Eurovision Song Contest
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| + | "As of December 2019, both [[Hungary]] and [[Montenegro]] pulled out of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2020]] because it had purportedly become 'too [[gay]]'. Both countries had criticized [[Conchita Wurst]] in 2014. Together with the [[lGBT-free zone]]s proposed in Poland, it is exemplary of the liberal/illiberal [[culture clash]] which divides [[Eastern Europe]] from [[Western Europe]]."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| - | The '''Eurovision Song Contest''' is an annual competition held among active member countries of the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU). | + | The '''Eurovision Song Contest''' is an annual [[song competition]] held among active member countries of the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU). |
| - | Each member country submits a [[song]] to be performed on [[live television]] and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition. Each country participates via one of their national EBU-member [[television station]]s, whose task it is to select a [[singer]] and a song to represent their country in the international competition. | + | The contest has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in [[1956 in television|1956]] and is one of the longest-running [[television programme]]s in the world and much appreciated by lovers of [[campy]] music. |
| - | The contest has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in [[1956 in television|1956]] and is one of the longest-running [[television programme]]s in the world and much appreciated by lovers of campy music. | + | Eurovision has had a long-held fan base in the [[LGBT community]], and contest organisers have actively worked to include these fans in the event since the 1990s. |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[European low culture]] | ||
| + | *[[European popular culture]] | ||
| + | *[[Eurovision Song Contest 2024]] | ||
| + | *[[Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest]] | ||
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The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual song competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The contest has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1956 and is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world and much appreciated by lovers of campy music.
Eurovision has had a long-held fan base in the LGBT community, and contest organisers have actively worked to include these fans in the event since the 1990s.
See also
- European low culture
- European popular culture
- Eurovision Song Contest 2024
- Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
