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Eurovision in Concert: april 10 2021

Save the date! April 10 2021 will be the new date for Eurovision In Concert. The organizers of Eurovision In Concert announced the news today. The event will, just as it was planned this year, take place in Afas Live in Amsterdam. If you bought tickets for this year’s EIC,

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Iceland wins “Der kleine Song Contest”

In Austria, they had their own song contest this year. Divided over three shows, an expert jury chose three songs to be judged by Austrian televoters. And the winner is…. Iceland! Daði  & Gagnamagnið got 48% of the votes with their song “Think about things”, while Austria was the runner

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Europe Shine A Light in 45 countries!

Europe Shine A Light, the tv show that will replace the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, can be heard and seen in 45 countries. All the participating countries will transmit the show, which can be seen on may 16, 21:00 CET. Beside that, the show will be broadcast by television stations

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Eurostream: the online alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest!

Following the cancellation of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, several major Eurovision websites, among which Eurovision Universe, have joined forces to organise the first ever 100% online edition of the Contest. Under the joint name Eurostream 2020, three scheduled live shows (with two Semi-Finals

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Rotterdam warmly willing to organize Eurovision 2021

photo: Jeroen ‘t Hart Apart from the €15,5 million costs the city of Rotterdam already made for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, it will cost the city €6,7 million extra to host the 2021 contest. However, the mayor and councillors wrote a letter to the council about this, stating that

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Europe! Shine a light!

Photo: NPO/AVROTROS/NOS Today it has been confirmed: there will be a tv-show at may 16 to honour all the 41 entries that were supposed to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, the contest that has been cancelled. The show will be called Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light. It

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EBU intends to honour 2020 songs

A few days after the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) brought out a new statement regarding the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest and it’s entries: We have been overwhelmed with the love that the Eurovision Song Contest family has shared since the difficult decision to

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Senhit: A painful but inevitable choice

Senhit, the Italian singer who was about to represent San Marino for the second time, stated the following on her facebook page: I am very sorry. As you know, the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 has been cancelled. A painful but inevitable choice for our health. But the music stays and, nowadays, it

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Hooverphonic: safety and security priority

It is not sure whether Hooverphonic will be present at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. At least the band itself wants to. This is what they stated: While we regret the unfortunate chain of events, we fully understand and support the EBU’s decision to cancel the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

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