THE EUROVISION IN 1997 was held in The Point theatre for the third time.
It was all thanks to Eimear Quinn’s The Voice winning the year before.
Sure we were so excited there was even a special commemorative Call Card
The eventual winner was the UK with Love Shine a Light by Katrina and the Waves, with Ireland coming in as runners up.
But most importantly of all, the rehearsals were lit
Andreas Konstantinou from Cyprus looked every bit of the Greek-speaking Corrs.
Thomas Laegard of Denmark dressed like the child of every member of Smash Mouth
Hungary’s entry VIP did the whole stools thing, but their shirts were much to admire
French singer Fanny posed with a poor-looking Guinness
Tom Endresen from Denmark, aka Neil from Art Attack’s da
There was a very big trend of check trousers, as modelled here by entries from Malta and Portugal
Blond of Sweden were the most Swedish people you could imagine
The Netherland’s entry Ms Einstein were the band to beat all others
Check out their moves
Do you know this song?
No.
This queen right here, Bettina Sorat showed the hell up for Austria
Ok she only got 12 points, but she brought it.
Eh can we be friends?
Not forgetting our hosts Carrie Crowley and Ronan Keating
Ronan even performed the interval act with Boyzone
Our entry, of course, was Marc Roberts
He sang Mysterious Woman and came in a respectable second, with only a 70 point loss under the UK
Will we ever see such glory again?
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