In front of 18,000 people, in a fully packed Oslo Telenor Arena, and millions of TV viewers all over Europe, Lena from Germany received the highest number of points from televoters and juries from the 39 countries participating in this year’s edition of Eurovision Song Contest! Lena from Germany collected 246 points altogether, followed by [ Read More ]
Inspired by the Italian Sanremo Festival, the idea to organise a pan-European competition for light music was born at a meeting of the European Broadcasting Union in 1955. It was decided that the first ever Eurovision Song Contest would be hosted the following year in the Swiss resort of Lugano. Due to that historical decision [ Read More ]
In 2009, Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision Song Contest with Fairytale, a song he composed himself, with an overwhelming amount of points. The song ranked number one on iTunes throughout the continent, became the third most sold single in Europe last summer and turned out to be the biggest Eurovision Song Contest hit since Katrina [ Read More ]
Viewers at home and professional juries in all 39 participating countries each determine half of the outcome of the Final of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Viewers can vote by phone and/or SMS. The voting window opens at the start of the first song, and ends 15 minutes after the last song ends. They determine [ Read More ]
Eurovision 2010: The voting rules have changed. The voting will start just at the very beginning of the Eurovision 2010 Song Contest as the first song launches. Viewers can vote for their preferred contestant just after the song. The vote will continue for 15 more minutes after the last song is performed. Azerbaijan, Spain, Norway, [ Read More ]