Hooverphonic presented its Eurovision Song this morning. The song will be called “The wrong place”. Last year, Hooverphonic was already supposed to represent Belgium, but we all know why that didn’t happen. The group had the song “Release me” ready for Rotterdam. But another thing happened for the group: they decided to replace singer Luca Kruysberghs for Geike Arnaert. Geike had been the Hooverphonic singer from 1997 until 2008.
As the countries participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be the same as in 2020, the allocation draw also will be the same. Eurovision.tv just confirmed that the 41 participating countries agreed on that. That means, the countries will perform in the same part of the same semifinal as was planned for the 2020 contest. Of course, the following order will be decided when all the songs are known. The allocation draw was, and is: 1st semifinal, 1st part: North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd part: Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st part: Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia Germany, Italy and The Netherlands will also be able to vote in this semifinal. 2nd semifinal, 2nd part: Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania France, Spain and the United Kingdom will also be able to vote in this semifinal.
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 the press that they felt the need to work together again, twenty years after their success album “The magnificent three” and the song “Mad about you”. As Geike left the band in 2008 because of her solo project and not because of troubles between the band members, it was easy for her to return. Geike’s most successful solo project was a song with the Dutch band Bløf, the song “Zoutelande”. Of course this is sad news for singer Luka Cruysberghs. She was the singer at Hooverphonic’s 2020 Eurovision song, “Release me”. Record company Universal offers Luka a solo single. Alex Callier stated that if she wishes, she can count on Hooverphonic’s help.
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. Reynaert wrote his song “Laissez briller le soleil” after the Belgian ship MS Herald Of Free Enterprise capsized and sank moments after leaving Port Zeebrugge in Belgium, causing many victims. The song won the 1988 Belgian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. In the international final in Dublin, Reynaert was less successful. He became 18th. After the contest, it became more silent around Joseph Reynaerts. He gave performances every now and then and worked together with Pierre Rapsat, Philippe Anciaux, Philippe Lafontaine and Steve Houben to honour George Brassens ten years after he passed away.At the end of the 1990s, Joseph Reynaerts became the director of the Centre Culturel de Flémalle. He resigned for health reasons in 2008. source: rtbf.be
September 1st is the start of the Eurovision Season. Every song that is released from now on, can be a Eurovision entry.Due to COVID19, the previous contest had to be cancelled. We don’t know yet what the 2021 contest will look like. Junior Eurovision in Poland will be a first test case for this.Because of the cancellation, a lot of national broadcasters decided to give the same artist a second chance. Therefore, we already have 19 artists confirmed for the 2021 contest. They are: Australia: Montaigne Austria: Vincent Bueno Azerbaijan: Efendi Belgium: Hooverphonic Bulgaria: Victoria Czech Republic: Benny Cristo Georgia: Tornike Kipiani Greece: Stephania Israel: Eden Alene Latvia: Samanta Tina Malta: Destiny Moldova: Natalia Gordienko (unconfirmed!) Romania: Roxen San Marino: Senhit Slovenia: Ana Soklič Spain: Blas Cantó Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears The Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy Ukraine: Go_A As soon as there is news, we will keep you updated!
After an exciting voting, Iceland has won Eurostream2020, the online alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest. After a wonderful evening, we now know who might have won the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. It’s Daði & Gagnamagnið who reached the first place. Congratulations, til hamingju Ísland!!Iceland was the winner of both the experts and the televoters. Almost 10.000 people voted in the contest. This made it, despite the technichal problems, a great show. We would like to thank the makers of Eurostream 2020 to let us enjoy the three shows this week! The full result of the contest is: Iceland, 434 pts. Lithuania, 303 pts. Russia, 287 pts. Sweden, 280 pts. Belgium, 278 pts. Malta, 273 pts. Italy, 268 pts. Switzerland, 267 pts. Bulgaria, 256 pts. Azerbaijan, 203 pts. Georgia, 202 pts. Germany, 185 pts. The Netherlands, 176 pts. Romania, 167 pts. Norway, 158 pts. France, 146 pts. Greece, 142 pts. Denmark, 119 pts. Austria, 95 pts. Spain, 87 pts Australia, 82 pts. United Kingdom, 75 pts. Serbia, 72 pts. Armenia, 70 pts. Israel, 67 pts. Albania, 64 pts.
It was a great show, and now we have the results. After an exciting reveal, we know now which 10 songs went through. The number behind the name of the country is the number in the following order next saturday in the final: Lithuania (6)Malta (3)Romania (8)Sweden (16)Russia (13)Israel (21)Norway (12)Australia (2)Azerbaijan (26)Belgium (17)
Of course, we would have loved to keep you updated for the rehearsals of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. But unfortunately, that is impossible.Thank goodness, this week we can follow Eurostream 2020, a great alternative for the contest.On Tuesday, may 5th, you can watch the first semifinal show. On thurday, may 7th, you can watch the second one. Of course, upcoming saturday we will have the Grand Final!!! You can watch them on the Eurostream Youtube Channel or Facebook Page.And guess what: YOU are able to vote in it. There will be an expert jury ánd televoting in the show, just like in the real Eurovision Song Contest. The first semifinal following order will be:1.Sweden2.Ireland3.Belarus4.Australia5.Lithuania6.Russia7.North Macedonia8.Slovenia9.Azerbaijan10.Norway11.Israel12.Malta13.Croatia14.Belgium15.Romania16.Cyprus17.Ukraine The second semifinal following order will be:1.Czech Republic2.Moldova3.Greece4.Serbia5.Poland6.Estonia7.San Marino8.Iceland9.Austria10.Finland11.Denmark12.Portugal13.Armenia14.Albania15.Switzerland16.Georgia17.Bulgaria18.Latvia So, although there will be no Eurovision Song Contest, there ís an alternative. Hope to see you this week!!
Today, our friends of Aussievision did the draw for the first semifinal of Eurostream 2020. This is what the draw looks like: 01 Sweden02 Ireland03 Belarus04 Australia05 Lithuania06 Russia07 North Macedonia08 Slovenia09 Azerbaijan10 Norway11 Israel12 Malta13 Croatia14 Belgium15 Romania16 Cyprus17 Ukraine The first semifinal will be streamed on may 5th. There has also been a draw for Italy (11) and Germany (20) in the grand final.
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 up with 33%. Malta became 3rd with 19% of the votes. The full results of the expert jury where: Show 1 Iceland 75 The Netherlands 71 Bulgaria 71 United Kingdom 66 Belgium 63 Poland 61 Romania 61 Israel 60 Spain 55 Cyprus 50 Georgia 49 Armenia 42 San Marino 35 Belarus 17 Show 2 Malta 97 Sweden 86 France 69 Russia 67 Switzerland 64 Lithuania 57 Finland 56 Ireland 55 Azerbaijan 50 Slovenia 50 Croatia 45 Latvia 36 Portugal 30 Moldova 28 Show 3 Austria 76 Denmark 73 Germany 66 Albania 62 Norway 62 Italy 59 Greece 51 Czech Republic 51 Estonia 48 Ukraine 45 North Macedonia 42 Australia 35 Serbia 35
Hooverphonic presented its Eurovision Song this morning. The song will be called “The wrong place”. Last year, Hooverphonic was already supposed to represent Belgium, but we all know why that didn’t happen. The group had the song “Release me” ready for Rotterdam. But another thing happened for the group: they decided to replace singer Luca Kruysberghs for Geike Arnaert. Geike had been the Hooverphonic singer from 1997 until 2008.
As the countries participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be the same as in 2020, the allocation draw also will be the same. Eurovision.tv just confirmed that the 41 participating countries agreed on that. That means, the countries will perform in the same part of the same semifinal as was planned for the 2020 contest. Of course, the following order will be decided when all the songs are known. The allocation draw was, and is: 1st semifinal, 1st part: North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd part: Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st part: Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia Germany, Italy and The Netherlands will also be able to vote in this semifinal. 2nd semifinal, 2nd part: Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania France, Spain and the United Kingdom will also be able to vote in this semifinal.
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 the press that they felt the need to work together again, twenty years after their success album “The magnificent three” and the song “Mad about you”. As Geike left the band in 2008 because of her solo project and not because of troubles between the band members, it was easy for her to return. Geike’s most successful solo project was a song with the Dutch band Bløf, the song “Zoutelande”. Of course this is sad news for singer Luka Cruysberghs. She was the singer at Hooverphonic’s 2020 Eurovision song, “Release me”. Record company Universal offers Luka a solo single. Alex Callier stated that if she wishes, she can count on Hooverphonic’s help.
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. Reynaert wrote his song “Laissez briller le soleil” after the Belgian ship MS Herald Of Free Enterprise capsized and sank moments after leaving Port Zeebrugge in Belgium, causing many victims. The song won the 1988 Belgian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. In the international final in Dublin, Reynaert was less successful. He became 18th. After the contest, it became more silent around Joseph Reynaerts. He gave performances every now and then and worked together with Pierre Rapsat, Philippe Anciaux, Philippe Lafontaine and Steve Houben to honour George Brassens ten years after he passed away.At the end of the 1990s, Joseph Reynaerts became the director of the Centre Culturel de Flémalle. He resigned for health reasons in 2008. source: rtbf.be
September 1st is the start of the Eurovision Season. Every song that is released from now on, can be a Eurovision entry.Due to COVID19, the previous contest had to be cancelled. We don’t know yet what the 2021 contest will look like. Junior Eurovision in Poland will be a first test case for this.Because of the cancellation, a lot of national broadcasters decided to give the same artist a second chance. Therefore, we already have 19 artists confirmed for the 2021 contest. They are: Australia: Montaigne Austria: Vincent Bueno Azerbaijan: Efendi Belgium: Hooverphonic Bulgaria: Victoria Czech Republic: Benny Cristo Georgia: Tornike Kipiani Greece: Stephania Israel: Eden Alene Latvia: Samanta Tina Malta: Destiny Moldova: Natalia Gordienko (unconfirmed!) Romania: Roxen San Marino: Senhit Slovenia: Ana Soklič Spain: Blas Cantó Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears The Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy Ukraine: Go_A As soon as there is news, we will keep you updated!
After an exciting voting, Iceland has won Eurostream2020, the online alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest. After a wonderful evening, we now know who might have won the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. It’s Daði & Gagnamagnið who reached the first place. Congratulations, til hamingju Ísland!!Iceland was the winner of both the experts and the televoters. Almost 10.000 people voted in the contest. This made it, despite the technichal problems, a great show. We would like to thank the makers of Eurostream 2020 to let us enjoy the three shows this week! The full result of the contest is: Iceland, 434 pts. Lithuania, 303 pts. Russia, 287 pts. Sweden, 280 pts. Belgium, 278 pts. Malta, 273 pts. Italy, 268 pts. Switzerland, 267 pts. Bulgaria, 256 pts. Azerbaijan, 203 pts. Georgia, 202 pts. Germany, 185 pts. The Netherlands, 176 pts. Romania, 167 pts. Norway, 158 pts. France, 146 pts. Greece, 142 pts. Denmark, 119 pts. Austria, 95 pts. Spain, 87 pts Australia, 82 pts. United Kingdom, 75 pts. Serbia, 72 pts. Armenia, 70 pts. Israel, 67 pts. Albania, 64 pts.
It was a great show, and now we have the results. After an exciting reveal, we know now which 10 songs went through. The number behind the name of the country is the number in the following order next saturday in the final: Lithuania (6)Malta (3)Romania (8)Sweden (16)Russia (13)Israel (21)Norway (12)Australia (2)Azerbaijan (26)Belgium (17)
Of course, we would have loved to keep you updated for the rehearsals of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. But unfortunately, that is impossible.Thank goodness, this week we can follow Eurostream 2020, a great alternative for the contest.On Tuesday, may 5th, you can watch the first semifinal show. On thurday, may 7th, you can watch the second one. Of course, upcoming saturday we will have the Grand Final!!! You can watch them on the Eurostream Youtube Channel or Facebook Page.And guess what: YOU are able to vote in it. There will be an expert jury ánd televoting in the show, just like in the real Eurovision Song Contest. The first semifinal following order will be:1.Sweden2.Ireland3.Belarus4.Australia5.Lithuania6.Russia7.North Macedonia8.Slovenia9.Azerbaijan10.Norway11.Israel12.Malta13.Croatia14.Belgium15.Romania16.Cyprus17.Ukraine The second semifinal following order will be:1.Czech Republic2.Moldova3.Greece4.Serbia5.Poland6.Estonia7.San Marino8.Iceland9.Austria10.Finland11.Denmark12.Portugal13.Armenia14.Albania15.Switzerland16.Georgia17.Bulgaria18.Latvia So, although there will be no Eurovision Song Contest, there ís an alternative. Hope to see you this week!!
Today, our friends of Aussievision did the draw for the first semifinal of Eurostream 2020. This is what the draw looks like: 01 Sweden02 Ireland03 Belarus04 Australia05 Lithuania06 Russia07 North Macedonia08 Slovenia09 Azerbaijan10 Norway11 Israel12 Malta13 Croatia14 Belgium15 Romania16 Cyprus17 Ukraine The first semifinal will be streamed on may 5th. There has also been a draw for Italy (11) and Germany (20) in the grand final.
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 up with 33%. Malta became 3rd with 19% of the votes. The full results of the expert jury where: Show 1 Iceland 75 The Netherlands 71 Bulgaria 71 United Kingdom 66 Belgium 63 Poland 61 Romania 61 Israel 60 Spain 55 Cyprus 50 Georgia 49 Armenia 42 San Marino 35 Belarus 17 Show 2 Malta 97 Sweden 86 France 69 Russia 67 Switzerland 64 Lithuania 57 Finland 56 Ireland 55 Azerbaijan 50 Slovenia 50 Croatia 45 Latvia 36 Portugal 30 Moldova 28 Show 3 Austria 76 Denmark 73 Germany 66 Albania 62 Norway 62 Italy 59 Greece 51 Czech Republic 51 Estonia 48 Ukraine 45 North Macedonia 42 Australia 35 Serbia 35
Hooverphonic presented its Eurovision Song this morning. The song will be called “The wrong place”. Last year, Hooverphonic was already supposed to represent Belgium, but we all know why that didn’t happen. The group had the song “Release me” ready for Rotterdam. But another thing happened for the group: they decided to replace singer Luca Kruysberghs for Geike Arnaert. Geike had been the Hooverphonic singer from 1997 until 2008.
As the countries participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be the same as in 2020, the allocation draw also will be the same. Eurovision.tv just confirmed that the 41 participating countries agreed on that. That means, the countries will perform in the same part of the same semifinal as was planned for the 2020 contest. Of course, the following order will be decided when all the songs are known. The allocation draw was, and is: 1st semifinal, 1st part: North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd part: Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine Romania Belgium 2nd semifinal, 1st part: Austria Moldova Poland San Marino Serbia Iceland Czech Republic Greece Estonia Germany, Italy and The Netherlands will also be able to vote in this semifinal. 2nd semifinal, 2nd part: Denmark Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Armenia Latvia Georgia Portugal Albania France, Spain and the United Kingdom will also be able to vote in this semifinal.
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 the press that they felt the need to work together again, twenty years after their success album “The magnificent three” and the song “Mad about you”. As Geike left the band in 2008 because of her solo project and not because of troubles between the band members, it was easy for her to return. Geike’s most successful solo project was a song with the Dutch band Bløf, the song “Zoutelande”. Of course this is sad news for singer Luka Cruysberghs. She was the singer at Hooverphonic’s 2020 Eurovision song, “Release me”. Record company Universal offers Luka a solo single. Alex Callier stated that if she wishes, she can count on Hooverphonic’s help.
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. Reynaert wrote his song “Laissez briller le soleil” after the Belgian ship MS Herald Of Free Enterprise capsized and sank moments after leaving Port Zeebrugge in Belgium, causing many victims. The song won the 1988 Belgian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. In the international final in Dublin, Reynaert was less successful. He became 18th. After the contest, it became more silent around Joseph Reynaerts. He gave performances every now and then and worked together with Pierre Rapsat, Philippe Anciaux, Philippe Lafontaine and Steve Houben to honour George Brassens ten years after he passed away.At the end of the 1990s, Joseph Reynaerts became the director of the Centre Culturel de Flémalle. He resigned for health reasons in 2008. source: rtbf.be
September 1st is the start of the Eurovision Season. Every song that is released from now on, can be a Eurovision entry.Due to COVID19, the previous contest had to be cancelled. We don’t know yet what the 2021 contest will look like. Junior Eurovision in Poland will be a first test case for this.Because of the cancellation, a lot of national broadcasters decided to give the same artist a second chance. Therefore, we already have 19 artists confirmed for the 2021 contest. They are: Australia: Montaigne Austria: Vincent Bueno Azerbaijan: Efendi Belgium: Hooverphonic Bulgaria: Victoria Czech Republic: Benny Cristo Georgia: Tornike Kipiani Greece: Stephania Israel: Eden Alene Latvia: Samanta Tina Malta: Destiny Moldova: Natalia Gordienko (unconfirmed!) Romania: Roxen San Marino: Senhit Slovenia: Ana Soklič Spain: Blas Cantó Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears The Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy Ukraine: Go_A As soon as there is news, we will keep you updated!
After an exciting voting, Iceland has won Eurostream2020, the online alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest. After a wonderful evening, we now know who might have won the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. It’s Daði & Gagnamagnið who reached the first place. Congratulations, til hamingju Ísland!!Iceland was the winner of both the experts and the televoters. Almost 10.000 people voted in the contest. This made it, despite the technichal problems, a great show. We would like to thank the makers of Eurostream 2020 to let us enjoy the three shows this week! The full result of the contest is: Iceland, 434 pts. Lithuania, 303 pts. Russia, 287 pts. Sweden, 280 pts. Belgium, 278 pts. Malta, 273 pts. Italy, 268 pts. Switzerland, 267 pts. Bulgaria, 256 pts. Azerbaijan, 203 pts. Georgia, 202 pts. Germany, 185 pts. The Netherlands, 176 pts. Romania, 167 pts. Norway, 158 pts. France, 146 pts. Greece, 142 pts. Denmark, 119 pts. Austria, 95 pts. Spain, 87 pts Australia, 82 pts. United Kingdom, 75 pts. Serbia, 72 pts. Armenia, 70 pts. Israel, 67 pts. Albania, 64 pts.
It was a great show, and now we have the results. After an exciting reveal, we know now which 10 songs went through. The number behind the name of the country is the number in the following order next saturday in the final: Lithuania (6)Malta (3)Romania (8)Sweden (16)Russia (13)Israel (21)Norway (12)Australia (2)Azerbaijan (26)Belgium (17)
Of course, we would have loved to keep you updated for the rehearsals of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. But unfortunately, that is impossible.Thank goodness, this week we can follow Eurostream 2020, a great alternative for the contest.On Tuesday, may 5th, you can watch the first semifinal show. On thurday, may 7th, you can watch the second one. Of course, upcoming saturday we will have the Grand Final!!! You can watch them on the Eurostream Youtube Channel or Facebook Page.And guess what: YOU are able to vote in it. There will be an expert jury ánd televoting in the show, just like in the real Eurovision Song Contest. The first semifinal following order will be:1.Sweden2.Ireland3.Belarus4.Australia5.Lithuania6.Russia7.North Macedonia8.Slovenia9.Azerbaijan10.Norway11.Israel12.Malta13.Croatia14.Belgium15.Romania16.Cyprus17.Ukraine The second semifinal following order will be:1.Czech Republic2.Moldova3.Greece4.Serbia5.Poland6.Estonia7.San Marino8.Iceland9.Austria10.Finland11.Denmark12.Portugal13.Armenia14.Albania15.Switzerland16.Georgia17.Bulgaria18.Latvia So, although there will be no Eurovision Song Contest, there ís an alternative. Hope to see you this week!!
Today, our friends of Aussievision did the draw for the first semifinal of Eurostream 2020. This is what the draw looks like: 01 Sweden02 Ireland03 Belarus04 Australia05 Lithuania06 Russia07 North Macedonia08 Slovenia09 Azerbaijan10 Norway11 Israel12 Malta13 Croatia14 Belgium15 Romania16 Cyprus17 Ukraine The first semifinal will be streamed on may 5th. There has also been a draw for Italy (11) and Germany (20) in the grand final.
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 up with 33%. Malta became 3rd with 19% of the votes. The full results of the expert jury where: Show 1 Iceland 75 The Netherlands 71 Bulgaria 71 United Kingdom 66 Belgium 63 Poland 61 Romania 61 Israel 60 Spain 55 Cyprus 50 Georgia 49 Armenia 42 San Marino 35 Belarus 17 Show 2 Malta 97 Sweden 86 France 69 Russia 67 Switzerland 64 Lithuania 57 Finland 56 Ireland 55 Azerbaijan 50 Slovenia 50 Croatia 45 Latvia 36 Portugal 30 Moldova 28 Show 3 Austria 76 Denmark 73 Germany 66 Albania 62 Norway 62 Italy 59 Greece 51 Czech Republic 51 Estonia 48 Ukraine 45 North Macedonia 42 Australia 35 Serbia 35
Hooverphonic presented its Eurovision Song this morning. The song will be called “The wrong place”. Last year, Hooverphonic was already supposed to represent Belgium, but we all know why that didn’t happen. The group had the song “Release me” ready for Rotterdam. But another thing happened for the group: they decided to replace singer Luca Kruysberghs for Geike Arnaert. Geike had been the Hooverphonic singer from 1997 until 2008.
As the countries participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be the same as in 2020, the allocation draw also will be the same. Eurovision.tv just confirmed that the 41 participating countries agreed on that. That means, the countries will perform in the same part of the same semifinal as was planned for the 2020 contest. Of course, the following order will be decided when all the songs are known. The allocation draw was, and is: 1st semifinal, 1st part: North Macedonia Belarus Lithuania Sweden Slovenia Australia Ireland Russia 1st semifinal, 2nd part: Norway Cyprus Croatia Azerbaijan Malta Israel Ukraine
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 the press that they felt the need to work together again, twenty years after their success album “The magnificent three” and the song “Mad about you”. As Geike left the band in 2008 because of her solo project and not because of troubles between the band members, it was easy for
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. Reynaert wrote his song “Laissez briller le soleil” after the Belgian ship MS Herald Of Free Enterprise capsized and sank moments after leaving Port Zeebrugge in Belgium, causing many victims. The song won the 1988 Belgian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. In the international final in Dublin, Reynaert was less
September 1st is the start of the Eurovision Season. Every song that is released from now on, can be a Eurovision entry.Due to COVID19, the previous contest had to be cancelled. We don’t know yet what the 2021 contest will look like. Junior Eurovision in Poland will be a first test case for this.Because of the cancellation, a lot of national broadcasters decided to give the same artist a second chance. Therefore, we already have 19 artists confirmed for the 2021 contest. They are: Australia: Montaigne Austria: Vincent Bueno Azerbaijan: Efendi Belgium: Hooverphonic Bulgaria: Victoria Czech Republic: Benny Cristo Georgia: Tornike
After an exciting voting, Iceland has won Eurostream2020, the online alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest. After a wonderful evening, we now know who might have won the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. It’s Daði & Gagnamagnið who reached the first place. Congratulations, til hamingju Ísland!!Iceland was the winner of both the experts and the televoters. Almost 10.000 people voted in the contest. This made it, despite the technichal problems, a great show. We would like to thank the makers of Eurostream 2020 to let us enjoy the three shows this week! The full result of the contest is: Iceland, 434 pts.
It was a great show, and now we have the results. After an exciting reveal, we know now which 10 songs went through. The number behind the name of the country is the number in the following order next saturday in the final: Lithuania (6)Malta (3)Romania (8)Sweden (16)Russia (13)Israel (21)Norway (12)Australia (2)Azerbaijan (26)Belgium (17)
Of course, we would have loved to keep you updated for the rehearsals of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. But unfortunately, that is impossible.Thank goodness, this week we can follow Eurostream 2020, a great alternative for the contest.On Tuesday, may 5th, you can watch the first semifinal show. On thurday, may 7th, you can watch the second one. Of course, upcoming saturday we will have the Grand Final!!! You can watch them on the Eurostream Youtube Channel or Facebook Page.And guess what: YOU are able to vote in it. There will be an expert jury ánd televoting in the show, just
Today, our friends of Aussievision did the draw for the first semifinal of Eurostream 2020. This is what the draw looks like: 01 Sweden02 Ireland03 Belarus04 Australia05 Lithuania06 Russia07 North Macedonia08 Slovenia09 Azerbaijan10 Norway11 Israel12 Malta13 Croatia14 Belgium15 Romania16 Cyprus17 Ukraine The first semifinal will be streamed on may 5th. There has also been a draw for Italy (11) and Germany (20) in the grand final.
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 up with 33%. Malta became 3rd with 19% of the votes. The full results of the expert jury where: Show 1 Iceland 75 The Netherlands 71 Bulgaria 71 United Kingdom 66 Belgium 63 Poland 61 Romania 61 Israel 60 Spain 55 Cyprus 50 Georgia 49 Armenia 42 San Marino 35 Belarus 17