From singing grannies to hard rock monsters and drag queens, the Eurovision Song Contest has had them all.
But sadly, for its millions of fans, the camp, wacky show will not be on this year.
The plug has been pulled on the strange songs, outlandish costumes and host Graham Norton’s barbed comments because of the coronavirus lockdown.
But in honour of the singing contest, we’ve devised a tricky quiz which looks back at some of the craziest acts in the show’s 64-year history.
You just need to say which country they represented so, in the words of the UK’s 1981 winners Bucks Fizz, it’s time to be making your mind up.
Give it a go and be sure not to end up with nul points.
1 Buranovskiye Babushki - Party for Everybody
These six grannies came second in 2012, and won the crowd over with their cute lyrics about lighting the oven, kneading dough and spreading the table cloth while waiting for the children to come home.
They had a combined age of 300 years.
2 Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix
Drag queen Conchita famously won the contest in 2014 while wearing a gold sequin dress and sporting a beard and make-up.
On being handed the trophy, she championed LGBTQ+ rights, saying: “We are unity and we are unstoppable.”
It was the first Eurovision win for her country since 1966.
3 Dana - All Kinds of Everything
Schoolgirl Dana won the contest in 1970 with her sweet song, All Kinds of Everything.
The lyrics were made up of things that reminded her of her sweetheart, including “wishing wells, wedding bells and an early morning dew”.
It became a worldwide hit and launched Dana’s music career.
4 Dana International - Diva
This catchy song won when the contest was held in Birmingham in 1998.
It’s glamorous singer Dana International – real name Sharon Cohen – went on to release eight albums and become a global star. It was the third win for her country.
5 Donatan & Cleo - My Słowianie
This controversial parody of its country’s stereotypes came 14th in 2014.
The video of the song got 15 million views on YouTube in less than two weeks, making it the internet’s most popular Eurovision song.
6 Jedward - Waterline
These recognisable TV talent show twins sang at the 2012 song contest and finished in 19th place.
They later used Waterline as the opening track on their album Young Love.
7 Josh Dubovie - That Sounds Good to Me
This 2010 entry received nul points virtually across the board, embarrassingly finishing in last place with only ten points.
8 Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah
Dressed as monsters, this hard rock band stormed the stage at the 2006 song contest with heavy metal guitars and drums.
They went on to win the contest and the song became one of the most popular karaoke tracks that year.
9 Loreen - Euphoria
Winning the contest in 2012, Euphoria received the highest number of maximum points of any entry in the contest’s history with 18 countries giving the song their top marks.
It featured haunting lyrics and a catchy dance beat.
10 No Angels - Disappear
This pitchy performance certainly didn’t feature the voices of angels in 2008.
The girl band, clad in sparkly blue and purple dresses, came in 23rd place out of 25 after receiving just 14 points.
11. Scooch - Flying The Flag (For You)
Dressed as brilliantly camp air hosts and hostesses, Scooch lit up the stage at the 2007 contest.
Unfortunately for them, the song received only 19 points, coming 22nd.
12. Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai
Verka caused a political storm by becoming the first drag artist to represent this country. He went on to finish second in 2007’s contest in Helsinki.
ANSWERS
1. Russia
2. Austria
3. Ireland
4. Israel
5. Poland
6. Ireland
7. UK
8. Finland
9. Sweden
10. Germany
11. UK
12. Ukraine.
