Disclaimer: contains opinions. All opinions stated belong to the quoted person, and do not represent the views of ESCUnited as a whole. Hi everyone! JESC is just around the corner (it happens TOMORROW!), so it’s time to push through with our next update on the participating acts. In today’s post, we are reviewing the entries from Germany, The Netherlands, San …
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 …
This weekend the Dutch national selection Junior Songfestival 2024 concluded, and Stay Tuned won the right to represent their country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest later this year. Their entry is entitled “Music” and was written by Jermain van der Bogt and Willem Laseroms. Bogt competed on the 2013 season of The Voice of Holland and has written songs …
The deadline for broadcasters to inform the EBU of their intentions to compete at Eurovision 2025 is rapidly approaching on September 15th, but some countries are still uncertain if they will be present. The Netherlands get November 1 extension Despite a rocky relationship between AVROTROS and the EBU following the disqualification of Joost Klein in Malmo, it seems that conversations …
Joost Klein has announced four concerts in the United States next year. The Dutch contestant from the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest will perform at Irving Plaza in New York City on March 31 and April 1. The April 1 show was originally scheduled for the Gramercy Theatre, which has a capacity of 650. However, due to popular demand, the venue …
It has now been a number of weeks since the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest ended, and while the contest has officially ended, conversations about what transpired in Malmo continue to occur. The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has released an official statement in an effort to share whatever information that they can while the EBU launches a formal and independent investigation into …
For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …
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 …
The hectic days are indeed over us, the second semi-final has concluded and with that, we got another 10 finalists for this year’s contest, and since it was the conclusion of the second semi-final, we finally learned who became this year’s 26 finalists, let’s have a quick look into all of that. The remaining spots Let’s first have a quick …
