Eurovision Song Contest 2023 craze is such that on Tuesday, Due to heavy demand, some people could not access Ticketmaster’s website for this Contest. The ticketing platform for the Taylor Swift concert crashed almost 4 months later due to heavy traffic.
Eurovision 2023 tickets were supposed to be available from 7 pm, but a few minutes before the tickets became available, buyers started getting errors on the server. After 10 minutes, the system error was resolved and eurovision 2023 tickets booking started on Ticketmaster. All tickets are sold out now.
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Liverpool, United Kingdom. This time 37 countries will participate in this event.
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will take place on 9 May and the second semi-final on 11 May. While the final will be held on 13 May 2023.
This year 27 countries have been victorious in this contest. In which Switzerland won it for the first time in 1956. Till now Ireland is at the forefront by winning it 7 times.
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest is organized every year. It is being organized since 1956. Countries that are part of the European Broadcasting Union participate in this event.
Each participating country has to perform an original song on stage during the contest. It is voted on by the audience and judges from the participating countries.
The winner of this competition is declare according to the total votes given by the judges and the audience. Each participating country has two sets of points. Out of which one set is of the judges’ points and the other set is of the points given by the audience of that country. These points are counted after the voting period and the song for which the maximum number of points are required is the winner.
Interesting things about It
1. Today this event has become one of the biggest and most watched events in the world, in which more than 200 million people connect.
2. The event has helped many such as ABBA, Celine Dion and Julio Iglesias reach career heights. Along with this, it has famous music styles like Europop.
3. Interval acts have become the main center of attraction at the time of counting of votes in this event. In which musicians, dancers & artists from all over Europe take part.
4. The Eurovision Song Contest has also created different segments such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for children and the Eurovision Young Musicians Contest for youth, which is capable of giving a chance to artists of any age.
5. Even though the name of this event is Eurovision Song Contest, but recently non-European countries like Israel, Australia and Kazakhstan have been associated with this contest.
Question & Answer
Q 1: Why is it called Eurovision?
Ans: The name of this event has been kept on Eurovision Network. Eurovision Network is a TV broadcaster that is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). This network was created in 1950 for the transmission of TV in the countries of Europe. Later, when the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) started an international song event in 1956, it came to be known as the Eurovision Song Contest, after the name of the Eurovision Network.
Q 2: Which country has won Eurovision the most times?
Ans: So far, the country that has won this event the most times is Ireland, who have won it seven times. Ireland has achieved this victory in 1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996.
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