Saturday 24th May 2008

Cliff: possessed

For many it’s all about the dodgy songs/clothes/performances and the barbed wit of a tipsy Wogan. But for the majority, the Eurovision Song Contest is still a serious competition, taken quite seriously indeed. (Seriously.) Either way, there's no denying it's an entertaining few hours and something actually worth staying in on a saturday night for. So to get you in the mood, we’ve collected together some of the best bits for you to download and maybe play at your Eurovision party.

Click here to check out the Eurovision album with all this year’s entries.

Cliff Richard

The Peter Pan of pop and the sound of Christmas itself was robbed of the top spot in Spain’s 1968 contest, according to a recent documentary. Apparently, Spain’s ruthless dicator, Franco, wanted them to win so much that he was prepared to cheat. Naughty Franco. More »

Abba

These guys are Eurovision, aren’t they? In fact, it is believed that their 1974 contest winning song Waterloo is the most perfect, most Eurovision, Eurovision song there has ever been. Eurovision Eurovision Eurovision... More »

Celine Dion

Celine Dione? Nah, never heard of her. Oh, do you mean the young lady who won it for Switzerland at the Dublin hosted 1988 contest with Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi? Yes yes, I remember now. More »

Lulu

Lulu had to share the prize with 3 other countries in 1969 with her Eurovision classic, Boom Bang-a-Bang. Unusually, that year the prize was a tube of Smarties, so sharing wasn’t a problem. More »