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*EBU PRODUCTION LINK*
(‘EBU’ –> ‘EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION’)
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*french* –>
“concours eurovision de la chanson“
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*sometimes popularly called ‘eurovision’*
(not to be confused with the ‘euro-vision network’ that broadcasts it)
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(the ‘euro-vision song contest’ is the ‘longest-running annual international TV song competition’, held (primarily) among the ‘member countries’ of the european broadcasting union’ (aka ‘EBU’) since ‘1956’)
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(the competition was based upon the existing ‘sanremo music festival’ held in ‘italy’ since ‘1951’)
(each ‘participating country’ submits an ‘original song’ to be performed on live television + radio and then casts votes for the other countries’ songs to determine the ‘most popular song’ in the competition)
(the contest has been broadcast every year (for 60 years) since its inauguration in ‘1956’, and is 1 of the longest-running television programs in the world)
(it is also 1 of the most watched non-sporting events in the world, with audience figures having been quoted in recent years as anything between ‘100 million’ + ‘600 million’ internationally)
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[‘eurovision’ has also been broadcast outside ‘europe’ to several countries that do not compete, such as…]
‘the united states’
‘canada’
‘new zealand’
‘china’
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(an exception was made in ‘2015’, when ‘australia’ was allowed to compete as a ‘guest entrant’ as part of the celebration of the ’60th anniversary’ of the event)
(in ‘november 2015’, the ‘EBU’ announced that ‘australia’ was invited back as a participant in the ‘2016 contest’ (after the ‘2015 success’))
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(but not ‘the united states’?)
(who is their leader?)
(and from what country is he/she from?)
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(it is unknown whether invitation will be issued to ‘australia’ to compete in ‘2017’)
(since 2000, the contest has also been broadcast over the internet, via the ‘euro-vision website’)
(winning the ‘euro-vision song contest’ provides a short-term boost to the winning artists’ career, but rarely results in ‘long-term success’)
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*’notable exceptions’ are…*
ABBA
(1974)
(‘sweden’)
‘bucks fizz’
(1981)
(the ‘united kingdom’)
‘céline dion‘
(1988)
(‘switzerland’)
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(all of whom launched successful worldwide careers after their wins)
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(‘ireland’ holds the record for the highest # of wins, having won the contest seven times—including four times in five years in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996)
Under the current voting system, the highest scoring winner is Jamala of Ukraine who won the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden with 534 points)
(under the previous system (in place from ‘1975’ to ‘2015’), the highest scoring winner is ‘alexander rybak’ of ‘norway’ with ‘387 points’ in ‘2009’)
(the latest winner of the ‘eurovision song contest’ is ‘jamala’ of ‘ukraine’, who won the ‘2016 contest’ in ‘stockholm’ (/ ‘sweden’) with the song ‘1944’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥