Eurovision 2010 by the bingo numbers
Tuesday 25th of May 2010
Eurovision fever is upon us
The Eurovision Song Contest is almost here so it's time for online bingo players to dust off those miniature flags, invite some friends over and enjoy the very best of the continent's pop music.
Free bingo players can follow the action while they play with this by-the-numbers guide to the action in Oslo this year. So why not potentially alienate and annoy your friends with some trivia, and see if any of these numbers come up the next time you settle down for a game of online bingo.
Eurovision by the numbers
- 5 (Man alive) - Conductor Noel Kelehan was behind five winners in the past all for Ireland in 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993 and 1996.
- 3 (You and me) - Johnny Logan has triumphed in the contest three times. He teamed up with Kelehan for victories as a performer in 1980 and 1987, and in 1992 he wrote Linda Martin's winning song 'Why Me'.
- 10 (Tony's Den) Norway are the defending champions this year, but they have come bottom of the pile ten times in total, including three times in five years between 1974 and 1978.
- 38,000 (38 Christmas cake) A record 38,000 people gathered in Copenhagen's Parken Stadium in 2001, the largest crowd ever for the Eurovision Song Contest.
- 24 (Two dozen) Twenty-two of the winning songs have been performed in English. This is the largest amount of winners singing any one language, followed by France (14 Valentine's Day), while Dutch and Hebrew songs each hold three victories.
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