Also known as: eurovision, eurovisionsongcontest, ユーロビジョン, ユーロビジョン・ソング・コンテスト, ユーロビジョン歌合戦, インタービジョン・ソング・コンテスト, インタービジョン歌合戦
Song contest organized annually by the European Broadcasting Union in collaboration with the the countries whose broadcasters are in the union, largely based in Europe. Held since 1956, developed as a way to take advantage of live television broadcasting and a way to produce cheaper programming for national broadcasting organizations. Related to it is the defunct Intervision Song Contest, held in Eastern Europe from 1965 to 1980, as a competitor to the Western European Eurovision.
External links
- Wikipedia: Eurovision Song Contest