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BBC to make its mind up about Eurovision contest
MUMBAI: BBC One’s new show for the UK gives Brits a chance to decide whom they want to see represent the country at this years edition of the Eurovision music contest..
Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up airs on Saturday night 7 February. The song that is chosen will go forward to the Eurovision Song Contest in Turkey in May. The hour long show will feature performances by the six competing acts on a set in front of a studio audience with several guest appearances.
Britain’s top pop composing teams – whose artists credits include Blue, Christina Aguilera, Westlife, Ronan Keating, Enrique Iglesias and Cher – have written five of the competing songs. The sixth spot has been reserved for aspiring British songwriters.
Each of the six acts have spent a lot of time being groomed for the big occasion. They are Enrap-ture, Haifa, James Fox, Hyrise, Madison Taylor and Haydon. Eurovision is in its 50th year. Voting will be done through SMS and a scoreboard will be displayed. Along with the SMS seven UK celebrities will announce their choices. Over the course of the next three months the British winner will have his/her song commercially released.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
