Back to normality with the final EuroNite of the year, we arrive at 1995.
The UK Song For Europe lives long in the memory! No-one was more astonished than me at the easy win enjoyed by Love City Groove with the imaginatively titled "Love City Groove". If the UK were to send such an act in 2011, then it would be N-Dubz! My televote went to the entry above, Samantha Fox with the equally imaginatively named group Sox and "Go For The Heart". Not because I thought it would win, but it was the best song out of a rather average selection.
Love City Groove scored a landslide victory, but if there is one thing the UK doesn't do well, and that is "trendy". Presumably the voters who gave their fivepenceworth to them thought "this is modern, this is trendy, this will do well!", whereas I thought "this is rubbish, we've got no hope, what sort of a name is Beanz?". I wasn't wrong as we trailed in 10th when we got to Dublin.
After 3 successive Irish victories they made sure it wasn't going to be a 4th as Eddie Friels "Dreamin'" was one of the most ordinary entries in their history. The triumphant country on this occasion was Norway, although calling their entry "Nocturne" a song was almost contravening the Trades Description Act, as it was little more than a tune with a few words thrown in for good measure. One of my least favourite winners, and thankfully the EBU saw fit to change the rules in it's wake.
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