Editing Eurovision Song Contest (section)

=== Musical style and presentation ===
Criticism has been levied against the musical quality of past competing entries, with a perception that certain music styles seen as being presented more often than others in an attempt to appeal to as many potential voters as possible among the international audience.<ref name="How to win">{{Cite news |date=16 May 2019 |title=How to win the Eurovision Song Contest |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/05/16/how-to-win-the-eurovision-song-contest |access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref> [[Sentimental ballad#Power ballads|Power ballads]], [[Folk music#Europe|folk]] rhythms, and [[bubblegum pop]] have been considered staples of the contest in recent years,{{When|date=May 2025|reason=This is sourced to a 2007 and a 2018 source. When did critics start saying this? Are they still saying it? "Recent years" just is way too vague.}} leading to allegations that the event has become formulaic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carniel |first=Jess |date=10 May 2018 |title=The Six Types of Eurovision Contestant |url=https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2018/05/the-six-types-of-eurovision-contestant/ |access-date=8 July 2020 |website=lifehacker.com.au}}</ref><ref name="Fringe" /> Other traits in past competing entries which have regularly been mocked by media and viewers include an abundance of [[Modulation (music)|key changes]] and lyrics about love and/or peace, as well as the [[Non-native pronunciations of English|pronunciation of English by non-native users of the language]].<ref name="How to win" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2018 |title=What makes the perfect Eurovision song? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-05-11/what-makes-the-perfect-eurovision-song/ |access-date=8 July 2020 |website=[[Radio Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Picheta |first=Rob |date=29 June 2020 |title=Want to win Eurovision? Write a nice, slow song about love |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/eurovision-winners-analysis-scli-intl-style/index.html |access-date=8 July 2020 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Given Eurovision is principally a television show, over the years competing performances have attempted to attract the viewers' attention through means other than music, and elaborate [[Stage lighting|lighting displays]], [[pyrotechnics]], and [[Extravaganza|extravagant]] on-stage theatrics and costumes having become a common sight at recent contests;{{When|date=May 2025|reason="recent contests" is way too vague. Starting when did this happen?}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Picheta |first=Rob |date=18 May 2019 |title=Eurovision: What is it and what time is it on? |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/18/europe/eurovision-explainer-2019-intl/index.html |access-date=8 July 2020 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> criticism of these tactics have been levied as being a method of distracting the viewer from the weak musical quality of some of the competing entries.<ref name="Antes cursi">{{Cite journal |last=Allatson |first=Paul |year=2007 |title='Antes cursi que sencilla': Eurovision Song Contests and the Kitsch-Drive to Euro-Unity |journal=Culture, Theory and Critique |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=87–98 |doi=10.1080/14735780701293540 |s2cid=146449408}}</ref>

While many of these traits are ridiculed in the media and elsewhere, for others these traits are celebrated and considered an integral part of what makes the contest appealing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Chuck |date=5 July 2020 |title='Eurovision' soundtrack kicks up the camp |url=https://eu.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/columnists/chuck-campbell/2020/07/05/eurovision-soundtrack-will-ferrell-rachel-mcadams-6-lack-jessie-ware-dream-wife-peter-manos-review/5378820002/ |access-date=8 July 2020 |website=knoxnews.com}}</ref> Although many of the competing acts each year will fall into some of the categories above, the contest has seen a diverse range of musical styles in its history, including rock, [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[jazz]], [[Country music|country]], [[Electronic music|electronic]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], and [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pattillo |first=Alice |date=14 May 2019 |title=The 10 Most Metal Moments in Eurovision |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-most-metal-moments-in-eurovision |access-date=8 July 2020 |website=loudersound.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Escudero |first=Victor M. |date=11 August 2017 |title=Eurovision and all that jazz! |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/history-of-jazz-in-eurovision |access-date=8 July 2020 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborn |first=Michael |date=16 May 2006 |title=Rapping for glory at Eurovision |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4900892.stm |access-date=8 July 2020 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Holden |first=Steve |date=4 June 2021 |title=Måneskin: The Eurovision winners storming the UK charts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-57331991 |access-date=22 November 2021 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Macdonald |first=Kyle |date=17 May 2022 |title=Serbia's viral Eurovision song featured Allegri's Miserere, and you might have missed it... |url=https://www.classicfm.com/composers/allegri/in-corpore-sano-konstrakta-eurovision-miserere-serbia/ |access-date=20 May 2022 |website=[[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]}}</ref>