Make all the fun you want of Eurovision because, despite its many wacky contestants, the music contest has helped kick off the careers of such artists as Celine Dion, ABBA, Cliff Richard and even Buck's Fizz.
Tonight, more than 120 million people across the globe are expected to tune in for the fifty-third Eurovision Song Contest finals which are being held in the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
A record 43 countries have entrants in this year's contest and, though a new star will be born tonight, we thought we'd
Cliff Richard's 1968 performance of Congratulations.
ABBA's 1974 performance at the Eurovision Song Contest
Celine Dion's 1989 performance at Eurovision
Buck's Fizz perform at Eurovision's London finals in
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