Articles by Robin Tas (Netherlands)

Albina Grčić is the winner of Dora 2021 and will represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam. The Croatian song is called ‘Tick-tock’.

Danish broadcaster DR has revealed the eight artists that will compete in this year’s Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. A notable name on the list is that of the 60-year old Mike Tramp (Michael Trempenau) who was the lead singer of the group Mabel that represented [read more…]

It would have been a sad tale. After so many failed attempts, when she finally got to go to Eurovision, it would have been cancelled. But thankfully for Samanta Tina, she will get her chance for Latvia in 2021.

After the corona pandemic, Portugal has remained silent about their plans for Eurovision 2021. Will Elisa get a direct pass to Rotterdam, or will Festival da Cancao return next year to select another singer? In today’s episode we look at Portugal in 2021. For a [read more…]

After the sad cancellation of Eurovision 2020, the lyrics of the Finnish song suddenly got a deeper meaning. “We never know what we had, until it’s over and we’re looking back”. Today we are looking ahead, to Finland in 2021.

Shortly after the announcement of the acts for the Serbian national final, the hype train was going wild for the girl group Hurricane, which features former representative Sanja Vučić. So far, the group has not been announced for 2021.

Samira Efendi won Azerbaijan’s traditional preselection-behind-closed-doors. Broadcaster Ictimai seems to have found back its eagerness to compete at the highest Eurovision levels. They will send Samira Efendi after all next year, and expectations will be high.

Tonight, the last preselection finals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will take place. It is up to the people in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Portugal to decide who will represent their country in Rotterdam in May.