The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in May without too many changes, organizer Sietse Bakker hopes. But what the contest will look like exactly is still unclear. The decision about this will be made in mid-February, says Bakker. Last year, four scenarios were made, varying from a ‘normal’ festival
Again sad news, just at the start of 2021: Liam Reilly passed away at age 65. Liam Reilly was the Irish participant in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest and became 2nd with the song “Somewhere in Europe”.Liam Reilly, was an Irish singer/songwriter and musician . He was a member of
Today, the sad news came to us that Portuguese fado-singer Carlos do Carmo passed away at age 81. Carlos Do Carmo was a Portuguese fado singer. He was one of the most famous interpreters of the Lisbon song. His mother Lucília Do Carmo was a wellknown fadista as well. He
The first contestant for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest is known. Tonight, Anxhela Peristeri won Festival i Këngës, the Albanian national selection. The entire top-3 is: 1.Anxhela Peristeri – “Karma”2.Sardi Strugaj – “Kam me t’ba me kajt”3.Festina Mejzini – “Kush je ti dashuri” It is not known whether the song
Tonight is the night, Albania will decide. That means, tonight we will know the first song for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The song will be chosen out of 18 entries. It will, again if there is no delay, start at 20.35 CET. The show can be watched here. The
Yesterday, the first presentation of the 25 Albanian semifinalists could be seen and heard live on television. Tonight, the same 25 songs will be presented, but now accoustic. You can watch the show at 20.35 here. That means, if there is no delay like yesterday. However, the results are already
Tonight, the Albanian national final Festival i Këngës will start. This year, it will be a 3-day event with the same songs presented all 3 evenings. Due to COVID-19, Albanian television decided to have the contest in the open air. The three shows have been prerecorded, only the results coming
She hinted on it already, but today Irish broadcaster RTE confirmed it: Lesley Roy will represent Ireland in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. In order to find a good song, she went to Stockholm to find the people who could help her for the right song. And she found it!
Today, Serbian broadcaster RTS confirmed it: Hurricane is the group to represent the country in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. It was not a surprise: the group already hinted on a participation a month ago. Last year, Hurricane won the national final and was thus supposed to represent Serbia in
Of course the logo of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest caused a lot of reactions, positive as well as negative. Sietse Bakker, executive producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, responded on those comments on his facebook page: “When we started thinking about our artwork we quickly realised we didn’t