Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our listeners!

In this episode, we chat about host city of London, the host of 1977, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1977, 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 1977 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Boom Boom Boomerang – Schmetterlinge (Austria)

De mallemolen – Heddy Lester (Netherlands)

Lapponia – Monica Aspelund (Finland)

Telegram – Silver Convention (Germany)

A Million in One, Two, Three – Dream Express (Belgium)

Swiss Lady – Pepe Lienhard Band (Switzerland)

Mathema solfege – Pascalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy (Greece)

It’s Nice to Be in Love Again – The Swarbriggs Plus Two (Ireland)

Rock Bottom – Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran (United Kingdom)

L’Oiseau et l’Enfant – Marie Myriam (France)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our first year for Season Six: Eurovision in the 1960s

In episode 101, we’re off to Luxembourg City for Eurovision 1962!

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Stewart Morris talkback BBC 1977 https://youtu.be/XTgCLfYdRo4?si=pgZ0UUwxxAnM3jKe

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