Gaiety Theater in Dublin hosted the 16th Eurovision on April 3, 1971. All the countries that stayed home in 1970 for protest returned, as well as Austria and Malta debuted. Besides the voting there were also other new things: the preview videos were obligatory to all countries and groups/bands were allowed for the first time, too, but only Sweden and Switzerland sent a group. The Swiss one was Peter, Sue and Marc and they would also make another record in Eurovision history: they would participate in all 4 times, singing in a different language every time: 1971 in French, 1976 in English, 1979 in German and finally in 1981 in Italian. Apparently also another record was made that night: Séverine did not sing her winning entry again in the end but a recorded version was seen on TV - and even that cut short. Another oddity was that Séverine, represanting Monaco, had never set her foot in Monaco before the contest, nor was she ever invited there after her victory... and as we know the Eurovision 1972 did not take place in the microstate.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jeI0fHZWU4
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