Rotterdam 2021

Last Friday the Dutch organisation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 gave a press conference with a very hopeful message. There will be a Eurovision in May next year, no matter what!

The organisation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 has presented their plans to make sure the contest will take place in May 2021, no matter what happens. To make this happen, the EBU are working with four scenarios.

When we write this, it is the 2nd of May 2020. Normally, the rehearsals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 would have kicked off today. But we know, the year 2020 is not normal…

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, for the first time in history, it is allowed for countries to use prerecorded backing vocals during the performances. The rules of the Eurovision Song Contest have been amended to ensure that the contest can take place in May [read more…]

The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will take place on 18, 20 and 22 May. The dates for next year’s Contest were announced at Ahoy in Rotterdam, the venue for next year’s show.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and its Dutch Members NPO, NOS and AVROTROS are excited to have reached an agreement to stage the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam at the Ahoy Arena. The Dutch city was due to host the Contest this month before [read more…]

The chosen songs for the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020 are not allowed to take part at the contest in 2021, which possibly will be held in Rotterdam after all. The EBU confirmed this news in a press statement on Friday.

The European Broadcasting Union released a statement that the have denied to accept the song ‘Ya Naucha Tebya’ by the group Galasy Zmesta as the entry for Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. “The song puts the non-political nature of the Contest in question,” [read more…]