Eurovision Song Contest (series)
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The Eurovision Song Contest, often known simply as Eurovision, is a broadcast music competition aired on various television channels, and debuted on 24 May 1956.
Crossovers[[edit] | [edit source]]
The series crossed over with the Doctor Who universe in various BBC releases.
In 2023, the Comic Relief sketch 2023: The Eurovision Audition Tapes [+]Loading...["2023: The Eurovision Audition Tapes (TV story)"] was released, featuring a Dalek auditioning for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
In 2024, an untitled scene [+]Loading...{"noital":"1","1":"Untitled 3 (May 2024 TV story)","2":"untitled scene"} was broadcast on BBC One during the end credits of Space Babies [+]Loading...["Space Babies (TV story)"], with the Fifteenth Doctor promoting the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
References to Eurovision in the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: Eurovision Song Contest
The Intergalactic Song Contest and its commentator Logan from Bang-Bang-a-Boom! [+]Loading...["Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (audio story)"] spoofed the Eurovision Song Contest Terry Wogan, who commentated the contest from 1971 to 2008.
The Ninth Doctor says "nul points", a phrase used when a Eurovision act is unfortunate enough to receive no points, when the Daleks fail to kill him when they fire at him as he steps out of his TARDIS to meet them in The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"], due to the force field he installed. However, the phrase's connection to the Eurovision Song Contest is not explicitly mentioned within the episode.
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Production connections[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who postponements[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Eurovision Song Contest was responsible for the one-week delay of two different episodes of the BBC Wales revival of Doctor Who. The transmission of series 3's 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"] was postponed to 19 May (rather than 12 May) because of the BBC's broadcast of the 2007 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The following year, the transmission of series 4's Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"] was too delayed by one week due to the BBC's broadcast of the 2008 edition.
Coexistence with Eurovision[[edit] | [edit source]]
However, a more common occurrence is a Doctor Who episode simply airing on the day and coexisting with the Eurovision final rather than being delayed by a week.
- "Rider from Shang-Tu" [+]Part of Marco Polo, Loading...{"namedep":"Rider from Shang-Tu (5)","1":"Marco Polo (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1964.
- "The Centre" [+]Part of The Web Planet, Loading...{"namedep":"The Centre (6)","1":"The Web Planet (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1965.
- "The Steel Sky" [+]Part of The Ark, Loading...{"namedep":"The Steel Sky (1)","1":"The Ark (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1966.
- The Faceless Ones (episode one) [+]Loading...{"ep":"one","1":"The Faceless Ones (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1967.
- Fury from the Deep (episode four) [+]Loading...{"ep":"four","1":"Fury from the Deep (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1968.
- The Space Pirates (episode four) [+]Loading...{"ep":"four","1":"The Space Pirates (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1969.
- The Ambassadors of Death (episode one) [+]Loading...{"ep":"one","1":"The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1970.
- The Claws of Axos (episode four) [+]Loading...{"ep":"four","1":"The Claws of Axos (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1971.
- The Sea Devils (episode five) [+]Loading...{"ep":"five","1":"The Sea Devils (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1972.
- Planet of the Daleks (episode one) [+]Loading...{"ep":"one","1":"Planet of the Daleks (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1973.
- The Monster of Peladon (part three) [+]Loading...{"part":"three","1":"The Monster of Peladon (TV story)"} aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1974.
- Genesis of the Daleks (part three) [+]Loading...{"part":"three","1":"Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)"}: Part Three aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1975.
- The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"] aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2005.
- The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"] aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2006.
- Cold Blood [+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"] aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2010.
- The Doctor's Wife [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Wife (TV story)"] aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2011.
- The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"] aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2013.
- Oxygen [+]Loading...["Oxygen (TV story)"] aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2017.
- In what was dubbed as "Who-rovision",[1] Space Babies [+]Loading...["Space Babies (TV story)"] and The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"] aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2024. The double-bill premiere of season 1, they had been released worldwide along with the accompanying episodes of Doctor Who: Unleashed on BBC iPlayer and Disney+ at midnight BST prior to airing on BBC One immediately preceeding to the Contest. Whilst Unleashed aired on BBC Three in direct competition with the Contest, it later aired in the early morning on BBC One following a BBC News bulletin which itself followed the Contest.
Other matters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Catherine Tate announced the 12 points given by the United Kingdom for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, exclaiming "allons-y" whilst doing so.
Olly Alexander performed "Dizzy", the United Kingdom's entry, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and came in 18th place. Joanna Lumley announced the 12 points given by the United Kingdom for the final of that year's contest.
