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We continue this week’s series on the Eurovision Song Contest with a look at Portugal. It has been competing for nearly half a century but still hasn't been able to snatch the much-revered top spot. Bets are high for this year’s entry: ‘Amar pelos dois’, by Salvador Sobral. But today, we take you to one of the most memorable songs ever. A song that took centre stage in toppling the Salazar regime and led the country into democracy. Here’s our own Carlota Rebelo.
We continue this week’s series on the Eurovision Song Contest with a look at the Finnish track record from the past 50 years. Monocle 24’s resident Finn Markus Hippi explains how Eurovision became a national obsession – and why he’s not too bothered that the Finnish entry did not get to the finals this year.
And now for the third instalment in our special Eurovision series. Sweden has won the Eurovision Song Contest six times, it just needs another win to tie with Ireland. Besides being the third-biggest music exporter in the world, the country also adores Eurovision. Monocle 24’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco, a lover of both Eurovision and Sweden, discusses some of his favorite Swedish winners of all time.
For the second instalment of our special Eurovision series this week, we look at the Western Balkans. The event might be a light-hearted matter in Britain and much of western Europe but in the East it’s a serious matter – an opportunity for countries to send out messages about who they are and, of course, who their friends and enemies are. A prime example is Serbia. The country won on its first appearance in the contest with ‘Molitva’ (‘Prayer’), by Marija Šerifović. And as our Belgrade correspondent, Guy de Launey, explains, the victory was as much about the singer as the song.
The countdown is on as Eurovision creeps ever closer. This Saturday, Kiev will host the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest, the annual music extravaganza. To get us into the mood, we’re inviting some of our contributors this week to review five special moments in Eurovision history. The focus of our first instalment is Australia – which is now an official competitor at the event. Monocle 24’s Andrew Mueller explains the Australian fascination with Eurovision.
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