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A cheery, cheesy hello from the latest in a long line of blogs dedicated to the weird and wonderful world of the Eurovision Song Contest - EUROVISION NETWORK! Does the name sound familiar? It may to the older (but of course, not THAT old) Eurovision fan.

Way back in the 1980s  - you remember - big shoulder pads, big hair, monetary greed, but enough of me - Eurovision Network was launched as a way of bringing like-minded fans together. For fourteen years this was achieved through a mixture of magazines, conventions and endless voting. And then it came to an end. The club had been born ina time before the internet or easy access to Eurovision material. By 2003, we all agreed that the needs of fans were being served better elsewhere - plus, after fourteen years we were all a bit jaded.

Eight years have passed and it's time for EUROVISION NETWORK to rise like a phoenix from the ashes. Or maybe a budgie from in front of a gas fire. Whatever, we are back, in blog form, rattling on about the Song Contest and any related bits.

Hope you can join us for the journey!