Eurovision Real Superpower Revealed in the ESCrating.com Greece Tops Chart!

KIEV, Ukraine - CFC Consulting presents ESCrating.com, an unofficial rating of the states participating in the Eurovision Song Contest designed to further boost the popularity of Europe’s No 1 annual music event and encourage the competitive spirit between its participants.

Since Eurovision was first launched in 1956, the ESC family has grown bigger and bigger. The contest has gained more popularity among its viewers and has seen more interest from the participating states and from the global media. In 2004, the total number of countries taking part in Eurovision grew to 36, which resulted in the introduction of a Semi-Final elimination round. It is this landmark development in ESC’s history that the designers of this new rating have taken as the starting point for ranking participating countries for overall popularity.

According to ESCrating.com, the Top Ten countries are: Greece (132), Ukraine (129), Russia (125.5), Serbia (110), Turkey (93.5), Bosnia & Herzegovina (90.5), Romania (79.5), Sweden (64.5), Armenia (59.5) and Latvia (57.5). These countries showed outstanding results and splendid performance over time. “Many world competitions, especially in sports, have ratings of this kind and we wondered why Europe’s biggest music event does not,” says Maryna Skomorokhova, PR Coordinator of CFC Entertainment.

ESCrating.com will be updated every year to show each country’s current ranking, as well as its prospects for improvement in upcoming years.

“The idea behind ESCrating.com is not only to keep up the competitive spirit during ESC 2009 but also to encourage global interest in Eurovision in the future. With the help of the ESCrating.com, we will know who is the ultimate No 1 singing nation in Europe,” says Gennadii Kurochka, Managing Partner of CFC Consulting.

CFC Entertainment is the brain-child of CFC Consulting. In 2005, CFC Entertainment has been the Official PR Partner of Ukraine at ESC in Kyiv. Company implemented Ruslana’s European PR and marketing strategy and was behind top-placing performance of Ani Lorak in 2008. The team was hired as a strategic communications advisor to Georgia’s debut entry at ESC 2007. For the past five years, CFC has been a PR partner of the World Music Awards.

Official partner of the rating www.mupotoons.com (music, politics and cartoons)

Good luck Europe!

Source: CFC Consulting Company Ltd

For details please contact Maryna Skomorokhova at +380506115241 or ms at cfcentertainment.com