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[gothikmaus]

Someone tell me: is the Eurovision Song Contest really such a big thing? I remember everyone was talking about it years ago when I used to write in the Cure Forum, but I thought it was just some weird forum tradition.

Apparently, it's much more than that. Here it's not even shown on TV...

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[schwimmerin.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty huge deal in eastern Europe, probably because they haven't been competing for so long, and I know it's a big thing in Scandinavia too. It's kind of surprising that Italy doesn't compete anymore, since you've sort of got a built-in qualifier (Sanremo) and the Eurovision format was actually originally based on the Sanremo festival. Italy was one of the six original countries, too.

The politics of Eurovision in and of themselves are fascinating to me. Really a window into the mindsets and histories of very many countries.

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

Italian media only care about Sanremo anyway...