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This time of year, the only real Eurovision updates are countries gradually confirming they'll join next year (including the ones that were pissed), plus the host city selection. Fans are already speculating on who will win 2024 based on whatever patterns they can scrounge up, a clear sign of this news drought. If you're following these posts, I hope it's helping lessen your post-Eurovision depression!
Introduction
Since tiny little Monaco didn't have any buildings suitable to host Eurovision, the United Kingdom stepped in yet again and brought the 1972 contest to Edinburgh, Scotland. This is the only Eurovision hosted in Scotland, and the only one hosted in a part of the UK other than England. Also related to Celtic nations, it's the only Eurovision with an entry sung in Irish. It had the same 18 countries as last time and the same "1-5 points per juror" voting system as last time, and this time Luxembourg won. I watched it with German commentary… well, mostly. The upload I found alternated between British and German commentary when the voting began, probably because parts of the German commentary were missing.
Unlike the last two contests, this didn't have any postcards between songs, just pictures of the singers on the big screen. The cards in 1970 featured the singers in their respective countries, in 1971 tourist destinations in those countries, so maybe the Eurovision staff decided they weren't doing this time. Clearly, they changed their minds in not too long.
I guess I could give a few additional facts, like "this was the first contest where no songs got the same score" or "this is the first time two winners in a row had the same songwriter" (both true), but then I'd sound like a trivia section on a fanmade wiki, especially on the website known as… shudder… Fandom. Let's just begin!
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