Episode 102 – “1969: Surrealism, Girl Power, and A Day The Singing Poet Goes Bang”

In this episode, we chat about host city of Madrid, the host of 1969, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1969, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1969 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Due grosse lacrime bianche – Iva Zanicchi (Italy)

Judy, min vän – Tommy Körberg (Sweden)

Primaballerina – Siw Malmkvist (Germany)

The Wages of Love – Muriel Day (Ireland)

Jennifer Jennings – Louis Neefs (Belgium)

Bonjour, Bonjour – Paola del Medico (Switzerland)

Vivo cantando – Salomé (Spain)

Un jour, un enfant – Frida Boccara (France)

De troubadour – Lenny Kuhr (Netherland)

Boom Bang-a-Bang – Lulu (United Kingdom)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 103, we are heading to Vienna for Eurovision 1967. We’ll continue our series of the sixites after Basel. BUT before that, our 2025 preview is coming soon!!!

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