Guess the Right Eurovision Year Quiz

Answer: 2011, Dusseldorf

The 2011 contest, held in Dusseldorf's Esprit Arena, was won by Azerbaijan, with the song "Running Scared" by Ell & Nikki. Host country Germany, winner of the 2010 edition, was represented by 2010 winner Lena Meyer-Landrut, who had returned to the contest to defend her title.

Answer: 2022, Turin

Created as a replacement to the Barbara Dex Award given out from 1997 to 2021, the You're a Vision Award is given to the contestant with the "most remarkable outfit" in the Eurovision Song Contest. The first recipient was Australia's Sheldon Riley.

Answer: 1969, Madrid

In 1969, there were no tiebreaker rules, so four countries: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain and France all won the contest. The controversial four-way tie resulted in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal all boycotting the 1970 contest.

Answer: 1973, Luxembourg City

The 1973 contest marked the debut of Israel, who were represented by Ilanit, one of their most successful artists at the time. She later went on to represent Israel again in 1977. Other countries outside Europe to have participated include Morocco and Australia.

Answer: 2006, Athens

In the 2006 contest, Serbia and Montenegro (the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) planned to participate, but withdrew following a scandal with their national selection; despite this, the country was still allowed to vote.

Answer: 1989, Lausanne

Nathalie Pâque represented France and Gili Natanael represented Israel. Their young age led to a major controversy whether or not to increase the minimum age for performers - consensus was that it would be raised to 16. This rule change indirectly led to the establishment of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003.

The 1989 contest was won by Yugoslavia - the only time the country won during its existence.

Answer: Baku, 2012

Valentina Monetta, from the microstate of San Marino, would have originally performed "Facebook Uh Oh Oh", which due to trademark issues was replaced with the much-more copyright-free "Social Network Song".

Answer: 1994, Dublin

Riverdance, the famous Irish theatrical show that combines Irish folk music and dance, is today an important part of Ireland's culture, but not many people know that it originated from an interval act at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. Fun fact: this was also coincidentally the edition that my home country, Hungary, debuted in!

Answer: 1968, London

In 1968, the winning song "La La La" was originally supposed to be performed in Catalan by Joan Manuel Serrat. However, Spain at the time was ruled by Francisco Franco's regime, which was notorious for oppressing minority languages, including Catalan.

As such, the song's lyrics were rewritten in Spanish, and the song was instead performed by Massiel. In 2008, journalist Jose María Ínigo theorized that the Franco regime may have rigged the votes to ensure Spain won. However, he later retracted his statements.

Answer: 1956, Lugano

Yes, even the first ever Eurovision Song Contest had some controversies. Most notably, the Luxembourgish jury was unable to arrive in Lugano. The EBU, however, allowed two Swiss nationals to vote on the behalf of Luxembourg. Switzerland went on to win the first ever Eurovision, which led to theories that this was because of Luxembourg's replacement juries voting Switzerland.

Not much is known about the 1956 Contest. The only surviving footage of it is the reprise of the winning song "Refrain". But thankfully, audio recordings of the songs - arguably the most important part of Eurovision - did survive, however.