[Stooky Bill]

Every year, the contest has padding for countries that do not air commercial breaks. Not new this.

Yeah I know it does, but given the BBC are the host broadcaster it made me wonder if they would be doing the whole thing without an ad break for the international channels that are taking the coverage.

It's part of the format, there's not much in terms of the structure of the show that the host broadcaster can change, just artistic stuff. It's the EBUs show

That said some ideas catch on and become regular features, like the flag parade

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Are the BBC putting in ad breaks for the European channels that normally take the ad breaks instead of the chit chat?

Every year, the contest has padding for countries that do not air commercial breaks. Not new this.

Also there is a different non commercial version of the show for those broadcasters who are ad free. The main feeds have sponsorship on the stings and graphics. If you have the app the splash screen of that gives an idea of the sponsorship