Eurovision

British

/ ˈjʊərəʊˌvɪʒən /

noun

1. the network of the European Broadcasting Union for the exchange of news and television programmes amongst its member organizations and for the relay of news and programmes from outside the network
2. ( as modifier )
  
  the Eurovision song contest

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"Eurovision is so, so big - the biggest thing that artists can do," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Already an established artist, problems started to stack up when she was announced as Bulgaria's first Eurovision entry since 2022.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

A Frenchwoman had won the Eurovision song contest on British soil—narrowly beating the U.K. entrant, which was titled, with pitch-perfect national self-awareness, “Rock Bottom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

The 27-year-old upset the odds to secure her country's first-ever victory at the Eurovision Song Contest, proving herself a winner once the votes came in from around the continent.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

The photographers' flashbulbs and the crowds went crazy; she wasn't a politician at all, but all four members of Bucks Fizz at the Eurovision Song Contest.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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