 1974, in the British city of Brighton (Luxembourg was unable to host the competition a second time for financial reasons), the winner of Eurovision was the legendary Swedish group"ABBA" with the song "Waterloo". This year, for the first time, television viewers were able to see a video preceding each performance, telling about the performer and his country.

Eurovision 1975 added a new participant - Turkey, and the Netherlands won for the fourth time with the group "Teach-In" and the song "Ding-a-dong".

In 1976, the competition was held in The Hague and was won by the Eurovision record holder - Great Britain, which was represented by "Brotherhood of Man" with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me".

The following year in London, another record holder of the competition, France, received the title of winner. In 1977, she was represented by Marie Miriam, who performed "L'oiseau et l'enfant". Then, in Paris, Israel won for the first time, and twice in a row - Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta sang “A-ba’ni-bi”, and the next year in Jerusalem the song “Hallelujah” was performed by Gali Atari & Milk and Honey.

In 1980, Israel did not host the competition for the second time and Eurovision was again hosted by The Hague in the Netherlands. This time Johnny Logan from Ireland won with the song “What’s Another Year”, and the competition stage has already acquired shapes that are even more familiar to modern Eurovision fans. Although, surprisingly, there was still a live orchestra. This year Morocco joined the competition.

In 1981, the bright and positive “Bucks Fizz”, representing Great Britain, won, and the competition added one more participant - Cyprus. By this time, 20 countries had already taken part in Eurovision.

The following year, in the British city of Harrogate, Germany won for the first time, which had previously repeatedly remained one step away from the coveted title and took second place. German singer Nicole performed the song "Ein bisschen Frieden".

In 1982, Luxembourg won in Munich - it was represented by Corinne Hermé with the song "Si la vie est cadeau", and the following year Sweden became the winner for the second time in the history of the competition. The group "Herreys" with the song "Diggi-loo-diggi-ley" then scored 145 points.

The winner in Gothenburg, Sweden at the 30th Eurovision Song Contest was the brilliant and positive "Bobbysocks" from Norway with the song "La det swinge".

In 1986, Sandra Kim from Belgium scored the highest score with the song "J'aime la vie". The following year, Irishman Johnny Logan won in Brussels, performing "Hold Me Now". A new participant appeared in this competition - Iceland.

Eurovision 1988 brought fame to Celine Dion, who represented Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi".

The following year, in Lausanne, Yugoslavia won the competition for the first time, representing the group "Riva" with the song "Rock Me".

In 1990 the competition took place in Zagreb. The winner of the 35th Eurovision was the Italian Toto Cutugno, performing "Insieme 1992".

In 1991, the Swedish singer Carola won in Rome with the song "Fangad av en stormvind", but she scored an equal number of points with France. The following year, the competition was held in Malmö, Sweden, thanks to the “additional indicators” determined by the jury.

The winner of Eurovision in 1992, 1993 and 1994 was Ireland. She was represented by Linda Martin with the song “Why Me”, then by Neve Kavanagh performing “In Your Eyes” and finally by the duet Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan with the song “Rock’n’Roll Kids”. In 1993, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia joined the competition. And in 1994, Eurovision was replenished with seven participants at once - after the collapse of the USSR, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia began to perform on the stage of the competition. By the way, Poland took second place in the first year of its participation.

Norway won in 1995. She was represented by the duet "Secret Garden" with the song "Nocturne".

And the next year Ireland won again. This time the competition was brought to Dublin by Eimear Quinn and the song "The Voice".
Eurovision 1997 glorified the British pop-rock group 2Katrina and the Waves" and their song "Love Shine a Light". By the way, Ireland did not completely lose ground and took second place this year.

In 1998 the competition was held in Birmingham and was won by Dana International (real name Sharon Cohen) from Israel with the song "Diva". This was the first time that a “non-traditional” participant in the competition won - the future singer was born a man and changed her gender 5 years before her victory at Eurovision. In the same year, Macedonia joined the competition.

The following year, Charlotte Nilsson from Sweden won in Jerusalem, performing "Take Me to Your Heaven". In 2000, in Stockholm, the Danish duet "Olsen Brothers" and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" received the most points at the competition.

In 2001, Estonia finally announced itself in Copenhagen. It was represented by three participants at once - singers Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and the group 2XL.

Became the 31st song contest Eurovision. He passed May 3, 1986 in the city of Bergen (Norway) on the Grighalle stage. Greece and Italy withdrew from the competition, however, the Netherlands and Yugoslavia returned, and Iceland took part in the competition for the first time. Thus, the number of participants reached 20. This year, having scored 176 points, the victory was won by "J'aime la vie"(“I love life”), bringing the first victory for Belgium.

(real name Caldarone) was born 1972. Belgian singer Italian origin started singing at the age of 7. Won the song competition Eurovision V 1986, bringing Belgium's first victory. Later, when it turned out that Sandra was not 15 years old, as announced, but only 13, Swiss television appealed to the organizing committee with a request to disqualify the song, but this step was not successful.

In the fall of 1986, Sandra Kim represented Belgium at the Yamaha Music Festival in Tokyo. In 1990, she was invited to perform at the anniversary of King Baudouin. Later she worked on Belgian television.

Currently he is producing musicals.

Eurovision 1987. Belgium

became the 32nd song contest Eurovision. He passed May 9, 1987 in the city of Brussels (Belgium) at the Centene Palace. Due to tensions between the French-speaking broadcaster RTBF and the Dutch-speaking BRTN, a difficult decision had to be made about who would produce the 1987 competition. After discussion, preference was given to RTBF.

The return of Greece and Italy brought the number of participants to 22 countries, which was a competition record. The Grand Prix was again received with “Hold Me Now” (“Hold Me Now”), representing Ireland, and became first two-time Eurovision winner. German group Wind became the only participant Eurovision, twice stopping one step away from victory, taking second place.

(Sean Patrick Michael Sherrard O'Hagan) born 1954. Irish singer and composer two-time winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.

At the age of three he moved to Ireland with his parents. In 1977 he performed the main role in the musical “Adam and Eve”. Adopting a stage name, he released his first single in 1978. In 1979 he won a national song competition and was voted the best singer in the country by readers of the Connaught Telegraph newspaper.

became the winner of the song competition Eurovision 1980. Participated in the competition again 1987 with a song "Hold me now"(“Hold me now”) and won his second victory.

Written in 1992 Logan song "Why me?" performed by Linda Martin took first place at Eurovision. The consequence of these successes was the resulting Logan nickname "Mr. Eurovision».

Throughout his career he has released more than 40 singles and 19 albums. He hosted his own TV show on the BBC called Johnny Logan and Friends. Took third place in the ranking best performers Eurovision for 50 years with a song "Hold me now". Continues active creative work.

Eurovision 1988. Ireland

became the 33rd song contest Eurovision. He passed April 30, 1988 in Dublin (Ireland), in the royal pavilion of Tallad. Due to disqualification, Cyprus was unable to participate, since the song representing the island was released earlier than scheduled. Thus, the number of participants in the 1988 competition was reduced to 21. The Grand Prix was awarded to a Canadian singer with "Ne partez pas sans moi"(“Don’t Leave Without Me”), representing Switzerland, who became the most successful pop singer in history. The fourth place was taken by the representative from Luxembourg, who also later became a world-class star.

One important change was made in the rules regarding the national jury. The number of its members was increased to 16, consisting of an equal number of men and women, 4 members ranging in age from 15 to 25, four from 26 to 35, 4 from 36 to 45 and four from 46 to 60 and over. The jury will continue to exclude professional composers, publishers, recording studio representatives, professional musicians, singers and any persons with interests in the music industry, as well as members of participating companies and anyone in contact with these companies in the field of entertainment. business. Each jury member could give from 1 to 10 points to each song. However, the final votes announced on TV remained the same.

Canadian singer born in 1968. She became a star in the French-speaking world as a teenager after manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his house to finance her first recording. In 1990 Celine released the English-language album “Unison” and established herself as a singer in North America and other English-speaking regions of the world.

Dion first received international recognition in the 1980s, winning the Yamaha music festival and in the song competition. After a number of French and several English albums, she, with the help of Angélil, achieved worldwide fame, becoming one of the most successful performers in the history of pop music. However, in 1999, at the peak of its success Dion announced a career break to start a family and spend time with her husband.

returned to pop music in 2002 and signed a contract to perform nightly in a theatrical show at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Dion was influenced by genres from rock and rhythm and blues to gospel and classical. Her work has often received mixed reactions from critics.

is the best-selling Canadian artist, the second-largest female artist in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan, and the only female artist to sell two million copies of her singles in the UK. In addition, her 1995 album D'eux is the best-selling French-language album of all time.

Eurovision 1989. Switzerland Eurovision. He passed became the 34th song contest May 6, 1989 in Lausanne (Switzerland) at the Beaulieu exhibition center. Last year's participants were again joined by Cyprus, bringing the number of participants to 22. Due to the fact that two of this year's participants were children - 12-year-old Gili Nathanel, representing Israel and 11-year-old Nathalie Park, representing France - changes to the rules were subsequently introduced, setting the lower age limit of the contestant to 16. The Grand Prix was awarded to Yugoslavia, which presented a song in the pop beat style"Rock me" ("Rock Me") performed by the group Riva

. The leader of the group wrote songs for participants from Germany and Austria, but this did not bring them much success. Changes were made to the rules, according to which, in the case of the same maximum quantity

("Rock Me") performed by the group points, the winner is the song with the most scores of 12 points. is a Yugoslav (Croatian) pop group created in Zagreb in 1988 and debuted at the Zagrebfest music festival the same year with the song “Zadnja suza”. In 1989 with the song"Rock Me" Eurovision won the national selection and then the competition

, which brought Yugoslavia the first and last victory in this competition. It was such an unexpected victory that a BBC commentator called the song a "funeral march".

In the same year, the group took fourth place at the festival in Nashville (USA). The first album "Rock Me" was recorded at Koch Records in 1989, and the following year the album "Srce laneta" was released. That same year the group recorded two songs on English language

, written for her by Roxette guitarist and songwriter Per Gessle. ("Rock Me") performed by the group After the breakup in 1991 its participants continued.

solo career

Eurovision 1990. Yugoslavia Eurovision. He passed became the 35th song contest in the city of Zagreb (Yugoslavia) on the stage of the Concert Hall. Vatroslav Lisinsky. The composition of participating countries has not changed compared to the previous competition. The lower age limit for contestants was set at 16 years. What was new was that video cards before the songs showed the artists in the country they represented. Some performers dedicated their songs to the fall of the Iron Curtain and the unification of Europe. The winner was a famous performer representing Italy with the song "Insieme 1992"(“Together 1992”), also dedicated to European unity.

Italian composer, pop singer Salvatore (Toto) Cutugno born 1943. From childhood he showed interest in music: following his father, who played the trumpet excellently, he mastered this instrument; Later he independently mastered playing the drums and accordion. At 13 years old Toto took 3rd place in a regional music competition. Up to 19 years old Cutugno played drums in local music groups, until he went on a six-month tour of Finland as part of the ensemble of Maestro Manusardi. Back in Italy Salvatore organizes his own group, Toto e Tati, with which he began to successfully tour Italy. At the same time he begins to compose music.

Early 1975 Cutugno performs with the group Albatros, writes together with the poet Vito Pallavicini the songs “Oasis”, “Uomo dove vai”, “Africa”. They are noticed by the artistic director of a popular French singer Joe Dassena Jacques Plet. This is how French poetry is set to the melodies, and the famous “Et si tu n`éxistais pas”, “Salut” and the French pop hit of the summer of 1975 “L`été Indien” appear. Over the next 3 years Cutugno will write for 6 more songs, including the record-breaking long (12 min.) composition “Le jardin du Luxembourg”.

Albatros breaks up and begins a solo career, winning competition after competition. In 1983, he participated in the Sanremo festival with the song “L’italiano”, which to this day remains the artist’s “calling card”.

In 1990 he wins the competition Eurovision in Zagreb with a song "Insieme 1992". As a result, Italy received the right to host Eurovision V 1991. Its hosts were the only two Italian representatives to win the competition Eurovision- And Gigliola Cinquetti, winner 1964.

Now Toto gives concerts in many countries around the world, writes new songs.

Eurovision 1991. Italy

became the 36th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 4, 1991 in Rome (Italy), at Studio 15 de Cinecittà. Due to the Gulf War, and heightened tensions in Yugoslavia, RAI decided to move the competition from San Remo, where it was planned to be held, to Rome. The number of participants remained the same as in 1990 , only Holland did not participate due to national Remembrance Day, and Malta again joined the competition.

The competition was hosted by Gigliola Cinquetti, the Italian winners. Eurovision previous years. Unlike last year, video cards were shown architectural monuments Rome with the contestants posing in front of them, performing a famous Italian song. The competition is remembered for its very poor level of organization.

This year Sweden won with the song "Fangad av en stormvind"(“Caught in the Whirlwind”), performed by Carola. At the same time, France scored the same number of points with the song “C'est le dernier qui a parle qui a raison” performed by Amina, but the rules stated that in the event of a tie for first place, the country that received the most points (12 points, 10 and so on) more times, wins. Both countries scored the same number of 12 points, but Sweden received more "ten" and took first place.

Swedish pop singer Carola(Carola Heggqvist) born 1966. In 1983, 1991 and 2006 she represented Sweden at Eurovision.

She first appeared on television in 1977, winning a young talent show. A few years later, producer Bert Carlsson invited her to take part in Melodifestivalen, but she refused the offer. In 1983, the singer released a joint album with the Swedish metal band Stand by and in the same year she decided to try her luck at the national selection. She performed the song “Främling” and won, gaining maximum points from all the festival jury. On 23 April she represents Sweden at Eurovision 1983 in Munich and takes 3rd place. Her performance at the competition was watched by 6.1 million television viewers in Sweden, which makes up 84% of the country's population - a record that has not yet been broken. Again with this song Carola performed at the anniversary Eurovision Congratulations in Copenhagen 2005.

The debut single "Främling" sold a million copies - a sales record in Sweden that will apparently never be broken. After Carola took 3rd place in Eurovision, she recorded versions of the song in English, German and Dutch. In 1983 and 1984 she released three albums at Bert Karlsson's studio, and all of them sold out quickly. In 1985 Carola began collaborating with the Bee Gees. She recorded the album “Runaway”, the songs for which were written by Maurice and Robin Gibb. The album reached double platinum status. After this success Carola briefly left the pop scene.

Unexpected return Caroly took place in 1990, when she took second place at the Melodifestivalen with the song "Mitt i ett äventyr". She releases new album, entitled "Much More". The following year she takes revenge and wins the national selection with the song “Fångad av en stormvind”. British bookmakers predict Carole 2nd place. But on Eurovision 1991 in Rome it takes 1st place. Later that year she released a Christmas album in Swedish, "Jul".

In 2008, Carola again participated in the Melodifestivalen with the song “One Love” in a duet with Adreas Johnson, but did not qualify for the finals. She also releases the collection “Främling 25 år”, which includes the best compositions from her entire 25-year creative career.

Eurovision 1992. Sweden

Eurovision Song Contest 1992 became the 37th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 9, 1992 in the city of Malmo (Sweden) on the stage of the Malmo Isstadion stadium. With the return of Holland, the number of participating countries reached 23. The last time representatives of Yugoslavia performed at the competition. The format of the video postcards was again changed and the most beautiful places in Sweden were shown during the country presentation.

The winner was Ireland, with the song "Why me"("Why Me?"), performed by Linda Martin, who became the third performer in the history of the competition who managed to take first and second place. The music and lyrics were written by , who became the first artist to win the Grand Prix three times.

Switzerland was supposed to be represented by Geraldine Olivier with the song “Soleil, soleil”, however, the song did not meet some of the rules for the national selection, and the Swiss had to change their representative.

Irish singer and TV presenter born in 1947. She began her musical career in 1969 in the group Chips, which soon became one of the leading bands in Ireland. In 1972 Linda moved to LyttlePeople, but returned to Chips a year later. In 1983 she won the Castlebar Song Contest with her song "Edge of the Universe", after which she began her solo career. She has participated in the National Song Contest nine times, which is a record among Irish performers. Linda won the competition twice and, accordingly, represented her country twice at the competition Eurovision.

First performance Martin at the competition 1984 brought her second place with the song “Terminal 3”, and second place in the competition 1992 with a song "Why Me" became victorious. Moreover, the first of these songs that were written by a two-time winner Eurovision, took seventh place in the Irish charts, and the second became its leader and a hit in many countries.

In the 2000s, she hosted a number of quiz shows and shows on Irish television.

Eurovision 1993. Ireland

became the 38th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 15, 1993 in Millstreet (Ireland) at the Greenlands indoor stadium. The city, which was home to only 1.5 thousand people, became the smallest locality, among the venues Eurovision. At the same time, the competition participants lived in the cities of Cork and Killarney.

Increasing number of countries of Eastern Europe wishing to participate in the competition, forced the organizers to hold a qualifying round, which was April 3 in Ljubljana. According to its results, beginners Eurovision Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia became, and Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Estonia could not get past the qualifying round. Thus, the number of participants increased to 25 countries. The video postcards showed a representative from each country against the backdrop of the most beautiful places in Ireland they visited during Euroweek. This year the organizer of the competition won for the fifth time with the song "In your eyes"(“In Your Eyes”), performed by Niamh Kavanagh.

- Irish singer and TV presenter. Born 1968. She began her musical career as a backing vocalist. In 1991, she participated in the recording of the soundtrack to Alan Parker's film Commitments. Later she continued her career as a TV presenter.

won the competition Eurovision V 1993 with a song "In Your Eyes", which reached number one in the Irish (lasted 15 weeks) and number 23 in the British charts.

Subsequent work Kavanagh couldn't reach the level of "In Your Eyes". The best of them, the song “Red roses for me”, recorded with The Dubliners, reached number 13 in the Irish charts. In 1999, she recorded a new version of the song “In Your Eyes”. After finishing her musical career, she returned to work on Irish television.

In 2010, according to the results national selection was again selected to represent Ireland in the competition Eurovision with the song “It’s for you”. In the final she took 23rd place with a score of 25 points.

Eurovision 1994. Ireland

became the 39th song contest Eurovision. He passed April 30, 1994 in Dublin (Ireland) on the Point Depot stage. Unlike previous organizers, who won twice in a row, Ireland decided to host the competition 1994. Due to the large number of applications for participation, the organizers introduced changes to the rules - the five countries that took last place will skip the next competition. Thus, the places of Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Slovenia, Turkey, as well as Italy and Luxembourg, who refused to participate, were taken by seven debutants - Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Russia.

For the third time in a row, Ireland won the Grand Prix with a record 226 points per song. "Rock'n roll kids"("Rock 'n' Roll Children"), performed by Paul Harrington And Charlie McGettigan. Polish singer Edita Gorniak took second place, which is the best performance of a debutant country in the history of the competition. At the same time, at the dress rehearsal, Gurnyak performed one verse of her song in English (that is, a non-state) language, which was prohibited by the rules. As a result, six countries (out of the required 13) demanded her disqualification.

Represented Maria Katz, performing under a pseudonym Judith and took 9th place. She performed the song “The Eternal Wanderer,” for which she herself wrote Russian lyrics to the music of Lev Zemlinsky (who also conducted the Irish Television Orchestra).

Artists made their debut on the international stage in the interval act dance show Riverdance led by Michael Flatley.

Irish singer Paul Harrington born 1960. In 1991 he released the album “What I’d Say”, 5 of the 12 songs of which were written by himself. Won a duet with Charlie McGettigan at the competition Eurovision V 1994 with a song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids", giving Ireland their 3rd win in a row and scoring for the first time in history competition over 200 points. At the competition 1998 performed as a backing vocalist. The song "Is Always Over Now", performed by singer Dawn Martin, took 9th place in Birmingham.

Paul Harrington worked as a presenter on radio and television, performed vocal parts in Michael Flatley's show “Celtic Tiger”. In 2008 he released the album “A Collection”, which included new versions best compositions Harrington.

Charles (Charlie) McGettigan born 1950. The Irish singer began his music career in the 1960s, performing in pubs and on dance floors. Strong influence Irish folk music influenced his work. In 1973 he created the group Jargon, which, after a successful performance at the Letterkeni folk festival, signed its first contract with a recording studio. After recording three singles, the musician continued his solo career.

McGettigan won a duet with Paul Harrington at the competition Eurovision 1994. After this, the singer sang solo. He has hosted his own programs on BBC and RTE. Was invited to the Congratulations show dedicated to 50th anniversary of Eurovision. Currently Charles McGettigan lives in the town of Drumshanbo (County Leitrim).

Eurovision 1995. Ireland

became the 40th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 13, 1995 in Dublin (Ireland), in the Point Depot hall. Ireland became the first country to host the competition for the third time in a row. In this regard, the BBC offered to help organize it jointly in Belfast. After deliberation, RTE decided to host the event themselves, but warned that if the Irish representative won, they would not organize it next year.

Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Holland, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland did not participate in the competition, but the return of Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Slovenia and Turkey brought the number of participants to 23.

The Grand Prix was awarded to Norway with the song "Nocturne"(“Nocturne”) performed by the group Secret Garden. However, the song contained only 24 words and was accompanied by a long violin solo. Russia was represented by Philip Kirkorov, who took 17th place.

Secret Garden- an Irish-Norwegian duo performing Celtic and neoclassical music. The group consists of an Irish violinist Finooly Sherry and Norwegian composer and pianist Rolf Lövland.

Secret Garden won the competition Eurovision, playing for Norway in 1995 with composition "Nocturne". I sang a song at the competition Norwegian singer Gunnhild Twinnereim, but she is not part of the group. Besides, Rolf participated in writing the song “La det swinge”, which ensured victory for the Norwegian duet “Bobbysocks” at this competition in 1985.

Victory on Eurovision ensured the success of the first album Secret Garden"Songs from a Secret Garden". It has sold approximately a million copies worldwide. The album went platinum in Norway and Korea, gold in Ireland, Hong Kong and New Zealand, and spent two years (1996-1997) on the New Age Billboard charts. adapted the song “Heartstrings” from this album and included it under the title “I’ve Dreamed Of You” on her album “A Love Like Ours”. She also used "Heartstrings" at her wedding to James Brolin.

In 1997, the album “White Stones” was released, which also made it into the top ten of New Age Billboard. "Dawn of a New Century" in 1999, "Dreamcatcher" in 2001 and "Once In a Red Moon" were also successful worldwide and reached the top of the Billboard charts.

The duo's famous song "You Raise Me Up", sung by Brian Kennedy, has been recorded over a hundred times by other artists including Josh Groban, Russell Watson, Westlife, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Becky Taylor and Il Divo.

Secret Garden released the album "Dreamcatcher: Best Of" for their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2004. It reached the top of the charts in Australia and entered the top 50 albums on the ARIA chart. In total, more than 3 million copies of the group's various albums were sold.

returned to pop music in 2002 and signed a contract to perform nightly in a theatrical show at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Secret Garden It has been used in a number of famous films, including the soundtrack of Wong Kar-wai's 2046.

Eurovision 1996. Norway

became the 41st song contest Eurovision. He passed May 18, 1996 in Oslo (Norway) on stage concert hall Oslo Spectrum. Due to the large number of countries that wished to take part in the competition, new system selection. The number of participants was limited to 23, including the winning country of the previous competition (Norway).

Pre-selection was carried out on the basis of the presented audio recording. Each application, no more than 3 minutes long, was sent on audio cassette to European Broadcasting Union in Geneva. A collection of all songs received by a certain date was sent to all participants. Each participating country selected a jury of 8 people, selected according to the same principles as for the finals of the competition. This jury evaluates each song, indicating points on a secret form. The final scores were sent to the EBU by fax or telephone within 24 hours of receipt of the tapes. To prevent bias, the pre-selection jury could not be part of the final jury. According to information leaked to the press later, Sweden became the winner of the pre-selection, and Ireland took second place. The results were announced the next day, and at the same time the draw for the performances of the final participants took place. As a result of the pre-selection, Germany was left out of the finals of the competition for the only time in history.

A novelty of the competition, which, however, subsequently did not catch on, were video messages from officials of the participating countries, preceding the performances of the contestants.

Ireland won the Grand Prix, thereby setting a record for the number of victories ( seven). The winning song was the composition "The Voice"(“The Voice”) performed by.

Irish singer born in 1972. From the age of four she sang in the choir. In 1995, while a music college student, she became a member of the Celtic chamber group Anuna, quite popular in Ireland. She took part in the recording of two albums of the group - “Omnis” and “Deep Dead Blue”. She also worked with the dance ensemble “Riverdance”.

In 1996, at the request of songwriter Brendan Greene, she took part in the competition with his song “The Voice”. Eurovision, held in Oslo, and won, 7th for Ireland during the country's participation in the competition. After that, she toured a lot abroad and was a TV presenter on the RTE and TV3 channels.

Graduated from the National University of Ireland. In 2006, announced the votes of the Irish National Jury at Eurovision. In the same year she released the album “Gatherings”, and in 2007 the next album “Oh Holy Night” was released.

Eurovision 1997. Ireland

Became the 42nd song contest Eurovision. He passed May 3, 1997 in the city of Dublin (Ireland), on the stage of the Point Depot, which hosted the competition participants for the third time. The date of the competition coincided with Holocaust Remembrance Day. For this reason, Israel refused to participate, and Italy joined the competition. Türkiye took 3rd place. This was the country's first success at Eurovision.

The pre-breeding system has been modified to allow all countries to participate in the competition at least once every two years. Under the new rules, the winner of last year's competition automatically advances to the finals, and the remaining 17 participants are selected based on the average points over the last 5 years (total points divided by the number of entries of a given country). In the event of a tie between several countries, the decisive factor is the number of points accumulated in the last year of participation. The other 7 places are given to countries that did not participate in the previous year, but broadcast the competition and fully comply with its rules.

According to this concept, all countries are divided into two categories - Active and Passive participants. If any of the Active participants refuses to participate in the competition, EBU invites the next candidate from the list of Passive participants. If the answer is positive, then this country can become a participant in the competition, if negative, the EBU invites the next country on the list, and so on.

Participants were allowed to perform songs without live orchestra accompaniment, but using phonograms with recorded musical accompaniment. For the first time in the history of the competition, television viewers from five countries (Austria, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden) were able to participate in determining the winner through telephone voting.

The Grand Prix was awarded to Great Britain with the song "Love shine a light"("Love Gives Light") performed by the group Katrina and the Waves. The composition became an international hit. The act scored a record 227 points, receiving 1st place from 10 countries, including Russia, whose representative Alla Pugacheva took 15th place.

Katrina and the Waves are a British-American pop rock band formed in Cambridge in 1981 by Soft Boys guitarist Kimberley Rew under the name The Ways. The band also included drummer Alex Cooper and two Americans - guitarist Katrina Leskanich and bass guitarist Vince De La Cruz. Soon Leskanich replaced Ryu as the group's vocalist, and it was decided to add her name to the group's name.

In 1983, the musicians signed a contract with the Canadian recording studio Attic, and in 1983 with the American company Capitol. The album “Katrina & The Waves” she released was a success both in the USA and in Europe, and the song “Walking On Sunshine” recorded on it became a hit, taking 8th place in the British and 9th place in the American charts. Consequently, Katrina and the Waves was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category “Best new artist" Subsequently, the group signed a contract with SBK Records, but the musicians no longer achieved much success in the United States.

After returning to the UK in 1997, the team won the competition Eurovision with a song "Love Shine A Light", which then took 3rd place in the British, as well as 2nd in the Austrian and Norwegian charts. The success of the song helped the musicians sign a contract with Warner and release a new album, Walk On Water. However, in 1999 the team broke up, and its members continued to perform independently.

Eurovision 1998. UK

became the 43rd song contest Eurovision. He passed May 9, 1998 in Birmingham (UK) on the stage of the National Indoor Stadium. The number of places remaining for passive participants was no longer limited. This year saw the introduction of a televoting system, introduced to engage audiences in the show.

Each country opened 24 telephone lines with numbers at the end from 01 to 25. Each of these numbers represented a specific song. The audience was given 3 minutes to vote. In order to minimize cases of voting for a song from your country from other countries, phone numbers should have been chosen in such a way that calling from abroad was impossible. Also, each subscriber was given the opportunity to cast only 3 votes from one number.

The new system has caused a lot of discussion. Many people liked it because it brought them closer to the competition, while others were not satisfied with the results. A national jury was mandatory both for countries that were unable to organize televoting (Hungary and Cyprus) and for the remaining participating countries. All jury results were sent to the EBU and certified by a notary who was present during the casting of votes to prevent fraud. This procedure was applied to alternate juries in countries where televoting took place only if their votes were used as a result of problems with audience voting.

The number of participants remained at 25. Macedonia made its debut, and Slovakia, Israel, Romania, Belgium and Finland took the place of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Iceland and Russia, who had to take a year off due to an insufficiently high average score. In addition, Italy refused to participate. The Grand Prix winner made a lot of noise as it became Dana International, transsexual from Israel, with a song "Diva"("Diva").

(real name Sharon Cohen, nee Yaron Cohen) was born in 1972. Popular Israeli transsexual singer (MtF).

Yaron Cohen was born into a poor family on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. According to some reports, he received the name in honor of his uncle who died in a terrorist attack. Yaron was the youngest child in the family. His father worked as an assistant judge, and his mother was a housewife. WITH early age Yaron liked to play with dolls with girls. He started playing music at the age of 8. From the age of 10 I began singing in the municipal choir, and at 14 I took part in the real musical “Joseph and the Amazing Living Veil of Dreams” for the first time. Having finished primary school, he continued his studies at Ironi Alef, where he met two brothers who would in the future begin working as his backup dancers. At the age of 16, Yaron began performing in clubs, dressing in bright women's outfits and wigs. To his joy, the parents treated these “oddities” of the child with understanding.

In 1988, in a nightclub, Yaron met Ofer Nissim, who was organizing a revue called “Li La Lo” (“Me, She, Him”) and was having difficulty finding a lead singer. This is how a new name appears - Dana and a parody of the song "My Name Is Not Susan", which soon became very popular. The next song “Dana International” has already managed to break into the American charts - they learned about it outside of Israel.

After the release of the “Dana International” recording, Yaron gained not only popularity, but also money, and in 1993 he took the most important step in his life - he went to England for gender reassignment surgery. His parents accept this news quite easily.

Yaron changes male name for the feminine – “Sharon”, and Sharon Cohen appears in the world, performing under her stage name Dana International. After the rehabilitation period, the first album “Dana International” is released, which goes gold. The next album, Umpatampa (1994), went platinum. Also in 1994, she became performer of the year in Israel.

In November 1997, she was chosen to represent Israel at Eurovision 1998 with your song "Diva", which was written by Cvika Pick. In May 1998, she took first place in the competition, receiving 174 points. After winning, he becomes a full-fledged international superstar, with continuous interviews on CNN, BBC, Sky News, MTV and many other prestigious channels. Single released soon "Diva" instantly hits the top of the charts in most European countries, the album sells more than 400 thousand copies worldwide. However, the contract of the new promising star with Sony was never signed due to disagreements.

Dana International represented Israel at the competition Eurovision 2011 in the second semi-final with the song “Ding Dong”, but did not qualify for the final of the competition.

Eurovision 1999. Israel

became the 44th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 29, 1999 in the city of Jerusalem (Israel) on the stage of the Binyanei Hauma Assembly Palace. So it was the second Eurovision, which was not carried out geographically in Europe. The first was in 1979.

There were changes regarding the language of performance, according to which now each participant was free to choose the language of the song. In addition, the organizer was no longer required to use live orchestral accompaniment.

The number of participants was reduced to 23. Insufficient average scores forced Finland, Greece, Macedonia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland to take a year off, and were replaced by last year's passive participants Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Iceland, Latvia and Lithuania. However, on October 23, 1998, Latvia decided not to participate in the competition due to financial problems. It was supposed to be replaced by Hungary as another country from the list of passive participants with the largest number points, but she also rejected the EBU offer. As a result, Portugal became a participant in the competition. It was also decided that France, Germany, Spain and the UK would automatically be eligible to enter the competition, regardless of their 5-year average.

New steps have been taken to improve the conduct of the finals of the competition. First, the EBU decided to hold a meeting of heads of delegation in Jerusalem two months before the competition. Secondly, the Song Contest website Eurovision was updated and equipped with such a service as viewing video clips of future participants in the competition. Thirdly, EBU tried to release a collection of songs from the competition on CD 1999 , which was supposed to benefit Kosovar refugees but was never released due to copyright issues.

The Grand Prix was awarded to Sweden, with the song "Take me to your heaven"(“Take me to your heaven (to your paradise)”), performed by Charlotte Nielson. Croatia was deprived of a third of the points scored when calculating the average 5-year score (although the result was taken into account in full for determining the final place in this competition) due to the fact that its participant was sung along by a male choir, which did not appear on stage, but was only reproduced in the recording .

Swedish singer and actress (born Anna Jenny Charlotte Nilsson) was born in 1974. At the age of 13 I started dancing team in Hovmanthorpe. After finishing school she moved to Växjö, where she attended a performing arts school. She also became the lead singer of the group Kendix. Later she sang in the Anders Engbergs group, but after releasing two albums, she left the group and joined the Wizex ensemble. In 1998, the group was nominated for a Swedish Music Award for the album “Mot nya mål”, and the album “Tusen och en natt” went gold. In 1997-1998 Charlotte She also participated in the Swedish soap opera White Lies, appearing in 20 episodes.

Won Melodifestivalen 1999 and then in Jerusalem with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven". After winning the competition Charlotte(then Nilsson) becomes famous. She has performed throughout Europe and the Middle East and also released her first solo album"Charlotte" (1999).

In 2001, the second album “Miss Jealousy” was released, which included the successful single “You Got Me Going Crazy”. In 2003 Charlotte became the host of the semi-final of the Swedish selection for Eurovision. In April of the same year, she participated in a Swedish production. In September the single “Broken Heart” was released, and in June 2004 the third album “Gone Too Long” appeared.

After Eurovision Together with composer Robert Wells, the singer took part in the show “Rhapsody in Rock”, and later she performed at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Her album “Hero” was also released in China.

Eurovision 2000. Sweden

became the 45th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 13, 2000 in Stockholm (Sweden) at the Globe Arena stadium. The competition was held in the presence of 12 thousand people. The number of participants was increased to 24. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Portugal, Poland and Slovenia were forced to sit out the competition due to low average scores in previous years. Finland, Macedonia, Romania, and Switzerland returned, and Latvia joined the competition for the first time. Slovakia, Greece and Hungary decided not to participate for financial reasons.

This year, two innovations were introduced for the first time. A collection of all 24 songs from the competition was released, and for the first time Microsoft broadcast the competition to live via the Internet. Televoting was carried out in all countries except Russia, Macedonia, Turkey and Romania. The broadcast of the competition in the Netherlands was interrupted due to a disaster at a pyrotechnics warehouse in the Dutch city of Enschede, so the televoting was replaced at the last minute with a jury vote.

The Grand Prix was awarded to Denmark with the song “Fly on the wings of love”, performed by the duet Olsen Brothers. Russian singer Alsou became second, bringing the first prize in history to her country.

The Russian delegation stated that the Danish duet violated the rules of the competition by using technical means to change their voice properties, however, they did not file a protest.

Olsen Brothers– Danish pop-rock duo, which includes brothers Jurgen(born 1950) and Nils(born 1954) Olsens. Your first They formed the group The Kids in 1965. In the same year, they performed as an opening act for The Kinks during their concert in Copenhagen. In 1967, the duo's first single was released. In 1971, the brothers took part in the production of the musical “Hair”, with which they then went on tour to Norway and Sweden. In 1972, the first album of the duo, now performing under the name Olsen Brothers.

After winning the annual national festival Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2000 with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" the duo took first place in the competition Eurovision. Moreover, after the victory, more than 100 thousand copies of the single were sold in one day in Denmark alone. In 2005, the brothers took second place at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix festival with the song "Little Yellow Radio".

At the Congratulations competition dedicated to 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in 2005, song "Fly on the Wings of Love" took 6th place among best songs Eurovision throughout its entire history.