United States – In a surprise move the American broadcaster ABC has announced today that the United States will be joining the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012. The channel will join the EBU at the end of the year to make the American participation possible. The American debut will give the contest another 300 million new viewers. The American representative will be the winner of American Idol 2011. What do you think? Is that what Eurovision needed? (more…)
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USA – Yesterday I discovered an article at the website of the “Bygone Bureau” by a Norwegian, trying to explain to Americans what exactly the Eurovision Song Contest really is. Now, explaining Eurovision to Americans might be as hard as explaining to the French what retirement at 67 feels like. Nevertheless, the author manages to sum up the positive aspects, the slight craziness and extravaganza that is the Eurovision Song Contest. “It’s responsible for some of the most ridiculous songs and costumes in the history of the world.” To support this impression he (more…)
