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EBUSTOCKHOLM 2016

Eurovision Song Contest for the first time live in the us

* Automatically translated *

The Eurovision Song contest this year will for the first time live on tv to show up in the United States. This reports the EBU according to press agency Belga.

The American channel Logo will for the first time the final of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 14. The channel is aimed at the LGBT community and has a range of around 50 million viewers. The show will be on display at 3 p.m. local time in the East of the us. Logo will also stream the broadcast via its website and app.

‘ We are satisfied that the biggest entertainment show in the world is broadcast live in one of the largest television markets, ‘ says Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand. ‘ The song contest is now truly a global phenomenon. ‘