

Germany| Ben Dolic Not Internally Selected for Rotterdam 2021
Ben Dolic was set to represent Germany at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam with "Violent Thing" Joining Estonia, Finland, and Lithuania, German public radio and television broadcaster, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) has confirmed that Ben Dolic has not been internally selected to represent Germany in Eurovision 2021 held in Rotterdam. This news isn't going to stop Ben Dolic from participating in the new selection that Germany will be holding to find the right song to represent them


Eurovision 2021 | Dates announced for next year's contest
The wait is over! After Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, fans were met with the announcement that Eurovision 2021 would indeed be held in Rotterdam. The EBU and host broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS have just confirmed that the two Semi-Finals will be on Tuesday, 18 May and Thursday, 20 May. The Grand Final will be held on Saturday 22 May in 2021. So mark your calendars! Semi-Final 1: Tuesday, 18 May Semi-Final 2: Thursday, 20 May Grand Final: Saturday, 22 May The stage an


Eurovision 2021 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will return to Rotterdam
As many fans across the world tuned into Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light this evening, there was just one question on everyone's lips: would Eurovision 2021 be coming back to The Netherlands? Well, at the end of the show, it was officially announced that The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 would be coming back to Rotterdam in The Netherlands! The EBU along with Dutch broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS have agreed that The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be held at the Ahoy Ar

Eurovision 2021 | Everything is being done to try and keep Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam
The director of The Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Jolanda Jansen has stated that she, and the Ahoy Arena, are doing everything they can to ensure that Eurovision 2021 will be held in Rotterdam. Speaking to AD.nl, Jolanda has said stated she accepts that Eurovision 2020 had to be cancelled. "You know, there was no choice... everything is relative in the current climate." As of last Thursday (12th March), The Netherlands banned all public gatherings of over 100 people. However, desp


Eurovision 2020 l Erasmus University in Rotterdam will hold an academic conference about Eurovision
In Rotterdam an academic conference will be held about exploring music, identity, media and politics to get know the Eurovision Song Contest a little bit more. It will be titled "EURovision 2020", and will be hosted by the School of History, Culture and Communication at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, on May 6th and 7th 2020. The source from this is from Julian Schaap, Assistant Professor of Cultural Sociology that published this on Twitter. They are going to invite scholars

Eurovision 2020 | City of Rotterdam reveals key provisional dates for Eurovision 2020
The City of Rotterdam has announced a list of important provisional dates regarding its hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. Rotterdam City have published the agreement that was signed with Dutch broadcaster NOS, and within this are the key provisional dates for the song contest due to be held in may next year. These dates include: Reference Group Meeting: 11th & 12th November 2019, 27th January and 8th March 2020 Host City Insignia Ceremony & Semi Final Allocation Dr


Eurovision 2020 | The Netherlands start searching for their 2020 representative
The search has officially begun for the Dutch representative for Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam, the selection committee holding the first listening session today. The Dutch selection committee has six members and will be responsible for selecting the artist and song that will represent The Netherlands in their home-hosted contest next may. The six members are made up of two DJ's, the Director General of Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, two commentators and a long-serving delegation

Eurovision 2020 | Cyprus has three artists in the running for Rotterdam
There are three singers in the running to represent Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next May, according to Eurovision Fun. Reportedly the shortlist includes two male singers and one female singer, with Cypriot and Greek media currently speculating that the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC's preferred artist is one of the two males. Reports say that the two male artists are Ian Stratis and Vangelis Kakuriotis. CyBC have internally selected their Eurovision Song Cont


ESC 2020 | Eurovision 2020 will be held in Rotterdam!
After a close race, it has been announced that Eurovision 2020 will be hosted in the city of Rotterdam! In a short 2 minute broadcast the 3 Dutch organising broadcasters announced the Ahoy Rotterdam would host the enormous event. In the beginning of August, after an earlier announcement of 2 cities (Rotterdam and Maastricht) remaining to host the event, it was announced that the host city would be revealed on August 30th. The two semi finals will be held on the 12 & 14 of May