As a side note with Carola cornering the market in wind machines many imitators flooded the market. One such pretender to the throne was a young lady called Madonna Ciccone, who inspired by Carola’s success at the 1991 contest due to her use of a wind machine, girdled her loins, tightened her bra straps and took things a step further by copying our Swedish heroine at the 1994 Brit Awards with her performance of Bedtime Story.  We hope Carola got royalties!!

So keep your hair on and stay tuned to esctoday.com for any further developments regarding the regulatory use of  wind machines at the Eurovision Song Contest.


Alex lives and works in the United Kingdom and has been an avid fan of the Eurovision Song Contest since Carola's victory in 1991 for Sweden. He is studying English Literature and wants to focus on becoming an established writer. He joins the esctoday.com team as an Editor.