At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.

European Broadcasting Union

Alliance of public service media entities

The European Broadcasting Union is an alliance of public service media organisations in countries within the European Broadcasting Area (EBA) or who are members of the Council of Europe. As of 2024, it is made up of 123 member organisations from 56 countries, and 31 associate…

History of the Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest was first held in 1956. Following a series of exchange broadcasts in 1954 through its Eurovision transmission network, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) commissioned an international song competition, from an idea developed by Sergio Pugliese and…

Eurovision Song Contest

Annual international song competition

The Eurovision Song Contest, often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be…