Eurovision 2021

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

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

Read More »

No Montenegrin entry in 2021

Today, Montenegrin television station RTCG (Radijo Televizija Crna Gora) confirmed that Montenegro will not take part in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The country already decided not to go to Rotterdam in 2020. There was hope for a return in 2021 in Rotterdam, but now it’s sure that is not

Read More »

VAL will not represent Belarus

Belarus will not be represented by the duo VAL in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Belarusian state television company BTRC has confirmed that. VAL was chosen to represent Belarus in the, cancelled, 2020 contest. In an interview, Vlad and Valerie stated that BTRC decided not to invite them for two

Read More »

Eurovision 2021: four scenarios

Today, Sietze Bakker, coordinator of the 2020 and 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, revealed there are four scenarios for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. They are: A Eurovision Song Contest as you are used to, up until 2021. A Eurovision Song Contest, dealing with the social distance situation. In the Netherlands,

Read More »

Stefania: songs to be submitted

News about the Greek contestant Stefania. We already know that she will represent Greece in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. She was supposed to do the job this year; soon after the show was cancelled, Greek broadcaster ERT announced that they will continue working with Stefania.Now the news came that

Read More »