Brief history of Eurovision song contest

European TV sky was very colorful. As political situation. Aware of the situation, European countries started to create standardization. The light on the end of that dark tunnel was Eurovision.

On EBU meeting in Monte Carlo 1955. Marcel Bezençon (president of the EBU Programme Committee) for the first time presented the idea about competition for the best Eurovision song based upon San Remo music festival in Italy. This competition was also seen as technological experiment in live broadcast. In those days, joining so many independent networks was very ambicious project. Final decision about Eurovision Song Contest was made 19.10.1955. on meeting in Rome, when EBU general assembly agreed to organizing it next spring in Lugano.

Eurovision Song Contest is annual competition between active EBU members. Every country delegates one song perfoming it in live broadcast and EBU casts votes from all countries determinig the winner. Each country takes part in the competition through it's national broadcaster (member of EBU), whose task it is to select a singer and a song to represent their country in the international competition.

Winners of the Eurosong