Eurovision Song Contest
Also known as ESC, Eurovision, Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson, Eurosong
annual song competition held among the members of the European Broadcasting Union
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The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual singing competition where countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union compete against each other. It has become a major cultural event that attracts millions of viewers and is significant for both the participating nations and the music industry.
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The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) (French: Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed live via the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner.
Inspired by the Italian Sanremo Music Festival held since 1951, the Eurovision Song Contest has been held annually since 1956 (except for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active EBU members, and invited associate members, are eligible to compete; broadcasters from 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster sends an original song of three minutes duration or less to be performed live by a singer, or group of up to six people, aged 16 or older, of its choice. Each country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their ten favourite songs, based on the views of an assembled group of music professionals and their viewing public, with the song receiving the most points declared the winner.