TELEVISION AND RADIO:

EUROVISION

A S H L E Y VA S T A G

WHAT IS EUROVISION?• Eurovision is a popular song competition held

once a year.• It is watched by over 125 million people• The show started in 1950• It was said to have started for cultural unity,

but was actually started to test the new television lines

• 51 countries participate in eurovision

Eurovision is in 51 countries

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VOTING AND PERFORMANCE• Countries have judges that score each song,

and cannot score their own country• People vote for their favorite songs• The performers have to perform a song that

has never been released.• The performers often dress in crazy outfits to

get attention, which will get them more votes• Many times the songs are performed in English,

but national identity is still maintained.

The Scoring system is very complex

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GERMANY’S PARTICIPATION• They have won two times.• Because they contribute a lot of money,

they automatically get a spot in the finals

• In 2010, Lena won the competition.• She sang the song “satellite”• The song was number 1 on the

european charts

Lena won the contest in 2010 etoday.ru

POP QUIZ!• What is Eurovision?• a) a sitcom• b) a movie• c) a song contest• Who recently won the contest for Germany?• a) ABBA• b) Lena• c) Rammstein

ANSWERSEurovision is a singing contest.

In 2010, Lena won the competition for Germany

BIBLIOGRAPHYExplainer: What is Eurovision? (CNN)http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/23/showbiz/eurovision-song-contest-explainer/index.html

Germany wins Eurovision Song Contest (DW)http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,5631281,00.html

Eurovision: An Olympics of Popular Songhttp://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/08__Culture__Sports__Events/03/05/__Feature__5.html