england last hosted the eurovision song contest in 1981.
england last hosted the eurovision song contest in 1981.
when did england last host the eurovision song contest?
1981
ert, the greek public broadcaster was the first member of the european broadcasting union in 1950 and because it was a state with military junta, greece wasn't able to enter the contest. after the athens polytechnic uprising and the fall of junda, greece was again a democratic state and the first attempt to enter the contest was in 1974 with marinella and her song krasi, thalassa kai t' agori mou. greece did not participate in the eurovision song contest 1975 for "unknown reasons" according to the ebu, but it was discovered that the withdrawal was in protest of turkey's debut and its invasion of cyprus in 1974. greece was disqualified from the eurovision song contest 1982 after it was revealed that themis adamantidis was to sing "sarantapente kopelies" (σαρανταπέντε κοπελιές), a previously released song. after returning in 1983, ert decided that all of the possible songs were of "low quality" and decided not to participate in the eurovision song contest 1984. greece returned once again to the contest in 1985, and polina was picked in the 1986 national selection to represent greece at the eurovision song contest 1986 in bergen, norway, but ert pulled out of the contest unexpectedly. polina stated that it was due to political troubles in greece at the time, [6] but she noted that a eurovision website had learned that the real reason was that the contest was to be held the night before orthodox easter. greece returned to the contest in 1987 and performed each year until the eurovision song contest 1999, when it was not allowed to participate because its five-year points average had fallen under the limit for participation after thalassa's 20th-place finish in 1998. the following year ert announced that it would not return at the eurovision song contest 2000 due to financial reasons.
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bullet::::- andreea marin bănică has presented the romanian votes at the eurovision song contest 2000, eurovision song contest 2004, eurovision song contest 2006, and eurovision song contest 2007.









































bullet::::- denis kourian is the commentator for belarus at the eurovision song contest and has presented the points of belarus at the eurovision song contest 2004. co-host leila ismailava has presented the points at the eurovision song contest 2011.









































bullet::::- avet barseghyan co-wrote the armenian entry for the eurovision song contest 2017, "fly with me", performed by artsvik.
list of junior eurovision song contest presenters