WHAT'S A BIS WORTH?

This year Jedward returns the year after hoping to make it better than last year's 8th. But what are the odds in Eurovision?
We have a recent example of Germany's Lena who returned the year after winning and managed only 10th place. This seems to be the trend anyways if you look the bis makers over the decades.

In the 1950's Germany Margot Hielscher scored 4th and 7th while Italy's Domenico Modugno went from 3rd to 6th, and later returned for the third time - he probably wished he didn't: 17th and zero points!

In the 1960's Norway Nora Brockstedt also did 4th and 7th while United Kingdom's Ronnie Carroll did a solid 4th both times.

The 1970's were the same. Germany's Katja Epstein did twice in a row 3rd place but would later return to claim a 2nd place. That's also an Eurovision record of a kind; three top-3 placements. Sweden's Family Four did 6th and 13th while the Norwegian Bendik Singers did 7th and 14th, the second time though fronted by Anne-Karine Ström.

In the 1980's we have the Danish Hot Eyes doing 4th and 11th but also they would return a few years later and make it better, 3rd. Finland's Boulevard backed Vicky Rosti and scored 15th and returned alone the year after just to go down the scoreboard, 20th.

In the 1990's Austria's Tony Wegas did 10th and 14th. Then we have an interesting couple, Estonian Maarja and Turkish Sebnem Paker. They both did the 1996 and 1997 editions. Maarja scored 5th in duet with Ivo Linna and returned solo and was 8th. Sebnem went first solo and got 12th but returned the year after with Etnik and scored Turkey's best placing then, 3rd.

Then we have another odd couple, Switzerland's Lys Assia and the Netherland's Corry Brokken. Both did three Eurovisions in a row and both also won one edition. Assia's score is 1st and *? in 1956, 8th in 1957 and 2nd in 1958 while Corry's is *?-1-9. (*As we know there are no official results of the 1956 edition.)

So, who has really managed to make it better the year after? Most of all Austria's Udo Jürgens. Three year's in a row and finally winning in 1966. His score is 6th, 4th and 1st. Also Spain's Raphael did a bit better the second time around in mid-1960's when he was 7th and 6th.
Add Sebnem so that is three out of 17 acts. You do the math if the immediate bis is worth it....

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