Eurovision!

A History of Europe Through the World’s Greatest Song Contest

NEW AND UPDATED EDITION: Anentertaining look at the changing face of the Eurovision Song Contest and thepolitical and cultural influences behind its kitsch and glitzy facade.

Do you think the world of the Eurovision Song Contest,with its crazy props, even crazier dancers and crazier still songs has nothingto do with serious European politics? Think again. The contest has been amirror for cultural, social and political developments in Europe ever since itsinauguration in 1956. It has been a voice of rebellion across the Iron Curtain,the voice of liberation for both sexual and regional minorities and it evenonce triggered a national revolution.

Eurovision! charts both the history of Europe andthe history of the Eurovision Song Contest over the last seven decades andshows how seamlessly they interlink – and what an amazing journey it has been