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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Alexi Duggins

‘I haven’t had a loo break since 2009!’ The truth about Eurovision – as told by its biggest icons

Graham Norton.
‘My best advice? Never get the plane home with the UK entrant!’ … Graham Norton. Photograph: BBC/BBC Studios

Not many 70-year-olds spend their nights with pop singers in sparkly catsuits. Or nightmarish monsters barking out heavy metal. Or 160,000 giddy Europeans staring at them as they get progressively more drunk. There’s only one, in fact – the Eurovision song contest. To celebrate its uniqueness, we’ve spoken to some of the most interesting people ever involved with the contest to tell their tales. Happy seven decades of Eurovision!

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