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Looking back on Eurovision Opening Ceremonies
10 May 2020 at 12:00 CEST
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We're taking a trip down memory lane by looking back at the glamourous event which marks the start of show week: The Red Carpet event and Opening Ceremony.
Eurovision fans gathered at the Red Carpet in Malmö (2013) to see the Eurovision stars shine.
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Emmelie de Forrest (Denmark 2013) gets interviewed on the Red Carpet in Copenhagen.
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Australia's first Eurovision artist Guy Sebastian posing at the Red Carpet in 2015.
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The delegation of Denmark, with their 2014 participant Carl Espen, on the Red Carpet in Copenhagen.
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Polina Gagarina (Russia 2015) shares some love on the Red Carpet in Vienna.
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Elina Born and Stig Rästa (Estonia 2015) have arrived at the Red Carpet in 2015.
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The Red Carpet in Malmö led to the Malmö Opera House, where the Opening Ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 took place.
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Conchita Würst shines at the Red Carpet in home country Austria.
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Eurovision winner to be, Måns Zelmerlöw (Sweden), gets interviewed at the Red Carpet in Vienna.
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The welcoming committee of the Opening Ceremony at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, joined by the presenters of that same year.
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Netta (Israel 2018) at the Blue Carpet in Lisbon, the longest carpet so far in Eurovision history.
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Dogs are also welcome at the Blue Carpet, meet Timoshka who joined Yulia Samoylova during this special event.
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SuRie (United Kingdom 2018), gets interviewed by Eurovision.tv, at the Blue Carpet in 2018.
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Nevena Božović (Serbia 2019) arriving at the Orange Carpet for the Opening Ceremony in Tel Aviv.
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The beautiful Stockholm City Hall during the Opening Ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
— EBU / Andres Putting
Located in front of Kyiv's Mariyinsky Palace, the 2017 Red Carpet looked very impressive.
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Italy's hopeful Francesco Gabbani at the Red carpet in Kyiv 2017.
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Eurovision.tv talks with Salvador Sobral at the Red Carpet of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest.
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Tamara Todevska (North Macedonia 2019) proudly walking the Orange Carpet in Tel Aviv.
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Fun with John Lundvik (Sweden 2019) at the Orange Carpet in Tel Aviv.
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This camera captures everyone who arrives at the Red Carpet in Kyiv.
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Barei from Spain drawing their half in the Grand Final at the Red Carpet in Stockholm.
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Dami Im who came second for Australia in 2016 handing out autographs to Eurovision fans.
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Amir (France 2016) taking a selfie with an Eurovision fan at the red carpet in Stockholm.
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Duncan Laurence (The Netherlands 2019) walking the Orange Carpet in 2019.
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