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The 100 Craziest Moments from the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sixty extraordinary years of Eurovision, from Celine Dion to Dustin the Turkey, from Abba to Conchita Wurst - the drag acts, the bad acts and all the nul points heroes. For 60 years the Eurovision Song Contest has existed in a parallel universe where a song about the construction of a hydro-electric power station is considered cutting-edge pop, where half a dozen warbling Russian grandmothers are considered Saturday night entertainment, where a tune repeating the word 'la' 138 times is considered a winner, and where Australia is considered part of Europe During those sixty years we have witnessed scandals: in 1957, Denmark's Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler enjoyed an outrageously long 13-second kiss because the stage manager forgot to say 'cut' during the live broadcast. We have witnessed national outrage: the 1976 Greek entry was a savage indictment of Turkish foreign policy in Cyprus. But most have all we have witnessed silly costumes, terrible lyrics and performers as diverse as Celine Dion and Dustin the Turkey. This book chronicles the 100 craziest moments in the history of Eurovision - the drag acts, the bad acts, the nul points heroes and the night in Luxembourg when the floor manager warned the audience not to stand up while they applauded because they might be shot by security forces. It captures some of the magic from this yearly event that continues to beguile and bemuse in equal measure.

Author Biography:

Geoff Tibballs has worked as a journalist and press officer, but is now a full-time writer and editor. He lists his hobbies as sport, eating, drinking, and avoiding housework, and lives in Nottingham with his wife and daughters. He is the author of a number of bestselling books, including The Mammoth Book of Jokes and Crazy Sh*t Old People Say.
Release date NZ
April 14th, 2016
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
no internal images
Pages
224
Dimensions
126x176x24
ISBN-13
9781472137067
Product ID
23041198

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