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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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Hooverphonic missing in “Love shine a light”

You might not have noticed, but when all the 2020 Eurovision participants sang “Love shine a light” in the show Eurovision Shine A Light, there were 40 artists and groups, not 41. Hooverphonic was not included. Already a few days earlier, group member Alex Callier said on Belgian television that

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EBU: Welcome to Rotterdam 2021

Today, at the end of the show Europe Shine A Light, there was some news. The EBU confirmed that the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be held, and Rotterdam will be the host city. Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, the EBU, NPO, NOS, AVROTROS and the

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ABBA in Europe shine a light!?

Tonight is the night! Unfortunately not the night of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. However, there will be a show called Europe Shine A Light. It will start at 21:00 CET and you can watch it in every participating country of the Eurovision Song Contest. You will

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Running order second semifinal known

As the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled, an official running order for the contest has never been decided. Tonight, at the Eurovision Song Celebration for the first semifinal, they used an official running order. So we know now the show would have been opened by Greece and closed by Latvia.

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Tonight: Eurovision song celebration again!

Don’t forget to watch tonight: again we will see the Eurovision song celebration. You will see all the songs that were supposed to perform in the 2nd semifinal, and the British, French and Spanish entries. YouTube Creators from all over Europe will react to the songs and will be included

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