{"id":158172,"date":"2026-05-17T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/?p=158172"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:00:45","slug":"watch-meet-the-americans-who-love-eurovision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vale50plus.org\/clone\/watch-meet-the-americans-who-love-eurovision\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Meet the Americans who love Eurovision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">Thousands of miles from Vienna, hundreds of Americans gathered in Washington DC to watch the Eurovision Song Contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">Eurovision opened voting to the &#8216;Rest of the World&#8217; &#8211; including the United States &#8211; during the 2023 contest in Liverpool, and US enthusiasm has only grown since. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">At the watch party, attendees cheered passionately for countries including Finland, Bulgaria and Greece, embracing the sequins, spectacle, and sheer drama that make Eurovision unlike any other show on earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\"><i id=\"video-by-alex-foster.-produced-with-madeline-gerber-and-rebecka-pieder.\" class=\"sc-4029fe79-0 hTEgDj\">Video by Alex Foster. 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