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The Eurovision Song Contest Portal

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held between active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), in which participating countries each submit a song to be performed on live television; then proceed to cast votes for the other countries' songs, in order to find the most popular song in the competition. Each country participates via one of their national EBU-member television stations, whose task it is to select a singer and a song to go forward to represent the country in the international competition.

The Contest has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1956, and is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. It is also the world's biggest song contest in terms of audience figures, which in recent years have been quoted as anything between 100 million and 600 million internationally. It has been broadcast around the globe — beyond Europe — to such countries as Australia, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, Hong Kong, India, Korea, New Zealand and the USA; even though these countries do not participate. Since the year 2000, the Contest has also been broadcast over the Internet; with more than 74,000 people in almost 140 countries having watched the 2006 edition online. The Contest is historically known for being mainly a bastion of formulaic, orchestrated pop music. However it has produced a vast, diverse array of songs, including such musical genres as Arabic, Balkan, Dance, Folk, Greek, Latin, Metal, Nordic, Pop-rap and Rock.

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'Todor "Toše" Proeski (Macedonian: Тодор „Тоше" Проески) (January 25, 1981–October 16, 2007) was a famous Macedonian singerwho was popular across the entire Balkan area. He is considered a top act of the music scene of Republic of Macedonia. In 2004, MKTV chose Proeski to represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004in Istanbul, Turkey, and in February, he performed eight songs, where a jury, televote, and his own opinion chose the song... ...Archive/Nominations

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Mr. Lordi, lead singer of Lordi, performing at the opening of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 final. The Contest was held in Helsinki this year as a result of Lordi's victory the previous year. ...Archive/Nominations

Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Alb. Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech
Rep. Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Rep. of
Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Lux. Mac. Malta Moldova Monaco Mont. Neth. Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slo. Spain Sweden Switz. Turkey Ukraine United
Kingdom Yugoslavia (1961–1991) Serb. & Mont. (1992–2006) Morocco Azer.

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WikiProjects associated with Eurovision: WikiProject Eurovision

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Eurovision Song Contest news

23 February 2008: 8 Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 choose their song through TV selection processes. (eurovision.tv)
21 February 2008: Talks are made in a decision to move the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 to another city due to the aftermath of the independance of Kosovo. However, these plans were dropped and RTS will gain a guarantee of safety and security from the government of Serbia for all visitors and participants of the contest. (ESCtoday.com)
16 October 2007: Tose Proeski, who represented the Republic of Macedonia at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, dies after a car accident in Croatia. (ESCtoday.com)
15 October 2007: Azerbaijan member channel iTV has now announced that they will be making their debut in Belgrade next year. (ESCtoday.com)
28 September 2007: The EBU confirm the use of two semi-finals at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. (ESCtoday.com)
July 4, 2007: Despite withdrawal rumours, Israel report their partipication in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. (ESCtoday.com)