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"The Jubilee song in Eurovision"

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The 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was an event held in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which marked the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest and was the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. The event took place on October 22, 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In the contest, 14 songs were selected from May to July 2005 on the official website of the Eurovision. Of the 100 songs offered for the choice, the surfers could choose their 20 favorite songs. At the end of the public vote, two of the highest voting rates rose from each decade, including four more songs from the list selected with the help of an internal committee of the European Broadcasting Union. The EU member states decided by voting and a jury who would be the winning song in the competition. At the same time, about 2.5 million votes were counted.

The winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest was Sweden's 1974 song "Waterloo", by ABBA.

Choosing the host country
In June 2004, the European Broadcasting Union announced that it had decided to hold a contest in honor of the fifty years of Eurovision. In the beginning, the contest was set to be valued on October 16, 2005 at the Albert Hall in London, UK. The BBC was responsible for hosting the competition. The Royal Albert Hall reported in August 2004, that the European Broadcasting Union announced it could be the Danish Broadcasting Authority, DR, hosted the competition in their place. The Eurovision Song Contest Supervisor, Swanta Stoxius, said Denmark's last Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 and the Children's Eurovision Song Contest 2003 had a great influence on the decision of the European Broadcasting Union. On 25 October 2004, Copenhagen was officially approved as the host city of the contest, held on October 22, 2005. In May 2005, Congratulation was confirmed as the official title of the contest. A month later, the Danish Broadcasting Authority, DR, announced that the Copenhagen Forum would host the competition. On September 9, 2005, the Danish Broadcasting Authority, DR, announced that Katrina Lescanish and Ranes Kapers would abandon the competition. Lacanish was the soloist of the "Carina and the Waves" band, who won the contest for Britain in 1997, and Macoff is the soloist of the "Brainstorm", which represented Latvia in her debut in Eurovision 2000.

Exhibitions
The show began with the traditional Eurovision Song Ta Dawm and followed by a message from Cliff Richard. After a quick display of the fourteen songs played, the orchestra began to play the following songs: Ding-A-Dong (The Netherlands 1975) with dancers on the stage of the show, "Abnovi" (Israel 1978), "Le dernier qui a parlé" (France 1991), "Dschinghis Khan" (Germany 1979) in choreography and "Love Shine a Light" that was released in the 1997 contest.

Throughout the show’s broadcast, pictures of various appearances in Eurovision were presented which were interesting, noteworthy or unusual. There were six categories described by the show’s hosts as a “extreme”, a “political, daring and large-life” categoric, a “nice men”, “unforgotten gestures of dancing”, a categorical “womenpower” and a “second place screen”. A number of artists of importance in the Eurovision Song Contest returned to show the show, these were: Carola Gquist (Sweden), Dana International (Israel), Anne-Marie David ( Luxembourg and France), the Olsen Brothers (Dan), Sandra Kim (Belland), Nicole and Hugo (Belner (Turkey), abber (Turkey), Bailey, and France), the Olsen Brothers (Dan), Sandra Kim (Dan), and Hogo (Birre (Birre (Bron, Belgium), Nicole and Hugo Kim (Birre (Bene (Bene, and Hugo)