The Eurovision Song Contest is held annually, and each time it attracts millions of viewers around the world to TV screens. The participants are the best performers of songs in their country, and their performances are real shows.
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The history of Eurovision began with the creation of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. He united more than twenty countries of Western Europe. By 2011, it includes 79 countries, including Russia (namely, Channel One, Russia and Mayak). The members of the European Broadcasting Union decided to create a show that in the future would contribute to the unification of Europe culturally. That is how Eurovision arose.
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The first competition was held back in 1956, and it took place in Switzerland (Lugano). The first show was attended by representatives of Switzerland, Italy, Germany and four other European countries. Gradually, the number of performers who wanted to participate in the competition grew so much that their performances simply did not fit into a reasonable number of hours provided for the show. It was then that the members of the Union decided to remove the countries that showed the worst results for several years.
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Eurovision is gaining momentum, with each year its participants became more and more professional and interesting musically. The attractiveness of the competition for the audience is that it is they who choose the representative of their country and nominate him to participate. In addition, the work submitted to the jury and spectators around the world should be new and should not be published before October 1 of this year on a commercial basis.
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Gradually, the Eurovision Song Contest became a launching pad for the career of many successful performers. So, in 1974, his winner was a group from Sweden called ABBA, which later conquered the whole world with its hits.
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Russia for the first time participated in the competition only in 1994, but achieved success only in 2000, when the singer Alsu performed at the Eurovision Song Contest, who was the first Russian singer to present the song not in Russian, but in English. Her Solo took second place (before that, only ninth was the best result). After that, the results of the Russians were not up to par, but in 2003 the Tatu group still took third place.
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The triumph of Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest began in 2006, when singer Dima Bilan became its representative. With his song Never let you go, he became the second. He repeated his attempt in 2008, and this time Believe was the first. The show undoubtedly contributed to the victory, in which people famous all over the world participated: figure skater Evgeni Plushenko and violinist Edwan Marton, who appeared on the stage during Bilan's performance.
