Eurovision to change its name next year

Whilst yesterday night was a night of singing and joy (and wings, and bizarre outfits, and screaming women in pain and..hoppaaa!) as the first semi-finales were broadcsated across the world, the Eurovision organisers have announced at a press conference in Oslo early this morning that this year’s edition would be the last to occur under the “Eurovision” brand.

Organisers mumbled all sorts of “moving on”, “innovating”, “new public” buzzwords, but the true reason came to light when one of them did not realise his microphone was still on as he was going to pay his respects to the lavatory, chatting to a colleague. Whilst the soundtrack was slightly corrupted by the sound of the peeing man’s activity, everyone that was still in the press room clearly heard him stating “Yeah, like we are going to call our show after one thing that never existed and another that could soon collapse”. Euro-vision: what’s in a name?

BJ reporters were told the new name could be chosen following an online contest, the guidelines being that it should not make reference to concepts Europe does not or is unlikely to have, or to currencies that could not be crash-proof.

No spokesperson of the EU institutions was available for comments.