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(EBU) to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest's fiftieth anniversary and to determine the Contest's most popular entrant of its fifty years. Hosted by Katrina Leskanich and Renārs Kaupers, the event took place at

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on 22 October 2005. The host broadcaster was Danmarks Radio (DR). Fourteen songs from the Contest's first half-century, chosen through an internet poll and by a jury, contested the event.Michael Dwyer (20 October 2005)
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, who did not attend, with the song "

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"; the band had originally won the Contest for Sweden in 1974. To coincide with the event, the EBU released two double album CDs featuring Eurovision songs from the previous fifty years. Two DVDs with original Eurovision performances of these songs were also released.

Organisation

In November 2002, Jürgen Meier-Beer from the Reference Group of the EBU announced plans to organize a special jubilee programme in 2005 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. At the time no host broadcaster was announced, with German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and the Dutch broadcasting organization

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(NOS) reportedly as potential hosts.

Change of host broadcaster

In June 2004, the EBU announced that it was to hold a concert to celebrate fifty years of the contest. The event was to be held on 16 October 2005 at the

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. The BBC was to be the host broadcaster for the concert. The Royal Albert Hall was reportedly unavailable, so in August 2004 the EBU announced that DR would stage the event instead. Eurovision Song Contest supervisor Svante Stockselius said that Denmark's previous experience of hosting Eurovision events (the 2001 Contest and the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003) were influential in the Union's choice. The event was codenamed ''Extravaganza''.

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, who appeared at the event, later went to suggest that the reason behind the change of host country was also due to the fact that the BBC wanted to present the show "with humour" as though to poke fun at the Contest, an idea that proved to be less popular with the EBU. The BBC ended up not broadcasting the show from Copenhagen and went on to broadcast their own 50th anniversary program, '' Boom Bang-a-Bang: 50 Years of Eurovision'', in May 2006.

Selection of venue and hosts

On 25 October 2004 Copenhagen was confirmed as the host city for the event, which was now scheduled to take place on 22 October 2005. In May 2005 ''Congratulations'' was confirmed as the official name of the concert. A month later DR announced that

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would host the programme. The chosen venue had previously hosted the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. On 9 September 2005, DR announced that Katrina Leskanich and Renārs Kaupers would present the concert. Leskanich was the lead singer of Katrina and The Waves, who won the Contest for the United Kingdom in . Kaupers is the lead singer of Latvian group Brainstorm, who represented on its debut in the Contest in . Tickets for the event went on sale on 22 August 2005 from 10:00 (CET) and sold out in just over one hour. The event was attended by an audience of 6,000.

Participating songs

Fourteen songs competed in ''Congratulations''. In May 2005 the EBU opened a poll on its website to decide ten songs that would contest the event. Voters chose their two favourite songs from each of five decades: 1956 to 1965, 1966 to 1975, 1976 to 1985, 1986 to 1995 and 1996 to 2005. The remaining four songs would be selected by the EBU's Reference Group. On 16 June 2005 the fourteen chosen songs were announced, although no indication was given as to which had been chosen online and which by the Reference Group. Eleven of the fourteen songs were Eurovision winners; only "Nel blu, dipinto di blu", "Congratulations" and "Eres tú" (which all finished in the top three at the contest) were not. Two countries, the and , were represented twice on the list. Johnny Logan, who won the contest twice for Ireland as a singer, had both of his songs featured on the list.

First round

All 31 countries broadcasting the contest voted in the first round. The five songs that are marked in orange qualified to the second and final round.

Second round

All 31 countries broadcasting the contest voted in the second round.

Scoreboard

Both juries and televoting were used at ''Congratulations''; both having an equal influence over the vote. In the first round of voting, the number of songs was reduced to five. Each country awarded points from one to eight, then ten and finally twelve for their ten most popular songs. Unlike in the Contest proper, viewers were allowed to vote for songs which had represented their country. The top five songs were then subjected to another round of voting, where only six points and above were awarded. The voting was conducted in private, and the results were not announced until after the show. The song with the most points in the second round was the winner. The full scoreboard is as follows:

First round

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded in the first round:

Second round

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded in the second round:

Performances

The show started with the traditional Eurovision "Te Deum" theme followed by a message from Cliff Richard. After a quick montage of all 14 songs, the orchestra began playing " Ding-A-Dong" (Netherlands 1975), with dancers on stage. " A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (Israel 1978), " Le dernier qui a parlé..." (France 1991), and "Dschinghis Khan" (Germany 1979) was also played and accompanied by choreography, which was then followed by " Love Shine a Light" (UK 1997) sung by the co-host, Katrina Leskanich, who came out with flag holders of all the nations who ever participated in Eurovision. Throughout the telecast, a number of highlights segments were presented which showed montages of various Eurovision performances which were either interesting, notable or unorthodox. There were 6 assortments, which were under the categories described by the hosts as 'past winners', 'political, daring, larger than life', 'cute men', 'unforgettable interpretation of dance', 'girlpower' and 'close/narrow second-place finishers'. A number of high-profile Eurovision artists returned to help introduce and present the show, these were: Carola Häggkvist, Massiel,

, Birthe Wilke, Anne-Marie David, Sandra Kim, Elisabeth Andreassen, Hanne Krogh, Olsen Brothers, Emilija Kokić, Marie Myriam,

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, Nicole and Hugo, Cheryl Baker and

Lys Assia Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1 ...

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and Nicole gave pre-recorded messages as they were unable to attend. During the show, there were many presentations by various guest artists during the voting and tallying period. These consisted of the Finnish shouting choir Mieskuoro Huutajat,

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(the 1994 interval act),

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(the 1997 co-host), and Johnny Logan, singing his new single "When a Woman Loves a Man", as well as an appearance by the Belgian duo of 1973, Nicole and Hugo. There were three medleys, consisting of performances of past Eurovision songs. The first consisted of : Dana International, singing "Parlez-vous Francais" (originally performed by Baccara for

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in Eurovision Song Contest 1978); Carola Haggkvist, singing "Främling" ( 1983, 3rd place); Alsou, singing "Solo" (

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, singing "Another Summer Night" (

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9th); Marie Myriam, singing "L'Amour est bleu" (originally performed by Vicky Leandros for

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); Richard Herrey, singing " Let Me Be the One" (originally performed by

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); and Thomas Thordarson, singing "Vi Maler Byen Rød" (originally performed by

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in 1989). The second consisted of: Gali Atari, singing "Hallelujah" ( 1979, winner); Bobbysocks!, singing "La Det Swinge" ( 1985, winner); Anne-Marie David, singing "Après Toi" (originally sung by Vicky Leandros for

in 1972, winner); Lys Assia, singing "Refrain" ( 1956, winner), Sandra Kim singing "Non ho l'Eta" (originally sung by

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, winner) and Bucks Fizz singing "Making your Mind Up" (

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, winner). The final medley was sung by Eimear Quinn,

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, Jakob Sveistrup and

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, the Eurovision winners of 1996, 1994 and 1992, and (in Sveistrup's case), the 2005 Danish representative. All four acted as backup singers during the show. They were also joined by the Olsen Brothers for a brief, Eurovision-themed version of their song "Walk Right Back".

Medleys

Opening Medley * : " Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In * : " A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta * : " Le Dernier qui a parlé..." by Amina * : " Dschinghis Khan" by Dschinghis Khan * : " Love Shine a Light" by Katrina and the Waves Winners of Eurovision * : "

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* : " Een beetje" by Teddy Scholten * : "

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* : " Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens * : " Vivo cantando" by Salomé * : " All Kinds of Everything" by Dana * : " Tu te reconnaîtras" by Anne-Marie David * : " L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" by Marie Myriam * : " Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz * : " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys * : " In Your Eyes" by

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" by Charlotte Nilsson * : " I Wanna" by Marie N Unforgettable performances * : " Sámiid ædnan" by

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Wadde hadde dudde da? "Wadde hadde dudde da?" (; a derivative of the expression "what do you have there?") was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed in an invented dialect of German by comedian Stefan Raab. The song was the fifteenth performed on ...

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Shir Habatlanim "Shir Habatlanim" ( he, label= Hebrew script, שיר הבטלנים; "The Bums' Song") was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987. It was performed in Hebrew by the comedic duo ( he, הבטלנים, HaBatlanim, links=no) and came 8th, s ...

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, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri * : "

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Boonika bate doba Moldova debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Boonika bate doba" written by Mihai Gîncu and Roman Iagupov. The song was performed by the band Zdob și Zdub. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the nati ...

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Varjoon – suojaan Finland was represented by Fredi, with the song "Varjoon – suojaan", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. Before Eurovision National final The Finnish national final took place on February 11 at the YLE TV ...

" by Fredi * : " Jij en ik" by Bill van Dijk * : " Ring-A-Ding Girl" by Ronnie Carroll * : " Se piangi, se ridi" by Bobby Solo * : " Natati La Khayay" by Poogy * : " Baby, Baby" by Nicole and Hugo * : " Fleur de liberté" by Jacques Hustin * : "

Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment Luxembourg was represented by well-known German singer Jürgen Marcus, with the song "Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment", at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in The Hague. For the first time ever, broadcaster RTL orga ...

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Non so che darei "Non so che darei" ("I don't know what I'd give") was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in Italian by Alan Sorrenti. Background The song deals with Sorrenti's feelings for his lover. He tells her that he does not know wh ...

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Just nu! "Just nu!" (; "Right now!") was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in Swedish by Tomas Ledin. The song talks about a man tired of the monotonous life in the city, in that moment he wants to live his life, he wants to fe ...

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Stop – mens legen er go' Denmark was represented by Ulla Pia, with the song "Stop – mens legen er go'", at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg City. "Stop – mens legen er go'" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melod ...

" by Ulla Pia * : "

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Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein Germany was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, held in Stockholm, Sweden. The German national final to select their entry, ''Vorentscheid 1975: Ein Lied für Stockholm'', was held on 3 February at the Hessischer Rundfunk Studio 1 in Fra ...

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Intet er nytt under solen Norway was represented by Åse Kleveland, with the song "Intet er nytt under solen", at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg City. "Intet er nytt under solen" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi ...

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¡Qué bueno, qué bueno! Spain took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. The country was represented by Conchita Bautista with the song "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!". Conchita Bautista had already represented Spain in 1961. The song was chosen through the national fina ...

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Il doit faire beau là-bas The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the 12th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the with the song "Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens. Organised by the European Bro ...

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Ele e ela Portugal was represented by Madalena Iglésias, with the song "Ele e ela", at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg City. "Ele e ela" was chosen as the Portuguese entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Port ...

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't Is genoeg The Netherlands was represented by Conny Vandenbos, with the song "'t Is genoeg", at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 20 March in Naples, Italy. Five acts participated in the Dutch preselection, which consisted of five qualif ...

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Another Summer Night Malta competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, held on 12 May 2001 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Maltese entry was selected through the Malta Song for Europe contest, where the winner was Fabrizio Faniello with the song "Ano ...

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Vi maler byen rød "Vi maler byen rød" (; "We're painting the town red") was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, written by Søren Bundgaard (music) and Keld Heick (lyrics) and performed in Danish by Birthe Kjær. The English version of the song is ...

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Never Ever Let You Go "Never Ever Let You Go", originally released as "Der står et billede af dig på mit bord" (), is a 2001 song by Danish musical duo Rollo & King. The song represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 after winning ''Dansk Melodi Gran ...

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Broadcasts

A total of thirty-five countries broadcast the event, but only thirty-one participated in the voting.

Non-participating countries

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Therkelsen "disappointed" in British and French TV
Retrieved on 26 December 2007. * * * * * * The BBC (UK), RAI (Italy) and

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chose not to broadcast the event. Søren Therkelsen, the commissioning editor of the event, said he was "disappointed" at the broadcasters' decision not to transmit the show. The BBC chose not to carry the event as it was "too remote" for British audiences.

Official album

'' The Very Best Of The Eurovision Song Contest'' (also known as ''Congratulations: 50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest'') was the official compilation album for the 50th anniversary, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by CMC International on 21 October 2005. The compilation featured over 100 songs, including all Eurovision Song Contest winners from 1956 until 2005 and a selection of all-time favourites, that was divided into 2 separate double CDs: 1956–1980 and 1981–2005. The 22-page booklet includes information about the entries, contestants and venues.

Track listing

CD1 (1956–1980) ;Disc One # Instrumental – "Te deum (The Eurovision Theme)" (0:17) # Lys Assia – "Refrain" (3:10) # Corry Brokken – "Net als toen" (3:23) # André Claveau – "Dors mon amour" (3:11) # Domenico Modugno – "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" (1:58) # Teddy Scholten – "'n Beetje" (2:59) # Domenico Modugno – "Piove (Ciao ciao Bambina)" (2:16) # Jacqueline Boyer – "Tom Pillibi" (3:04) # Jean-Claude Pascal – "Nous les amoureux" (3:08) # Isabelle Aubret – "Un premier amour" (2:32) # Conny Froboess – "Zwei kleine Italiener" (2:43) # Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann – "Dansevise" (2:56) # Esther Ofarim – "T'en vas pas" (2:58) # Nana Mouskouri – "À force de prier" (2:34) # Ronnie Carroll – "Say Wonderful Things to Me" (2:54) # Gigliola Cinquetti – "Non ho l'età (Per amarti)" (3:16) # France Gall – "Poupée de cire poupée de son" (2:30) # Udo Jürgens – "Merci Chérie" (2:43) # Åse Kleveland – "Intet er nytt under solen" (1:36) # Sandie Shaw – "Puppet on a String" (2:20) # Vicky Leandros – "L'amour est bleu" (2:56) # Massiel – "La la la" (2:32) # Cliff Richard – "Congratulations" (2:30) # Lenny Kuhr – "De troubadour" (3:25) # Lulu – "Boom Bang-a-bang" (2:20) # Salomé – "Vivo cantando" (2:09) ;Disc Two # Frida Boccara – "Un jour un enfant" (2:43) # Muriel Day – "The Wages of Love" (2:49) # Dana – "All Kinds of Everything" (3:00) # Séverine – "Un banc un arbre une rue" (2:59) # Clodagh Rodgers – "Jack in the Box" (2:59) # Vicky Leandros – "Aprés toi" (3:30) # The New Seekers – "Beg, Steal or Borrow" (2:45) # Anne-Marie David – "Tu te reconnaîtras" (2:37) # Mocedades – "Eres tú" (3:30) # Cliff Richard – "Power to All Our Friends" (3:01) # Ilanit – "Ey sham" (2:48) # ABBA – "Waterloo" (2:40) # Olivia Newton-John – "Long Live Love" (2:44) # Mouth and MacNeal – "I See a Star" (2:55) # Teach-In – "Ding-a-dong" (2:25) # Joy Fleming – "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" (3:32) # The Shadows – "Let Me Be the One" (2:48) # Brotherhood of Man – "Save Your Kisses for Me" (3:02) # Marie Myriam – "L'oiseau et L'enfant" (3:05) # Monica Aspelund – "Lapponia" (2:46) # Izhar Cohen and the 'Alpha-Beta' – "A-ba-ni-bi" (2:57) # Baccara – "Parlez-vous Français?" (4:21) # Milk and Honey – "Halleluja" (3:20) # Dschinghis Khan – "Dschinghis Khan" (3:02) # Johnny Logan – "What's Another Year" (3:02) CD2 (1981–2005) ;Disc One # Instrumental – "Eurogroves (A Eurovision Theme Remix)" (0:45) # Bucks Fizz – "Making Your Mind Up" (2:40) # Peter, Sue and Marc – "Io senza te" (2:55) # Nicole – "Ein bißchen Frieden" (3:01) # Corinne Hermès – "Si la vie est cadeau" (3:05) # Carola – "Främling" (2:56) # Daniel – "Džuli" (2:56) # Herreys – "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" (3:06) # Alice and Battiato – "I treni di Tozeur" (3:06) # Maribelle – "Ik hou van jou" (3:00) # Bobbysocks – "La det swinge" (2:53) # Wind – "Für alle" (2:52) # Sandra Kim – "J'aime la vie" (3:04) # Johnny Logan – "Hold Me Now" (3:02) # Umberto Tozzi and Raf – "Gente di mare" (3:54) # Céline Dion – "Ne partez pas sans moi" (3:05) # Riva – "Rock Me" (2:43) # Birthe Kjær – "Vi maler byen rød" (2:54) # Toto Cutugno – "Insieme: 1992" (4:24) # Azúcar Moreno – "Bandido" (3:02) # Joëlle Ursull – "White and Black Blues" (3:02) # Carola – "Fångad av en stormvind" (3:00) # Amína – "Le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" (3:14) # Dulce Pontes – "Lusitana paixao" (3:42) # Linda Martin – "Why Me?" (3:23) # Niamh Kavanagh – "In Your Eyes" (3:08) ;Disc Two # Ruth Jacott – "Vrede" (3:15) # Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan – "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" (3:22) # Edyta Górniak – "To nie ja" (3:02) # Secret Garden – "Nocturne" (3:09) # Anabel Conde – "Vuelve conmigo" (3:05) # Aud Wilken – "Fra Mols til Skagen" (2:57) # Eimear Quinn – "The Voice" (3:01) # Gina G – "Just a Little Bit" (3:00) # Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna – "Kaelakee hääl" (2:57) # Katrina and the Waves – "Love Shine a Light" (2:51) # Dana International – "Diva" (3:01) # Danijela – "Neka mi ne svane" (2:58) # Charlotte Nilsson – "Take Me to Your Heaven" (3:00) # Olsen Brothers – "Fly on the Wings of Love" (3:01) # Brainstorm – "My Star" (3:03) # Tanel Padar and Dave Benton feat. 2XL – "Everybody" (2:56) # Antique – "Die for You" (2:56) # Natasha St-Pier – "Je n'ai que mon ame" (2:50) # Marie N – "I Wanna" (2:58) # Sertab Erener – "Everyway That I Can" (2:35) # t.A.T.u. – "Ne ver' ne bojsia" (3:02) # Руслана uslana– "Wild Dances" (3:01) # Athena – "For Real" (2:59) # Έλενα Παπαρίζου

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References

External links

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