Quote Originally Posted by Omegstrat6 View Post
Apparently, the competition was never about countries only being eligible if they were in geographical Europe but they had to be served by the European Broadcasting Area which extended into North Africa and Turkey. Never knew that before, though still don't know how Russia or Australia meet the criteria 😁

Anyhow, the songs have always been mostly rubbish which is why both Wogan and Norton so easily got away with their gentle ribbing. Aside from Abba I can't think of anyone who went on to any great career success out of winning the competition either (do not claim Bucks Fizz anyone &#128514 though I'm sure Dubs may point out the Eurovision successes of Johnny Logan..
Come on Omeg 😂 - you forget boom bang a bang mentioned by Phil. Lulu was class and the title of that song brings her to mind in her younger days 😂