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EUROVISION SONG CONTEST. INTRODUCTION. Annuan music competition held among active members countries of EBU. It is one of the most watched television programmes in the world, with views between 100 million and 600 million people every year. Marcel Bezencon gave the - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EUROVISION EUROVISION SONG CONTESTSONG CONTEST
INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
Annuan musiccompetition held amongactive members countries of EBU.
It is one of the most watched television
programmes in the world, with views between 100 million and
600 million people every year.
HISTORYHISTORY
Marcel Bezencon gave the
idea in 1955, next year,
the first contest took place in
Lugano, SwitzerlandIt was based on thefamous San Remofestival.
(Marcel Bezencon – the founder of ESC)
FORMATFORMAT
Participant countries submit
songs, which are performed live
on live television. A countrycan send only one entry.
Afterthe songs are presented,
thevoting starts. All countriesvote, except in the semi-
finals.The most voted song wins.
(Lyss Asia – the first ESC winner ever for Switzerland with the song
“Refrain”)
(Bucks Fizz – 1981 winner for United Kingdom with the song “Making Your
Mind Up”)
The contest started only with
1 night (final) but in 2004, a
semi-final has been introduced;
in 2008, 2 semi-finals have
been introduced. They take
place 2 & 4 before. The final
now usually takes place onSaturday.
PARTICIPATIONPARTICIPATION
It started with 7, now thereare 42 countries. Fifty-onecountries participated at
leastonce. Mostly, only Europeancountries can take part, butin 1980, Morocco
participatedand in 2005 Lebanon wantedto participate,
but later withdrew. However,
from this year, a new rule was
invented, which prevents non-
European countries toparticipate. Anexception was made withIsrael, because of it’s longESC history and tradition.
Countries in
greenparticipate
donce,countriesin pinkwanted toparticipate,but laterwithdrew.
SELECTIONSSELECTIONS
Countries select theirrepresentives by socalled nationalcompetitions (EMA inSlovenia, DORA inCroatia etc.) or by an
internalChoice that is made
by thebroadcaster.
RULESRULES
(In 2003, Urban Trad for Belgium, sang in an imaginary language)
LANGUAGE: From1956 – 1965 & 1996 – 1999there was a rule that said
thatevery country must sing in
it’sown language. However, in1999, that rule was
deleted,and from then on, everycountry can sing in thelanguage that itwants.
HOSTING: In 1958it was decided that from thenon, the winning country wouldhost the Contest next year.
LIVE MUSIC: All vocals must be sung live: no voices are permitted on backing tracks. From 1956 until 1998, it was necessary for the hostcountry to provide a live orchestra for the use of theparticipants. Prior to 1973, all music was required to beplayed by the host orchestra. From 1973 onwards, prerecorded backing tracks were permitted.
VOTINGVOTINGThe voting systems used inthe Contest have changedthroughout the years. Themodern system has been inplace since 1975, and is positional voting system.From 2004-2008, onlytelevoting was used.Beforethat, a mix of a
professionaljury and televoting or onlythe jury decided the
winner.(Johnny Logan announcing the 2004 Irish votes)
Countries award a set ofpoints from 1 to 8, then
10and finally 12 to other
songsin the competition — withthe favourite song beingawarded 12 points.
However,this year, a mix of
professionaljury and televoting wasintroduced.
CRITICISMSCRITICISMSThe contest has been
critisedin many different ways. Thefirst critics come from years1999-2005, when criticsproclaimed the ESC genrefor unpopular and called itmiddle-of-the-road pop.However, this well-
establishedpattern, was notably broken
in
2006, when Finland won with
a hard-rock band Lordi and
their song Hard Rock
Hallelujah.
The other criticism hasbeen the political andnational voting or theso-called “diaspora”. Thediaspora happens, because
thecountries have the sameculture, the same music orspeak a similar orthe samelanguage. Many of them,spent a while under the samecountry.
THE DIASPORASARE : - Ex-Yugoslavia (BiH,Croatia, Macedonia,Montenegro, Serbia &Slovenia)
- The Baltic States(Estonia, Latvia &Lithuania)
- Greece & Cyprus
- The Scandinavian Block(Denmark, Finland,Iceland, Norway &
Sweden)
- The Emigré Voting(Austria, Belgium, France,Germany, Israel, TheNetherlands, Switzerland
&Turkey)
- Ex-Soviet Countries(Armenia, Azerbaijan,Belarus, Georgia, Moldova,Russia & Ukraine)
Dominico Modugno, 3rd place
for Italy in 1958 with thesong Nel blu dipinto di blu.
STARS IN ESCSTARS IN ESC
Many worldwide famousstars competed in ESC,including:
Celine DionCeline Dion, victory forSwitzerland in 1988
with thesong Ne Partez Pas SansMoi.
ABBAABBA, victory for Sweden in1974, with the
songWaterloo.
Julio IglesiasJulio Iglesias, 4th place
for Spain in 1970, with
the song Gwendolyne.
t.A.T.u.t.A.T.u., 3rd place forRussia in 2003 with
thesong Ne Ver’, NeBoysia.
Vicky Leandros, Vicky Leandros, victory for
Luxembourg in 1972 with the
song Apres Toi & 4th place
in 1967 L’amour Esr Bleu.
Nana Mouskouri, 8th
place for Luxembourg in
1963 with the song A
Force De Prier.
Cliff Richard, 2nd place for
United Kingdom in 1968 with
the song Congratulations &
3rd place in 1973 with the song
Power To All Our Friends.
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