Big and Fun News From MyHeritage!

MyHeritage has been announced today by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as Presenting Partner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! As the event’s main sponsor, MyHeritage has been granted extensive global association and event, media, and digital rights for the upcoming song contest.

The Eurovision Song Contest is a famous international song competition held annually since the 1950’s, primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union. It is the world’s biggest live music event, a hugely popular television event that has been watched live by an average of close to 200 million people in the past 3 years. The contest is hosted by the previous year’s winning country — as Israel won the 2018 competition, Eurovision 2019 will be held in Tel Aviv.

Some past winners of the Eurovision Song Contest:

1969 - Lulu won for her song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" - better know for her song "To Sir With Love"

1974 - ABBA for "Waterloo" - Who doesn't know ABBA?

1988 - Celine Dion for "Ne partez pas sans moi" - translated "Don't Leave Without Me"


1997 - Katrina and the Waves for "Love Shine a Light"- better known for their hit "Walking on Sunshine"