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The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), the contest was held at the RAI Congrescentrum on 21 March 1970, and was hosted by Dutch television ...
There have been 68 contests, with one winner each year except for the tied 1969 contest, which had four. 27 countries have won the contest, with Switzerland winning the first contest in 1956. The countries with the highest number of wins are Ireland and Sweden with seven wins each.
Aug 1, 2008 · The universal Spanish voice, Julio Iglesias, participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970. Although he didn’t win the contest, he is well known as "the Universal voice" in all over the world. Julio Iglesias was born on September 23rd, 1943 in Madrid.
Notably, the United Kingdom sent Mary Hopkin while David Alexandre Winter represented Luxembourg; The contest also featured an appearance of the then unknown Julio Iglesias, singing for Spain. The Netherlands hosted the Eurovision Song Contest once again in 1970.
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Julio Iglesias born Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva, is a Spanish singer and songwriter who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 80 albums, and more than 2,600 gold and platinum records certified. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is the best selling Latin music artist in history.
Iglesias represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song Gwendolyne. He did rather well, finishing in joint 4th place.
•His son, Enrique Iglesias, is more known with his songs "Hero", "Bailamos" and "Rhythm Divine".
He was selected to represent his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 in Amsterdam with the song " Gwendolyne ", which finished in joint 4th place with 8 points alongside the ent ries from Switzerland and France.
Apr 29, 2020 · The Contest also featured an appearance of the then internationally unknown Julio Iglesias singing for Spain. As hinted in his postcard, Julio had been a professional football player for Real Madrid, but a serious injury after a car accident ended his career.
