The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual music competition that takes place across Europe.

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual music competition that takes place across Europe. The 2019 edition of the contest was held in Tel Aviv, Israel and was won by Anna Odobescu from Romania. However, before the song contest even began, it had already been marred by controversy. In a new Netflix documentary titled Tell Me Why: Eurovision Edition, several contestants revealed they were asked to pay up to $100,000 to participate in the competition.

What is Eurovision?

Eurovision is an annual song contest that takes place across Europe. The 2019 edition of the contest was held in Tel Aviv, Israel and was won by Anna Odobescu from Romania. However, before the song contest even began, it had already been marred by controversy. In a new Netflix documentary titled Tell Me Why: Eurovision Edition, several contestants revealed they were asked to pay up to $100,000 to participate in the competition.

What’s so controversial about Eurovision?

Eurovision has always had its fair share of controversy but this year it reached a new level with many artists being forced into participating after having been offered huge sums of money.

In order for artists to participate in Eurovision they must first be selected through their country’s national selection process which can vary from country to country but usually involves some form of televised show or vote where viewers select their favourite act for their country. However this year there have been claims made that countries have bribed artists into entering their national selection process with offers of up to $100 000 just for participating in one televised show and another $300 000 if they win.

While some countries have denied these claims others such as Greece and Cyprus have admitted that such offers were made but only if artists agreed not to use their songs at all on any other platform apart from their national selection show or album respectively.

It has also been claimed that some acts who didn’t agree with these terms were told they would not be allowed into the country if they didn’t accept such deals however many countries including Greece deny this claim too.