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#EurovisionAgain is back this Saturday 18 September đź“Ľ

13 September 2021 at 09:00 CEST
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Eurovision rewatch party #EurovisionAgain is back this Saturday thanks to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) raiding the vaults of national broadcasters in order to give fans the chance to experience a classic Contest together.

This Saturday (18 September) we’ll visit another classic Eurovision Song Contest at 21:00 CEST – but what is #EurovisionAgain and how can you join in?

#EurovisionAgain in a nutshell: the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel premieres a classic Contest from yesteryear at 21:00 CEST on the third Saturday of each month – but the year isn’t revealed until 15 minutes beforehand.

Fans are invited to watch it in sync, download scorecards and Tweet along using the hashtag: #EurovisionAgain.

Malmö 1992 was the August destination for #EurovisionAgain; it was the first time in over 30 years that the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest had been broadcast in full. You can still watch that Contest until this weekend over on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

Watch: Eurovision Song Contest 1992, Malmö

About #EurovisionAgain

#EurovisionAgain began in March 2020 as a weekly way for fans to catch-up with one another online as COVID-19 restrictions led to national lockdowns and the eventual cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision enthusiasts followed the @EurovisionAgain account on Twitter and tweeted along to the retro shows using the hashtag #EurovisionAgain – causing the parties to become a globally trending topic on more than 20 occasions and raising over £25,000 for charities in the process.

The synchronised re-watch parties will take place on the third-Saturday of each month in 2021:

  • Saturday 18 September
  • Saturday 16 October
  • Saturday 20 November

#EurovisionAgain will then step aside for Junior Eurovision and National Final Season 2022, though don’t rule out a one-off edition like the Semi-Finalist special from last year.

Watch: #EurovisionAgain Semi-Final Special

As always, the Contests could be any of those available from the archives of Eurovision.tv or previous Host Broadcasters – and the year isn’t revealed until 15 minutes prior to it premiering on the official Eurovision YouTube channel. The EBU aims to keep each Contest online for at least one month after their debut (though this depends on individual broadcasters).

Fans are encouraged to prepare snacks, download the scorecards and tweet along using the hashtag #EurovisionAgain – because Eurovision is best watched together.

Michael Ball trying to remember which shows we’ve already re-watched

You have never been to my show…

Of course, some Contests are easier to secure than others – as you can imagine, broadcast rights for television shows are extremely complicated things, especially when you mix in the copyrights of a bunch of songs and consider that some broadcasters (and even countries) no longer exist!

Behind the scenes, broadcasters are going to great lengths to assist in the finding and signing off of classic Contests.

There’s a lot to unravel prior to 2004, but it’s our mission to bring you the highest quality versions of as many Eurovision Song Contests as we can over the next few years.

Here are the shows #EurovisionAgain has already revisited:

1960s

  • Madrid 1969

1970s

  • Brighton 1974
  • The Hague 1976

1980s

  • The Hague 1980
  • Gothenburg 1985
  • Dublin 1988

1990s

  • Zagreb 1990
  • Malmö 1992
  • Rome 1991
  • Dublin 1997
  • Birmingham 1998
  • Jerusalem 1999

2000s

  • Riga 2003
  • Kiev 2005
  • Athens 2006
  • Helsinki 2007
  • Belgrade 2008
  • Moscow 2009

2010s

  • Malmo 2013
  • Copenhagen 2014
  • Vienna 2015
  • Stockholm 2016
  • Lisbon 2018

What year do you want to see next? Let us know via our official Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook accounts.