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Johnny Logan was born Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard on 13 May 1954 in Frankston, Victoria. [5] His father, Charles Alphonsus Sherrard, was a Derry-born Irish tenor better known as Patrick O'Hagan, and happened to be touring Australia at the time of Logan's birth.
Individuals with multiple Eurovision Song Contest wins Wins Name Wins as performer Wins as songwriter 3 Johnny Logan: 1980, 1987: 1987, 1992: 2 Willy van Hemert — 1957, 1959: Yves Dessca — 1971, 1972: Rolf Løvland: 1995: 1985, 1995: Brendan Graham — 1994, 1996: Loreen: 2012, 2023: 2023: Peter Boström — 2012, 2023: Thomas G:son —
The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 15 May 1993 at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Ireland.Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), and presented by Fionnuala Sweeney, the contest was held in Ireland following the country's victory at the 1992 contest with the song "Why ...
Logan would go on to write the winner song of the 1992 contest, "Why Me?" performed by Linda Martin. "Hold Me Now" is regarded as one of the high points of the contest history, it was one of fourteen songs chosen by Eurovision fans and a European Broadcasting Union (EBU) reference group, from among the 992 songs that had ever participated in the contest, to participate in the fiftieth ...
Johnny Logan Epic 4 1 — 2 1 3 2 2 6 2 UK: Silver [16] Hold Me Now: 1988 "Ne partez pas sans moi" Celine Dion: Carrere — 12 36 — — 42 — — 11 — Incognito: 1989 "Rock Me" Riva: Koch Int. — 16 — — — 56 — — — — Riva "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Ireland's Johnny Logan has won the contest three times as a performer and composer, and was the first performer to win multiple contests. Since the Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 and until semi-finals were introduced in 2004, a total of 917 entries were submitted, comprising songs and artists which represented thirty-eight countries. [1]
Johnny Logan "What's Another Year?" 1 [1] 1981: Sheeba "Horoscopes" 3 1982: The Duskeys "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" 12 1984: Linda Martin "Terminal 3" 7 1985: Maria Christian "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" 15 1986: Luv Bug "You Can Count On Me" 2 1987: Johnny Logan "Hold Me Now" 1 [1] 1988: Jump the Gun "Take Him Home" 3 1989: Kiev Connolly and ...
His wife Ellen died in 2012. His son Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard better known as Johnny Logan is a famous Australian-born Irish singer and composer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest twice with "What's Another Year" in 1980 and "Hold Me Now" in 1987. [1] Johnny Logan said about his father had been his inspiration.