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* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: The reaction to Italy's surprising return to the contest in 2011, after a fourteen-year hiatus. That rejoicing might have contributed to their second place - and their landslide win in the jury vote - with a rather (by Eurovision standards) unusual song.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
** ABBA and Celine Dion (although French Canadian, she performed for Switzerland) are the most successful entrants career-wise. Ireland hold the record for most wins (seven), most consecutive wins (three, and the year that run ended it was won by an Irishwoman competing for Norway, the following year Ireland won it officially once again, so if you felt like bending the rules you could say they won it five times in a row), and Irishman Johnny Logan has most wins for a single person (one for singing, one for writing, one for singing ''and'' writing).
** 2010 saw a full-fledged meme: the rise of Moldova's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130924094612/http://jupiter.kamfjord-it.no/~wheelman/Saxguy/ Epic Sax Guy]. The violinist is also quite popular.
** And of course, [[Terry Wogan]].
* [[Fetish Fuel]]
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** Swedish Eurodance performer Markoolio recorded a song called "Värsta Schlagern". Its title translates to "The Worst Hit"; "schlager" is a term often used in Sweden to describe a certain style of popular music (in particular, a type of pop that Sweden always ends up sending to Eurovision.). And of course, it [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]]s all the clichés. The third verse? Translated into English it goes: "''Now it gets difficult to figure out/ something new to say, but so what?/ This is just padding/ which people will soon forget about''." Turns out, he ''also'' tried to enter it into the Swedish selection competition ''Melodifestivalen'' with a different singer, but it was turned down for obvious reasons.
*** Markoolio ''would'' get into Melodifestivalen in 2009 with the song "Kärlekssång från mig", a ballad which was primarily a [[Take That]] at Dima Bilan's performances. Complete with [[Funny Background Event|a man emerging from the piano, who then failed at ice skating, almost got hit by a violinist, and got set on fire by the pyrotechnics]].
* [[Snark Bait]]: For most people nowadays, especially the younger viewers. The British retrospective comedy [[Panel Game]] ''It's Only TV But I Like It'' included a round entitled "[[Exactly What It Says
* [[Tear Jerker]]: On the first viewing, you may be moved by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671tCjePT3w Rona Nishliu's] semi-final performance of "Suus" for Albania in 2012. However, watching it again after you find out about the [[
* [[Took the Bad Film Seriously]]: Long after Western Europe stopped taking it seriously, the fall of the Soviet Union and the breakup of Yugoslavia led to a number of new countries seeing appearing in it as a serious mark of independence, a show of national pride, and even as an advert for tourism.
* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: Again, Serbia's entries in 2007 and 2010.
* [[What Do You Mean
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