How To Get Tickets For the Eurovision Song Contest

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A question I’ve asked by a few people over the last week or so is “how can I get to next year’s Eurovision Song Contest?” Some of them have been above board, some have come in quiet back channels where their love of Eurovision can’t be traced back to them (you know who you are!) but it’s cropped up enough times that the best place for me to answer this is in a blog post.

In almost every case I would recommend you join the Official Eurovision Fan Club that has branches around the world, The Organisation Generale des Amateurs de l’Eurovision. As well as branches in every Eurovision country there is also a “Rest of the World” branch for anyone missing.

They will be able to discuss tickets closer to the event, act as your primary contact to buy them, and of course make sure you’re slap bang in the middle of a large group of like minded travelling fans when you get there.

Tickets should also be available through the official site Eurovision.tv closer to the event, and don’t forget tickets are sold not just for the live shows but for the three dress rehearsals of each semi final and final as well. Tickets for the Moscow shows in 2009 started at around 20 Euros and rising to 650 Euros for the live shows, and 7-40 Euros for the dress rehearsals.

It’s very likely that the concert will be in Norway in 2010, and it’s likely to be in Oslo. As with any trip, once the venue is announced there’ll be a scramble for hotels close by to whichever venue is chosen. You’re on your own for that!

See you in Oslo!

(I’ve also added a page linking to all my Eurovision 2009 coverage around the web, you can find it here)