The deadline for broadcasters to inform the EBU of their intentions to compete at Eurovision 2025 is rapidly approaching on September 15th, but some countries are still uncertain if they will be present. The Netherlands get November 1 extension Despite a rocky relationship between AVROTROS and the EBU following the disqualification of Joost Klein in Malmo, it seems that conversations …
The Eurovision Song Contest season is lurking closer and closer for each day we pass, however, there is one other thing taking place before all of that, and that’s the Junior Eurovision. While most countries around in Europe are focused and working hard on finding the perfect song for May 2025, other countries have had the spare resources to make …
Joost Klein has announced four concerts in the United States next year. The Dutch contestant from the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest will perform at Irving Plaza in New York City on March 31 and April 1. The April 1 show was originally scheduled for the Gramercy Theatre, which has a capacity of 650. However, due to popular demand, the venue …
Swedish authorities have dropped the investigation into the events that led to the disqualification of Dutch artist Joost Klein from the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Joost Klein was removed from the contest on the morning of the Grand Final following a reported altercation involving him and a member of EBU staff. A press release from the Swedish Prosecution Authority reads …
It has now been a number of weeks since the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest ended, and while the contest has officially ended, conversations about what transpired in Malmo continue to occur. The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has released an official statement in an effort to share whatever information that they can while the EBU launches a formal and independent investigation into …
A few days ago, it was announced that the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Madrid, Spain. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Spain’s national public broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), are thrilled to reveal that the 22nd edition of the contest will take place in Spain later this year. This marks a historic moment, as RTVE will …
For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …
Breaking news coming to us as of noon today: it has been decided that Joost Klein, previously representating the Netherlands with his song “Europapa” in Eurovision 2024 – will no longer participate in this year’s contest. The EBU has released a statement regarding his participation after a day of investigation and deliberation into an incident involving a member of the …
AVROTROS have confirmed in a statement that Joost Klein will not perform in tonight’s jury final while an investigation into an “incident” is ongoing. Instead, his performance from Semi Final 2 will be used. Details regarding the situation On the 10th of May 2024, the first dress rehearsal for the final was supposed to take place, early afternoon and everything …
The hectic days are indeed over us, the second semi-final has concluded and with that, we got another 10 finalists for this year’s contest, and since it was the conclusion of the second semi-final, we finally learned who became this year’s 26 finalists, let’s have a quick look into all of that. The remaining spots Let’s first have a quick …
