Peacock is streaming the contest in the United States
Beginning today, Tuesday, May 18th, the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock in the United States, both live and on demand. The stream starts with the First Semi-Final at 3 pm ET with the Second Semi-Final airing Thursday, May 20th at 3 pm ET. The Grand Finale airs Saturday, May 22nd at 3 pm ET.
Looking ahead, the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest will also be available to stream live and on demand exclusively on Peacock.
The Eurovision Song Contest is the world’s largest live music event. It is organized annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the world’s foremost alliance of public service media (PSM). The competition, in which participating Member broadcasters of the EBU send a new song to represent their nation, takes place annually in the country that won the previous edition. The event is produced by the EBU together with the broadcaster which sent the winning song. Thirty-nine broadcasters are taking part in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam following the Netherlands win with the song “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence in 2019. The Eurovision Song Contest has taken place every year since 1956 except in 2020 when the event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Twenty-seven countries have won the competition at least once. The 2019 competition reached over 180 million TV viewers in over 40 markets and millions more online.
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