This year Poland has 12 songs represented in the 54th annual Eurovision Song Contest.
You might be wondering what "Eurovision" is....According to the website:
"The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was formed on 12th February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in Devon, United Kingdom. It was on the 6th of June, 1954, that Montreux became the venue for the first transmission by the EBU's Eurovision Network of the Narcissus Festival and its flower-bedecked procession floats. "
"In 1955, the EBU came up with the idea of an international song contest whereby countries, represeted by their respective public broadcasters, would participate in one television show, to be transmitted simultaneously in all represented nations"
"In 1955, the EBU came up with the idea of an international song contest whereby countries, represeted by their respective public broadcasters, would participate in one television show, to be transmitted simultaneously in all represented nations"
That makes it one of the longest running TV shows in history....And we thought American Idol was something to be proud of....
Good Luck, Poland!
Good Luck, Poland!
It is very interesting that as Americans we think that the rest of the world bases their media on ours. We do have large media outlets such as Hollywood, however there are forms of media we may borrow as well.
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