Once each year, 20 countries compete by performing a single song live on TV.
About 180 million people watch.
Each country votes (but not for themselves!) and awards points to their top-10 favourites.
The rules are complicated.
The performances are ridiculous.
The country with the most points wins.
✅ Live Music
✅ Geopolitics
✅ Australia
❌ Lip synching
❌ Live animals
❌ Russia
[Portugal 2017, 758 points]
[Ukraine 2022, 631 points]
[UK 2021, 0 points]