Eurovision History Quiz

These are some of the milestones or other memorable moments of the history of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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1956
The first country to host the event. It also won that year
Switzerland
 
First winnig song
Refrain
 
First winning artist
Lys Assia
 
The other 6 participating countries in the first year
Belgium
 
 
France
 
 
Germany
 
 
Italy
 
 
Luxembourg
 
 
Netherlands
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For the first time, the contest is aired in color in that year
1968
1969
Multiple countries win. how many?
4
1974
Swedish band that won that year's contest
ABBA
1980
This country participated for the first and only time
Morocco
1986
Belgian winner Sandra Kim lied about her age by saying she was 15. Her actual age was...
13
1987
This Irish singer wins the contest for the second time
Johnny Logan
1988
This Canadian singer wins for Switzerland
Celine Dion
1994
This country wins for the 3th time in a row
Ireland
2000
France, Germany, Italy (since 2011), Spain and the UK are automatically qualified for the Grand Final from now on. They're known as the...
Big 5
2004
Something that was introduced in order to keep the amount of participating countries at an appropriate number
Semi-Final
2006
This Finnish band wins surprisingly
Lordi
2009
This country withdraws due to its song "We Don't Wanna Put In" being too political to be accepted as an entry
Georgia
2015
This non-european country gets invited to the contest
Australia
2020
For the first time ever, the event was cancelled. Intitially it was scheduled to be in this city.
Rotterdam
2023
Host city
Liverpool
 
Winner (country)
Sweden
 
Winner (artist)
Loreen
 
Winner (song)
Tattoo
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