“Hello! If you’ve just tuned in, welcome to the Eurovision Football Song Contest being held this year in sunny Helsinki.
You have missed some splendid arrangements and who will forget Iceland’s entry with Bjirr Stoppenmajer and his roller skating tribute to mountain climbing… Or that delightful entry from Jimmy the Jump… at least I think it was…
Anyway here for you are some selected highlights…”
… Starting with Invgar ‘Tjotta’ Olsson, with the 1958 entry from Sweden:
» Ingvar ‘Tjotta’ Olsson – Rock & Roll With A Ball
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In a shock move which you may have seen last week, they have split up and there’s no longer the United Kingdom, they now have a representative from each country… so now, from England…the 1970 England Squad and their covers of Sandie’s and Cliff’s previous Eurovision entries:
» England 1970 Squad – Puppet On A String/Congratulations
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…and because of the above split we now have Scotland out on their own and they have those lovable lights of children’s television…. The Krankies, who are looking forward to their holidays:
» The Krankies – We’re Going To Spain
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…Yes thank you Jimmy, now please get off his lap.
Next up representing Germany we have an American expat, now living in Bavaria who is a bit of a local celebrity over there. Together with the early 90’s Bayern Munich squad they have done a number of cover versions and this is one originally from Tina:
» Andrew White/Bayern Munich Squad – Simply The Best
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… Ah thank you Andrew and Jean-Pierre Papin, Lothar Matthäus, Olli Kahn and yes is that… Giovanni Trapattoni…? Bellissimo…
So whilst the jury from each country decide on this contest, some time filler courtesy of a 1963 Eurovision entry from José Guardiola… no it’s not his Dad… at least I don’t think so… @weloveallthat tells us that he also wrote a team song for Spain…