Economic and political dependencies in cultural voting: A gravity model analysis of Eurovision [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Regional ScienceThis paper examines the factors shaping voting behaviour in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) by applying a gravity model to bilateral voting data from Grand Finals between 1995 and 2019.
Alina M. Schoenberg +3 more
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Do songs in English do better? Studying linguistic diversity within Eurovision Song Contest entries
DiacríticaLanguages at Eurovision have long been a source of debate. The frequent use of English as the primary singing language has raised questions about whether performing in English rather than a national language improves a song’s chances of winning. Studies
Francisco Javier Palacios-Hidalgo +1 more
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The politics of power, pleasure and prayer in the Eurovision Song Contest [PDF]
Muzikologija, 2007 Since the first annual Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, politics and popularity have intersected to influence the ways in which Eurovision songs have reflected the complex forms of European nationalism.
Bolman Filip V.
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Identidad, espectáculo y representación: las candidaturas de Israel en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión [PDF]
Doxa Comunicación, 2018 A partir de una sofisticada inversión, capital y simbólica, el Festival de Eurovisión genera anualmente un espectáculo audiovisual en la televisión pública problematizando conceptos como “comunidad”, “Europeidad” e “identidad cultural”.
José Luis Panea Fernández
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Order effects in the results of song contests: Evidence from the Eurovision and the New Wave [PDF]
Judgment and Decision Making, 2017 The results of song contests offer a unique opportunity to analyze possible distortions arising from various biases in performance evaluations using observational data.
Evgeny A. Antipov +1 more
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Evidence for the influence of the mere-exposure effect on voting in the Eurovision Song Contest [PDF]
Judgment and Decision Making, 2012 The mere exposure, or familiarity, effect is the tendency for people to feel more positive about stimuli to which they have previously been exposed. The Eurovision Song Contest is a two-stage event, in which some contestants in the final will be more ...
Diarmuid B. Verrier
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EFFECT OF SOME CHEMICAL MUTAGENS ON MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS AND CORM PRODUCTIVITY OF SOME GLADIOLUS SP. CULTIVARS [PDF]
Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, 2014 Two pot experiments were carried out at the Nursery of Antoniades Botanical Garden, Hort. Res. Inst., Alexandria, Egyptduring the years of 2012 and 2013.
H. El-Tayeb
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Spain Was Not Living a Celebration
VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture, 2012 Franco’s Dictatorship (1939-1975) used Spanish Television (TVE) as a key element in the political propaganda of its apparent ‘openness’ during the 1960s. The propaganda co-existed with political interest in
Gutiérrez Lozano, Juan Francisco
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Cuando el espectáculo supera al medio
Chasqui, 2015 La digitalización ha llegado, pero faltan contenidos y al parecer sobran plataformas. El programa musical "Operación Triunfo" con más de diez millones de espectadores puede definirse como reality soap. De formato sencillo busca seleccionar a una serie de
José Ángel Cortés Lahera
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Annales, Series Historia et SociologiaSerbian cultural diplomacy at the Eurovision Song Contest includes both the presentation of elements of the Serbian musical idiom and the effective use of dominant trends in European popular music.
Marko Aleksić
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