About me

I am sure I am not the oldest fan on here at 48, but perhaps in the "older" group. ;) Sometimes I do feel old when I hear 20 year old fans say that the first ESC they watched was in 1998. ;) The first Eurovision I saw was in 1968 when I was five years old and allowed to stay up to watch Cliff. ;) I have a vague memory of Cliff in a frilly shirt, and can remember feeling very surprised and After that, 1972 was the real start of my Eurovision interest, as I loved the New Seekers - and once again we came second, and once again this nine year old teenybopper was disappointed! I loved the competition even back then, for its diversity of musical styles, and for being able to hear some good pop songs from all over Europe in other languages. Those of you who grew up in the 1970s Nowadays, we are spoilt for choice, what with first videos, now official dvds, webcasts of National Finals we can watch as they happen, and songs we can download from I-Tunes. Things with the contest Eurovision has introduced me to so many great artists all over Europe that I would have never have known about had it not been for my lifelong love in Eurovision, given me an interest in languages and...