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What Eurovision Means To (And For) The World

MUSIC Posted: May 11, 2014 11:00 am

“Framed as a sort of cross between the Olympics and a battle of the bands, part of what makes Eurovision so different is the way its entries play with ideas about national pride (and sometimes international shame). On top of the free-wheeling approach to performer nationality that can give Celine Dion to Switzerland, language requirements for the contest mean that a country can sing (and lose, miserably) in an entirely non-native language.”

MUSIC Published: 05.10.14

Read the story in NPR Published: 05.10.14

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