The Intervision Song Contest (ISC) was an international song competition organised by the International Radio and Television Organisation. It was the Eastern Bloc equivalent to the Eurovision Song Contest. It was transmitted to national broadcasters via the Intervision network.

The Eurovision Song Contest banned Russia from participation in 2022 following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.. Putin's order instructs officials to host Intervision in Moscow in 2025 for the ...

3 days ago · The Intervision song contest, a Soviet-era version of the Eurovision song contest that ended in 1980 and is being revived this year on Vladimir Putin’s orders, will be free of “perversion”, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.. The contest, Lavrov said, would be “an opportunity for all countries to showcase their …

2 days ago · Russia will host the Intervision Song Contest in the autumn, featuring entries from Brazil, China and Cuba

4 days ago · Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet-era alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Intervision, which he claimed will counter the decadence of modern Western culture.

4 days ago · The Intervision song contest, organized by the International Radio and Television Organization (OIRT), which existed in 1946-1993, was held in 1965 to 1977 and was an analogue to the Eurovision ...

May 17, 2024 · Further details of the relaunch of the Intervision Song Contest have been released in materials from the Russian Government. The contest which is supported by the Russian Government is set to feature at least fifteen countries competing in …

Jun 15, 2024 · The Intervision Song Contest has been delayed until 2025, with the contest to be hardly early next year. Mikhail Shvydkoy, the special representative of the Russian President for international cultural cooperation has confirmed to Russian media that the Intervision Song Contest will now be held in 2025.

May 12, 2022 · Meet the last winner of the Intervision Song Contest, the Eastern Bloc rival to Eurovision which ran from 1977 to 1980.

Just as other international song contests based on entries representing states have been influenced by international politics, the Intervision Song Con-test (ISC)—staged in Czechoslovakia and Poland irregularly from 1965 to 1980—was an example of the cultural diplomacy between Eastern Euro-pean states, as well as between Eastern European and Wes...