With just over 3 months to go until the Eurovision Song Contest begins, the line-up for this year’s Semi-Finals have been decided by a draw, broadcast live online, as a part of the traditional Host City Insignia Ceremony. At the ceremony, Zippi Brand Frank, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv, representing last year’s host city, passed…
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Rotterdam Selected as Host City for Eurovision 2020
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Rotterdam has been selected as the Host City for the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in 2020 following a tight race with the southern Dutch city of Maastricht. The Netherlands won the right to stage next year’s event when Duncan Laurence gave his country its first win since 1975 with the song “Arcade” at this year’s…
Poland to Host Junior Eurovision 2019
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and TVP are delighted to announce that Poland, winners of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, will host the contest in 2019. It will be the first time the competition has been hosted in Poland since it began in 2003. Poland was victorious at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest with…
Dare to Dream in Eurovision 2019
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It was recently announced that there will be 42 participating broadcasters vying to win the coveted Eurovision Song Contest trophy in Tel Aviv next year . The 64th Contest is organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and KAN, and will take place at Tel Aviv’s Expo Centre in May 2019. Following her win in…
Tel Aviv to Host Eurovision 2019
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Tel Aviv to Host Eurovision 2019 Tel Aviv has been selected as the host city for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in 2019. The decision was taken by the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) Reference Group (the executive board for the Contest) after Israeli public broadcaster KAN were asked to present at least two potential candidate…
Record-Breaking number of Countries Competing in Junior Eurovision
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Young hopefuls will be making their way to Belarus this November to take part in the 16th Junior Eurovision Song Contest. A record-breaking 19 countries will participate in Minsk – the most in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – celebrating the extraordinary young musical talent across Europe. Belarus’ public broadcaster BTRC (Belarusian…
The 2018 Eurovision Winner is…..
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Netta from Israel has won the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with her song ‘TOY’, securing 529 points in a tense and showstopping Grand Final. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and hosted by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the 63rd edition of the annual competition has its fourth winner from Israel. Second place…
Eurovision 2018: Highest Number of Participants
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A record high of 43 countries will participate in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R Macedonia) joins the line-up for next May. A date for the first wave of ticket sales for the event has also been revealed as 30th November. Jon Ola Sand, the EBU’s…
Junior Eurovision Tickets on Sale October 29
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The first wave of ticket sales for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will open on 29 October. The first tickets available for purchase will be standing tickets, for both the evening dress rehearsal and the Grand Final. There will be 1,200 tickets available across the two shows (600 for each show). Fans will be…
Lisbon to host Eurovision 2018
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For those of you who might not have heard already, The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) has revealed that the city chosen to host the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest in 2018 will be the country’s capital and largest city, Lisbon. Portugal are hosting the next Contest following Salvador Sobral’s…