Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits
| Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits | |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Hammersmith Apollo Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Executive supervisor | Jon Ola Sand |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Director | |
| Executive producer | Guy Freeman |
| Musical director | David Arch |
| Presenters | |
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits (also known as Eurovision's Greatest Hits) was a live television concert programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest. The concert took place on 31 March 2015 at the Hammersmith Apollo in Hammersmith, London. Guy Freeman was the executive producer and Geoff Posner the director, both of whom held the same positions as the last time the BBC hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998. Simon Proctor was the senior producer and David Arch was the musical director for the concert. Tickets for the event went on sale at 10:15 (GMT) on 6 February 2015.
Graham Norton and Petra Mede hosted the event, which saw fifteen acts from thirteen countries performing their Eurovision entries from yesteryear. During the televised show, video montages from the Eurovision archives were shown in-between each live performance. The 2015 entry for the United Kingdom, "Still in Love with You" by Electro Velvet, was performed at the concert as the opening act, but never broadcast on the televised show. The 1994 interval act, Riverdance, was reprised as part of the anniversary celebrations.
Several countries confirmed that they would air a delayed broadcast of the concert on various dates that suited the broadcasters' schedules, including Australia, which would make its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. The host broadcaster BBC and the Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) simulcast the show on 3 April 2015, across BBC One and RTÉ 2. In turn, several countries chose not to broadcast the event, including Luxembourg, which had an act taking part.