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EurovisionAgain , generalmente estilizado como #EurovisionAgain , fue una iniciativa que inicialmente se desarrolló del 21 de marzo de 2020 al 20 de noviembre de 2021, y que pos...

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EurovisionAgain , generalmente estilizado como #EurovisionAgain , fue una iniciativa que inicialmente se desarrolló del 21 de marzo de 2020 al 20 de noviembre de 2021, y que posteriormente regresó brevemente en abril de 2026 para retransmitir finales anteriores del Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión en YouTube . Concebida por el periodista Rob Holley durante los confinamientos por la COVID-19 , finalmente se convirtió en un esfuerzo de colaboración entre los aficionados a Eurovisión, la Unión Europea de Radiodifusión (UER) y sus emisoras miembro.

Historia

Al enterarse de la cancelación del Festival de Eurovisión 2020 debido a la pandemia de COVID-19 , el periodista Rob Holley lanzó una iniciativa para ver un concurso anterior en YouTube cada semana como reemplazo, dándole finalmente el nombre de EurovisionAgain . [ 1 ] La iniciativa rápidamente se hizo popular, por lo que la propia UER decidió participar. Cada sábado (que se cambió al tercer sábado de cada mes a partir del 18 de julio de 2020) a las 21:00 CEST , el canal de YouTube de Eurovisión retransmitía una final de un concurso anterior, revelada por el equipo de EurovisionAgain 15 minutos antes del comienzo. [ 2 ] Los concursos anteriores a 2004 estuvieron disponibles por tiempo limitado.

La iniciativa fue recibida en general como una distracción bienvenida para los fanáticos de Eurovisión durante los confinamientos por COVID-19 . En Twitter, #EurovisionAgain se convirtió regularmente en un tema de tendencia y recibió reacciones positivas de participantes anteriores. [ 3 ] Como parte de la iniciativa, Holley recaudó más de 24 700 libras esterlinas para organizaciones benéficas LGBTQ+ con sede en el Reino Unido . [ 4 ] La temporada 2020 terminó con una edición especial, donde las 26 canciones más populares que no se clasificaron para la final, una de cada país, elegidas a través de las cuentas oficiales de Eurovisión en redes sociales, se transmitieron y se sometieron a votación popular. La canción de Islandia de 2016 , "Hear Them Calling" de Greta Salóme , ganó la votación popular. [ 5 ]

On 19 June 2021, the second year of broadcasts commenced with a replay of the 1969 contest, the oldest edition to be featured as part of the initiative, and concluded on 20 November with a replay of the 2004 contest.[6][7] Unlike the contents shown in 2020, the pre-2004 broadcasts were made available for a full month rather than one week. This season also included a special broadcast of the high-definition test tapes from the 2006 contest.[8]

In August 2021, the EBU stated that it was planning to broadcast "as many finals as we can over the next few years" through the initiative.[9] Despite this, there were no further updates on whether the initiative would return after 2021, and in August 2022, the EurovisionAgain Twitter account changed its biography line to "#EurovisionAgain - ran sync viewings of classic Eurovision Song Contests during the 2020/21 lockdowns", implying that the initiative had been concluded.[10]

In 2026, the initiative was briefly revived ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria, with the two finals previously held in the Austrian capital (1967 and 2015) being rebroadcast under the EurovisionAgain banner in April.[11] The 2015 contest had previously been re-broadcast in April 2020.

Availability

The initiative was well received by fans as it had made it possible for viewers to experience older Eurovision finals, and also allowed fans access to higher quality copies of older finals than what was previously available.[12] Due to copyright agreements, the EBU only has ownership of contests aired since 2004, with individual host broadcasters owning the rights to those before that.[13] A large majority of the existing finals, especially those in the former half of the contest's history, had previously only been available as video tape recordings, often with generational loss, especially those from the 1950s and 60s.[14] While only available for a short period of time, the copies released as part of EurovisionAgain were shortly reuploaded by fans, some of which were also restored or upscaled to high-definition.

Format

Each replayed final is broadcast as a premiere on the Eurovision Song Contest's official YouTube channel, with fans encouraged to vote for their favorites during the interval. Once the broadcast ends, the final remains on YouTube for one month,[a] and the fan vote results are announced via Twitter. The selection of each broadcast is kept secret until 15 minutes before the start of the broadcast, with various hints and clues being posted on the EurovisionAgain Twitter account in the days and hours prior. For most of the final replays, a previous winner, participant, presenter or producer of the chosen year pre-records an introduction to be uploaded along with the reveal of which year is being broadcast. For the 2021 season, the broadcasts also included fan-made modern re-imaginings of the 20th-century contests' scoreboards, using 3D animation in the graphical style of the original scoreboards.

Rebroadcast contests

Twenty-six of the previous contest finals were originally broadcast as part of EurovisionAgain, with two additional special broadcasts in 2020 and 2021 and one additional final in 2026.

Notes

  1. ↑For the 2020 season, the finals were made available for one week. Replays of contest finals held from 2004 onwards are permanently available as the EBU holds the copyright for those contests.
  2. ↑Moved from the intended date of 16 May 2020 due to overlap with the broadcast of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light.[15]

References

  1. ↑Welsh, Daniel (28 March 2020). "#EurovisionAgain Could Be The Cure For Your Lockdown Boredom". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ↑"Fans gather behind #EurovisionAgain". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 4 April 2020. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. ↑Rosney, Daniel (25 April 2020). "How Eurovision fans are still together every Saturday". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ↑@EurovisionAgain (29 June 2020). "Our final #EurovisionAgain fundraiser total is... £24,700. This is INCREDIBLE. You are the BEST... what a wild 3 months it's been. The money is split between @Mermaids_Gender @THTorguk and @stonewalluk #Pride2020" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020– via Twitter.
  5. ↑"Hear Them Calling wins Eurovision Again Semi Final Special". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ↑"#EurovisionAgain returns Saturday 19 June". eurovision.tv. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  7. ↑"Final #EurovisionAgain this Saturday 20 November". eurovision.tv. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  8. ↑"Athens 2006 HD Cut: test tapes found and to be broadcast for first time". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  9. ↑"#EurovisionAgain returns this Saturday 21 August". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 16 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  10. ↑"#EurovisionAgain (@EurovisionAgain) / Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 20 August 2022. #EurovisionAgain - ran sync viewings of classic Eurovision Song Contests during the 2020/21 lockdowns
  11. ↑Eurovision Song Contest (18 April 2026). Eurovision Song Contest 1967: Watch-along! | #EurovisionAgain. Retrieved 18 April 2026– via YouTube.
  12. ↑"How Eurovision Again came to your screens". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  13. ↑"Eurovision Song Contest: Broadcasting Rights". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  14. ↑"#EurovisionAgain returns this Saturday 21 August". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 16 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  15. ↑@EurovisionAgain (9 May 2020). "Next weekend we're gonna watch @Eurovision #ShineALight and @bbceurovision #ComeTogether, which means we're taking the Saturday off! However, #EurovisionAgain will return at 8pm UK (9pm CEST) on SUNDAY 17 MAY with a VERY special contest..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.