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Eurovision Song Contest

BBC reveals shortlist to host 2023 Eurovision

The BBC confirmed the outcome of the first stage of the Host City bidding process for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest to be held in the UK in 2023. The BBC had expressions of interest from 20 cities, across all four Nations of the UK. All applicants demonstrated how they would reflect Ukrainian culture, music […]

August 12, 2022

UK to host 2023 Eurovision Song Contest

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC have confirmed that the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted in the United Kingdom on behalf of this year’s winning broadcaster, Ukraine’s UA:PBC. Following the decision that, regrettably, next year’s event could not be held in Ukraine for safety and security reasons the EBU explored a […]

July 25, 2022By Colin Mann

161m Eurovision Song Contest viewers

The 66th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) from Turin, Italy reached 161 million people over the three live shows in 34 measured markets. The reach of the Contest in those territories was up 7 million year on year. The viewing share for the Grand Final on Saturday May 14th was up three percentage points on 2021 […]

May 25, 2022

Live 5G broadcast for Eurovision Song Contest

Broadcast transmitter and media technologies specialist Rohde & Schwarz and comms technologist Qualcomm Technologies have joined forces with partners in four European countries – CRITS (R&D arm of RAI) in Italy; ORS, in Austria; SWR in Germany and towerCast in France – to deliver live 5G Broadcast/Multicast streaming of the Eurovision Song Contest, taking place […]

May 10, 2022By Colin Mann

Eurovision Semi-Finals on BBC Three

This May, the live Semi-Final television broadcasts of the Eurovision Song Contest in the UK will return to BBC Three for the first time since 2015. Scott Mills and Rylan Clark will be on commentary duty, overseeing proceedings and bringing viewers all the action live from the PalaOlimpico Arena in Turin, Italy. The first Semi-Final […]

February 4, 2022

Eurovision Song Contest attracts 183m viewers

The return of the Eurovision Song Contest, following its cancellation in 2020,  was seen by 183 million viewers across 36 markets. The Grand Final of the 65th Contest achieved, on average, a 4 percentage point higher TV audience share than the last Contest in 2019 of 40.5 per cent – more than double the average […]

June 1, 2021