‘Winning Eurovision was like in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ when everything goes from black and white to colour’

Former Eurovision champs recall the nights that would change their lives

Charlie McGettigan and Paul Harrington pop some champagne while celebrating their win in 1994. Photo: Getty

Kirsty Blake Knox

“It was like all my birthdays had come at once,” Linda Martin says of her 1992 Eurovision win in Malmo. “It was like the light at the end of the tunnel I had been waiting for had happened.

It was a night that would start a historic three-in-a-row run for Ireland – still the only country to have done so.