Ronnie Carroll was a Northern Irish singer and politician. He began his music career in the 1950s and first attempted to represent the United Kingdom in the 1960 Contest but he would prove more successful two years later and would also return to represent the nation a year later. As of 2017, he remains the only artist to have represented the nation in consecutive years.
In his later years, he became a politician but proved unsuccessful. In 2005, he a comeback album and died in April 2015 at the age of 80.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1962 | |||
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 Marion Rung •  Fud Leclerc •  Victor Balaguer •  Eleonore Schwarz •  Ellen Winther •  Inger Berggren •  Conny Froboess •  De Spelbrekers •  Isabelle Aubret •  Inger Jacobsen •  Jean Philippe •  Lola Novaković •  Ronnie Carroll •  Camillo Felgen •  Claudio Villa •  François Deguelt
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| Songs | |||
| Tipi-tii • Ton nom • Llámame • Nur in der Wiener Luft • Vuggevise • Sol och vår • Zwei kleine Italiener • Katinka • Un premier amour • Kom sol, kom regn • Le retour • Ne pali svetlo u sumrak • Ring-a-Ding Girl • Petit bonhomme • Addio, addio • Dis rien
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1963 | |||
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| Participants | |||
| Ronnie Carroll • Annie Palmen • Heidi Brühl • Carmela Corren • Anita Thallug • Emilio Pericoli • Laila Halme • Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann • Vice Vukov • Esther Ofarim • Alain Barrière • José Guardiola • Monica Zetterlund • Jacques Raymond • Françoise Hardy • Nana Mouskouri
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| Songs | |||
| Say Wonderful Things • Een speeldoos • Marcel • Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder • Solherv • Uno per tutte • Muistojeni laulu • Dansevise • Brodovi • T'en vas pas • Elle était si jolie • Algo prodigoso • En gång i Stockholm • Waarom? • L'amour s'en va • À force de prier
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