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3 unusual facts about Eurovision Song Contest 1962


Brad Newman

The follow up single, "Get a Move On", was entered in the heats of the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 to pick the British entry, which took place on 11 February of that year.

(See United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962).

Eurovision Song Contest 1962

The city of Luxembourg, also known as Luxembourg City, is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.


Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Three artists returned to the 1973 contest, Finland's Marion Rung, who last represented the nation in 1962; 1971 entrant Massimo Ranieri from Italy; and Cliff Richard, who last performed Congratulations for the United Kingdom in 1968.

Gitte Hænning

In 1962 she attempted to compete for Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Eurovision Song Contest with "Jeg Snakker med mig Selv" but was disqualified because the composer Sejr Volmer-Sørensen had whistled the song in the canteen of the DR.


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