 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Eurovision Song Contest yakatangwa nechishuwo chekusimudzira kudyidzana pakati penyika dzekuEurope mumakore akatevera Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri kuburikidza nekuparadzirwa kweterevhizheni kwakayambuka miganhu, izvo zvakakonzera kuvambwa kweEuropean Broadcasting Union EBU muna 1950. Shoko rokuti Eurovision rakatanga kushandiswa nomutori wenhau wokuBritain George Campey muLondon Evening Standard muna 1951, paakataura nezvepurogiramu yeBBC yakanga iri kutepfenyurwa neterevhizheni yokuNetherlands. Kutevera zviitiko zvinoverengeka zvakatumirwa pasi rose kuburikidza neEurovision yekutumira network mukutanga kwema1950, kusanganisira Coronation of Elizabeth IImuna 1953, komiti yeEBU, inotungamirirwa naMarcel Bezençon, yakaumbwa muna Ndira 1955 kuti iongorore zvirongwa zvitsva zvekudyidzana pakati pevaterevhizheni, iyo yakabvumidza kuti iongororwezve makwikwi enziyo eEurope kubva pane pfungwa yakatangwa naSergio Pugliese. Musangano mukuru weEBU wakabvumirana kuronga makwikwi enziyo muna Gumiguru 1955, pasi pezita rekutanga re European Grand Prix, uye akagamuchira chikumbiro chakatumirwa nevamiriri veSwitzerland kuti vagamuchire chiitiko ichi muLugano muchirimo cha1956. Mutambo weItaly weSanremo Music, wakaitwa kubva muna 1951, wakashandiswa sehwaro hwekutanga kuronga makwikwi, pamwe nekugadziriswa kwakawanda nekuwedzerwa nekuda kwehunhu hwayo hwepasi rose. 