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The contest was held at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, the capital and most populous city of Ireland. [1] [2] This was the first time that the contest was held in Ireland. The Gaiety Theatre was selected as the venue for the 1971 contest as it was celebrating 100 years since its establishment in 1871.
71 songs written by 147 songwriters have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.The contest, which has been broadcast every year since its debut in 1956 (with the exception of 2020), is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world.
The Eurovision Song Contest has been identified as the longest-running annual international televised music competition in the world, as determined by Guinness World Records, and around 40 countries now regularly take part each year. Several other competitions have been inspired by Eurovision in the years since its formation, and the EBU has ...
Was 1971 the best single year for recorded popular music, ever? Or merely the year in which it reached peak cultural significance? Maybe, just maybe, the answer could be: both. You’ll certainly ...
A Song for Europe 1971 – 20 February 1971 [1] Draw Song Songwriter(s) Votes Place 1 "Look Left, Look Right" Alan Hawkshaw, Ray Cameron 6 5 2 "In My World of Beautiful Things" Valerie Avon, Harold Spiro: 12 4 3 "Jack in the Box" John Worsley, David Myers 22 1 4 "Another Time, Another Place" Mike Leander, Eddie Seago 6 5 5 "Wind of Change"
The EBU has held several events to mark selected anniversaries in the contest's history: Songs of Europe, held in 1981 to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, had live performances and video recordings of all Eurovision Song Contest winners up to 1981; [403] [404] Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was organised in 2005 ...
Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) held the Melodi Grand Prix 1971 on 20 February at its studios in Oslo, hosted by Jan Voigt. Twelve songs took part in the final, with the winner chosen by a 14-member public jury who each awarded between 1 and 5 points per song.
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