Eurovision Song Contest and Justin Timberlake

TV song contest: It time for Canada to get on board with the Eurovision Song Contest, according to The Waterloo Record. Founded in 1956, Eurovision is an annual competition to choose the best pop song in Europe and the granddaddy of all TV song contest formats. Europeans have been love-hating it for six decades, Australia got skin in the game and for the first time this year it being screened live in the U.S.A., featuring a live performance by Justin Timberlake. What makes it unique is that it a contest of nations, with broadcasters from participating countries sending along three-minute original pop songs. The competition began Tuesday night with a semifinal, in which 18 countries competed for 10 slots in Saturday night final; the exercise was repeated on Thursday. For its first four decades a sedate evening-long affair, the contest has ballooned into a whole week entertainment scene, which this year is taking place in the Swedish capital. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.