The Eurovision Song Contest, 2009 Moscow Final
The Eurovision Moscow Final will happen soon. The Eurovision Song Contest is the song competition carried every year by countries that are members of the EBU, European Broadcasting Union. This competition was introduced in 1956 and has been held annually since its origination. As a matter of fact, it's the longest running TV program in the world. Besides, it has the honour of being the most-watched non-sporting event in the history of TV.
Each participant country has a television broadcasting channel that is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It is the responsibility of this channel to select a song and a singer from among many other participants to represent their country on the international stage. The event is broadcasted live in every participating country at the same time. Once the performances are over, the participating countries caste their vote for the best song performance in the event. A country cannot 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 origination of this contest lay in the rehabilitation of Europe after the World War II came to its end. In a movement to promote peace, harmony and collective interaction of European nations, the contest was born. It was the idea of Frenchman employed of EBU. In those years, before the advent of satellite TV, it was considered an enterprising venture to make a TV contest that was aired simultaneously in 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 prize was won by Russian Dima Bilan for the interpretation of a song Believe. Therefore, the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, 2009 will be held in Russia. The competition will be held in the Olympic Arena in Moscow as confirmed by Vladimir Putin, the PM of Russia, himself. This was as well confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union.
Eurovision Moscow is an event to look forward to. Like many host countries, Moscow is likely to take this opportunity to showcase its classic city and promote tourism. The week preceding the Eurovision final is likely to be full of activity within the city considering the semi-finals are being held on two separate days before the contest to accommodate the growing number of participating countries.
The two semi-finals will be held on May 12th and 14th, and the final - on May 16th. The Moscow city had better grasp the chance of daily broadcast fora week throughout the Earth to present its splendors to the world. - 18762
Each participant country has a television broadcasting channel that is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It is the responsibility of this channel to select a song and a singer from among many other participants to represent their country on the international stage. The event is broadcasted live in every participating country at the same time. Once the performances are over, the participating countries caste their vote for the best song performance in the event. A country cannot 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 origination of this contest lay in the rehabilitation of Europe after the World War II came to its end. In a movement to promote peace, harmony and collective interaction of European nations, the contest was born. It was the idea of Frenchman employed of EBU. In those years, before the advent of satellite TV, it was considered an enterprising venture to make a TV contest that was aired simultaneously in 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 prize was won by Russian Dima Bilan for the interpretation of a song Believe. Therefore, the 54th Eurovision Song Contest, 2009 will be held in Russia. The competition will be held in the Olympic Arena in Moscow as confirmed by Vladimir Putin, the PM of Russia, himself. This was as well confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union.
Eurovision Moscow is an event to look forward to. Like many host countries, Moscow is likely to take this opportunity to showcase its classic city and promote tourism. The week preceding the Eurovision final is likely to be full of activity within the city considering the semi-finals are being held on two separate days before the contest to accommodate the growing number of participating countries.
The two semi-finals will be held on May 12th and 14th, and the final - on May 16th. The Moscow city had better grasp the chance of daily broadcast fora week throughout the Earth to present its splendors to the world. - 18762
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