SPAIN 🇪🇸
The news on whether or not Spain will be participating in Gliwice will be revealed during the programme “RTVE responde”, in which RTVE responds to viewer questions about the public broadcaster. Toñi Prieto, Head of Entertainment, will answer viewer questions about the summer schedule of entertainment shows on TVE, and will confirm whether or not Spain will be returning to Junior Eurovision. The show will be broadcast at 13:00 CET on La 2.
EUROVISION 2020 🇳🇱
South Holland will support Rotterdam or The Hague, should either city be selected as the host city for Eurovision 2020. Earlier this week a the Government stated that the province will provide support as long as there is a benefit to the wider region. Arnhem Alderham Mr. Jan Van Dellen has stated that support is building across the region, as the city hopes to bring the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 to the Gelredome. The city has been busy lobbying local municipalities, as well as businesses and institutions who can help with hosting the contest next May.
AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
All Star The Voice is going to take place in Australia this year. One of the participants is Sheldon who last eyar ranked third in the show. Through his social media he openly expressed his wish to represent the Aussies in Eurovision 2020.
CYPRUS 🇨🇾
Legendary eurostar Alexia (1987) gave a charity concert for the imigrants in Cyprus and the event was sold out with the audience going frenetic for the singer.
GERMANY 🇩🇪
Aly Ryan, we met her through Germany’s national final, Unser Lied für Israel 2019, for the election of the country’s representative in Tel Aviv. There he competed with the song Wear Your Love, which although favorite, was limited to 4th place, giving the ticket to the Sisters and causing reactions. Meanwhile, the 23-year-old singer is on tour in New York, where she also visited Tidal, a music subscription, podcast and video subscription service, owned by rapper Jay Z. There, he spoke to Tidal subscribers at Instagram via a live video where he was asked at first whether he would again participate in the German national final to represent her country at Eurovision, with the singer giving her answer:
“I would only like to come back if I was given direct assignment. I do not trust the whole process with committees. I would do it only if there is an internal choice. But I could imagine the fact of representing another country. You have to have it in your mind and maybe that will happen in the future.”
EUROVISION 2020 🇳🇱
As the host city bidding race for Eurovision 2020 is underway, the 8 candidate cities/regions are under full steam in preparing their files supporting their applications to host the next edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in The Netherlands. In order to form the most adequate proposals the cities are teaming up with local entities and organizations. Within this framework Rotterdam ,The Hague and Arnhem have received regional support on their attempt to bring the competition in their neighborhood.
