The Eurovision Song Contest is among the longest steadily running TV shows worldwide and has been held annual since 1956. Since its opening competition in the 1950s, the Eurovision contest has evolved into one of the most generally studied TV programs internationally and, in spite of sustained feedback over the standard of music, is said to have an audience of between a hundred and six hundred million spectators each year. In the result of WWII, members of the Western european Broadcasting Union thought it’d be an enjoyable and community-building experience to hold a music competition for the best new song from one of the member countries. From its establishment, it was supposed to be a TV broadcast, making use of the new Television technology that was sweeping the world. The 1st Eurovision Song Contest had partakers from 7 states : France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Holland, and Luxembourg. Since that point, more than fifty nations have competed once or more, including the new 2008 rivals, San Marino and Azerbaijan. Thru local and state contests, each country selects one song to be performed at the Eurovision Song Contest. [Read more...]