You could almost call it an early Christmas gift, as the Dutch broadcaster (AVROTROS) came with a surprise announcement, with a few hours ahead. The Dutch broadcaster only recently ended their submission period, but are already ready to share, that Claude will be the next Dutch representative in Basel. Who is Claude? We might get to know him simply as …
We might be reaching the end of 2024, but the Dutch have already set their sight into 2026. Recently the Dutch broadcasters AVROTROS shared the amount of submissions they had received for 2025, as well as saying that Dutch songwriters might as well prepare for the 2026 period. The Netherlands in 2025 & 2026 To begin with, let’s take the …
The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS confirmed in a statement posted on their website on October 23 that the Netherlands will return to the Eurovision Song Contest next year, after receiving extended time from the EBU to make a decision. The broadcaster cited safeguarding measures taken by the EBU as a determining factor in the decision: “AVROTROS, together with other countries, has …
Breaking news coming to us as of noon today: it has been decided that Joost Klein, previously representating the Netherlands with his song “Europapa” in Eurovision 2024 – will no longer participate in this year’s contest. The EBU has released a statement regarding his participation after a day of investigation and deliberation into an incident involving a member of the …
AVROTROS have confirmed in a statement that Joost Klein will not perform in tonight’s jury final while an investigation into an “incident” is ongoing. Instead, his performance from Semi Final 2 will be used. Details regarding the situation On the 10th of May 2024, the first dress rehearsal for the final was supposed to take place, early afternoon and everything …
Earlier this week, the Dutch broadcaster (AVROTROS) could relieve to the public, that a record number of submissions had been received by the end of the deadline, and now the Dutch broadcaster will have the difficult task to pick the one song, that will make the country proud in Malmö next year. 600+ submission In the end, the broadcaster revealed …
Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS just announced two additional members to the Dutch Eurovision Song Contest selection committee. Musicians Jacqueline Govaert and Jaap Reesema will be joining Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen, Carolien Borgers, Hila Noorzai, Cornald Maas and Sander Lantinga to decide which song and act will be representing The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Mälmo, Sweden. Who are …
Earlier this summer, Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS announced the 4 acts competing in this year’s Junior Songfestival and slowly released the entries of the different acts. Now, the broadcaster also released the official music video of the 4 finalists that will compete for a ticket to represent The Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Nice, France. Selection: After …
The Dutch contestants Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper have become a hot national topic in the Netherlands even reaching the national news. The duo who will be singing their song Burning Daylight under the Dutch flag, have been heavily criticized for their live performances at the Eurovision pre-parties in Madrid and Amsterdam. View this post on Instagram A post shared …
We were all rejoicing when the EBU announced yesterday that they were about to release the 2022 live-on-tape performances. Last year, we thought we would only see Australia’s 2021 entry as they were unable to travel to Rotterdam, but a week after the show we received almost all participating countries’ live-on-tapes via YouTube. However, not all of the taped performances …
