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Eurovision is a pop song competition held by the countries of the European Broadcasting Union. One representative from each member country of the union takes part in the competition. To participate you must submit an application. A live broadcast is used to demonstrate the completion of the competition. A representative of one country (or a team), participating in the competition, can perform one pop composition, which lasts no more than 3 minutes. According to the terms of the competition, no more than six artists can be on stage at the same time. The song that becomes the most popular is determined by voting, in which television viewers and a jury from all countries participating in the semi-finals and finals participate.
The first competition took place in 1956. Since then it has been held every year. It is the most popular (non-sporting) event in the world. The audience that the competition gathers is 600 million viewers. Eurovision, in addition to the member countries of the union, is shown in a number of countries around the world and the CIS, which are located outside the borders of Europe. 2000 was the first year when the singing competition began to be shown on the Internet. In 2006, there were 74 thousand online viewers.
Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest provides big influence to the fame of the artists. The world learned about the legendary ABBA (1974) and Celine Dion (1988) thanks to the competition.
Rules. Basic provisions of Eurovision
Throughout the history of this song competition, the rules of participation have changed several times. Today's rules say that the participating country must select the performer in any way. The sound at the competition is live, the song is performed once. The sequence of performances is determined by drawing lots. After the performance last participant, voting takes place within 15 minutes. You cannot vote for a representative of your own country. In parallel with television viewers, a professional jury takes part in voting. The votes are summed up and the total score is displayed, which the participant receives.
Requirements for a song at Eurovision
The song must be new. The performance must be live. You are only allowed to use accompaniment recording. The language in which the song is written can be any.
Requirements for Eurovision participants
The participant must be at least 16 years old and of any nationality. The country's representative at the competition may not even be its citizen. The participant's appearance must be decent. A contract is concluded with the winner, under the terms of which he undertakes to attend all events held by the broadcasting union.
National Eurovision selections
There can only be one song per country. Only in 1956 two songs took part in the competition. Songs in countries are chosen by voting.
Television broadcasting and Eurovision venue
All EBU member countries can broadcast the competition. Changing anything in the broadcast is prohibited.
The winner country of the previous competition is chosen as the venue for the competition. Most of costs are borne by EMU. A few weeks after winning the competition, preparations begin for the next competition.
There have been cases of refusal to hold a competition. In 1972, Monaco refused to host the competition (there was no venue in the country). In 1974, Luxembourg refused because preparation required a lot of costs.
Most often, the singing competition took place in the UK. During the period from 1960 to 1988 - eight times.
Eurovision semi-final and final
These stages were introduced in 2004. Since 2001, the Big Four countries - Great Britain, France, Germany and Spain - have qualified for the finals regardless of the number of votes. In 2011, Italy joined them.
Eurovision voting
The voting system currently in place was first used in 1975. Each country awards points to the 10 countries it considers the best. The song that dials larger number votes, receives 12 points and then in descending order. Since 1998, following the example of five countries, all countries have introduced televoting for viewers. But the national jury still exists. Viewers vote using phone calls or SMS voting.
Announcement of Eurovision votes
The results are announced in ascending order, ending with the highest score - 12. latest rules, the queue for announcing the voting results is determined by drawing lots.
Equal number of points at Eurovision
There were cases during the competition when participants received the same number of votes. Then the winner was determined by the number of countries that voted for this participant, regardless of the scores. By total number ratings in “12” points that he received, as well as the total number of all ratings that the participant received.
If all these indicators coincide, then only then will several people be named winners.
Neighborhood voting at Eurovision
Viewers often cast their votes not for a specific participant, but for the country of which they are representatives. The organizers of the competition are trying to minimize this phenomenon, since it interferes with the main goal of the competition - stimulating the creation of original compositions.
History of Eurovision
The idea of holding a competition arose in the 50s of the last century. It was approved by the EMU General Assembly, which was held in Rome in 1955. The official goal was to hold an annual festival 0 of the Eurovision Song Contest, which would be broadcast throughout Europe and help identify talented and original songs in the genre of popular music.
The first name of the competition is “Eurovision Grand Prix”, which took place in 1956 in Switzerland. As the number of participants increased, it was decided to eliminate countries that show the worst results.
Ireland has the largest number of victories - 7, followed by Sweden, Great Britain, France and Luxembourg with 5 each.
Style of music at Eurovision
The style of music is chosen by the performer. Restrictions are imposed only on texts in the plan, prohibiting the use obscene language, political appeals and insults. Many are trying to prepare a song that fits the format of the competition that has developed during its existence.
Almost regularly, performers in the style of rock, jazz, rap and blues began to participate in the competition. However, they practically do not achieve success.
Eurovision participating countries
The competition participants are countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union. Several representatives of Asia are taking part: from Armenia, Israel and Cyprus, as well as countries located in both Europe and Asia: Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan.
Total number of countries that took part in the competition (in different time) - 51.
The unrealized idea of the USSR participating in Eurovision
In the territory former USSR The competition has been broadcast since 1965. In 1987, the possibility of the USSR participating in the competition was considered. A proposal was made to send Valery Leontyev to the competition. But the idea was not supported by Gorbachev.
From the countries of the former Union, 10 states took part in the competition and representatives of Estonia in 2001, Latvia in 2002, Ukraine in 2004, Russia in 2008 and Azerbaijan in 2011 won. Over all the years, countries only failed to make it into the top three twice. In total, the countries of the former USSR received 15 prize places: 5 first, 5 second and 5 third.
During the period from 1994 to 2012, 8 failures occurred (according to economic reasons) from participation in the competition and 5 non-admissions from the countries of the former USSR. The main reasons for non-admission were legal and political. Lithuania refused to participate most often - 6 times. The main reason is financial problems. the most big number Russia has no permits - 3.
Eurovision records
In first place in terms of winnings is Ireland (7 wins, of which 3 in a row). At the beginning of the history of the competition, Eurovision countries won. Recent decades none of them brought victory.
The beginning of the 21st century brought victory to countries that had never before won such a prestigious competition. The list of winning countries is growing new country Every year. Finland won for the first time after 45 years of participation. Ukraine became the winner in the second year after the start of participation in the competition, Russia became the first after 12 years of participation.
The country that has gone the longest without winning the competition is Portugal. She has been participating in the competition since 1964. In 1996, the representative of this country took 6th place and since then this has been the best result.
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The organizers of Eurovision had a good goal: to unite the disparate countries of Europe after the Second World War in a single musical impulse. In 1956, the first competition was held, and the place was chosen as well as possible: the action took place in Lugano - southern city Switzerland, distinguished by its diplomacy. The victory was also won by the representative of this country - Liz Assia with the song Refrain. Since this year, the show has never been cancelled.
Eurovision rules
Participants are required to have live sound (the recording can only contain accompaniment), an original three-minute composition and no more than 6 people on stage at the same time. You can sing in any language. Participants must be over 16 years old: for minor musicians, Junior Eurovision was founded in 2003 (participants children's competition 2006, the Tolmachev sisters represented Russia at the adult competition in 2014).
Popular
The show is broadcast live, and after that SMS voting begins, allowing you to choose best performers. Depending on the number of voters, participants receive from 12 to 1 points from each country (or do not receive any points if they are not voted for). And six years ago, music experts joined the audience: five professionals from each country also vote for their favorite songs.
Sometimes countries receive the same number of points - in this case, the number of 10 and 12 point assessments is taken into account. By the way, in 1969, when this rule had not yet been taken into account, four countries were declared winners: France, Spain, the Netherlands and Great Britain. The other participants didn’t like this much, so now the jury is choosing their favorite more carefully.
Eurovision countries
Only countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union can participate in Eurovision (hence the name of the competition), that is, it is not geography that is important, but the channel that will broadcast the show live. For many applicants, this regulation becomes a serious obstacle: Kazakhstan, which submitted an application to join the EMU, was never approved by the organizers of the competition.
The organizers of Eurovision do not generally advocate much for new participants, but this does not interrupt the appetite of many countries dreaming of participating in the competition. Compared to 1956, the number of performers has increased 9 times: instead of 7 countries, 39 are now competing. By the way, Australia will take the stage this year. The green continent will be represented for the first time in history by singer Guy Sebastian. The only “but”: if Australia wins, they have not yet been allowed to host Eurovision.
But there are those who are never denied participation: these are the countries of the so-called “Big Five”, which includes Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. These states never hesitate for qualifying performances and always automatically find themselves in the finals.
Eurovision refusals
Eurovision is an expensive pleasure, so the most common reason failures of countries - economic. In second place is politics, which every now and then interferes with the competition. For example, Armenia refused to send its musicians to Baku in 2012 due to strained relations with Azerbaijan, and Morocco for a long time was not shown in the competition due to conflicts with Israel.
There are also those who do not want to go to the show, accusing the judges of bias. The most dissatisfied country was the Czech Republic: since 2009, the state has stubbornly avoided Eurovision (over three years of participation, the Czechs scored a total of only 10 points), and only this year they decided to try their hand again.
This year, Türkiye, which has accumulated complaints, said “no.” Muslims are angry about bearded Conchita Wurst's victory last year and Finnish Krista Siegfrids' lesbian kiss with her backing singer, which was caught on camera during the semi-finals in 2013.
Famous Eurovision participants
Many performers believe that Eurovision is a stepping stone to global popularity. In fact, the competition may give a few seconds of fame, but few people give the chance to become truly famous. There are also pleasant exceptions. For example, in 1974 Swedish group ABBA, at that moment little known even within their native country, won first place with the song Waterloo. This victory instantly brought success to the group all over the world: 8 singles of the group, one after another, firmly settled at the top of the British charts, and in the USA, three of the quartet’s albums went gold and one went platinum. By the way, the hit Waterloo in 2005, thanks to a vote of viewers from 31 countries, was recognized as the best Eurovision song in history.
Celine Dion was already a star in Canada and France by the time of the competition. The victory in 1988 with the song Ne partez pas sans moi (the singer represented Switzerland) expanded her geography: Dion’s records began to be sold in Asia, Australia and most European countries, and made her think about recording singles on English language. A similar story happened with the Spaniard Julio Iglesias, who in 1994 reached fourth place with the song Gwendolyne, and then learned to sing in Portuguese, French and Italian and made a name for himself in Europe.
For the group Brainstorm, which took third place in 2000 (these, by the way, were the first performers to perform in the competition from Latvia), Eurovision, if it didn’t open up the whole planet, allowed them to successfully tour Scandinavia and consolidate their success in Eastern Europe, the Baltics and Russia.
It also happened the other way around: when well-known performers took part in a music competition, but they never achieved leadership in the competition. Thus, Tatu, despite encouraging forecasts, took only third place, the British Blue became 11th, and Patricia Kaas was eighth.
Eurovision scandals
People like to criticize Eurovision: the first places were probably bought, the lyrics are unoriginal, and countries vote not for the composition, but for their neighbors. Even texts, behavior and appearance some of the competition participants.
In 1973, fans of the Israeli singer Ilanit were seriously worried about the singer’s life. On the eve of the competition, the singer received threats from Islamic radicals who did not hide the impending attack. Nevertheless, the performer went on stage, having previously donned a bulletproof vest. Fortunately, nothing dangerous to her life happened.
In 2007, a scandal arose around a Ukrainian participant, singer Verka Serduchka (aka Andrey Danilko), in whose song the words “Russia, good bye” were heard. The culprit of the story herself explained that the text contains the phrase Lasha Tumbai, translated from Mongolian as “whipped cream.” Be that as it may, Verka’s performance turned out to be prophetic: relations with Russia have deteriorated sharply, and now the singer is a rare bird in our area.
And the Spaniard Daniel Dijes was “lucky” to be the victim of the hooligan in the red cap, Jimmy Jump, who usually breaks into football matches to make the audience laugh and get into the frame. In 2010, Jimmy chose Eurovision as the venue and snuck onto the stage during Daniel's performance. Jimmy showed off in front of the cameras for a full 15 seconds until the shocked security began to act. Dihes (who didn't lose his cool during Jump's antics) was allowed to sing again.
Non-standard participants in the show - representatives of sexual minorities or alternative musical genres - also attract attention. Several times such musicians managed to win, which angered many spectators, but did not cancel their victory. In 1998 it was transgender Dana International from Israel; in 2006, hard rockers Lordi caused a wave of irritation, and last year the bone of contention was Thomas Neuwirth, who appeared on stage in the image of a woman with a beard, Conchita Wurst.
TASS-DOSSIER /Pavel Duryagin/. Eurovision is an international pop song competition, held since 1956 among member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU; created in 1950). Eurovision is one of the most popular non-sporting television events in the world, attracting an audience of approximately 180 million viewers each year.
The idea of the competition appeared in 1955 at a meeting of the EBU committee in Monaco. The sample was taken music Festival in San Remo (Italy). The first competition, originally called the Eurovision Grand Prix ( modern name received since 1968) was held on May 24, 1956 in Lugano (Switzerland). Seven countries took part, each presenting two songs. The first winner of the competition was the Swiss singer Lise Assia.
Since 1957, one representative from each of the EBU participating countries has competed at the competition. Russian performers have been participating in Eurovision since 1994. Over the entire history of the competition, 52 countries took part in it, including some non-European states (Israel, Morocco, etc.).
Eurovision format
The format of the competition has changed many times. Currently, the rule is that 26 countries participate in the final: the Big Five countries (the main sponsors of the competition are Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy), the hosts of the competition, as well as 10 winners each from the two semi-finals. In 2015, an exception was made: Australia became the 27th participant in the final (participating in the competition for the first time).
Australia has been participating in the competition since 2015. That year, in connection with the 60th anniversary of the competition, the EBU decided to expand the geographical scope of Eurovision by agreeing on the participation of Australian performers in the competition with the broadcaster SBS (which is an associate member of the EBU). This company previously broadcast Eurovision in Australia for over 30 years. The representative of this country, Guy Sebastian, received the right to directly participate in the finals in 2015 without going through the semi-final stage.
Each country can be represented by a soloist or Music band number of no more than 6 people, age - not younger than 16 years. Citizenship and nationality of participants does not matter. Thus, in 1988, Switzerland’s victory brought Canadian singer Celine Dion. A song in any language lasting no more than 3 minutes is performed live by the artist. Musical accompaniment can sound in the form of a phonogram. The composition must be publicly performed for the first time no earlier than September 1 of the year preceding the competition. The national selection of Eurovision participants is carried out by local broadcasters - members of the EBU.
In 2016, significant changes were made to voting rules. If in previous years results audience voting and the jury's scores were presented as single result, one half of which consisted of jury ratings and the other half of audience ratings, now judges and fans will evaluate performers separately. According to the new rules, first in final show Jury scores will be announced (from 1 to 12 points, with the exception of 9 and 11, which will indicate the gap between second and third places), and then the result of the audience vote (via official application, as well as via telephone or SMS), starting from the very last place. The total results will allow us to identify the best performer.
The winner of Eurovision is awarded a prize in the form of a crystal microphone. The next competition is held in one of the cities of the winning country.
Who pays for the competition?
The costs of the competition are covered by the organizational budget of the host country, sponsorship income, as well as entry fees from EBU members. For example, according to press reports, in 2015 the entry fee from Spain (one of the main sponsors) amounted to 356 thousand euros. Repeatedly, EBU members refused to participate in Eurovision for financial reasons. Thus, in 2015, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and a number of other countries did not take part in the competition. At the same time, countries that did not nominate their nominees still have the right to vote in choosing the winners.
Who won most often
The largest number of victories at Eurovision - seven - were won by representatives of Ireland (including three in a row in 1992-1994). They are followed by performers from Sweden, who were recognized as the best six times. Luxembourg, France and Great Britain won five times each. Russia has one victory to its name: in 2008, Dima Bilan won the competition in Belgrade (Serbia). Over 60 years, more than 1.4 thousand compositions have been performed at Eurovision. Songs performed in English won most often (30 times), in second place French(14 wins), in third place are Dutch and Hebrew (3 wins each).
Eurovision in Moscow
In 2009, after the victory of Dima Bilan, Russia became the host of Eurovision for the first time. The final took place on May 16 in Moscow at the Olimpiysky sports complex. Its hosts were Ivan Urgant and Alsou. The Norwegian won Belarusian origin Alexander Rybak with the song Fairytale (English: "Fairy Tale").
Eurovision 2016
The final of the 61st Eurovision Song Contest will take place on May 14, 2016 in Stockholm. It was planned that representatives from 43 countries would take part in the music competition, but on April 22 it was announced that Romanian singer Ovidiu Anton would not perform at Eurovision due to debt public television of this country to the organizers of the project. Thus, the number of participants was reduced to 42.
Last year's winner Måns Selmerlöw and Petra Mede were selected as presenters. Russia will be represented by Sergey Lazarev with the song You Are the Only One.
On May 10, the first semi-final of the competition took place. According to its results, Russian Sergei Lazarev, as well as performers from Austria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Hungary, Cyprus, Malta, the Netherlands, Croatia and the Czech Republic, reached the final. On May 12, ten more finalists were determined in the second semi-final - they were representatives of Australia (this non-European country continues its participation in the competition after its debut last year), Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia and Ukraine.
Representatives of these 20 countries, as well as musicians from Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Sweden will take part in the final.
Who won Eurovision 2016 in the final and what place Lazarev took at Eurovision became known on the night of May 14-15, during the online broadcast of Eurovision 2016 from Sweden.
The final of Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm (Sweden) took place on May 14. Representatives from 26 countries competed in the finals. Sergey Lazarev performed at number 18 with the song You Are The Only One. He became one of the main contenders for victory, but ultimately took third place.
Eurovision 2016, voting results
Eurovision 2016, final results (see table)
Winner of Eurovision 2016
Singer Jamala, representing Ukraine, took 1 place at the 61st Eurovision Song Contest 2016, held in the capital of Sweden - Stockholm. She scored the maximum amount of points based on the professional jury voting and audience voting: Jamala performed the song “1944” and ultimately received 534 votes.
Meanwhile, according to the results audience vote first place occupied by the representative of Russia Sergey Lazarev, and the Ukrainian took second place.
first place went to Jamal,
second – representative of Australia,
third - Sergei Lazarev.
Second place occupied by the singer Australian singer Dami Im, who performed the song Sound Of Silence, receiving 511 votes.
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Third place took Sergey Lazarev at Eurovision 2016 - representative of Russia, with the song You Are the Only One (“You are the only one”), with a total score of 491 votes.
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Jamala performed the song “1944” about Crimean Tatars. The singer called the composition “a very personal song.” She noted that she should be heard as soon as possible more people not only in Ukraine, but also outside the country. Jamala composed this song herself. Real name: Susanna Alimovna Jamaladinova. Jamal became famous for his performance at the International Competition of Young Performers " New wave 2009" in Jurmala, where she received the Grand Prix.
Jamala - winner of Eurovision 2016 in the final with the song “1944”
When the invaders come...
They're breaking into your house
They kill everyone
And they say:
"We are not to blame
not guilty."
Where is your mind?
Humanity is crying.
You think you are gods.
But everyone dies.
Don't consume my soul.
Our souls
I couldn't enjoy my youth
We could build a future
Where people are free
To live and love.
Happy time.
Where is your heart?
Humanity, rise up!
Do you think you are gods
But everyone dies.
Don't consume my soul.
Our souls
I couldn't enjoy my youth
I couldn't live on this earth
I couldn't enjoy my youth
I couldn't live on this earth.
The best songs of Eurovision 2016 Top 10 performances from a music competition
10. Belgium
LIVE – Laura Tesoro – What’s The Pressure (Belgium) at the Grand Final / Eurovision Song Contest
9. Lithuania
LIVE Donny Montell – I’ve Been Waiting For This Night (Lithuania) at the Grand Final / Eurovision Song Contest
8. Poland
LIVE – Michał Szpak – Color Of Your Life(Poland) at the Grand Final / Eurovision Song Contest
7. Armenia
LIVE – Iveta Mukuchyan – LoveWave (Armenia) at the Grand Final – Eurovision Song Contest / Eurovision Song Contest
6. France
LIVE – Amir – J’ai Cherché (France) at the Grand Final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest / Eurovision Song Contest
5. Sweden
LIVE — Frans — If I Were Sorry (Sweden) at the Grand Final 2016 Eurovision Song Contest / Eurovision Song Contest
4. Bulgaria
LIVE – Poli Genova – If Love Was A Crime (Bulgaria) at the Grand Final / Eurovision Song Contest
3. Russia
LIVE — Sergey Lazarev — You Are The Only One (Russia) at the Grand Final / Eurovision Song Contest
2. Australia
LIVE – Dami Im – Sound Of Silence (Australia) at the Grand Final / Eurovision Song Contest
1. Ukraine
LIVE — Jamala — 1944 (Ukraine) at the Grand Final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest / Eurovision Song Contest
"Eurovision"
Eurovision has been held annually since 1956. Russia first took part in the competition in 1994 and won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, when singer Dima Bilan won first place. According to the rules, Eurovision 2017 will be held in Ukraine, the homeland of the winner of Eurovision in 2016.
The competition is open to countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union or the Council of Europe. Also participating in the competition are states located in Asia: Israel and Cyprus (they send participants to the competition almost every year from the beginning of participation), as well as partially located in Europe and Asia: Armenia, Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Non-European and not a member of the EMU or CoE, Australia has been participating since 2015.
Yesterday, May 14, the Eurovision 2016 song contest ended in Stockholm. The whole of Europe, with bated breath, voted for their favorite participants from the most different countries. The winner was named Ukrainian performer Jamal, who performed at number 21 with the song “1944”. This composition tells the story of her family’s deportation from Crimea in the middle of the last century. Ukrainian star, who had difficulty holding back tears on stage, received a stormy ovation from the audience.
