Eurovision Song Contest (1956)
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
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Episode 1 - Lugano 1956
Release Date: 1956-05-24This first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest included several procedures that were not repeated in any subsequent edition: Two songs for each country, secret voting, double voting of one country on behalf of another, optional inclusion of the jury members' own represented country in their voting, only "Grand Prix" title reception for the winner, and a single male presenter to host the show. The other Contests include: One song for each country, scoreboard display, jury panel from each country, disqualification of the juries' own country from their voting, material award, and a single or additional female presenter.
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Episode 2 - The 2nd Eurovision Song Contest (West Germany)
Release Date: 1957-03-03 -
Episode 3 - The 3rd Eurovision Song Contest (Netherlands)
Release Date: 1958-03-16 -
Episode 4 - The 4th Eurovision Song Contest (France)
Release Date: 1959-03-11 -
Episode 5 - The 5th Eurovision Song Contest (United Kingdom)
Release Date: 1960-03-29 -
Episode 6 - The 6th Eurovision Song Contest (France)
Release Date: 1961-03-18 -
Episode 7 - The 7th Eurovision Song Contest (Luxembourg)
Release Date: 1962-03-18 -
Episode 8 - The 8th Eurovision Song Contest (United Kingdom)
Release Date: 1963-03-23 -
Episode 9 - The 9th Eurovision Song Contest (Denmark)
Release Date: 1964-03-21 -
Episode 10 - The 10th Eurovision Song Contest (Italy)
Release Date: 1965-03-20 -
Episode 11 - The 11st Eurovision Song Contest (Luxembourg)
Release Date: 1966-03-05 -
Episode 12 - The 12nd Eurovision Song Contest (Austria)
Release Date: 1967-04-08 -
Episode 13 - The 13rd Eurovision Song Contest (United Kingdom)
Release Date: 1968-04-06 -
Episode 14 - The 14th Eurovision Song Contest (Spain)
Release Date: 1969-03-29 -
Episode 15 - The 15th Eurovision Song Contest (Netherlands)
Release Date: 1970-03-21 -
Episode 16 - The 16th Eurovision Song Contest (Ireland)
Release Date: 1971-04-03 -
Episode 17 - The 17th Eurovision Song Contest (United Kingdom)
Release Date: 1972-03-25 -
Episode 18 - The 18th Eurovision Song Contest (Luxembourg)
Release Date: 1973-04-07 -
Episode 19 - The 19th Eurovision Song Contest (United Kingdom)
Release Date: 1974-04-06 -
Episode 20 - The 20th Eurovision Song Contest (Sweden)
Release Date: 1975-03-22 -
Episode 21 - The 21st Eurovision Song Contest (Netherlands)
Release Date: 1976-04-03 -
Episode 22 - The 22nd Eurovision Song Contest (United Kingdom)
Release Date: 1977-05-07 -
Episode 23 - The 23rd Eurovision Song Contest (France)
Release Date: 1978-04-22 -
Episode 24 - The 24th Eurovision Song Contest (Israel)
Release Date: 1979-03-21 -
Episode 25 - The 25th Eurovision Song Contest (Netherlands)
Release Date: 1980-04-19 -
Episode 26 - The 26th Eurovision Song Contest (Ireland)
Release Date: 1981-04-04 -
Episode 27 - The 27th Eurovision Song Contest (United Kingdom)
Release Date: 1982-04-24 -
Episode 28 - The 28th Eurovision Song Contest (West Germany)
Release Date: 1983-04-23 -
Episode 29 - The 29th Eurovision Song Contest (Luxembourg)
Release Date: 1984-05-05 -
Episode 30 - The 30th Eurovision Song Contest (Sweden)
Release Date: 1985-05-04 -
Episode 31 - The 31st Eurovision Song Contest (Norway)
Release Date: 1986-05-03 -
Episode 32 - The 32nd Eurovision Song Contest (Belgium)
Release Date: 1987-05-09 -
Episode 33 - The 33rd Eurovision Song Contest (Ireland)
Release Date: 1988-04-30 -
Episode 34 - The 34th Eurovision Song Contest (Switzerland)
Release Date: 1989-05-06 -
Episode 35 - The 35th Eurovision Song Contest (Yugoslavia)
Release Date: 1990-05-05 -
Episode 36 - The 36th Eurovision Song Contest (Sweden)
Release Date: 1991-05-04 -
Episode 37 - The 37th Eurovision Song Contest (Sweden)
Release Date: 1992-05-09 -
Episode 38 - The 38th Eurovision Song Contest (Ireland)
Release Date: 1993-05-15 -
Episode 39 - The 39th Eurovision Song Contest (Ireland)
Release Date: 1994-04-30 -
Episode 40 - The 40th Eurovision Song Contest (Ireland)
Release Date: 1995-05-13 -
Episode 41 - The 41st Eurovision Song Contest (Norway)
Release Date: 1996-05-18 -
Episode 42 - The 42nd Eurovision Song Contest (Ireland)
Release Date: 1997-05-03 -
Episode 43 - The 43rd Eurovision Song Contest (United Kingdom)
Release Date: 1998-05-09 -
Episode 44 - The 44th Eurovision Song Contest (Israel)
Release Date: 1999-05-29 -
Episode 45 - The 45th Eurovision Song Contest (Sweden)
Release Date: 2000-05-13 -
Episode 46 - The 46th Eurovision Song Contest (Denmark)
Release Date: 2001-05-12 -
Episode 47 - The 47th Eurovision Song Contest (Estonia)
Release Date: 2002-05-25 -
Episode 48 - The 48th Eurovision Song Contest (Latvia)
Release Date: 2003-05-24 -
Episode 49 - The 49th Eurovision Song Contest (Turkey)
Release Date: 2004-05-15 -
Episode 50 - The 50th Eurovision Song Contest (Ukraine)
Release Date: 2005-05-21 -
Episode 51 - The 51st Eurovision Song Contest (Greece)
Release Date: 2006-05-20 -
Episode 52 - The 52nd Eurovision Song Contest (Finland)
Release Date: 2007-05-12 -
Episode 53 - The 53rd Eurovision Song Contest (Serbia)
Release Date: 2008-05-24 -
Episode 54 - The 54th Eurovision Song Contest (Russia)
Release Date: 2009-05-16This year there are 42 entries to the Eurovision Song Contest, with San Marino withdrawing due to financial difficulties and Georgia being forced out of the contest as their song breached the rules of the contest, while Slovakia makes a return to the contest after an 11 year absence. The 54th Eurovision Song Contest is being hosted by Moscow, Russia, following Dima Bilan's win for Russia in the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest. The Contest will take place in Moscow's Olympic Indoor Arena. Following the complaints of many broadcasters, the voting system for the contest has been greatly changed. Instead of the general public having the only say, a jury will also cast their votes, counting for 50% of the overall votes. This has been done to crack down on countries simply voting for their neighbours. There will be 25 countries competing in the final, comprising the top ten from the first semi-final, the top ten from the second semi-final, the Big Four (the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain) and the host nation and last year's winner, Russia. The order is as follows:- 1. Lithuania 2. Israel 3. France 4. Sweden 5. Croatia 6. Portugal 7. Iceland 8. Greece 9. Armenia 10. Russia 11. Azerbaijan 12. Bosnia and Herzegovina 13. Moldova 14. Malta 15. Estonia 16. Denmark 17. Germany 18. Turkey 19. Albania 20. Norway 21. Ukraine 22. Romania 23. The United Kingdom 24. Finland 25. Spain
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Episode 55 - The 55th Eurovision Song Contest (Norway)
Release Date: 2010-05-29The 20 acts that qualified through the two Semi-Finals will join the five pre-qualified countries: Norway (the Host Country), France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Viewers and professional juries in over 40 participating countries will vote. Viewers and professional juries each have a 50 percent stake in the outcome. The professional juries will feature six members in each country. The running order of the represented countries in the FInal will be determined by draw, right after each of the two Semi-Finals.
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Episode 56 - The 56th Eurovision Song Contest (Germany)
Release Date: 2011-05-14The 20 acts that qualified through the two Semi-Finals will join the five pre-qualified countries: Norway, France, Germany (the Host Country), Spain and the United Kingdom. Viewers and professional juries in over 40 participating countries will vote. Viewers and professional juries each have a 50 percent stake in the outcome. The professional juries will feature six members in each country. The running order of the represented countries in the FInal will be determined by draw, right after each of the two Semi-Finals.
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Episode 57 - The 57th Eurovision Song Contest (Azerbaijan)
Release Date: 2012-05-26Azerbaijan's first try at Eurovision proved to be successful as the country qualified for the final from the first semi-final and came 8th with 132 points in the final evening. Previously, another broadcaster, AzTV, wanted to participate in 2007, but EBU rules did not allow this as AzTV was not an active member of the EBU. AzTV was denied active EBU membership on 18 June 2007, as it was considered too connected to the Azerbaijani government.[1] On 5 July, İTV became a full EBU member,[2] and on October 15 it was given permission to take part by the EBU.[3] Azerbaijan's first Eurovision performance by Elnur and Samir made it in the top ten placed at number 8 with 132 points. In 2009 Azerbaijan achieved an improvement on their 2008 debut, coming third and receiving 207 points with the song "Always", performed by duo AySel & Arash. On 14 May 2011, Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with Running Scared song by Ell & Nikki.
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Episode 58 - The 58th Eurovision Song Contest (Sweden)
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Episode 59 - 55th Eurovision Song Contest (The Grand Final)
Release Date: 2010-05-29 -
Episode 62 - The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest (Ukraine)
Release Date: 2017-05-10The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest (Ukraine)