AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
6min chapter
174. Eurovision part 1
The Allusionist
The History of Eurovision Song Contests
At the first contest, there were only seven countries competing. There were 18 competitors by 1965 when Sweden performed in English so seismically. The winner that year was Luxembourg with a song written by Serge Gainsburg. From almost the beginning of the Eurovision song contest, little bits of other languages had snuck into the songs. But when the rule came in from 1966 that a country's entries had to be in one of its national languages, they could no longer sneak Cheri into a German song,. But only until 1972 when they removed the national languages rule again.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode