Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). TheContest is broadcast on television and radio throughout Europe, in selected countries around the world, and on the Internet.
The Contest's name comes from the EBU's Eurovision TV distribution network. Because it is the highest-profile event distributed by the network, the Song Contest itself is often simply called "Eurovision". ESC is an abbreviation used when referring to the Contest on websites and in forums.
The structure of the Contest is as follows:
· Through a variety of means, each country participating in the event chooses an artist and song to represent them.
· Each song from every country is then performed once on the night, vocally live.
· After all songs have been performed, viewers have ten minutes to vote for their favourite song. Viewers cannot vote for their own country's entry.
· All the votes are added up per country (e.g. all of the votes from Irish voters, from French voters etc.)
· Each country, via satellite link, reveals its votes. The top ten songs voted for in each country receive points, from 1-8, then 10 and 12 points. As of 2006, points 1-7 are shown on the screen with only 8, 10 and 12 points being read out.
· In the end, the winner is the country with the most points. In a tie, it is the country with (any number of) points awarded from most countries that wins.
· The winning country receives the honour of hosting the next year's Contest.
The programme can reach a potential television audience of more than one billion. Any member of the EBU (even those outside Europe) may participate in the Contest. Of these non-European members, only Israel and Morocco have participated in the Contest.
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The Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) is to host the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest at the Helsinki Arena. The semi-final for the 52nd Contest will take place on May 10 and the final on May 12, 2007.Countries participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
As many as 42 countries will take part in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Below is a list of the countries that submitted entries by the final date:Final 12.5.2007
Armenia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Lithuania
Romania
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Ukraine
United KingdomSemi-Final 10.5.2007
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
F.Y.R. Macedonia
Georgia
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Latvia
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Slovenia
Switzerland
Turkey
