The History and the Future of the Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Moscow Final will happen soon. The Eurovision Song Contest is the song competition carried every year by countries that are members of the EBU, European Broadcasting Union. This competition was introduced in 1956 and has been held annually since its origination. As a matter of fact, it's the longest running TV program in the world. Besides, it has the honour of being the most-watched non-sporting event in the history of TV.
Each participant country has a TV broadcasting channel that is a member of the EBU. It's the responsibility of this channel to choose a song and a singer to represent their country on the international stage. The Contest is broadcasted live in every participating country simultaneously. Once the performances are over, the participating countries caste their votes for the best song performance. A country can't vote for its own performance.
The winner is the country whose entry gets the highest number of votes. These votes include votes coming from the jury and from tele-voting which enables people from the participant countries to vote for their favorite song.
The origination of this contest lay in the rehabilitation of Europe after the World War II came to its end. In a movement to promote peace, harmony and collective interaction of European nations, the contest was born. It was the idea of Frenchman employed of EBU. In those years, before the advent of satellite TV, it was considered an enterprising venture to make a TV contest that was aired simultaneously in different countries.
The attempt got a success, thanks to the four largest contributing countries of the EBU: Great Britain, France, Spain and Germany, who are now known as the Big Four and are always included in the semi-finals no matter of the ballots they get.
The principles of the contest order that the country that wins a Contest is hosting the event in the next year.
In 2008, the prize was won by Russian Dima Bilan for the interpretation of a song Believe. Therefore, the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, 2009 will be held in Russia. The competition will be held in the Olympic Arena in Moscow as confirmed by Vladimir Putin, the PM of Russia, himself. This was as well confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union.
Likewise many host countries, Russia is likely to take this fortune to showcase its classical capital and advertize tourism. The week coming before the Eurovision final is awaited to be full of activeness within the city regarding the semi-finals are being held on two days.
The two semi-finals will be held on the 12th and 14th of May, 2009. The city should grasp this opportunity of daily broadcast for almost a week throughout the world to introduce its splendors to the world. - 18418
Each participant country has a TV broadcasting channel that is a member of the EBU. It's the responsibility of this channel to choose a song and a singer to represent their country on the international stage. The Contest is broadcasted live in every participating country simultaneously. Once the performances are over, the participating countries caste their votes for the best song performance. A country can't vote for its own performance.
The winner is the country whose entry gets the highest number of votes. These votes include votes coming from the jury and from tele-voting which enables people from the participant countries to vote for their favorite song.
The origination of this contest lay in the rehabilitation of Europe after the World War II came to its end. In a movement to promote peace, harmony and collective interaction of European nations, the contest was born. It was the idea of Frenchman employed of EBU. In those years, before the advent of satellite TV, it was considered an enterprising venture to make a TV contest that was aired simultaneously in different countries.
The attempt got a success, thanks to the four largest contributing countries of the EBU: Great Britain, France, Spain and Germany, who are now known as the Big Four and are always included in the semi-finals no matter of the ballots they get.
The principles of the contest order that the country that wins a Contest is hosting the event in the next year.
In 2008, the prize was won by Russian Dima Bilan for the interpretation of a song Believe. Therefore, the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, 2009 will be held in Russia. The competition will be held in the Olympic Arena in Moscow as confirmed by Vladimir Putin, the PM of Russia, himself. This was as well confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union.
Likewise many host countries, Russia is likely to take this fortune to showcase its classical capital and advertize tourism. The week coming before the Eurovision final is awaited to be full of activeness within the city regarding the semi-finals are being held on two days.
The two semi-finals will be held on the 12th and 14th of May, 2009. The city should grasp this opportunity of daily broadcast for almost a week throughout the world to introduce its splendors to the world. - 18418
About the Author:
Italo Manfredi has turned his hobby - he is Eurovision Song Contest fan - into his way of living. He runs popular Eurovision Mania blog.
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