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Ben Dolic will not represent Germany

Today, Ben Dolic made an announcement on Instagram about his participation in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. He will not represent Germany in the contest. That means, German television (ARD) has to look for another participant. Whether the country will have a national final or not is not known. “I

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In memoriam: Krunoslav Slabinac

We received the sad news that yesterday, november 13 2020, Croatian singer Krunoslav Slabinac passed away. Krunoslav, or Kićo Slabinac, represented Yugoslavia in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. Although he played in several bands in the 1960s, his carreer started in 1969 by taking part in the festival

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The return of Ivo Linna

Today, the second half of the semifinalist of Eesti Laul, the Estonian national final, is announced. One of the names might be a surprise: Ivo Linna! In 1996, Linna represented Estonia very successful (5th place). He sang a duet with Maarja-Liis, “Kaelakee hääl”. Also this year, Linna will not be

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Second chance for Uku Suviste?

Estonia was supposed to be represented by Uku Suviste in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Estonian television (ETV) decided not to ask him as their representative in the 2021 contest. However, there is still a chance that he will represent Estonia in Rotterdam. Today, ETV announced the names of the

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Hooverphonic returns to previous line up

Hooverphonic surprised Belgium and the rest of the world today by announcing the return of Geike Arnaert. Geike was the singer of Hooverphonic between 1997 and 2008. “We had the feeling we got to do this”, band member Alex Callier stated. photo: Universal Music The members of Hooverphonic said to

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Pick your favourite non-qualifier

photo: EBU Yesterday, EBU came with the news that there will be an online contest between your favourite semifinalists.  “Throughout November on Instagram Stories we’ll be asking you to let us know your favourite song from every country that has failed to qualify for the Grand Final more than once

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Belgian Reynaert passed away

Singer Joseph Reynaerts, known as Reynaert for Eurovision matters, passed away last night. He was hospitalized last week, affected by COVID19. Reynaert represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 in Dublin with “Laissez briller le soleil”. Ten years earlier, he had won, ex-aequo the French songcontest in Spa.

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41 countries in Rotterdam: one was never absent

As you might have noticed, today the participating countries for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest are announced. Exactly the same countries that were already on the list for Rotterdam 2020, will be back in 2021. We would like to give a shout out to one country in particular: Germany. This

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Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið to represent Iceland!

Photo Daði Freyr Today, Daði Freyr announced on Twitter and Instagram that he will be the 2021 Icelandic representant. This year, Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið won Söngvakeppnin, the Icelandic national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. They were among the favourites to win the contest in Rotterdam with his song “Think

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In memory of Toše Proeski

Today, exactly 13 years ago, it was a very sad day for North-Macedonia. One of the most popular singers from this country, Toše Proeski, died in a car accident.Proeski rose to fame in 1997 when he participated in the national festival Makfest with the song “Pušti me”. He took part

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