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EBU and AVROTROS have revealed the theme art for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The next year's logo is aimed to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the competition in an innovative way. Check it out!https://youtu.be/mduYYp0p2CY"This design follows the…

Earlier this year, The Finnish national broadcaster YLE confirmed that the selection method for Eurovision 2020 would revert back to a traditional search for artists and songs. The past two iterations of the contest had an artist internally selected with…

On November 7th 2019 Duncan Laurence gave a belated concert in the Muziekgieterij, the new pop stage in Maastricht (the Netherlands).

Cypriot broadcaster CyBC has released an image to its social media channels giving fans a hint to stay tuned. The image as shown below with only the word 'Loading' appeared and has Eurovision fans speculating what this could mean for the artist announcement.Cyprus…

Today CyBC confirmed that Sandro will represent Cyprus at Eurovision 2020. The selection comes after much hype had been developing by the broadcaster hinting that the announcement would arrive soon.https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dPAoUHG8I/?utm_source=ig_e…

ERR has just published the 24 songs that will compete at the Estonian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The semi-finals of Eesti Laul 2020 will take place on February 13 and 15 while the final will be held on February 29 at the Saku…

A new poll has just been opened on our site!Vote for your favourite songs in the Eurovision style below:How It WorksIn the ESCplus Network polls, you can vote for your favourite songs following the Eurovision voting style, 12, 10, 8 - 1. If you can't decide…

According to the French website Le Parisien - French broadcaster France2 will be foregoing Destination Eurovision for the 2020 selection process."We want more control over the process, with an in-house selection," says Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Director of Entertainment…

A new poll has just been opened on our site!Vote for your favourite songs in the Eurovision style below:How It WorksIn the ESCplus Network polls, you can vote for your favourite songs following the Eurovision voting style, 12, 10, 8 - 1. If you can't decide…

Since it became officially known that the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 would be in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) a whole new discussion came about, because who is going to finance the Contest, and should the Dutch government get involved when it comes down…

EBU and AVROTROS have just revealed the stage design for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.Stage designer Florian Wieder won the pitch for the stage design, in which both Dutch and foreign designers took part, this fall. Wieder: “The design shows the connection…

Finally, after months of speculating who were going to be the presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the word is finally out! Jan Smit (33), Chantal Janzen (40), and Edsilia Rombley (41) have the honour of presenting Europe’s favourite…

EBU and AVROTROS have announced that the first wave of tickets will go on sale on the 12th of December, 2019. They will be available to purchase for the family, jury and live shows of both semifinals and the Grand Final on 16 May.The tickets for the next…

In the end of October, RTSH announced the dates of Festivali i Këngës 2019. The show was set to take place on 19, 20 and 22 of December 2019 and the winner would represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.Following the deadly earthquake that shook…

Belén García from ESCplus is one of the show’s best commentators and was reporting in Poland following the return of her native Spain, which achieved the 3rd place. Readers of ESC Insight will be well aware that when it comes to Junior Eurovision, Ben Robertson…

2020 will be a big year for Norway's Melodi Grand Prix. In celebration of its 60th anniversary the contest is being spread out over 6 weeks with its final taking place outside of Oslo for the first time in decades. The intention is to showcase artists from…

After the song
contest of 2019Immediately after, and even far before winning the actual song contest of 2019, the director of the MECC congress center, Rob van de Wiel, sent a text message to the mayor of Maastricht, Annemarie Penn-te Strake, that the city…

SBS has now confirmed a total of 6 acts that will compete in Australia Decides, the national final taking place on the Gold Coast on February 8th.SBS have revealed the next two artists who will participate in ‘Eurovision – Australia Decides’ in February.Art…

RTSH has just published the 20 songs that will compete at the 58th edition of the Albanian music festival. Festivali i Këngës 2019 will take place on December 19th, 20th and 22nd at Tirana's Palace of Congresses.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UVORFE9LEcA…