eurovision

[Lemonss]

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[Rosencrantz]

The Eurovision Song Contest has been going on for decades; if the question were rephrased as "is American Idol a bit like Eurovision?" then it'd be slightly more accurate.

As a previous poster noted, countries in the final round (yes, Eurovision ranks eligible countries in a league system) hold competitions of some sort to pick a representative act. In the finals each act performs their number, then the viewiers in each country vote for their favourite song, these votes are tallied and points are awarded by each country. Thus Sweden might give 1 point to England, 2 to Italy, etc. Countries can't vote for themselves, but over the years Eurovision has become a bit of a joke due to countries voting for their neighbours. To continue the example, Sweden would probably give 10 points (the biggest award) to Norway.

Eurovision is known as a venue for trashy, easily disposable pop songs, that rarely become... well... popular. Very few genuinely famous acts have performed at the event. I can think of five, of which only two*; ABBA and Celine Dion could be called world famous. Most sink back into well deserved obscurity.

* Katrina and the Waves, Bucks Fizz, Tatu are the other Eurovision performers i can name.

[therocket]

This is something I always found funny about the Eurovision song contest. Celine Dion won for Switzerland but is not Swiss, she's Canadian.

Yes, Canadians have to take responsibility for her...and we are very sorry to the world. (We are also sorry for Bryan Adams, Shania Twain and Alanis Morrisette too.)

Cheers!

[askab]

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