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Not your average Eurovision podcast since 2016.
Season Six - Eurovision in the 60s!
Episode 106 - 1961 OUT NOW!
Hosted by @danietreg.bsky.social and @darthtempus.bsky.social
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This is how we are choosing to move forward.

It’s ALWAYS been political.
Hi there. For the last 9 years, we have prided ourselves on maintaining that the Eurovision Song Contest IS and HAS ALWAYS BEEN political. Eurovision does not exist in a vacuum. It has always been shaped by the world around it and we have based our whole podcast series on this. We always have been, and will continue to be, critical of the State of Israel and other nations and groups who commit atrocities and lie through propaganda. We do not shy away from bringing you the news of the year for EVERY Eurovision year. If something significant happened during that time, WE WILL talk about it. To that end, in order to complete the picture of the Eurovision Song Contest over its 70 year run, we will still be releasing the last handful of episodes that cover the 1960s and 1950s era of the contest. We will then end our podcast journey with a final episode sometime in 2026 - our 10 year anniversary. With that said, we WILL NOT be covering Eurovision 2026. There will be no preview or debrief episode. Mark will not be doing Eurovision 2026 reaction videos on YouTube. We are also not attending the contest in Vienna in protest. We refuse to buy into this current false narrative of “United by Music” while the EBU washes its hands of geopolitical events - namely the continued deaths of innocents in Gaza, including many young children and the continued forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank. This is now simply too big to ignore. The EBU cannot hide behind a ‘song contest’ to absolve itself of any culpability. The current director, Martin Green, has admitted that Eurovision can be a tool for countries to demonstrate who they are. And Israel has certainly done that these past few years. Its government has interfered multiple times, influencing not only a large voting bloc against the spirit of the contest, but also directly using its President to ensure direct support. If the contest is supposed to be apolitical, then no government official, let alone its President should be involved in any capacity. We also believe that the lack of punishment of KAN and the Israeli government for this blatant disregard for the contest and the manipulation of televotes has brought Eurovision as it is now into disrepute. Rule changes or not, there will be ways around it and it will be found. It will only end when Israel wins the contest again so they can finally be satisfied that in this current climate “Europe loves Israel”. That’s the end goal of its so called “hasbara.” We wholly blame the EBU for their lack of leadership and integrity when it comes to recognising that they cannot escape politics and for pretending the outside world doesn’t change the landscape of the contest. We blame them for acquiescing to Israel’s deliberate political interference in the last few months that saw any vote on Israel’s future participation castrated before it any had any chance happening. Make no mistake, that was a deliberate choice. To our listeners - if you want to leave us as you are boycotting all things Eurovision, you have every right to and we thank you for being here. If you want to stick around and learn about history and how it relates to older Eurovisions, we’ll still be here. We feel it is necessary to look at the past to understand the now. Warts and all. War and all. WMP
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This is how we are choosing to move forward.

It’s ALWAYS been political.
Hi there. For the last 9 years, we have prided ourselves on maintaining that the Eurovision Song Contest IS and HAS ALWAYS BEEN political. Eurovision does not exist in a vacuum. It has always been shaped by the world around it and we have based our whole podcast series on this. We always have been, and will continue to be, critical of the State of Israel and other nations and groups who commit atrocities and lie through propaganda. We do not shy away from bringing you the news of the year for EVERY Eurovision year. If something significant happened during that time, WE WILL talk about it. To that end, in order to complete the picture of the Eurovision Song Contest over its 70 year run, we will still be releasing the last handful of episodes that cover the 1960s and 1950s era of the contest. We will then end our podcast journey with a final episode sometime in 2026 - our 10 year anniversary. With that said, we WILL NOT be covering Eurovision 2026. There will be no preview or debrief episode. Mark will not be doing Eurovision 2026 reaction videos on YouTube. We are also not attending the contest in Vienna in protest. We refuse to buy into this current false narrative of “United by Music” while the EBU washes its hands of geopolitical events - namely the continued deaths of innocents in Gaza, including many young children and the continued forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank. This is now simply too big to ignore. The EBU cannot hide behind a ‘song contest’ to absolve itself of any culpability. The current director, Martin Green, has admitted that Eurovision can be a tool for countries to demonstrate who they are. And Israel has certainly done that these past few years. Its government has interfered multiple times, influencing not only a large voting bloc against the spirit of the contest, but also directly using its President to ensure direct support. If the contest is supposed to be apolitical, then no government official, let alone its President should be involved in any capacity. We also believe that the lack of punishment of KAN and the Israeli government for this blatant disregard for the contest and the manipulation of televotes has brought Eurovision as it is now into disrepute. Rule changes or not, there will be ways around it and it will be found. It will only end when Israel wins the contest again so they can finally be satisfied that in this current climate “Europe loves Israel”. That’s the end goal of its so called “hasbara.” We wholly blame the EBU for their lack of leadership and integrity when it comes to recognising that they cannot escape politics and for pretending the outside world doesn’t change the landscape of the contest. We blame them for acquiescing to Israel’s deliberate political interference in the last few months that saw any vote on Israel’s future participation castrated before it any had any chance happening. Make no mistake, that was a deliberate choice. To our listeners - if you want to leave us as you are boycotting all things Eurovision, you have every right to and we thank you for being here. If you want to stick around and learn about history and how it relates to older Eurovisions, we’ll still be here. We feel it is necessary to look at the past to understand the now. Warts and all. War and all. WMP
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Episode 106 - 1961: “A Garden Party, Introductions, and The Taboo Lovers” is now available in all the spots including our website windmachinepodcast.com

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Episode 106 – “1961: A Garden Party, Introductions, and The Taboo Lovers”
Podcast Episode · Wind Machine Podcast · 19/11/2025 · 1h 21m
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November 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Episode 106 - 1961: “A Garden Party, Introductions, and The Taboo Lovers” is coming very soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Episode 106: 1961 will be out soon! Out of these 16 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇦🇹 Jimmy Makulis "Sehnsucht" 🇧🇪 Bob Benny "September, gouden roos" 🇩🇰 Dario Campeotto "Angelique"  🇫🇮 Laila Kinnunen "Valoa ikkunassa" 🇫🇷 Jean-Paul Mauric "Printemps (avril carillonne)"       🇩🇪 Lale Andersen "Einmal sehen wir uns wieder" 🇮🇹 Betty Curtis "Al di là"   🇱🇺 Jean-Claude Pascal "Nous les amoureux" 🇲🇨 Colette Deréal "Allons, allons les enfants"     🇳🇱 Greetje Kauffeld "Wat een dag"          🇳🇴 Nora Brockstedt "Sommer i Palma"            🇪🇸 Conchita Bautista "Estando contigo"          🇸🇪 Lill-Babs "April, april"           🇨🇭 Franca di Rienzo "Nous aurons demain"            🇬🇧 The Allisons "Are You Sure?"         YU Ljiljana Petrović "Neke davne zvezde" Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 16 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with black border that reads 1961 underneath
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Episode 106 is coming soon! Before we do that, check out the Top Ten songs on the Australian charts for 1961!
1. Eddie Hodges - I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door 2. Del Shannon - Runaway 3. Elvis Presley - Wooden Heart 4. Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou 5. Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back 6. Andy Stewart - A Scottish Soldier 7. Johnny O'Keefe - I'm Counting on You 8. Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra - Wonderland by Night 9. Ferrante and Teicher  - Theme from Exodus 10. Roy Orbison - Crying / Candy Man Image description: on a gold, light blue, and yellow psychedelic swirl background, text reads Australian Top Ten Songs of 1961 in blue bubble font and black outline, ten vinyl single covers are scattered over the image with two vinyl icons the bottom left corner and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision in the bottom right corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Episode 106 - 1961 is coming soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and greens, the movie poster of “West Side Story” in red with black text, a black and white photo of Ham the chimpanzee in a capsule wearing a NASA hat, a black and white photo of the scoreboard of a VFL match between Richmond 0 8 8 and St Kilda 12 19 91, a colour photo of a yellow and green tram on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the original box for the game “Slip ‘n Slide”, a black and white photo of ex Soviet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, a Time Magazine cover with an illustration of astronaut Yuri Gagarin, a black and white photo of The Berlin Wall, the first boxed Ken Doll, the logo of ESC 1961 with red text plus gold design on a white background, 1961 in purple bubble text and black outline, first edition of the book “Catch 22” by Joseph Heller, the single “Hit The Road Jack” by Ray Charles and a vinyl graphic in black, and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Episode 105 - 1965: “Ireland’s Arrival, Backstage Slapping, and Singing Dolls” is now available in all the spots including our website windmachinepodcast.com

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Episode 105 – “1965: Ireland’s Arrival, Backstage Slapping, and Singing Dolls”
Podcast Episode · Wind Machine Podcast · 23/09/2025 · 1h 18m
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September 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Episode 105 - 1965: “Ireland’s Arrival, Backstage Slapping, and Singing Dolls” is coming very soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
September 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Episode 105: 1965 will be out soon! Out of these 18 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇦🇹 "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"     🇧🇪 "Als het weer lente is"   🇩🇰 "For din skyld"  🇫🇮 "Aurinko laskee länteen"           🇫🇷 “N'avoue jamais"           🇩🇪 "Paradies, wo bist du?” 🇮🇪 "I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain"                   🇮🇹 "Se piangi, se ridi"         🇱🇺 "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"           🇲🇨 "Va dire à l'amour"        🇳🇱 "Het is genoeg"              🇳🇴 "Karusell"          🇵🇹 "Sol de inverno"             🇪🇸 "Qué bueno, qué bueno"           🇸🇪 "Absent Friend"              🇨🇭 "Non, à jamais sans toi"             🇬🇧 "I Belong"          YU "Čežnja" Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 18 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with black border that reads 1965 underneath
September 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Episode 105 is coming soon! Before we do that, check out the Top Ten songs on the Australian charts for 1965
1. Normie Rowe - Que Sera, Sera / Shakin’ All Over 2. The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over 3. The Beatles - Help! 4. The Beatles - Rock And Roll Music / Honey Don’t 5. Elvis Presley - Crying In The Chapel 6. The Seekers - I’ll Never Find Another You 7. Julie Rogers - The Wedding 8. Rolling Stones - Under The Boardwalk / Walking The Dog 9. Herman’s Hermits - Mrs Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter 10. The Beatles - Ticket to Ride Image description: on a gold, light blue, and yellow psychedelic swirl background, text reads Australian Top Ten Songs of 1965 in blue bubble font and black outline, ten vinyl single covers are scattered over the image with two vinyl icons the bottom left corner and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision in the bottom right corner
September 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Our next episode covering Eurovision 1965 is coming soon… BUT!

The Eurovision Podcrawl continues with 2012 by Douze Points!

You can listen here ⤵️

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Baku 2012: The Last of the Old Style Eurovisions [PART OF PODCRAWL 2025]
Podcast Episode · Douze Points · 07/09/2025 · 52m
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September 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Episode 105 - 1965, is coming soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and greens, the single “Turn Turn Turn” by The Byrds and a vinyl graphic in black, Time Magazine cover with soldiers depicted with the title “The Turning Point in Viet Nam”, Jean Shrimpton in a short white dress, the movie poster for Doctor Zhivago, The Sun Newspaper with the headline “Troops to Vietnam”, Canada’s new flag with red maple leaf as designed by George Stanley, the illegal corned beef sandwich that went on Gemini 3 in a small glass case, the logo for Eurovision 1965 in white and gold, a black and white photo of missing teenagers Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt, the first edition of the game Operation, 1965 in purple bubble text and black outline, first edition of the book Dune by Frank Herbert, The March Of Progress / The Road To Homo Sapiens illustration by Rudolph Zallinger, and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
September 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Hi! 👋
We’re currently finishing up our The Last Five… series on Youtube and starting work on episode 105 - 1965…
BUT here’s the next stop on the podcrawl with @thateurosite.bsky.social covering 1964!! ⤵️
August 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Next stop on the Eurovision Podcrawl is @12pointsusa.bsky.social with 1987!
12pointsusa.bsky.social 12 Points from America @12pointsusa.bsky.social · Aug 11
The Eurovision Pod Crawl has made its way to us! This week, the team (including Danny!) have a lot to say about Eurovision 1987. Oh what a year this is.
Episode 264: Eurovision Pod Crawl! A Look at Eurovision 1987
12 Points from America · Episode
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August 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Episode 104 - 1964: “Missing Pieces, A Protest, and She Was Too Young But Also Old Enough” is now available in all the spots including our website windmachinepodcast.com

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Episode 104 – “1964: Missing Pieces, A Protest, and She Was Too Young But Also Old Enough”
Podcast Episode · Wind Machine Podcast · 06/08/2025 · 1h 28m
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August 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Episode 104 - 1964: “Missing Pieces, A Protest, and She Was Too Young But Also Old Enough” is coming very soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
August 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Episode 104: 1964 will be out soon! Out of these 16 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇦🇹 Udo Jürgens "Warum nur, warum?"  🇧🇪 Robert Cogoi "Près de ma rivière" 🇩🇰 Bjørn Tidmand "Sangen om dig" 🇫🇮 Lasse Mårtenson "Laiskotellen"  🇫🇷 Rachel "Le Chant de Mallory" 🇩🇪 Nora Nova "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" 🇮🇹 Gigliola Cinquetti "Non ho l'età"   🇱🇺 Hugues Aufray "Dès que le printemps revient" 🇲🇨 Romuald "Où sont-elles passées" 🇳🇱 Anneke Grönloh "Jij bent mijn leven" 🇳🇴 Arne Bendiksen "Spiral"      🇵🇹 António Calvário "Oração" 🇪🇸 Nelly with Tim and Tony "Caracola" 🇨🇭 Anita Traversi "I miei pensieri" 🇬🇧 Matt Monro "I Love the Little Things"  YU Sabahudin Kurt "Život je sklopio krug" Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 16 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with black border that reads 1964 underneath
August 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Episode 104 is coming soon! Before we do that, check out the Top Ten songs on the Australian charts for 1964
1. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There / Love Me Do 2. The Beatles - I Feel Fine / She’s A Woman 3. The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love / You Can’t Do That 4. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night / Things We Said Today 5. The Beatles - All My Loving 6. The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better / If I Fell 7. Elvis Presley - Ain’t That Loving You Baby 8. The Honeycombs - Have I The Right? 9. Cilla Black - You’re My World 10. Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman Image description: on a gold, light blue, and yellow psychedelic swirl background, text reads Australian Top Ten Songs of 1964 in blue bubble font and black outline, ten vinyl single covers are scattered over the image with two vinyl icons the bottom left corner and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision in the bottom right corner
July 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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While we start editing our next episode - the mostly lost 1964 edition - the Eurovision Podcrawl continues with @niallpoints.com going back to 2003 when Latvia first hosted.

That’s our evening sorted ❤️
suchfun.tv Such Fun @suchfun.tv · Jul 28
It's our turn on the Eurovision Podcrawl, so it's all aboard to the Magical Rendez-vous that was Riga 2003!

Join @niallfulton.uk and @tomas.niallpoints.com as they bring you (many) fun facts and some good old fashioned Eurovision drama with the good, the bad and whatever the heck Austria sent!
niallpoints: Eurovision Podcrawl - Riga 2003 | Don't Cry Gemini, Let's Be Gay!
It’s the 4th stop on the official Eurovision Podcrawl! Hello to all of our regular listeners and a big and warm welcome to everyone joining us through the podcrawl! In this episode Niall and Toma...
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July 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Episode 104 - 1964 is coming soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and greens we have the movie poster for Goldfinger featuring Sean Connery as James Bond in gold and grey imagery, the first GI Joe action figure in army greens and a toy gun, the logo of BBC 2, a black and white photo of two protestors holding a sign that reads “Please Boycott Apartheid Sport”, a black and white photo of The Beatles on the Melbourne Town Hall balcony with people below on the street, the first edition of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, a single of The Beach Boy’s “I Get Around” with a black vinyl graphic, a light tan 1964 Ford Mustang, the logo for ESC 1964 with white cursive text on red, an advert for Channel 0’s first broadcast on August 1st, 1964 in purple bubble text and black outline, Time Magazine cover with Martin Luther King as Man of the Year, Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews from Mary Poppins in white and red outfits, and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
July 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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While we’re working on our next episode, the Eurovision Podcrawl continues with 1990 from @eurowhat.bsky.social 🥳

More info here! ⤵️
eurowhat.bsky.social The EuroWhat? Podcast @eurowhat.bsky.social · Jul 15
😻✈️ NEW EPISODE ✈️😻

It's our turn on the Eurovision Pod Crawl! This episode about Zagreb 1990 has everything: Eurocat, iconic performances, the European Year of Tourism, CIA documents, political upheaval, and a wild year of transition for the map of Europe. www.eurowhat.com/274
Cover art for Eurowhat Episode 274: Eurovision 1990. The animated character Eurocat, wearing a giant yellow bow tie, holds a microphone while singing on the Eurovision stage.
July 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Catch up with The Last Five… series here ⤵️

youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Six panels of YouTube thumbnails of Mark and Danie sitting in front of a bookcase holding up a hand each
July 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Episode 103 - 1967: “Podcrawl!, Oh Vienna, and The Barefooted Mistress Of Puppets” is now available for your ears as part of the Eurovision Podcrawl in all the spots including our website windmachinepodcast.com

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June 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Episode 103 - 1967: “Podcrawl!, Oh Vienna, and The Barefooted Mistress Of Puppets” is coming on June 30th. More info about the Podcrawl can be found at escinsight.com
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
June 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Episode 103: 1967 will be out on June 30 as part of the Podcrawl! Out of these 17 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇦🇹 Peter Horton “Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt” 🇧🇪 Louis Neefs “Ik heb zorgen” 🇫🇮 Fredi “Varjoon - suojaan” 🇫🇷 Noëlle Cordier “Il doit faire beau là-bas” 🇩🇪 Inge Brück “Anouschka” 🇮🇪 Sean Dunphy “If I Could Choose” 🇮🇹 Claudio Villa “Non andare più lontano” 🇱🇺 Vicky Leandros “L’amour est bleu” 🇲🇨 Minouche Barelli “Boum-Badaboum” 🇳🇱 Thérèse Steinmetz “Ringe-dinge” 🇳🇴 Kirsti Sparboe “Dukkemann” 🇵🇹 Eduardo Nascimento “O vento mudou” 🇪🇸 Raphael “Hablemos del amor” 🇸🇪 Östen Warnerbring “Som en bröm” 🇨🇭 Géraldine “Quel cœur vas-tu briser?” 🇬🇧 Sandie Shaw “Puppet on a String” YU Lado Leskovar “Vse rože sveta” Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 17 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with black border that reads 1967 underneath
June 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM