The Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual event organized by the European Broadcasting Union, the EBU. The Eurovision Song Contest has its origins in the geopolitical context of the 1950s and the will of the political leaders of the time to create indissoluble links between European countries It brings together members of the Union in a musical competition broadcast live and simultaneously by all participating broadcasters. It is broadcast on television (cable and satellite), on radio and on the Internet. More commonly known as Eurovision, according to the television network of the same name, it was invented by the director general of the Swiss public television, Marcel Bezençon, on the model of the festival of Sanremo, created recently. It’s very first edition took place on May 24, 1956 in Lugano, Switzerland. Seven founding countries then contested the victory. Since then, the contest has been held annually without interruption. The number of participating countries has increased from seven to forty-one in the twenty-first century. Over the decades, the contest has evolved, adapted and reinvented itself, accompanying technological and musical developments, as well as historical and political developments. It is a perfect representation of the world culture because it is a real way to bring together different cultures, different people, different languages ​​and to share a good time, no matter the difference. This first edition remains special. Only solo artists can compete, and any choreography is forbidden. In addition, each country presents two songs due to the small number of participants and sends to Lugano two jurors. Each juror can award two points to a song, even to a song from his own country. The complete results were never made public as the ballots were destroyed immediately after the end of the competition. There is neither second nor last place. 

Each year the winner must organize the next Eurovision in his country to make discover its culture its population but also to allow the development of the tourism in the country because the population can attend the competition without having to buy places because it is with open sky so that a maximum of people can attend