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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.
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 ...
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.
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]
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 ...
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 —
Eurovision has a large online following and multiple independent websites, news blogs and fan clubs are dedicated to the event. [389] One of the oldest and largest Eurovision fan clubs is OGAE, founded in 1984 in Finland and currently a network of over 40 national branches across the world. National branches regularly host events to promote and ...
Ireland's Johnny Logan would go on to win the contest three times, picking up his first Eurovision win in 1980 in The Hague. The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the twenty-fifth edition of the contest, organised by Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and held on 19 April 1980 at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague, Netherlands.