The large digital sign about Eurovision outside Malmö Live was vandalized overnight on Monday. Someone or a few have thrown blood-red paint and written pro-Palestinian slogans.
The vandalism was discovered in the morning hours. On the base of the sign, someone has written “Free Gaza” and daubed it with red paint. Even on the digital sign that says “United by music” and “We are one” someone has thrown paint.
The EBU decides the contestants Israel’s participation in Eurovision has provoked strong protests directed both at Malmö municipality and at SVT, despite the fact that it is the EBU – the European Television Union – that decides who gets to compete.
The police have not received any report about the vandalism during the night, but will prepare one themselves in the morning. Source: SVT Nyheter.
I believe that everyone has the right to demonstrate, but I don’t understand that this should be done by vandalism.
The UK has revealed its entry song for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The song is called Dizzy, and it’s by UK pop singer Olly Alexander. Olly is hoping to impress the other countries in the competition in Sweden later this year.
Olly used to be a part of a pop band called Years and Years. Three years ago, he made it into his own solo project, and since then has continued performing all over the world.
In his career he’s had two Number One albums in the charts, had 10 of his songs in the UK Top 40 singles, and had his songs streamed over 6.5 billion times.
He has performed and recorded with some pretty famous musicians, and even had a duet with Sir Elton John!
Olly Alexander’s will play his new track ‘Dizzy’ against other countries in Malmo, in Sweden later this year for the Eurovision Song Contest.
He said he’s really excited to be in the competition, and remembers watching the show with his family when he was younger. Source: BBCNews.
Europapa, the song with which Joost Klein will compete in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, is a tribute to his father. The song also features Paul Elstak.
“It is a letter I wrote to my father,” Klein told about Europapa in a special broadcast of De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach on Thursday. Klein previously told NU.nl that he grew up with the Eurovision Song Contest. Together with his parents, he always watched it at a young age.
The song, which has clear gabber influences, ends with an ode to his parents. The song then slows down in tempo and the singer addresses his father directly. Klein’s parents both passed away when he was young.
“My papa and my mama are forever my heroes,” he sings at the end of Europapa. “Rain on the window and I stood at the window crying. Darkness far too early, it’s winter in spring. ‘I miss you every day,’ is what I secretly whisper. You see dad, I listened to you.”
“It’s a very surreal feeling. I think it’s really fat that I get to share the art I made with my friends now,” the 26-year-old Klein told us. Besides Elstak, the music video also features rapper Donnie, René Froger and S10.
“The Eurovision performance will be a full circle experience of turning sadness into euphoria,” the artist said of his performance in Malmö in May. “When people see my act, the first reaction should be: what is happening here? To then touch the viewer anyway. An invitation to dive deeper. At first glance it looks like a very happy act, but once past that, blood, sweat and tears lie.”
The title of the Song Contest song had been known for several weeks, but neither Europapa‘s lyrics nor its subject matter had been known yet. Klein announced on the talk show. Lubach and Klein have known each other for years, the presenter told at the start of the show.
Klein will be in the second semifinal of the Song Contest on Thursday 9 May. He will then compete against Belgium, Austria and Greece, among others. Ten other countries will then have already qualified for the final which is on 11 May.
This year’s Song Contest will be held in the Swedish city of Malmö, after Loreen won the event for the second time last year with Tattoo. The first semi-final will take place on Tuesday 7 May. Source: nu.nl.
Presenter Petra Mede and actress Malin Akerman will present the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden this May. The organization of the event announced the presentation duo on Monday.
The 53-year-old Mede is one of the best-known Swedish presenters and already presented the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013 and 2016. The 45-year-old Akerman, born in Stockholm and raised in Canada, is known as an actress for films such as The Heartbreak Kid and Rock of Ages .
Mede and Akerman have not worked together before, but say they are very much looking forward to presenting the Eurovision Song Contest together.
The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Malmö from Tuesday 7 to Sunday 11 May. The Netherlands is represented by Joost Klein. He will play in the second semi-final on May 9. Source: nu.nl.
Romania will not participate in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. The responsible broadcaster TVR cannot release enough money.
A total of 37 countries are now participating in the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced last month that discussions were still ongoing with Romania about possible participation. The broadcasting organization then announced that the country’s participation might be confirmed later.
Romania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times and has always been present in recent years. The last time the country did not participate was in 2016. Romania was also absent from the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001.
Last year Romania failed to qualify for the final. Singer Theodor Andrei did not score a single point in the semi-finals, posting the worst Romanian score to date.
The Eurovision Song Contest is from May 7 to 11, 2024.
Joost Klein will represent the Netherlands during the Eurovision Song Contest next year. The selection committee chose his song from more than six hundred entries.
“There were many entries from all kinds of genres, but in our opinion his entry has the greatest hit potential,” says Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen, chairman of the selection committee.
“You hear his well-known combination of party and nostalgia in the song. We think that Joost will put on a great act with his creativity and positively surprise the Netherlands and Europe.” The song with which Klein will go to the Eurovision Song Contest will be announced at a later date.
The selection committee did not unanimously go for Klein. Nevertheless, everyone supports the choice, says Van de Nieuwenhuijzen. “Choosing between the last five potential entries was extremely difficult. But Joost has a song that we really think has the potential to do well throughout Europe. That was the deciding factor. And he is also someone who very nice and good in a very infectious way.”
Klein sees a dream come true with his participation: “I used to watch it every year with my parents, glued to the TV. It is an honor that I can represent the Netherlands and I will do everything I can to achieve the best result.”
The 26-year-old Klein, who releases his music under his first name Joost, makes a mixture of pop, happy hardcore and pop punk. He is best known for his song Friesenjung, which has been listened to more than 100 million times on Spotify. This song also caught on in countries such as Belgium, Germany and Austria.
Last summer Klein performed on the main stage of Lowlands, among others. He also performed at Pinkpop and gave two sold-out concerts at AFAS Live.
A total of about six hundred songs were submitted, broadcaster AVROTROS reports. A special selection committee listened to this. Krezip singer Jacqueline Govaert, Eurovision Song Contest expert Cornald Maas and radio DJ Sander Lantinga, among others, helped decide on the artist and the song.
The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Sweden in 2024, because Swedish singer Loreen has won the music festival for the second time this year. In Liverpool she won with her song Tattoo. Eleven years earlier she was allowed to take the trophy home thanks to the song Euphoria.
The Netherlands is competing against 36 other countries, it was announced earlier this month. Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Italy, among others, are participating in the 68th edition.
The final of the Eurovision Song Contest will take place on May 11, 2024. The Netherlands must first qualify for this during one of the semi-finals. These will take place on Tuesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 9.
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