There are literally participating countries who don't have that population number, let alone those ratings.Īlso, basing participation on success is how you alienate usually poor-performing countries from participating. Hell, the UK performs as they do every year and the show still gets 7 million people watching it every year. You could literally do Eurovision with just those 5 countries and no one else, and it would still have massive ratings and viewership. Seriously, people don't seem to realize how much Eurovision depends on the Big 5. It's still extremely profitable for everyone to have it. The Big 5 pays more, what if Ukraine or Russia don't want to pay more for Eurovision? In fact, didn't Russia's broadcaster stated just that once?Īnd the Big 5 group isn't going anywhere.

Sweden, Ukraine & Russia deserve an automatic spot a lot more than Germany, UK & Spain do (though Spain at least tries, I'll give them that). They REALLY need to make the Big 5 based on recent success, man. If you would like to submit a header, send a message to the mods PM us to tell us about more interesting stuff to put here! Some interesting subreddits to check out are: More info and news about Eurovision past and present can be found on. Megathread: Eurovision Song Contest shows (1956 – 2022) VOD links and schedule for JESC 2022 national finals VOD links and schedule for JESC 2023 national finals VOD links and schedule for 2022 national finals VOD links and schedule for 2023 national finals This is not an 'official' endorsement of any one fansite/blog by the mods. These links provided for information purposes only. Keep up with national finals and important dates with one of these calendars:ĮSCplus Media has most of the streams on one page during Super Saturdays So far 28 countries have confirmed their participation.

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