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Culture policy

Winning song of Eurovision 2012 to be 60th song to hold title of Eurovision Song Contest winner

02 April 2012 10:59 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ulkar Rashidgizi â€“ APA. At the recent Reference Group meeting in Baku, it was pointed out that this year, even though it is 57th edition of Europeâ€™s Favourite TV Show, the winning song is scheduled to be the 60th song to hold the title of Eurovision Song Contest winner, APA reports quoting eurovision.tv. Sietse Bakker, Event Supervisor explained to Eurovision.tv why the Reference Group will determine an outright winner of the 1969 contest.

â€œWith the diamond jubilee contest coming up the EBU wants to make the 60th contest a special event. It was felt that if we had the 60th winning song actually taking place in 2012 that it would detract somewhat from the celebrations in 2015. With the large number of countries currently participating in the contest, and with mechanisms in place to determine any future ties, it is almost impossible for there ever to be a dead heat again."

"The 1969 contest is an anomaly in the history of the contest. Therefore at the next Reference Group meeting the proposal will be to rectify the situation retrospectively once and for all.â€ he added.

The four countries who will vie for that honour are Spain, United Kingdom, The Netherlands and France.