Bookmakers say Finland, Sweden and France are among this year’s favorites for the popular song contest. Here’s how American audiences can watch.
LONDON — Last week, Britain crowned a king. This week, it will help bestow Europe’s pop crown.
Peacock is streaming this year’s semi-finals and grand final beginning Tuesday. Figure skater Johnny Weir will host the U.S. coverage.First staged in 1956, Eurovision was founded to help unite a shattered continent after World War II and to test nascent live-broadcasting technology. Above all, the competition is a crash course in the continent’s wonderfully varied musical tastes. Winners have ranged from Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion, who competed for Switzerland in 1988, to fright mask-wearing Finnish metalheads Lordi in 2006 and bearded Austrian drag performer Conchita Wurst in 2014.
“You can go to Spain, Slovenia, wherever — everyone’s heard of it,” he said. “They may not love it, they may not like it, they may not watch it, but everyone’s heard of it. Everyone’s got an opinion. I think it’s really powerful, and it’s a brilliant icebreaker.”Eurovision is about much more than music. It’s diplomacy with a disco beat, a forum in which countries can boost their profiles and play out regional rivalries.
Dean Vuletic, an academic expert on Eurovision, said that by banning Russia, Eurovision lost one of its biggest national audiences and “one of its most enthusiastic participants.”
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