Rotterdam 2020

Road to Rotterdam: Georgia

In 2014 Tornike Kipiani won the x factor Georgia. He took part again in 2019, as Georgia wanted to send the winner to the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. On New Year’s Eve 2019, Tornike won the ticket to Rotterdam. With his “Take me as I am” he could not participate

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ABBA in Europe shine a light!?

Tonight is the night! Unfortunately not the night of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. However, there will be a show called Europe Shine A Light. It will start at 21:00 CET and you can watch it in every participating country of the Eurovision Song Contest. You will

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Running order second semifinal known

As the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled, an official running order for the contest has never been decided. Tonight, at the Eurovision Song Celebration for the first semifinal, they used an official running order. So we know now the show would have been opened by Greece and closed by Latvia.

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Tonight: Eurovision song celebration again!

Don’t forget to watch tonight: again we will see the Eurovision song celebration. You will see all the songs that were supposed to perform in the 2nd semifinal, and the British, French and Spanish entries. YouTube Creators from all over Europe will react to the songs and will be included

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Running order first semifinal published

photo: Arkland, Wikimedia Commons As the Eurovision Song Contest was cancelled, an official running order for the contest has never been decided. Tonight, at the Eurovision Song Celebration for the first semifinal, they used an official running order. So we know now the show would have been opened by Sweden

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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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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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Ahoy Rotterdam temporary care location!

Eurovision Song Contest location Ahoy in Rotterdam, will be set up as a temporary care location, due to the Covid 19-crisis.The huge venue expects to accomodate 700 patients. This is to relieve the pressure on regular hospitals.Of course all concerts and events and the Eurovision Song Contest itself have been

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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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