Luxemburg private broadcaster Tango TV confirms to eurosong.be that rumours about a possible Luxembourg return to the next Eurovision Song Contest are not true.
First of all, the station is undergoing full reorganisation at the moment. Besides that, Tango TV is currently not an EBU member. So after the reorganisation, they will consider becoming EBU members with a view to possibly participate in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.
Despite its small size (under half a million people) Luxemburg holds avery impressive record of Eurovision Song Contest victories, with a total of five, following Ireland (seven wins) in second place together with France and the United Kingdom.
Luxemburg made its debut in 1956 and won in 1961 with Nous les Amoureux sung by Jean-Claude Pascal, 1965 with Poupée de cire, poupée de son sung by France Gall, then had two consecutive victories in 1972 and 1973 with Après toi by Vicky Leandros , followed by Anne Marie David with Tu te reconnaîtras. Luxemburg’s last win came in 1983 with Si la vie est cadeaux sung by Corinne Hermès.
Apart from the victories, Luxemburg can boast a great number of Eurovision favorites sung by international stars such as their 1963 entry A force de prier by Nana Mouskouri (8th place), 1967 Vicky Leandros L’amour est bleu in 1967 (4th place), 1978 Parlez-vous Français? by Baccara (7th place)and Lara Fabian in 1988 with Croire (4th place).
