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Eurovision Song Contest, Sports Personality Of The Year & ‘Blue Peter’ Put To Tender By BBC


UK TV producers will be given the opportunity to pitch to helm the BBC’s Eurovision Song Contest coverage, Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) awards and iconic kids show Blue Peter as the…

After a lengthy tender hiatus, the BBC has put Blue Peter, Cardiff Singer of the World, the Eurovision Song Contest and SPOTY coverage to the market and bids will open next month. If BBC Studios loses, the first SPOTY produced by the winner would air later this year, but Eurovision’s replacement won’t start until 2026. SPOTY, which has already been tendered once, will definitely be moving from in-house, with the BBC saying that its sport productions team will not compete this time round.

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