Eurovision Song Contest: Media
singing contest
Videos
How Eurovision became the “Olympics for singing”
The first Eurovision was held on May 24, 1956, in Lugano, Switzerland.
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Images
Eurovision Song Contest
Ukraine's Jamala celebrating her victory in the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm,...
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Eurovision Song Contest
Austrian drag performer Conchita Wurst (Thomas Neuwirth) after winning the Eurovision...
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Eurovision winners
ABBA performing their winning single “Waterloo” at the Eurovision Song Contest, 1974.
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