Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Loreen of Sweden is the 15th previous Eurovision song contest winner who has decided and/or managed give it another try. Only Ireland's Johnny Logan has managed to win twice, as we all know. One can't really do a ranking however as the contest had changed so much from the 1950's with maybe a dozen songs to the approx 40 we have these days. In coming days I will feature the winners who decided to come back  after  winning the contest as there also many winners who have won with their second or third try.   Isabelle Aubret (or Thérèse Coquerelle, 84) scored France's third win in 1962 with a classic love song Un premier amour. After Eurovision she was to do movie Les parapluies de Chérbourg, but   poor Isabelle was injured in a fatal car accident and had to pass. It's the classic that scored Oscar nominations among other things and made Catherine Deneuve. Who knows if only...  But in 1968 she was back after multiple operations and long rehabilitation. La sourc...

Royal Albert Hall in London hosted the 13th Eurovision song contest on April 6, 1968. That year Eurovision was broadcasted in color for the very first time! Strangely there were no new countries debuting, no countries withdrawing nor returning.  Spanish Massiel ended winning with La la la . There have been talk about vote rigging ever since. Spanish dictator Franco would have bought votes all over Europe and thus finished above UK's own Cliff Richard by one vote. One should remember also that Massiel was not to sing the song originally but Joan Manuel Serrat . He insisted on singing it in Catalan, and was replaced by Franco's regime.  After winning Massiel released the song in four languages, and quite a few cover versions were made in other languages. She continued her career until mid 1990's and have done some occasional recordings even after her retirement announcement in 1996, like this remake of La la la As said, Cliff Richard came second with evergreen Congra...