LISBON, Portugal — The curtain goes up Saturday on the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. ——–LISBON TAKES A BOWEvery year, more than 40 countries select, through national competitions, the act that each of them they will send to the Eurovision Song Contest. ——–EUROVISION HOSTSThe Eurovision Song Contest was widely rebuked last year for picking three men to host the show in Kyiv. ——–WATCHING THE WALLETThe Eurovision Song Contest is famous for its excesses, especially in staging and costumes, but this year producers are keeping a close eye on their spending. Goncalo Reis, head of host broadcaster Radiotelevisao Portuguesa, has promised this will be the most inexpensive Eurovision Song Contest of recent times.

Source: National Post May 12, 2018 06:22 UTC