Dutch singer Simon de Wit, better known under his artist’s name Blanks, is known for his YouTube channel Music by Blanks, where he offers a variety of musical content. The singer from Groningen is best known for his style swaps, where he redoes a well-known song in another genre. His most viral video is his ‘80s version of Post Malone’s …
Just yesterday we reported that AVROTROS had revealed the four acts and song titles competing in the 2022 edition of Junior Songfestival, and today they released the first of the four entries. “Never Ever” is sung by the girl group Infinity and is comprised of Eva, Kayleigh, Larissa and Lemay. The track is a super upbeat pop track that allows …
Preparations for the next Dutch Junior Eurovision entrant began back in May, with three rounds of auditions and an acedemy process selecting the fourteen lucky finalists for Junior Songfestival 2022. At the end of last week, the broadcaster officially announced which of the finalists would be performing as a group or solo artist, and revealed the song they will be …
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 …
The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has already “opened up” submissions for the Netherlands’ Eurovision 2023 entry. On May 16, AVROTROS published the requirements for all potential entries. Besides the usual Eurovision requirements such as the song having to be three minutes and not yet commercially published before September 1, the Dutch committee is looking for a convincingly distinct song with a …
Turin, 04 May 2022 The second group of countries have turned up for rehearsals… all but one :o. Check out our reports on Ukraine, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Moldova and Portugal! Note: Images and videos will be added once they go online on the official channel. Country: Ukraine Act: Kalush Orchestra Song: “Stefania” Semifinal: First (10/05/2022) Position in Running Order: 06/17 Kicking …
After the 2020 contest was cancelled, The Netherlands finally welcomed us to Rotterdam’s Ahoy in May. Unfortunately, the country’s representative, Jeangu Macrooy, managed to get only 11 points from the jury and none from the public vote with his song “Birth of a New Age”. Today, AVROTROS held a presentation via Eurovisie Songfestival‘s facebook page. We got ourselves the name …
After the massive success of Het Grote Songfestivalfeest in 2019, Eurovision fans were looking forward to one of the biggest Eurovision parties at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on Thursday, December 9, 2021. However, due to new lockdown rules in the Netherlands, the team behind Het Grote Songfestivalfeest are forced to cancel this show. They announced the sad news on …
The line up for the second edition of Het Grote Songfestivalfeest (The Great Eurovision Song Contest) in the Netherlands is taking shape, with Go_A the latest addition to the Dutch Eurovision celebration. The show will take place in Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome on December 9th 2021, following a successful first show in 2019. A number of much-loved Eurovision acts are set …
We’ve made it! We’ve reached the final stop of our Road to Rotterdam, leading us to the Netherlands ahead of tonight’s Eurovision grand final! Let’s take a look at this year’s home favourite, and Jeangu has certainly had a long journey to get to this point… Who is Jeangu Macrooy? Jeangu Macrooy is a soul singer-songwriter from Suriname in South …
