THE NETHERLANDS – One of the most famous and internationally recognized, DJ Armin van Buuren denied any wish or proposal to appear in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Speaking to QMUSIC confirmed that NPO approached him but he stated that:
“I don’t think I’m in the right place. Of course, I was approached and there are conversations and things. But no, I don’t know if I can add anything as an artist. What am I going to do there? Behind a turntable with my hands in the air? That feels uncomfortable. There are a lot of artists in the Netherlands who can wear that beautifully. No, it’s not going to happen.”
ABOUT ARMIN
Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren OON is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted A State of Trance, a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40 million listeners in 84 countries on over 100 FM radio stations.
According to Djs And Festivals, “the radio show propelled him to stardom and helped cultivate an interest in trance music around the world.”
Van Buuren has won a number of accolades. He has been ranked the number one DJ by DJ Mag a record of five times, four years in a row.
He was ranked fourth on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list in 2015 and 2016, and third in 2017. In 2014, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for his single “This Is What It Feels Like” featuring Trevor Guthrie, which makes him the fourth trance artist ever to receive a Grammy Award nomination.
In the United States, he holds the record for most entries, twenty-one, on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Such a shame and loss for Eurovision 2020
