ANPJoost Klein in June 2023 during a concert in Tilburg NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 08:01 Artist Joost Klein will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden next year. The rapper was chosen from a record number of entries that AVROTROS received, more than six hundred songs were submitted. Chairman Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen listened … Read more
By our entertainment editors Dec 8, 2023 at 4:33 PM Update: an hour ago Broadcaster AVROTROS will announce on Monday which artist will represent the Netherlands at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. More than six hundred songs were submitted, which was a record. A selection committee selected the song and artist. In a video that … Read more
37 countries will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest next year. Israel will be there again despite the war with Hamas, organizer EBU announced on Tuesday. The number of countries could increase to 38. The participation of Romania, which was also present last year, has not yet been officially confirmed. There are many conversations going … Read more
She is wanted by Russian justice, but Jamala doesn’t seem too concerned. The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest winner says no Sky News that the Kremlin is trying to “scare” her. Moscow accuses the singer of spreading false information about the Russian armed forces. “They are trying to stop me or scare me,” Jamala thinks. “But … Read more
By our entertainment editors Nov 20, 2023 at 3:27 p.m Ukrainian singer Jamala, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, is wanted by Russian justice. Various Russian media reported this on Monday. It is not known why she is wanted. Forty-year-old Jamala, who is of Crimean Tatar descent, won the Eurovision Song Contest in … Read more
Oct 13, 2023 at 8:59 AM Update: 24 minutes ago Anouk would have liked to perform a song from her new album Deena & Jim want to go to the Eurovision Song Contest. But the singer, who gave the Netherlands a top 10 ranking in 2013, was unable to postpone the release of her album. … Read more
By our entertainment editors Aug 10, 2023 at 6:38 AM Update: 29 minutes ago Son Mieux is open to participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, but the regulations stand in the way. That stipulates that only six people may be on stage, and the band from The Hague has seven members. “Some rules still need … Read more
Dion Cooper has cleared his agenda to “recover”, the Eurovision participant reports on Thursday Instagram. “After everything for the past few months, my battery is dead.” The singer says he was “hugely excited” to get into the studio and play festivals this summer. But Cooper says he can’t handle this now and has to think … Read more
Mia Nicolai will give a performance at the Melkweg in Amsterdam on Friday 24 November. The 27-year-old singer announced this on Instagram on Tuesday. It is her first show after the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place earlier this month. “I’m so excited to announce my first-ever headline show,” Nicolai captioned the post. The singer … Read more
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest attracted slightly more viewers worldwide than last year. A total of 162 million people watched the live broadcasts of the semi-finals and the final, organizer European Broadcasting Union (EBU) reports. The edition in Liverpool thus attracted a million more viewers than the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin last year. However, … Read more