Template:Did you know nominations/Eurovision Song Contest 1997/1

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 13:35, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Eurovision Song Contest 1997

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Paul Oscar

... that Paul Oscar (pictured), Iceland's participant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, was the contest's first openly LGBT artist to compete? Source: How Eurovision became a gay-friendly contest
- ALT1: ... that the Point Theatre in Dublin, venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, was evacuated during rehearsals to prevent disruption to the event from loyalist paramilitaries? Source: #EurovisionAgain travels back to Dublin 1997 Security Tight as Point Theatre Prepares
- ALT2: ... that televoting was first introduced to the Eurovision Song Contest as part of a trial during the 1997 event, leading to widespread adoption by most participating countries from 1998 onwards? Source: #EurovisionAgain travels back to Dublin 1997 Dublin 1997
- ALT3: ... that televoting was first introduced to the Eurovision Song Contest as part of a trial among five countries during the 1997 event? Source: #EurovisionAgain travels back to Dublin 1997
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Woman to Woman (campaign)

Improved to Good Article status by Sims2aholic8 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:05, 20 December 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Sims2aholic8: good article. Though, you should get rid of the redirect caused by Loyalist paramilitaries. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:59, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

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