THE EUROVISION YEARS

MY EUROVISION

Pictures from my Eurovision Experiences

Follow the links for some pictures of my Eurovision experiences since 1986.

02 JUN 08 - ESC08 Photos added

14 MAY 07 - ESC07 Photos added

01 JAN 07 - ESC06 Photos added

23 SEP 06 - Check this new list - my favourite song from each country

19 OCT 05 - Now listed - My favourite song from each year (at the time of the Contest) plus other greats at the time, plus the most enduring Classic song/s now.

ENJOY!

Gary

YEAR	DETAILS - click city for Picture Page	FAVOURITE	OTHER GREATS	CLASSIC/S
1986	LONDON Member of the UK Jury for Bergen	1986 - Sweden Lasse Holm & Monica Törnell E' De' Det Här Du Kallar Kärlek?	UK, Turkey, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Spain	ŽELJO MOJA YU
1987	BRUSSELS Did not attend	1987 - Greece Bang! Stop	Yugoslavia, Sweden, Turkey, Cyprus, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland	GENTE DI MARE IT
1988	DUBLIN Day pass and tickets to the Friday rehearsal and official reception, thanks to Irish Television (RTE)	1988 - Spain La Decada La Chica Que Yo Quiero (Made in Spain)	Yugoslavia, Norway, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal	FOR VÅR JORD NO
1989	LAUSANNE First year with full Accreditation, thanks to Swiss Television (SSR)	1989 - Netherlands Justine Pelmelay Blijf Zoals Je Bent	Sweden, Spain, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Israel, Italy, Greece	EN DAG SE
1990	ZAGREB Full Accreditation, thanks to Yugoslav Television (JRT)	1990 - Sweden Edin-Ådahl Som En Vind	Israel, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Yugoslavia, France	BANDIDO ES
1991	ROME Did not attend	1991 - Spain Sergio Dalma Bailar Pegados	Switzerland, Greece, France, Sweden, Turkey, Portugal, UK	BAILAR PEGADOS ES
1992	MALMÖ Full Accreditation, thanks to Swiss Television (SSR)	1992 - Cyprus Evridiki Teriazoume	Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Sweden, Malta, Ireland, Spain	RAPSODIA IT
1993	MILLSTREET Full Accreditation, thanks to the BBC	1993 - Netherlands Ruth Jacott Vrede	Spain, Portugal, Iceland, Sweden, Austria, Bosnia, Croatia	VREDE NL
1994	DUBLIN Full Accreditation, thanks to the BBC	1994 - Germany Mekado Wir Geb'ne Party	Bosnia, Poland, Portugal, UK, Hungary, Spain, Cyprus	TO NIE JA PL
1995	DUBLIN Full Accreditation, thanks to the BBC	1995 - Slovenia Darja Svajger Prisluhni Mi	Cyprus, UK, Poland, Denmark, Israel, Spain, France	FRA MOLS TIL SKAGEN DK
1996	OSLO Full Accreditation, thanks to the BBC	1996 - United Kingdom Gina G Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit	Slovenia, Estonia, Croatia, Portugal, Belgium, Sweden, Norway	KAELAKEE HÄÄL EE
1997	DUBLIN Friday night Rehearsal & Final	1997 - Hungary VIP Miért Kell, Hogy Elmenj?	Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, Iceland, Cyprus,. Poland, Denmark	PRIMA DONNA RU
1998	BIRMINGHAM Saturday Rehearsal	1998 - Slovenia Vili Resnik Naj Bogovi Slišijo	Romania, Israel, Croatia, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden	NEKA MI NE SVANE HR
1999	JERUSALEM Did not attend	1999 - Croatia Doris Dragovic Marija Magdalena	Iceland, Israel, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, UK	MARIJA MAGDALENA HR
2000	STOCKHOLM Friday night Rehearsal & Final	2000 - Estonia Ines Once In A Lifetime	Netherlands, Macedonia, Latvia, Denmark, Russia, Israel, Norway	MY STAR LV
2001	COPENHAGEN Saturday Rehearsal & Final	2001- France Natasha St. Pier Je n'ai Que Mon Âme	Slovenia, Sweden, UK, Spain, Malta, Greece, Croatia	JE N'AI QUE MON ÂME (FR) and ENERGY (SI)
2002	TALLINN Friday night Rehearsal & Final	2002 - Latvia Marie N I Wanna	Sweden, Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Finland, UK	RUNAWAY EE
2003	RIGA Friday night Rehearsal & Final	2003 - Bosnia-Herzegovina Mija Martina Ne Brini	Latvia, Norway, Iceland, Turkey, Ukraine, Croatia, Spain	EVERYWAY THAT I CAN TR
2004	LONDON Foreign Office EU Enlargement Open Day
2004	ISTANBUL Semi Final, Friday Rehearsal & Final	2004 - Belgium Xandee 1 Life	Russia, Poland, Spain, Ukraine, Norway, Germany, Greece	THE IMAGE OF YOU (AL) and WILD DANCES (UA) and IN THE DISCO (BA) and FOR REAL (TR) and SHAKE IT (GR)
2005	KYIV Semi Final, Friday Rehearsal & Final	2005 - Latvia Walters & Kazha The War Is Not Over	Romania, Malta, Hungary, Greece, Switzerland, Iceland, Bosnia	LET ME TRY (RO) and THE WAR IS NOT OVER (LV) and FOROGJ VILÁG (HU) and ANGEL (MT) and COOL VIBES (CH)
2005	LONDON Eurovision 50th Birthday Celebration!
2006	ATHENS Semi Final, Friday Rehearsal & Final	22006 - Romania Mihai Traistariu Tornero	Greece, Bosnia, Belgium, Sweden, Armenia, Germany, Ukraine, Russia	TORNERO (RO) and EVERYTHING (GR) and JE T'ADORE (BE) and NO NO NEVER (DE) and INVINCIBLE (SE)
2007	HELSINKI Semi Final (& Rehearsal), Final (& Rehearsal)	2007 - Belarus Koldun Work Your Magic	Andorra, Greece, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine	WORK YOUR MAGIC (BY) and DANCING LASHA TUMBAI (UA) and YIASOU MARIA (GR) and SHAKE IT UP SEKERIM (TR)
2008	BELGRADE (NEW) Media Accreditation, thanks to the BBC Semi Final x 2 plus Final (& some Rehearsals)	2008 - Norway Maria Hold On, Be Strong	Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden	?