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unusual facts about Eurovision Song Contest 1996


Paint My Love

The song won the Danish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, but was one of seven entries voted off in an pre-contest semifinal, which was not televised.


Beşinci Mevsim

"Beşinci Mevsim" (The Fifth Season) was the Turkish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, composed by Levent Çoker, written by Selma Çuhacı, and performed by Şebnem Paker in Turkish.

Ceol an Ghrá

The performance was also the first of only two occasions so far on which a Celtic language has been heard at the Contest, with France entering the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the Breton language song "Diwanit Bugale".

Erkki Pohjanheimo

Over the years Pohjanheimo has been associated with the European Broadcasting Union and the Eurovision Network he also provided the Finnish television commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest on ten occasions between 1973 and 1996 he also hosted the Finnish heat for the 1981 Contest.

Ingvild Bryn

She was, together with Morten Harket, the official presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 1996.

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Mullans performed 17th in the running order on the night of the contest, a draw on which three previous Irish entries had won ("What's Another Year?" in 1980, "Why Me?" in 1992 and "The Voice" in 1996).

Listen to Your Heartbeat

"Listen To Your Heartbeat" became part of a controversy after it was claimed that it was plagiarised from Belgium's 1996 entry "Liefde is een kaartspel".


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