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The
Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song
Contest and was held on May 9, 1987 in
Brussels.
The presenter was Viktor Lazlo. Johnny Logan was the winner for
Ireland of this Eurovision with the song, Hold Me Now. Johnny Logan
has helped to win the Eurovision Song Contest three times for Ireland.
"What's Another Year?",
composed by Shay Healy and sung by Johnny, won in the Netherlands in
1980; "Hold
Me Now", which he both wrote and
sang, won in 1987 in Brussels; and in
1992 in Sweden he was the
composer of the winning song "Why Me?",
sung by Linda Martin. It could very easily have been four wins, as an
earlier collaboration with Linda Martin, "Terminal 3" - which he
rather sheepishly admitted had been so named simply because he
happened to be sitting in Terminal 3 of Heathrow Airport when he wrote
it - had finished runner-up to the winning Swedish song "Diggi-Loo
Diggi-Ley" in 1984.
Johnny is somewhat popular in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and
Denmark, he also has a small core of loyal fans in the United Kingdom,
as well as a big fan base in Ireland, across the continent of Europe
he is sometimes referred to as "Mister Eurovision" by fans of the
contest and the media at large. "Hold Me Now" was voted as the 3rd
most popular song in Eurovision history at the 50th anniversary
concert in
Copenhagen,
Denmark in October 2005. "What's Another Year?" was also nominated
amongst the 14 finalists. It has sold over 3 million copies. "Hold Me
Now" is also a million-seller.
Source:
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53 YEARS OF EUROVISION
