Tonight at 20:30 CET (scheduled, but at the nights of the semifinals we experienced a delay) the first national final of Eurovision 2020 starts: Festival i Këngës, the Albanian preselection. Twelve songs and artists will compete to win the 58th Festival i Këngës. One of the songs will represent Albania
Tonight the four finalist of Georgian Idol were chosen. One of these four will, on december 31, be chosen as the winner of Georgian Idol 2019 and….. represent Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest. There is, however, a difference compared to this year’s national selection. During the final of last
We’ve heard all twenty songs of Festival i Këngës 58, the Albanian national final for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. The professional jury, consisting of Mikaela Minga (Albania) Christer Björkman (Sweden) Dimitris Kontopoulos (Greece) Felix Bergsson (Iceland) Rita Petro (Albania) decided which 12 songs should go to the final on
Sad news from France: at the age of 84, Alain Barrière died of a cardiac arrest. Barrière took part in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Elle était si jolie”. He reached the 5th place. Another worldwide hit of Barrière was “Ma vie” in 1964. After a long
People who visited Het Grote Songfestivalfeest in Amsterdam last weekend might have noticed that the song “Fly on the wings of love” was sung by only one Olsen Brother, Jørgen. Today, his brother Niels Noller Olsen announced that he has to end his career. In may this year, Niels was
Upcoming: the Albanian national final Festival i Këngës, which will be held december the 19th, 20th and 22nd. Twenty new songs, all in Albanian, will be presented on those evenings. After the 22nd of december we know the first entry for Rotterdam! Do you wanna hear the songs already? It’s
The organization of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 calls on Dutch people to welcome one of the 41 participants in their street, sports club, group, community or club. This special call has everything to do with the “postcards” – the short introduction films with which the participants are usually introduced.
Many people in The Netherlands know Jan Smit for a long time already. Not a surprise: Jan is from Volendam, a town northwards from Amsterdam. This fisherstown is known from it’s many musical talents. Three Eurovision participants come from Volendam: Bernadette, Maribelle and 3JS. Jan Smit became a star when
You know what people do when they hear they are going to host Eurovision? They scream! But Chantal Janzen never screams, she admitted in tv-show “De Wereld Draait Door”. So, it was her 10 yo son’s conclusion: something very nice must have happened. Chantal Janzen is an actress, musical star,
Since today we know it: Edsilia Rombley is one of the hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. Edsilia already has some experience, and not only by participating in the contest herself. O well, that ís what she did in fact. Twice, so you might say she likes Eurovision. In