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Well, let me tell you, probably the best Eurovision Contest I saw was from 1971 in Dublin, Ireland, but I'll review that later. First of all, let's start with the hostess, Helga Guitton, or just Helga, as she was listed in the closing credits. She was okay of a hostess, but I've seen better. Her hair looked like it was painted blond. Next, the performers. If I were to pick the winner, overall, it would have to be Portugal's Fernando Tordo, whose political song, Torada, would be the most entertaining of the evening. The most disappointing performance would have to go to Italy's Massimo Ranieri, with his very pathetic song, "Qui Sera". I was expecting more from Massimo after an excellent performance at his previous ESC appearance. The song was very bad and didn't give Massimo a chance to sing to his full potential. Next, we have a first in the history books for the ESC......2 women conductors took the podium to lead the ESC orchestra: first, Sweden's Monica Dominique to conduct the Swedish entry, Nova and their very risqué song, "You're Summer" which contains the word "breasts" in the lyrics several times, and Israel's Nurit Hirsch conducted the Israeli entry, Ilanit, with her song, "Ey Sham".