The Eurovision Song Contest

Name: The Eurovision Song Contest
Genre: Music
Released: 1999-05-29
Duration: 4 h 4 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Dafna Dekel, Yigal Ravid, Sigal Shachmon

TV Special
1999
4h 4m

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44th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, taking place on May 29th 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel. Countries now are allowed to perform in a language of their choice. Sweden wins with "... Read all44th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, taking place on May 29th 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel. Countries now are allowed to perform in a language of their choice. Sweden wins with "Take Me To Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson.44th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, taking place on May 29th 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel. Countries now are allowed to perform in a language of their choice. Sweden wins with "Take Me To Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson.

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Trivia
First time the orchestra was removed from the contest and all the music was previously recorded.

Goofs
When the host Yigal Ravid announces the victory of Sweden after Charlotte Perrelli reprises her winning song, he remarks that it's the fourth Swedish victory. That was correct, but then he listed the three previous Swedish winners, mentioning ABBA, Herrey's and... Bobbysocks. The two first were right, they won for Sweden in 1974 and 1984, but Bobbyshocks, even though also winners in 1985, they won for Norway, not for Sweden. The third real Swedish winner was Carola Häggkvist, who won in 1991.

Connections
Featured in Boom Bang-a-Bang! 50 Years of Eurovision (2006)

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Written by Linas Rimsa and Sigitas Geda
Performed by Aisté Smilgeviciute

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The best Eurovision show in the history of the contest so far!

I'm a big Eurovision fan, have been following it since 1980, have most of the shows on DVD, even from the late 1950's, but this particular show from Jerusalem in 1999 is by far the most beautiful show in the history of the contest! It was Israel's 3rd time winning the contest (they last won the contest two years in a row in 1978 and 1979), in this 1999 show Israel really placed the show on a high standard that no other country managed to pass yet! They had the most beautiful stage so far, and they were also the first to have 3 hosts and made it so smoothly and professionally... The intro videos before each song were animation of the Bible stories combined with real footage of modern day Israel, brilliant production that was just stunning to watch. The highlight of the evening was when Dana International was just about to give the winner the prize, which was a big and heavy statue, and fell with it on the stage... You can't get more camp than that!!! Also pay attention to the Spanish singer who came up to the stage with a dress made of the Gay Rainbow flag or something like that... My favorite in this show is from Croatia with the song "Maria Magdalena" by Doris. Well done Israel!