The Eurovision Song Contest has been held among member countries of the European Broadcasting Union since 1956. It is broadcast on television to an audience of more than 600 million people living in Europe, Asia, North America, Australia. For those who could not watch the competition live, the full report on the competition is presented on the Eurovision website.
You will need
- knowledge of English.
Instruction manual
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The official website of Eurovision contains the full amount of information about the competition of the current and past years. However, keep in mind that it is presented in English, so when you own it, you can familiarize yourself with all the materials on the site. At the same time, the voting results are presented in an accessible form that does not require in-depth knowledge of the language.
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Open the main page of the site - "Home", click on the "Full Results" button, where you will see the scoreboard ("Scoreboard"). It shows the names of the participating countries in the order of their performance at the competition, the points assigned by each of the voting states, their totals and places in the rating. Then go to the "Participants" tab, where you can see not only the results of the competition, but also learn about each of the participants, as well as see the clips for the songs they performed as part of the competition.
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In addition, you can find out the voting results for the entire history of Eurovision. To do this, in the "History" section, select the "By year" menu item, where the totals for all years starting from 1956 are displayed. Click on the "All years" line and mark the year you are interested in.
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On the "Participants" tab, you will see a list of participating countries, artists and song titles, total points and place in the competition. Then go to the “Scoreboard” item, which provides a detailed vote report of each country.
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In the "History" section, you can also find summary information on the participation of countries within the European Broadcasting Union throughout the history of Eurovision. Go to the menu item "By country", select the sub-item "All countries", and you will receive a list of the countries that participated in the competition, artists and songs with which the countries first entered the competition. From this section you can find out how many times the state participated in Eurovision, the number of his victories, as well as see photos and videos of the performance of the artist who represented him.
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In addition, in the menu item "Winners after the Contest" you will find information about each of the first place winners, combined for decades (50s, 60s, etc.).
