The Eurovision Song Contest

This is a popular competition in Europe, which takes place in spring every year. Each European country performs a song, and then they vote for the best one. It’s Europe’s version of the Red & White Music Festival（紅白歌合戦）. It started in 1956 and is always hosted in the country of the previous year’s winner. This year the lucky country is Russia!

To be honest, most of the songs are pretty bad, but it’s a lot of fun and there are many ‘interesting’ songs and costumes. Probably the most famous act to win Eurovision is Abba. They won in 1974 with their song “Waterloo”, and after that they became popular all over the world. My favourite Eurovision song is called “Making your mind up” by Bucks Fizz – it won in 1981 (representing the UK – yay!), and is a perfect example of a catchy, Eurovision pop song!

Check it out:
1981 UK: Bucks Fizz – Making your mind up (1st place at Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin)

For more information about this year’s contest in Moscow, go to:
Eurovision Song Contest