The first Eurovision Song Contest in my lifetime was held in the UK when I wasn't even a month old yet (and well before my due-date). 1983 should have been the first one in my lifetime, but being a preemie, I was around to to be exposed to the horror that was Ireland's entry in 1982. While Ireland has won the contest a gazillion times (where 7=gazillion), we had quite a few horrific entries.
The only redeeming quality of the Israeli entry that year was having Ofra Haza as a background singer.Now with both videos, the songs don't start for a good minute into the vids.