June 2020

Bye bye backings? Martin Österdahl reveals change!

Today, an interview with Eurovision Song Contest executive producer Martin Österdahl appeared. He explained that the EBU is working on some rule changes, in order to make sure that the contest never has to be cancelled again like it happened last year.  Österdahl revealed one specific rule: next year, it

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Andorra and the Eurovision Song Contest

In this article, we want to look back at the participation of Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest. Andorra is the only country that took part but never reached the final.  Andorra took part in the contest a total of five times. The entries were all sung in Catalan, sometimes

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Eurovision 2021: 18, 20 and 22 may

photo: Jeroen ‘t Hart (mijn reiskennis Jeroen) Save the date! 18, 20 and 22 may 2021 will be the days of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest. The contest will be held in Rotterdam. It was supposed to be held this year in Ahoy in Rotterdam. Due to the Corona crisis,

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Albania: song contest addict since 1962

Photo Anjeza Shahini: tomboy30, wikimedia commons It was 2004 when Albania first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. Already in december 2003 they had it’s national final, Festival i Këngës. The winner was Anjeza Shahini with the song “Imazhi yt”, a song that exceeded the 3 minutes, and not a

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No Sandro in Rotterdam next year

Rumours were going on already, but now the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC has confirmed the news: Sandro Nicolas will not represent Cyprus in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Therewith, he is the first 2020 participant who was chosen internally, who will not return in 2021. This is what CyBC stated: “Due

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