Given how long the show is, is the current start time (8 pm GMT, 9 pm CET etc.) optimal? I'm thinking starting one hour earlier would make the time more tolerable further east, whereas 7 pm is hardly too early in GMT-countries. Or is it?
Here it starts around three o'clock in the morning (GMT +8) but I'm thinking of setting it around an hour earlier, depending on my ability to stay awake at that hour (and I'll be careful not to disturb my sleeping neighbours).
It is fine just as it is. Amen. Namaste, ale
I think Eurovision does start at 7pm GMT as it starts at 8pm BST. I think it could start at 7pm without it impacting significantly on UK/Irish viewership, but I would say 8pm for us/9pm for Western Europe probably reaches the biggest amount of people.