LUXEMBOURG ๐ฑ๐บ
Despite fans, Eurostars and some politicians’ efforts to bring the country back in the Eurovision Song Contest, RTL officially confirmed that the country will not participate in the 2020 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in neighbour Holland.
SWEDEN ๐ธ๐ช
A few weeks after releasing his new single โCosta Ricaโ, it has been revealed that Swedenโs Benjamin Ingrosso has composed a track for K-Pop group NCT Dream. The song will be part of a new album from this group which is due to be released on 29 July.
SERBIA ๐ท๐ธ
Serbian broadcaster RTS has confirmed they will take part in next yearโs Eurovision Song Contest in The Netherlands. The method in which they will use to select their entrant has not yet been revealed, however for the 2019 contest they used their national final Beovizija.
EUROVISION 2020 ๐ณ๐ฑ
NPO has confirmed that additional visits are to be made to Maastricht and Rotterdam, as part of the host city selection process. The team that will determine the host city of Eurovision 2020 are to make additional technical working visits to Maastricht and Rotterdam. The two cities have already received one visit each from the team since being shortlisted two weeks ago. The next visits are to gain further detail and have more discussion regarding the logistics of the production of the Eurovision Song Contest. The dates of the visits to either city have not been revealed by NPO.
USA ๐บ๐ธ
Eurovision fans in the UK and USA may have had a pleasant surprise this week, when this yearโs winning entry โArcadeโ featured on โLove Islandโ, the Reality TV phenomenon taking the globe by storm.
EUROVISION 2019 ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Just two and a half months ago, Israelโs national broadcaster KAN hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. Now, they have received their first award for the shows โ itโs a Booster award for their accessibility project and broadcasting of the shows with sign language interpretation as well as audio description!
POLAND ๐ต๐ฑ
Margaret will join established mentor on The Voice Poland, Michal Spack whoโs song โColor Of Your Lifeโ infamously beat Margaretโs song โCool Me Downโ to produce, perhaps, still do date one of the biggest shocks in National Final History in 2016 due to the fact that Margaretโs song was already big in Sweden and other eastern European markets and made Poland the favourite with the bookies to win in Stockholm, Sweden.
SWEDEN ๐ธ๐ช
Inger Berggren who represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 has died at the age of 85.