Talk:History of the Eurovision Song Contest

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Unless you can objectively define "well-known performers", that list is POV. --Dweller (talk) 10:03, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Competition history

Edition	Finals date	Year	Broad- caster	Venue	City	Countries	Winner
1st	November 15	2003	DR	Forum Copenhagen	Copenhagen	16	Croatia
2nd	November 20	2004	NRK	Håkons Hall	Lillehammer	18	Spain
3rd	November 26	2005	RTBF, VRT	Ethias Arena	Hasselt	16	Belarus
4th	December 2	2006	TVR	Sala Polivalentă	Bucharest	15	Russia
5th	December 8	2007	AVRO	Ahoy	Rotterdam	17	Belarus
6th	November 22	2008	CyBC	Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre	Limassol	15	Georgia
7th	November 21	2009	NTU	Palace of Sports	Kiev	13
8th	November 20	2010	BRTC	Minsk-Arena	Minsk

SVT didn't even exist in 1975. Where did you get this information from? Are you kidding me? This is absolutely not true that SVT hosted Eurovision in 1975. Totally impossible, as Swedish Radio Services was in charge. SVT was introduced several years later as a result to make public service more effective in order to fulfil the new governments wishes. You don't even have a source —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.185.94.252 (talk) 21:54, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The entry immediately above might be correct over some things; but what is 'SVT'?
Your first sentence might be better if it was written something like: 'Swedish Video Television' (SVT)'. Then you could continue on at the (unnamed) object of your ire.
It might also help people like me if you made it clear who your tirade is aimed at.
RASAM (talk) 13:32, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is cancelled

It was inevitable but as they say, safety first.

--Conor M98 (talk) 13:57, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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"originally conceived through a desire to unite European countries through cross-border television broadcasts following World War II" has no citation, and is false. The eurovision website https://eurovision.tv/history/origins-of-eurovision has a different origin which is less romantic. Fans tend to be really into the "desire to unite Europe" idea, but it doesn't hold water with any more reputable sources, even if it has been said by Eurovision hosts. This page itself doesn't even make this claim beyond the introduction. I tried to edit this, but the "ClueBot NG" undid my edit, so I don't think I can change it again. Verilyb (talk) 06:54, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've returned your edits, and have labled the reversion as a false positive using the bot's tools. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 08:12, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]