Museum Monday Week Eleven: Eurovision then and now

In 1955 the EBU's Marcel Bezençon came up with the idea of an international song contest whereby countries, represented by their respective public broadcasters, would compete in one television show, to be transmitted simultaneously to all participating nations. In 1956 the Eurovision Song Contest was born! In part eleven of our Museum Monday series we explore the changes in the Eurovision Song Contest over the years and ask previous winners for their reflections on these developments.