Vienna: The 2015 Eurovision Song Contest is held at Vienna, the capital of Austria. This is the second time in history the city hosts the contest. This year’s competition

has a specialty as it is the 60th anniversary of Eurovision song contest. As per the existing tradition of the Eurovision, the previous year’s winning country is responsible to host the following year’s contest. It was Conchita Wurst who took the crown for Austria last year. The second Semi-Final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, there are 17 contestants representing Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland. To celebrate the diamond year of Eurovision Australia has been invited to join for the first time and they’re considered to be favorites to win the contest. Australia’s Guy Sebastian is one of the biggest stars in the competition who has been hotly tipped for the Eurovision title. Sweden, Russia and Italy are the other possible countries to win the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest. Sweden’s Mans Zelmerlow has long been considered as the front runner, followed by Russia’s Polina Gagarina and Italy’s pop-opera trio Il Volo. Regarding the entry of UK, Swing duo Electro Velvet is expected to fly the flag for his country. Ireland, the most successful country in Eurovision history, is gone out of the competition after failing to secure a berth the semi-final. The seven-time winners couldn’t gather enough votes for their youngest ever entrant, Molly Sterling who is just 17 years old. Around 200 million viewers are expected to view the event on television.   Video on 2015 Eurovision song contest