Editing Eurovision Song Contest (section)

== Special events and related competitions ==
[[File:Destiny Chukunyere at stage of JESC 2015 (2).jpg|thumb|[[Destiny Chukunyere]] won the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015|2015 edition]] of the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] for {{Esccnty|Malta|J|y=2015}}.]]
[[File:Hosts of the Eurovision Greatest Hits.jpg|thumb|right|Hosts [[Graham Norton]] and [[Petra Mede]] during ''[[Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits]]'', a special event marking the contest's 60th anniversary]]

Several anniversary events, and related contests under the "Eurovision Live Events" brand, have been organised by the EBU with its member broadcasters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurovision Live Events |url=https://events.eurovision.tv/ |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}}</ref> In addition, participating broadcasters have occasionally commissioned special Eurovision programmes for their home audiences, and a number of other imitator contests have been developed outside of the EBU framework, on both a national and international level.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dahlander |first=Gustav |date=3 April 2020 |title=Klart för Eurovision-vecka i SVT |url=https://blogg.svt.se/melodifestivalen-expertbloggen/klart-for-eurovision-vecka-i-svt/ |access-date=15 July 2020 |website=svt.se |publisher=[[Sveriges Television]] |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 May 2020 |title=May means Eurovision on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eurovision/entries/990f7787-04ae-4b49-b62f-7303d1898a06 |access-date=15 July 2020 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

The EBU has held several events to mark selected anniversaries in the contest's history: ''[[Songs of Europe (1981 concert)|Songs of Europe]]'', held in 1981 to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, had live performances and video recordings of all Eurovision Song Contest winners up to 1981;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Songs of Europe – BBC Two "Radio Times" listing |date=25 September 1981 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d80d6106cc8a4d1199c991955cd18b8d |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=[[BBC Genome Project]]}}</ref>{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|p=87}} ''[[Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest]]'' was organised in 2005 to celebrate the event's fiftieth anniversary, and featured a contest to determine the most popular song from among 14 selected entries from the contest's first 50 years;<ref name="Congratulations">{{Cite web |title=Congratulations Show – Eurovision History |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/congratulations-show |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905232704/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/congratulations-show |archive-date=5 September 2015 |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}}</ref><ref name="ABBA 50">{{Cite web |last=Adam |first=Karla |date=24 October 2005 |title=Abba's 'Waterloo' is voted best song of 50 Eurovision years |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/abbas-waterloo-is-voted-best-song-of-50-eurovision-years-321745.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628010131/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/abbas-waterloo-is-voted-best-song-of-50-eurovision-years-321745.html |archive-date=28 June 2020 |access-date=26 June 2020 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> and in 2015 the event's sixtieth anniversary was marked by ''[[Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits]]'', a concert of performances by past Eurovision artists and video montages of performances and footage from previous contests.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 February 2005 |title=Official: London to host Eurovision's 60th Anniversary Event |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/official-london-to-host-eurovision-s-60th-anniversary-event |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurovision's Greatest Hits – line-up |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/36KjTqPHSdTCqkv93SsGvJd/line-up |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> Following the cancellation of the {{Escyr|2020||2020 contest}}, the EBU organised a special non-competitive broadcast, ''[[Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light]]'', which provided a showcase for the songs that would have taken part in the competition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 April 2020 |title=Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light |url=https://eurovision.tv/eurovision-europe-shine-a-light |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 May 2020 |title=Eurovision still shines despite cancelled final |work=[[The Guardian]] |agency=[[PA Media]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/may/17/eurovision-still-shines-despite-cancelled-final |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>

Other contests organised by the EBU include [[Eurovision Young Musicians]], a classical music competition for European musicians between the ages of 12 and 21;<ref name="EYM">{{Cite web |date=15 May 2018 |title=Live Event: Eurovision Young Musicians |url=https://www.ebu.ch/projects/tv/music/eurovision-young-musicians |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref> [[Eurovision Young Dancers]], a dance competition for non-professional performers between the ages of 16 and 21;<ref name="EYD">{{Cite web |date=22 June 2017 |title=Live Event: Eurovision Young Dancers |url=https://www.ebu.ch/projects/tv/dance/eurovision-young-dancers |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref> [[Eurovision Choir]], a choral competition for non-professional European choirs produced in partnership with the {{ill|Interkultur|de}} and modelled after the [[World Choir Games]];<ref name="Choir">{{Cite web |date=3 June 2020 |title=Eurovision Choir |url=https://www.ebu.ch/eurovision-choir |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref> and the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]], a similar song contest for singers aged between 9 and 14 representing their countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurovision Events: Junior Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://events.eurovision.tv/junior-eurovision-song-contest |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206224858/https://events.eurovision.tv/junior-eurovision-song-contest |archive-date=6 December 2021 |access-date=26 June 2020 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}}</ref> The [[Eurovision Dance Contest]] was an event featuring pairs of dancers performing ballroom and Latin dancing, which took place for two editions, in 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurovision Dance Contest |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dp4cf/episodes/guide |access-date=23 April 2020 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

Similar international music competitions have been organised externally to the EBU. The [[Sopot International Song Festival]] has been held annually since 1961; between 1977 and 1980, under the patronage of the [[International Radio and Television Organisation]] (OIRT), an Eastern European broadcasting union similar to the EBU, it was rebranded as the [[Intervision Song Contest]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morton |first=Elise |date=5 May 2019 |title=Intervision, the Communist Counterpart to Eurovision That Didn't Quite Work |url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/articles/intervision-the-communist-counterpart-to-eurovision-that-didnt-quite-work/ |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=theculturetrip.com |publisher=Culture Trip}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Steve |date=14 May 2012 |title=The Cold War rival to Eurovision |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18006446 |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> An [[Ibero-America]]n contest, the [[OTI Festival]], was held by the {{lang|es|[[Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana]]|i=no}} (OTI) between 1972 and 2000 among [[hispanophone]] and [[lusophone]] broadcasters in Europe and the Americas; and a contest for countries and [[Autonomous administrative division|autonomous regions]] with [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] links, the [[Turkvision Song Contest]], has been organised since 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Escudero |first=Victor M. |date=28 January 2018 |title=Celebration! The best of Spain in Eurovision |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/spain-top-ten-entries |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=eurovision.tv |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |quote=In 1995 [Marcos Llunas] won the latin version of Eurovision, the Festival OTI where Spain, Portugal and the American countries participated until the year 2000, when the last edition took place.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 January 2020 |title=El Festival de la OTI, el olvidado Eurovisión de las Américas |trans-title=The OTI Festival, the forgotten Eurovision of the Americas |url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/television/20200122/festival-oti-olvidado-eurovision-americas/460954581_0.html |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=elespanol.com |publisher=[[El Español]] |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 September 2013 |title=After snubbing the Eurovision Song Contest, Turkey officially launches 'Turkvision' |publisher=[[Hürriyet Daily News]] |agency=[[Demirören News Agency|Doğan News Agency]] |location=Eskişehir |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/after-snubbing-the-eurovision-song-contest-turkey-officially-launches-turkvision-54886 |access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref> Similarly, an adaptation of the contest for artists in the United States, the ''[[American Song Contest]]'', was held in 2022 and featured songs representing U.S. states and [[U.S. territory|territories]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2020 |title=The Eurovision Song Contest travels to America! |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/the-eurovision-song-contest-travels-to-america |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=eurovision.tv |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2021 |title='American Song Contest' on screens in 2022 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/american-song-contest-2022 |access-date=26 May 2021 |website=eurovision.tv |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=14 May 2021 |title='American Song Contest', U.S. Version Of Eurovision, Tunes Up For NBC |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/american-song-contest-u-s-version-of-eurovision-nbc-1234756361/ |access-date=26 May 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=10 May 2023 |title=Partners Looking at Options For American Song Contest |url=https://eurovoix-world.com/2023/05/10/partners-looking-at-options-for-american-song-contest/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=Eurovoix World |language=en-GB}}</ref> Adaptations of the contest for artists in Canada and Latin America are{{When|date=May 2025|reason="are in" development when? Update}} in development, though development on the former has been halted.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 2022 |title='Eurovision Canada' will join the family in 2023 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-canada-2023 |access-date=26 April 2022 |website=eurovision.tv |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 July 2022 |title=Eurovision Song Contest to launch in Latin America |url=https://www.ebu.ch/news/2022/07/eurovision-song-contest-to-be-launched-in-latin-america |access-date=12 July 2022 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 July 2022 |title=La UER y RTVE se reunirán para explorar vías de colaboración en un proyecto de música en Latinoamérica |url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20220712/uer-rtve-reunion-madrid-explorar-vias-colaboracion-proyecto-musica-latinoamerica/2388215.shtml |access-date=13 July 2022 |publisher=[[RTVE]] |language=ES}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=10 May 2023 |title=Eurovision Canada Has Taken a Step Back |url=https://eurovoix-world.com/2023/05/10/🇨🇦-eurovision-canada-has-taken-a-step-back/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=Eurovoix World |language=en-GB}}</ref>