Our European Broadcasting Union

Our European Broadcasting Union, also referred as OEBU, is a union from broadcasters in Europe + some others close to it, with its headquarters currently located in Stockholm,. Every country that is a member of the union can take part in the competitions. If a country isn't a member, then they have to apply for the membership first, and if the country is accepted, it can take part.

History
The Our European Broadcasting Union was formed in August 2018 by the Swedish broadcaster. Its first production was the Our European Song Festival 1 which started in August 2018.

Active members

 * Color key
 * Council member
 * Current host

Council
The OEBU Council is a congress of the heads of delegations of different countries of the Our European Broadcasting Union to discuss each edition's planning, to accept entries of the participating countries and to discuss general rules and standards of the Our European Song Festival. It was first formed officially during the first edition by the Swedish Head of Delegation.

Members
This list shows the current and former permanent or temporary members of the OEBU council. Head members are written in bold. The council has currently one permanent member.

Permanent members
Current members                                                           
 * Vaggelis Somarakis (August 2018-present)
 * 🇩🇪 ziemlich verwirrt (December 2018-present)
 * 🇵🇱 ESC Jeann (December 2018-present)

OEBU Competitions
The OEBU holds 1 contest where only its members can participate.

Our European Song Festival
Main arcticle: Our European Song Festival

The Our European Song Festival, often shortened OESF, is a song contests held on Google+ among the members of the OEBU since August 2018 and is inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.