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Eurovision's darkest moments - from addiction battles to horror crashes


As the Eurovision Song Contest returns to our screens this weekend, we take a look back at some of the darkest moments in the competition's history, from addiction battles to sudden death

The lively British pop group Bucks Fizz clinched the 1981 song contest with their upbeat number Making Your Mind Up, renowned for a routine featuring a cheeky mini-skirt reveal. The 26 year old's life was tragically cut short when the car he was travelling in collided with a truck on a motorway in Croatia on October 16, 2007.His neck was crushed, and the singer was killed instantly. And in a recent loss, Sara Tavares, who graced the Eurovision stage for Portugal in 1994, passed away in 2023 at 45 after a decade-long fight with a brain tumour.A star-studded life cut short

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