Product Description

A history of the Eurovision Song Contest which gives a year by year narrative of the songs, singers, winners and losers. The votes are documented in full, and studies to find patterns for winning entries are tabulated. Terry Wogan has written a foreward to the main body of the text.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #288356 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

An official Eurovision Bible
Unfortunately, there aren't many books on Eurovision out there, but this one is probably the only one you'll ever need. Many useful statistics, all the charts from the very start somewhere in the '50s and a commentary on every single contest... Some nice photos of the previous winners in color, charts of the most successful countries, most convincing winners, the closest victories... This is really the best companion for Eurovision freaks and you'll probably hold on to it while watching the contest and many times afterwards. The only problem is---you'll need to buy yan updated version of the book every single year... And one more thing---the commentaries should be at least three times longer because they're so humorous and show just how bizarre the whole deal about the ESC is...

Not bad...
A good intro to the contest, with some hilarious observations. A couple of tiny mistakes that only true Euro-anoraks will notice. Could do with some more photos though...

A Douze Points Classic for Euro Fans
There are nearly 1,000 members of the Eurovision Song Contest fan club in the UK, and I guarantee that every one of them would love this book. It charts, painstakingly, not only the history of the annual musical jamboree - the show we love to hate - and looks back at the successes and, more often, failures that the contest has produced, but lists also every point given to every song by every country. Fans will remember with nostalgia when Norway gave that point to Cyprus in 1978, but it's not just limited to the diehard fanatics. For this book is fascinating for anyone with any interest whatsoever in the camp, the kitsch and the undeniably amusing life that is Eurovision. Chart Abba's rise to victory, Celine Dion's triumph, Bucks Fizz's skirt ripping win. It's all there, every song and every artiste that ever performed in the contest. Every point ever given. Every prejudice and bias analysed. When they say this is "complete" the authors mean it. Read it - and weep.