--- title: Eurovision's Final to Be Broadcast in U.S. for First Time description: Eurovision Song Contest's grand final will be broadcast live on U.S. television for the first time on May 14 canonical: https://time.com/4316261/eurovision-song-contest-us/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-03T15:01:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:14:00.818Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Eurovision Song Contest's Final to Be Broadcast in U.S. for First Time og:description: Eurovision Song Contest's grand final will be broadcast live on U.S. television for the first time on May 14 og:url: https://time.com/4316261/eurovision-song-contest-us/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt169b388f76eead5e/698891a70a4a2232f29c9832/eurovision-song-contest.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: All participants stand on stage during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 on May 23, 2015 in Vienna, Austria. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Eurovision Song Contest's Final to Be Broadcast in U.S. for First Time twitter:description: Eurovision Song Contest's grand final will be broadcast live on U.S. television for the first time on May 14 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt169b388f76eead5e/698891a70a4a2232f29c9832/eurovision-song-contest.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eurovision Song Contest's Final to Be Broadcast in U.S. for First Time by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John May 3, 2016 3:01 PM UTC  All participants stand on stage during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 on May 23, 2015 in Vienna, Austria. All participants stand on stage during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 on May 23, 2015 in Vienna, Austria.Nigel Treblin—Getty Images by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John May 3, 2016 3:01 PM UTC Eurovision Song Contest’s grand final will be broadcast live on U.S. television for the first time on May 14. [According to the BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36191143), Viacom-owned cable network Logo reached a deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to air the annual TV song competition, [which features entries ](http://www.eurovision.tv/page/timeline)from 42 countries and will be held in Stockholm from May 10 to 14\. Past winners include Abba, Celine Dion and Austria’s Conchita Wurst. Jon Ola Sand, an executive at Eurovision, told the BBC that he was “thrilled” the contest will be “broadcast live in one of the biggest TV markets for the very first time.” The multicultural song extravaganza, which is billed on [Logo’s website ](http://www.newnownext.com/eurovision-song-contest-airing-in-the-u-s-for-the-first-time-on-logo/05/2016/)as the “biggest, boldest, campiest music competition on Earth,” has contestants from countries across Europe, including some from outside the continent, perform in front of a live audience. 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