{"id":7922,"date":"2017-04-28T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/eurovision-song-contest-returns-logo\/"},"modified":"2017-04-28T11:47:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T15:47:23","slug":"eurovision-song-contest-returns-to-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/eurovision-song-contest-returns-to-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision Song Contest Returns to Logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the second consecutive year, Logo has partnered with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to become the exclusive U.S. broadcast home of the Eurovision Song Contest and will air the 62nd annual Grand Final live and commercial-free next month.<\/p>\n<p>Logo will broadcast the Grand Final on Saturday, May 13, at 3 p.m. Logo\u2019s commentators for the three-hour live broadcast will be Michelle Visage and Ross Mathews, stars of <em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em>. The 2017 Grand Final competition will also be streamed live exclusively for U.S. viewers on Logo\u2019s website, YouTube channel and the LogoTV mobile app.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLogo is proud to return as the exclusive U.S. broadcast home for the global phenomenon that is the Eurovision Song Contest,\u201d said Pamela Post, the senior VP of programming for Logo. \u201cThis cultural gem has taken worldwide audiences by storm and we\u2019re thankful to once again partner with EBU so our viewers can watch the Grand Final live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jon Ola Sand, the executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, added, \u201cThe EBU is thrilled to be partnering with Logo for the second year running to bring the unique spectacle of the Eurovision Song Contest live to U.S. audiences once again. We know that the contest has a lot of dedicated fans in the United States and we\u2019re excited that, thanks to Logo, even more viewers this year can discover the excitement of the world\u2019s longest running annual TV music competition and \u2018celebrate diversity\u2019 with audiences around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 62nd annual Eurovision Song Contest is produced by the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine\u00a0and will be held at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second consecutive year, Logo has partnered with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to become the exclusive U.S. broadcast home of the Eurovision Song Contest and will air the 62nd annual Grand Final live and commercial-free next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":7923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1317,587],"class_list":["post-7922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-european-broadcasting-union","tag-logo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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