With the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest now seeming to be a distant memory, and the 2015 Contest still being a good while away, one would be forgiven for thinking that this is quiet time of year for the project. Except that the ABU TV Song Festival 2014 is imminent, and soon after we have the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest to enjoy too. Then there's the return of the Intervision Song Contest; the 2014 edition has been cancelled but a revival in early 2015 is still expected. And even if all that wasn't going on, there are plenty of existing articles which need improvement. Yes, we have a notable selection of good articles but there's still plenty of room for more!
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A request for the creation of quite a long list of new articles has been posted via the Newsdesk. Anyone who wishes to volunteer in creating these new articles may do so. A selection of some from that list are as follows:
12 countries have so far confirmed participation. Making their début are Maldives and Turkey, along with the hosts, Macau. Malaysia have withdrawn from the competition. Turkey are scheduled to be the hosts of the 2015 edition as they will also be hosting the ABU General Assembly the same year.
14 countries have so far confirmed participation. Making their début are Italy, Montenegro, and Slovenia. Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Serbia are returning to the contest, whilst Macedonia are withdrawing.
In August 2014, executive supervisor Vladislav Yakolev said that he was investigating the possibility of allowing commercial networks, who are not members of the EBU, to field contestants.
So far 23 Turkic regions have confirmed their participation. Germany and Russia are making their début in 2014. There are no withdrawals to date. The TatNeft Arena will be the host venue for the contest in November.
Originally scheduled to take place in October 2014, the contest revival has now been postponed to take place in Spring 2015, due to political reasons. 7 countries have so far confirmed participation, with China making their début.
31 countries have confirmed participation. Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus are returning to the contest. Whilst there is speculation that Moroccan broadcaster 2MTV have applied for EBU membership with the aim to returning the North African nation to the contest. Although there is no further information available to provide any update on their application process.
The Wiener Stadhalle in Vienna was chosen as the host venue. Six countries have confirmed that they will not be returning to the contest next year.
The EBU have revamped the generic Eurovision logo, which is expected to be used in 2015. The changes include a clean-up of the logo design, and also the font type changed to Gotham.
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Maintenance tasks
The following is a list of some selected ProjectEurovision-related articles that need some extensive improvement work doing them. Add sources
On 13 September 2014 the proportion of all articles with an assessed project banner was:
100%
(estimate: some more article talk pages may still need a banner)
The proportion of all articles with known importance is:
100%
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