Following on from the announcement of the stage design, and the hosts of the show, it has now been announced that the ticket sales for Eurovision 2020 will begin in December. The first three waves of tickets sales will begin on Thursday 12th of December at 12:00 midday (CET) through tickets.songfestival.nl. You will be able…
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Eurovision 2020 will mark the 65th edition of the contest, and in honour, the Dutch team have celebrated the history of the contest through the event logo. The Eurovision Song Contest first made its debut a decade after the Second World War with the hopes of reuniting a war-torn Europe through the power of music.…
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The official announcement has been made by the European Broadcasting Union – a total of 41 countries will participate at the 2020 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. No nations will be making their debut, however both Hungary and Montenegro have withdrawn from the contest. Fortunately, we will be seeing both Bulgaria and Ukraine return…
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The slogan for the 2020 edition of Eurovision has now been revealed as ‘Open Up.’ The slogan and theme around the contest will act as the creative foundation for the show, which will be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in May next year. Executive Producer of next year’s contest Sietse Bakker has commented on the…
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Jon Ola Sand, the Eurovision Song Contest’s Executive Supervisor since 2011, has announced that the 2020 Contest will be his last in the role. As work continues on the 65th Contest, the EBU will conduct a selective search for Jon Ola’s successor. Jon Ola will also leave the Head of Live Events post which oversees…
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On the organisational list of things to do for Eurovision 2020, we can tick off the announcement of the core team, and now the announcement of the host city. We now also know the directors of the show, as well as the creative advisor. Two directors have been announced for Eurovision 2020, with those being…
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The European Broadcasting Union in association with Dutch broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS have now announced that Rotterdam will be hosting Eurovision 2020. It was earlier revealed that two cities were shortlisted for hosting duties, which were Rotterdam and Maastricht. It was decided that Rotterdam put forward the strongest bid of the two shortlisted cities.…
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We are now one step closer to knowing which city will host Eurovision 2020, with the five contenders now down to two. The EBU have now officially announced that Rotterdam and Maastricht have submitted the strongest bids. Last week a total of five cities put forward their bid books to host Eurovision 2020, including Rotterdam,…
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Amsterdam will not host Eurovision 2020. In an official statement, the local government states that the city “does not have the right venue that is available for long enough.” Five cities remain in the race to host the contest in the Netherlands. As the capital city, Amsterdam was hot favorite to host Eurovision. However, there were doubts…
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This post is in collaboration with ESCDaily.com After Duncan Laurence won the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 on behalf of The Netherlands, the first steps towards hosting the contest in The Netherlands in 2020 have already been taken. The host city will be announced in August. Nine cities in The Netherlands have already applied to host the…
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