Category Archives: 1990s

412 Geef Het Op – Clouseau (Belgium, 1991)

Posted on May 16, 2016 by tintinhaddock

Following on from Si Tu Aimes Ma Musique (see No. 413) we come to another entry from Belgium, this time sung in Dutch. Dutch is the official language of the Flanders region –  the northern part of Belgium bordering the Netherlands. For cultural reasons … Continue reading →

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424 Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids – Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan (Ireland, 1994)

Posted on April 14, 2016 by tintinhaddock

Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids holds a unique place in the pantheon of Eurovision winners, its triumph being the only time a country has won the contest three times in a row. Two consecutive wins is slightly more common, achieved four times … Continue reading →

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425 Kým Nás Máš – Marcel Palonder (Slovakia, 1996)

Posted on April 5, 2016 by tintinhaddock

From the most unpopular year of the 1990s (see No. 426), we move to the most popular. This is the fourth entry from 1996 so far in our countdown, and there are another ten to come. Slovakia’s Eurovision results have been lousy, … Continue reading →

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426 Þá Veistu Svarið – Inga (Iceland, 1993)

Posted on April 5, 2016 by tintinhaddock

Was 1993 the worst Eurovision of the 1990s? Well, according to our votes it was. Our countdown features just seven songs from that contest – the fewest of the 1990s. There are actually eight songs from that year in the chart, but that includes an … Continue reading →

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446 Íme Ánthropos Ki Égo – Evridiki (Cyprus, 1994)

Posted on March 9, 2016 by tintinhaddock

A couple of posts ago we introduced Chiara, the first member of that exclusive club of acts with three songs in the Top 500 (see No. 448). Now we can reveal the second member and it’s another female vocalist from an … Continue reading →

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450 Rapsodia – Mia Martini (Italy, 1992)

Posted on March 7, 2016 by tintinhaddock

Mia Martini was born Domenica Berté in 1947 in Bagnara Calabra, a town at the toe of Italy’s boot. She was 16 years old when she recorded her first singles as Mimi Berté but it wasn’t until 1971 that her breakthrough came, along … Continue reading →

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452 Beşinci Mevsim – Şebnem Paker (Turkey, 1996)

Posted on February 25, 2016 by tintinhaddock

Nearly 50 songs into the countdown and Şebnem Paker becomes our first artist to notch up two solo entries inside the Top 500. Her 1997 effort Dinle (see No. 465) was first up and 13 places higher is her debut performance from the year … Continue reading →

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456 Sveta Ljubav – Maja Blagdan (Croatia, 1996)

Posted on February 18, 2016 by tintinhaddock

Between 1993 and the inception of the semi final in 2004 the EBU were constantly tinkering with the format of the show to try and accommodate the ever increasing number of nations wishing to take part. In 1996 they experimented … Continue reading →

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457 Nei Eða Já – Heart 2 Heart (Iceland, 1992)

Posted on February 18, 2016 by tintinhaddock

Heart 2 Heart comprised Eurovision’s  ‘golden ratio’ of two guys and two girls: Grétar Örvarsson and Friðrik Karlsson playing the instruments behind vocalists Sigriður Beinteinsdóttir and Sigrún Ármannsdóttir in co-ordinating yellow and red outfits. For Beinteinsdóttir – better known as … Continue reading →

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461 A Message To Your Heart – Samantha Janus (United Kingdom, 1991)

Posted on February 10, 2016 by tintinhaddock

A Message To Your Heart is one of four entries composed by songwriter Paul Curtis to have represented the United Kingdom in Eurovision. Previously he’d been responsible for Let Me Be The One by the Shadows in 1975, Love Games for Belle … Continue reading →

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