#Eurovisioctober
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[sobers up from the cheesy '90s nostalgia-fest]
Yeah, ok, no, sure... It's "Disco Tango".
youtu.be/3osUz0OZEQE

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober #NoReally #YeahThisOne
Eurovision Song Contest 1979 - Denmark - Tommy Seebach - Disco Tango
YouTube video by ESC Fan
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October 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Oh go on, why not? But I will stick to Eurovision to save me having to think about where other acts paid their taxes... A #Eurovisioctober you might say, ungainly.
It's been ages since I've done a #MusicChallenge, so in these times where unity is even more important, #EUrOcktober seems the perfect choice.
October 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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My selection is the most recent one I've made so far: Tommy Cash and his earwormy "Espresso Macchiato". If nothing else it'll give you a flavour of the Estonian Eurovision mindset: straight coffee with a 'whacky' dash of milk.

youtu.be/9b9Z5HSCXOI

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato (LIVE) | Estonia 🇪🇪 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2025
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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But my favourite Irish entry is another exuberant little fella: the legendary Colm Wilkinson bouncing for pure joy like someone who really needs a wee. Shades of the Littlest Hobo to this one, and just as adorable as London…

youtu.be/6smufaCkKsc

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Eurovision 1978 Ireland
YouTube video by EuroViking
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October 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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But, as someone who's favourite Contest was 1977, it's hard to pass up the definitive example of France's definitive Eurovision style. Yes, I'm going with Marie Myriam's "L'oiseau et l'enfant (Stewart Morris remix)".

Cue the revolve!
youtu.be/XTgCLfYdRo4?...
#EUrOcktober #Eurovisioctober
Eurovision 1977 - Stewart Morris talkback
YouTube video by Cheeseford
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October 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
"United" - YUG

…And what a glorious sleeve it is, with a splendidly capacious elbow bag. Yes, it's Luciano Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić (Dubrovački trubaduri) with 1968's "Jedan dan". Brace yourselves for another amazing keychange…

youtu.be/EnmiMIbTCec

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
1968 Yugoslavia: Dubrovački Trubaduri - Jedan dan (Place 7 at Eurovision Song Contest) SUBTITLES
YouTube video by ESC Stuff
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October 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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My dystopian melancholy of choice is Victoria's first effort, "Tears Getting Sober", somewhat appropriately from the abandoned 2020 Contest. Those haunting oohs...! [holds self in lieu of a cuddle from Equinox jumper guy]

youtu.be/uaLGbjY1UNg

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
VICTORIA - Tears Getting Sober - LIVE - Eurovision 2020 - Bulgaria - 'a little dramatic' Concert
YouTube video by VICTORIA
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October 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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With such class, it's tough to choose a favourite, but I must and I have: Salomé - "Vivo cantando". There's no "Shum" without this. It builds beautifully and Salomé shimmies ever-more wildly. Wild: that's Spain in Eurovision.

youtu.be/POj0U2W6MnE

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Salomé - Vivo Cantando | Spain 🇪🇸 | Winner of Eurovision 1969
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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But the best of British luck goes to the immortal Bryan Johnson (Teddy's brother), who's whistled away on a martial jaunt across land and sea, "Looking High High High" for the absconded love of his life. Curiously Pythonesque.

youtu.be/C2GivwSboXM

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
United Kingdom 1960: Bryan Johnson - Looking High High Hig
YouTube video by huelezelf
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October 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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In the end I've settled on Csaba Szigeti's moody Eurorock lighter-waver "Új név egy régi ház falán" from 1995 which is one of the catchiest examples of a sound that dominated Eurovision for a bit before the panpipes kicked in.

youtu.be/Ok86PTKzv0s

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Új név egy régi ház falán - Hungary 1995 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra
YouTube video by escLIVEmusic1
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October 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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For none of the above match the absolute leg-wiggling mayhem of my choice for today: the mighty Nicole & Hugo.
Baby baby...
youtu.be/RrFvCYa05pk?...

#EUrOcktober #Eurovisioctober
Nicole and Hugo - Baby, Baby | Belgium 🇧🇪 | Grand Final | Eurovision 1973
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🇵🇱 cont.

I've ultimately gone for neither of these things. Instead, here's Blanka with 2023's surprisingly tenacious "Solo". This song once did the Kessel Run in under three minutes. And like the Force, it may be with you. Always...

youtu.be/SEgF1aP-U1o

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Blanka - Solo (LIVE) | Poland 🇵🇱 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2023
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🇱🇹 cont.

More than half, in fact, because my winner is from the cancelled 2020 contest: The Roop are "On Fire" here (not literally, you understand. They're way to cool to ignite)...

youtu.be/1EAUxuuu1w8

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
The Roop - On Fire - Lithuania 🇱🇹 - National Final Performance - Eurovision 2020
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Yes, it's Kenny Everett's Brainstorm with "My Star": a very un-ESC bit of dreamy '90s guitar pop with a strong chorus, sung by a stretched cartoon of Brett Anderson. An absolute landmark that even Europe scored quite well. ⭐
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#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Brainstorm - My Star (LIVE) | Latvia 🇱🇻 | Eurovision 2000
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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No, not Toto, but the other host of the interminable Italia '91: Gigliola Cinquetti. My choice isn't her 1964 Sanremo/ESC winner, though. It's her Waterloo, the dreamily delicious Brighton 2nd-placer, "Si".

God, how I love it...

youtu.be/y7HnHFAJg7I?...

#EUrOcktober #Eurovisioctober
1974 Italy: Gigliola Cinquetti - Si (2nd at Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton) with SUBTITLES
YouTube video by ESC Stuff
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October 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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But Portugal have brought perfection more than once, and so my choice today is "Playback" by Carlos Paião and his gang of overalled Tiswas presenters. Press play on this robotic lament for talent in a world of quantized music:

youtu.be/iuWsRwPdNfU

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
"Play-back" - Portugal 1981 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra
YouTube video by escLIVEmusic1
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October 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Yes, Schmetterlinge's "Boom Boom Boomerang" has been supplanted by literal spiritual successor "Who the Hell is Edgar?" by Teya & Salena. I just love this little song. Europe placed it 15th. Nothing changes.

Merci.

youtu.be/8uk64V9h0Ko

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar? (LIVE) | Austria 🇦🇹 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2023
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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It's 1979, we're in Israel, and the Greeks have just seen "Jesus Christ Superstar". How can they make it more Greek? Where's the 'giant stapler' here?

Zombie philosophers really dig brains...

Elpida - "Sokrati (Σωκράτη)"

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Elpida - Sokrati - Greece - Eurovision Song Contest 1979
YouTube video by EuroTiggESC
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October 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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So which of theirs am I serving you today? Well, I'm serving "Kant" by Miriana Conte: the culmination of everything Malta has been building towards all these years.

Pop a Malteser in your mouth and enjoy the performance:

youtu.be/povnGP6k0sI

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Miriana Conte – SERVING (LIVE) | Malta 🇲🇹 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2025
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Right. Now that's done…

Imagine Billy Joel and Shania Twain doing "Rock Bottom" in the club after a night at the opera and a candy pop. Well you don't have to cos Paula Seling and Ovi are here and they're "Playing with Fire":

youtu.be/J9EtMZXeQZw

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Paula Seling & Ovi - Playing With Fire (Romania) Live 2010 Eurovision Song Contest
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
"Free Choice" - 🇺🇦

But no. I must go with my heart. And my heart says "Svetlana, U R da best" so here we are: Svetlana Loboda's "Be My Valentine (Anti-Crisis Girl)". In an hour it will be different, but right now you are sexy bum bum.

youtu.be/rGJqLCuqssc

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Svetlana Loboda - Be My Valentine (Anti-Crisis Girl) | Ukraine 🇺🇦 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2009
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October 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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For my winner I've gone back to the 1990s, but it's more than just Mediterranean filler. It's a proper bathtub brew with real drama and some streaking strings zipping about the place.

Evridiki - "Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego"

youtu.be/38a3EsCpG7Y

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Evridiki - Ime Anthropos Ki Ego - Cyprus 🇨🇾 - Eurovision 1994
YouTube video by Euro Fans
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October 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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"Cha cha cha" is glorious. But pipped this morning by its spiritual mother: Ami Aspelund's "Fantasiaa" has a number of features echoed by Käärijä (albeit a tad more restrained). And it's also got that Crystal Maze bit. Mon Ami!

youtu.be/his_Os3J1Yk

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
Finland 🇫🇮 - Eurovision 1983 - Ami Aspelund - Fantasiaa
YouTube video by Library of Eurovision
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October 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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But for all Disco Tango's brilliance, I've eschewed it for one that didn't even get past the Semis: REDDI's "The Show". These wannabe Bangles are a bit cheesy but live up to their title. I'm a sucker for such sheer dynamic fun.
youtu.be/cVg6MpVR2Pw

#EUrOcktober #EUr0cktober #Eurovisioctober
REDDI - The Show (LIVE) | Denmark 🇩🇰 | First Semi-Final | Eurovision 2022
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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October 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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We're back to the "delightful disco ditty that's not in the medley" category, though, for my actual choice — Anne-Marie B's "Frère Jacques":
a repetitive, seductive Serge Gainsbourg / Pierre Henry-esque whirlpool of a song.

*holds self*
youtu.be/JA6kBHSE2S0

#EUrOcktober #Eurovisioctober
Anne-Marie B - Frère Jacques - Luxembourg - Eurovision Song Contest 1977
YouTube video by EuroTiggESC
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October 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM