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Sweden is once again on top of the European pop music world as Mans Zelmerlow took home the Eurovision prize, securing his homeland's sixth victory in the event. He performed a pop number, "Heroes," which gathered 365 points from the 40 countries voting in this year's competition. -
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 to Host Australia as Competitor for First Time in Event's History; Austria Prepares
The Eurovision Song Contest, the largest musical competition in the world, will have a new entry and it isn't exactly European: Australia will compete when the event kicks off during May. Although the island continent has participated in the contest before, it has never competed. The change will be part of Eurovision's 60th Anniversary celebration. -
Russia Reforms Intervision to Counter Conchita Wurst
Russia has planned a series of counter-Eurovision vocal competitions within its own borders to demonstrate opposition to the "proof of Europe's moral degrading" (words from Vitaly Milonov, a deputy in St. Petersburg's legislative assembly). -
Rise Like a Social Phoenix: Russia's Anna Netrebko Supports Eurovision 2014 Winner, Austrian Drag Queen Conchita Wurst?
This past weekend, Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst (née Tom Neuwirth) won Eurovision's 2014 iteration. And now Vlad Putin's favored soprano, Anna Netrebko, has apparently lent her virality to Wurst's LGBQTA cause. -
Conchita Wurst and Austria Win Eurovision 2014
This year's Eurovision generated more headlines, in Europe and otherwise, thanks to the victorious performance from Austria and transvestite headliner Conchita Wurst.
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