Eurovision: A History and What it Tells us About Europe

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video examining thehistory of the Eurovision Song Contest. This includes it's origins, its development over time, as well as what the contest reflects of European politics, culture, and what it means to be European. How the RAND Corporation created American strategy:    • How the RAND Corporation created American ...   The Nuclear Wannabes: Sweden, Brazil and Argentina:    • The Nuclear Wannabes: How Sweden, Brazil a...   Israel: the Officially Unofficial Nuclear State:    • Israel: the Officially Unofficial Nuclear ...   Taiwan Under the Kuomintang Dictatorship:    • Taiwan Under the Kuomintang Dictatorship -...   What Happened to the German and Japanese POWs?:    • What Happened to the German and Japanese P...   Operation Paperclip:    • Operation Paperclip - COLD WAR SPECIAL   German Expulsions:    • German Expulsions After WWII - Cold War DO...   Soviet Education System:    • Soviet Education System - Cold War DOCUMEN...   How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People:    • How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People   Novocherkassk Massacre 1962:    • Novocherkassk Massacre 1962 - Soviet Army ...   Soviet Tourism:    • Soviet Tourism: How did People Get In and ...   Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Reform?:    • Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Ref...   Kaliningrad: How Russia Got a Stronghold in Europe:    • Kaliningrad: How Russia Got a Stronghold i...   How the Soviets Won the Early Space Race:    • How the Soviets Won the Early Space Race -...   Soviet Television and Radio:    • Soviet Television and Radio - COLD WAR DOC...   Top-5 Myths About the Soviet Union:    • Top-5 Myths About the Soviet Union - Cold ...   Support us on Patreon:   / thecoldwar  , Youtube membership    / @thecoldwartv   ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/thecoldwar ✔ Patreon ►   / thecoldwar   ✔ Facebook ►   / thecoldwartv   ✔ Instagram ►  / thecoldwartv   #ColdWar #TheColdWar #eurovision #Eurovision2025 #eurovisionsongcontest #Europe *SOURCES* Dean Vuletic, Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest, Bloomsbury, 2018 Anna Boulos, “Nil Points, Douze Points, and Everything In Between: An Analysis of Political Voting Bias in the Eurovision Song Contest” April 2012 Bolton, Doug. "Terry Wogan Dead: His Best Eurovision Quotes from Almost Four Decades of Hosting." The Independent, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe.... Kavanagh, Adrian, and Caoilfhionn D'Arcy. "All You Need to Know About Eurovision Voting Patterns." Maynooth University, https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/res.... Cotterill, Paul. "Eurovision & My Dad. There’s Something Really Quite Sad…" BickerRecord (blog), May 13, 2017.