Caribbean Song Festival
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The Caribbean Song Festival is an annual song competition held among countries that are members of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union
(CBU). It is the largest and highest rated song competition of the Caribbean.
It is often referred to as the Eurovision Song Contest
of the Caribbean
, and sometimes mistakenly called the CBU Festival.
Each competing Island
and country
holds a National Song Festival where a winner is chosen. This is aired on live television
at the National competition via one of the national CBU-member television station
s. The National winner and song will then be submitted to the international competition. At the Caribbean Song Festival, the finalists represent their country.
The show has been broadcast on live television
since it first premiered in 1984.
Caribbean Broadcasting Union
The Caribbean Broadcasting Union founded in 1970 is a not-for-profit association of public service and commercial broadcasters in the Caribbean...
(CBU). It is the largest and highest rated song competition of the Caribbean.
It is often referred to as the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
of the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
, and sometimes mistakenly called the CBU Festival.
Each competing Island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
and country
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
holds a National Song Festival where a winner is chosen. This is aired on live television
Live television
Live television refers to a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present. From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed shows such as I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke. Video tape did not exist until 1957...
at the National competition via one of the national CBU-member television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
s. The National winner and song will then be submitted to the international competition. At the Caribbean Song Festival, the finalists represent their country.
The show has been broadcast on live television
Live television
Live television refers to a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present. From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed shows such as I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke. Video tape did not exist until 1957...
since it first premiered in 1984.