Eurovision is known as much for the, shall we say, questionable costumes as it is for the music.
In the lead up to the 2018 grand finale, we take a look back at the outfits burned forever into our memories – from success story Abba, to… er, everyone else.
Never forget.
Bucks Fizz from Britain, 1981
All the (primary) colours of the rainbow.
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Verda Serduchka from Ukrania, 2007
Disco ball-meets-WW2 garrison caps. We’ll be in the bunker.
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D'Nash from Spain, 2007
This is 10 years too late to even be acceptable, guys.
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Jedward from Ireland, 2011
That hair.
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Jedward again, 2012
Back again, in silver armour.
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Ruslana from Ukraine, 2004
Ruslana: “So there’s this TV show called “Xena: Warrior Princess’…”
Costumer: “Say no more.”
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Scooch from Britain, 2007
Britney’s Toxic costume went to Butlin’s and it didn’t quite come back the same person.
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Abba from Sweden, 1974
Velvet, yaaas. Ruffles, yaaaaas. Chained shoulder pads, YAAAAS.
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Eric Papilaya from Austria, 2007
Is this some kind of metaphor? The Austrian singer rising like a sequined phoenix out of the flaming ashes of dead dancers? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
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Naviband from Belarus, 2017.
Just a lot of lace.
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Yohanna from Iceland, 2009
Frozen before Frozen was even Frozen.
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Jordan from Britain, 2005
Ok so technically she didn’t make it through to the actual show, but Jordan – aka Katie Price’s bid for Eurovision glory in a latex catsuit with sparkly corset while heavily pregnant is TV history.
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Joci Papai from Hungary, 2017.
Is a red bull near?
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Nina Kraljic from Croatia, 2016
So metallic. So futuristic.
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Sakis Rouvas from Greece, 2004
Simon Cowell prepares his imaginary friends for attack.
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