Due to the fact that the annual Eurovision pop song contest was created 56 years ago specifically to popularize television, and the creator was an organization of broadcasting companies, a complete archive of the contestants' performances has been preserved. With the advent of the global network, historical information materials about such a popular TV show simply could not but get into free access - the organizers of the competition themselves are interested in this, first of all.
Instructions
Step 1
On the Eurovision's own website, you can find a lot of colorfully designed information about the last of the contests held - statistics, interesting facts, interviews. It contains tons of photos and videos. If you want to see and hear the performances of all contestants in both semi-finals and finals, go to the video section of the site - a link to the Photo & Video page is provided under this article. About last year's winners and participants, here is mainly only statistical information - when he took part, what place he took. Video recordings of the performances of the winners of previous years are available only for the last five years.
Step 2
Much more complete information, including video recordings of the performances of the winners of the competition for all the years of its existence, can be found on the web resources created by Eurovision enthusiasts. The list of links shows the web address of one such site, which is easy to use, although it uses only English. The main menu contains only the digits of the decades - 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, etc. Click on one of them and you will be taken to a page containing a dozen videos to watch online with captions indicating the year, winner's name, country and song title. To view any performance, just double-click the corresponding video with the mouse.
Step 3
If the quality of the Internet connection does not allow watching videos, find a site where audio recordings of the winning songs are posted separately from the video - a link to one of these resources is also in the list under the article. On it, opposite the description indicating the year and location of the competition, the name of the winning song, its author and performer, links to the video and audio recording of the performance are given. They are indicated by pictograms depicting a speaker and a TV, respectively.
