Did you know that Switzerland was represented by a Salvation Army band in the 2013 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest (which was organized in Sweden)?
Yeah, really.
Originally, the band wanted to compete under the name Heilsarmee, which is indeed the German name of the Salvation Army. Religious messaging isn´t permitted in the ESC, however, so the band had to change its name to Takasa, apparently a word in Swahili. Or is it? In reality, Takasa was probably an acronym for "The Artists Known As Salvation Army"!
And yes, one of the band members was 95 years old and hence the oldest participant in the ESC ever.
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