Airdate: Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Euro-tragics, SBS has you covered with a slew of pop specials and the big one Live to Australia.
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Eurovision is just around the corner and SBS has plenty of seasonal content, culminating in the Final on Sunday May 15.
Dami Im will perform ‘Sound of Silence’ in the second Semi Final, hoping for a place in the Final. Last year’s winner Måns Zelmerlöw will co-host with returning presenter Petra Mede from Stockholm’s Globe Arena.
Once again Live voting will take place early mornings in Australia (only) with Live broadcasts presented by Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang, followed by primetime replays. This year Toby Truslove joins as backstage reporter.
Wednesday 11 May, 5am (AEST) Semi Final 1 Live
Friday 13 May, 5am, (AEST) SBS Semi Final 2 Live (with Dami Im)*
Friday 13 May, 7.30pm Semi Final 1 (replay)
Saturday 14 May, 7.30pm, Semi Final 2 (replay)
Sunday 15 May, 5am, (AEST) Final Live*
Sunday 15 May, 7.30pm Final (replay)
*Live voting is permitted in the semi-final in which Australia appears, and the Final (not replays). Viewers’ votes make up 50% of the final result. The other 50% of the vote is decided by a National Jury to be announced on Friday.
In the lead-up to the big weekend, SBS has a slew of themed specials including a RocKwiz Europe special, ABBA live in concert, documentaries on Eurovision favourites Conchita Wurst and Lordi, replays of Junior Eurovision, The Eurovision Quiz Contest, plus music movies and more.
Conchita: Unstoppable
Wednesday 27 April 11pm, SBS
Before Eurovision 2016 kicks off, follow Conchita Wurst – the Queen of Austria and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, through her time after her overwhelming victory and the preparation for Eurovision 2015, giving a very personal insight into Conchita’s way of fulfilling her dreams and her ambitious aim of winning a Grammy. Conchita: Unstoppable shows how the Queen of Austria manages to reconcile her tight schedule and thereby always remains faithful to herself and her convictions.
Monsterman
Wednesday 4 May 10.45pm, SBS
With their costumes and satanic alter egos, Finnish heavy metal band LORDI’s victory in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest gained them international acclaim. For front man Tomi, their victory was the realisation of his childhood dreams. An outcast from a young age, Tomi found solace in heavy metal and fantasy tales. However, five years on, his band are without work and hundreds of thousands of Euros in debt. Can Tomi keep his monstrous dream alive?
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Saturday 7 May, 3pm, SBS
Relive Australia’s first ever entry into the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, as 13-year-old Bella Paige hit the stage in Bulgaria, Sofia, with her song ‘My Girls’. The Junior Eurovision contest is the perfect prelude to get audiences excited for the big competition, with all the catchy pop tunes, emotional ballads, impressive choreography, vocal prowess, surprising props, glitzy costumes and fun of the grown-up version.
Pop Asia
Sunday May 8, 9am, SBS 2
Dami Im is PopAsia’s Special Guest Host with Jamaica and Andy on Sunday May 8th. Dami picks some of her favourite Asian pop singers and fills us in on how she is feeling in the lead up to Eurovision.
RocKwiz Salutes the Legends of Europe
Saturday May 7, 8.30pm, SBS
Heading into Eurovision week, Julia Zemiro presents RocKwiz Salutes the Legends of Europe. To celebrate the musical stylings of Eurovision, this super episode of RocKwiz will feature the music of ABBA, Shocking Blue, Nena, Kraftwerk, The George Baker Selection, Golden Earring and more, with exciting performances by Jess Cornelius, Megan Washington and Phoebe and Lou from Alpine.
Eurovision’s Greatest Hits
Sat 7 May 9.30pm, SBS
In 2015, UK presenter Graham Norton and Swedish host of this year’s Eurovision Petra Mede presented a special concert to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Eurovision with performances from some of Eurovision’s greatest acts of all time.
The Eurovision Quiz Contest
Monday 9 May – Friday 13 May, 6pm SBS 2
Each night during Eurovision week, tune in to SBS 2 to brush up on your Eurovision knowledge. The Eurovision Quiz Contest, hosted by Toby Truslove, with Julia Zemiro and Casey Bennetto as team captains, is a smorgasbord of flashbacks and games as they trawl through the Eurovision archives to test Julia, Casey and their teams of celebrity guests on some of Eurovision’s greatest and most memorable costumes, songs, and performances.
Eurovision Song Contest Encores, SBS2
Switch over to SBS 2 for late night encores of the Semi Final and Grand Final.
Semi Final 1 – Friday 13 May, 10.15pm SBS 2
Semi Final 2 – Saturday 14 May, 10.25pm SBS 2
Grand Final – Sunday 15 May, 11.30pm SBS 2
ABBA in Concert
Saturday 14 May, 10.00pm, SBS
Straight after Semi Final 2 on SBS, continue that Eurovision buzz with ABBA in Concert. Shot in 1979, mainly at London’s Wembley Arena, the Swedish heroes of Eurovision play their biggest hits in front of a passionate crowd. The featured songs are: Waterloo, Take a Chance on Me, Voulez-Vous, Chiquitita, I Have a Dream, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Knowing Me Knowing You, Summernight City, Dancing Queen, Does Your Mother Know, Hole in Your Soul.
Music Movies
Begins Friday May 13, SBS
To keep that Eurovision feeling lasting long after the action has wrapped in Stockholm, SBS brings the best in music movies. Beginning Friday May 13 and continuing on Saturdays 9.30pm, the musical fun kicks off with Strictly Ballroom, followed by The Commitments, Quartet, Saturday Night Fever, Walk The Line and Ray.
5 Responses
I’ll only bother with the live broadcasts this year. There are fewer ads, no tweets on screen and you don’t have to sit through countless 10 second snippets of Sam Pang being clueless and Julia Zemiro swooning over someone that are basically the same very single year after the ads.
I can’t understand why Petra Meade has been saddled with a co-host, particularly the very average Mans Zelmerlow. Hopefully he is relegated to sporadic appearances in the green room.
Petra Mede was a great host last time, looking forward to her return! Go Australia!
As a Eurovision tragic it is such a shame that SBS only really give a big plug to the delayed primetime broadcasts – there’s nothing like watching it live!
But still, SBS have and continue to do a great job with Eurovision
Do we know whether these are new episodes of the Eurovision quiz or repeats from last year? It was so much fun, I certainly think there’s more to ask in new eps!
Repeats.