The Eurovision Song Contest is a song competition held every year by countries that are active members of the European Broadcasting Union. This contest was inaugurated in the year 1956 and has been held every year since its inception. In fact, it is the longest running television program in the world. Also, it has the honor of being the most-watched non-sporting event in the history of television.
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 ballots. These ballots include ones coming from the jury and from tele-voting which enables viewers from the participant countries to ballot for their loved song.
The origin of this contest lay in the rehabilitation of Europe after the Second World War came to an end. In an effort to promote peace, harmony and collective interaction of European countries, the contest was born. It was the idea of Frenchman employed at the EBU. In those days, before the advent of satellite television, it was considered an ambitious venture to hold a television contest that was be broadcasted simultaneously in a number of different countries.
But the attempt has been a success, thanks to the 4 largest contributing countries of the EBU: UK, France, Spain and Germany, who are now known as the Big Four within the competition and are forever included in the semi-finals regardless of the votes 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 trophy was won by Russian Dima Bilan for the song Believe. Thence, the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, 2009 will be held in Moscow, Russia. The rival will be held in the Olympic Arena in Moscow, it was confirmed by Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister 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 Moscow city should grasp the opportunity of daily broadcast for just about a week throughout the globe to introduce its splendours to the world.
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 ballots. These ballots include ones coming from the jury and from tele-voting which enables viewers from the participant countries to ballot for their loved song.
The origin of this contest lay in the rehabilitation of Europe after the Second World War came to an end. In an effort to promote peace, harmony and collective interaction of European countries, the contest was born. It was the idea of Frenchman employed at the EBU. In those days, before the advent of satellite television, it was considered an ambitious venture to hold a television contest that was be broadcasted simultaneously in a number of different countries.
But the attempt has been a success, thanks to the 4 largest contributing countries of the EBU: UK, France, Spain and Germany, who are now known as the Big Four within the competition and are forever included in the semi-finals regardless of the votes 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 trophy was won by Russian Dima Bilan for the song Believe. Thence, the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, 2009 will be held in Moscow, Russia. The rival will be held in the Olympic Arena in Moscow, it was confirmed by Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister 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 Moscow city should grasp the opportunity of daily broadcast for just about a week throughout the globe to introduce its splendours to the world.
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