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Welcome to Eurovision – a celebration of the decadent and the profane

How times change! The Eurovision Song contest began way-back in 1956 as a technical experiment in television broadcasting to an international audience.  It was hosted in the Swiss-Italian lakeside city of Lugano, and seven nations took part: the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Italy.  The UK was apparently too busy with its own contest and sent […]