Eurovisionn.
/ˈjʊərəvɪʒn/, /ˈjɔːrəvɪʒn/, U.S. /ˈjəroʊˌvɪʒ(ə)n/, /ˈjʊroʊˌvɪʒ(ə)n/ 1. A network of European television production administered by the European Broadcasting Union. Frequently attributive.
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1951 Evening Standard 5 Nov. 9 What is Eurovision? A system of collaboration among the West European countries including Britain by which television programmes will become interchangeable.
1976 A. Davis Television iv. 50 Film shot by British cameramen was flown to Tel Aviv where it was processed, then satellited to Rome, where it was fed into the Eurovision network.
1991 Intermedia Mar.–Apr. 36/1 In 1990 Arabvision news and programme exchange centre increased the use of Arabsat by 270 minutes per week... This includes the daily transmission of Eurovision news..to all members.
2. = Eurovision Song Contest n. at Compounds.
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1968 Times 11 Apr. 3/1 (heading) Writ issued over Eurovision song.
1991 P. Sweeney Virgin Directory World Music 134 By far the largest part of the Israeli record market..is occupied by rock or pop in the Western style with Hebrew lyrics, and a distinct predilection for Eurovision boom-bang-a-bangery is present.
2001 Flux Aug.–Sept. 104/1 This is what Eurovision should sound like, and, given that one of the remixes is bouzouki hilarious, this would be the entry from Greece.
Compounds
Eurovision Song Contest n. a televised competition for popular songs performed by artists representing different European nations, organized annually since 1956 by the member organizations of the European Broadcasting Union.The membership of the European Broadcasting Union extends to some countries which are not geographically or politically part of Europe, and hence some of the contest's participants may represent countries outside Europe.
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1956 Radio Times 18 May 38/4 The first Eurovision International Song Competition has been organised..and may become an annual event.]
1957 Radio Times 1 Mar. 11/2 It seems unlikely that Sunday's Eurovision Song Contest from Frankfurt will sunder the Continent.
1997 Daily Tel. 3 May (Young Tel. section) 3/2 OK, so Gina G didn't win the Eurovision Song Contest last year.
2002 Time Out N.Y. 31 Oct. 117/3 Norway was merely notable for death metal and a certain Beatles song about wood—not to mention regularly finishing last in the Eurovision song contest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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