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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

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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

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Pick your favourite non-qualifier

photo: EBU Yesterday, EBU came with the news that there will be an online contest between your favourite semifinalists.  “Throughout November on Instagram Stories we’ll be asking you to let us know your favourite song from every country that has failed to qualify for the Grand Final more than once

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Belgian Reynaert passed away

Singer Joseph Reynaerts, known as Reynaert for Eurovision matters, passed away last night. He was hospitalized last week, affected by COVID19. Reynaert represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 in Dublin with “Laissez briller le soleil”. Ten years earlier, he had won, ex-aequo the French songcontest in Spa.

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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

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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

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In memory of Toše Proeski

Today, exactly 13 years ago, it was a very sad day for North-Macedonia. One of the most popular singers from this country, Toše Proeski, died in a car accident.Proeski rose to fame in 1997 when he participated in the national festival Makfest with the song “Pušti me”. He took part

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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

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Duncan Laurence is going to marry

Great Dutch Eurovision news: most recent Eurovision winner Duncan Laurence is going to marry his boyfriend Jordan Garfield. The two have a relationship since the beginning of this year, but only made this public in may. On his Instagram page, Garfield wrote: “For those of you I didn’t recently talk

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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

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