https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/11/05/cr...s-open/244213/

submissions open for croatia's national final: Dora 2020

25th November our dutch government will vote wether or not they give financial aid to the contest in rotterdam

if yes, then we can make a good show

if not, it will be a cheap show

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portugal's national final ''composer list''

few who excite me are, some music examples



throes & the shine, sort of angolan ''sunstroke project'' i like their style



marta carvalho, her style feels modern, interesting


and a returning composer, Antonio Avelar Pinho, who last wrote 2 songs at their national final in 1979 and in 2006

but something more fun, positive, national final season has already somewhat started, with slovenia, and their new ema fres

first trio round today



out of all battle winners of this week

and we got first announced artist for Australia decides



Australia giving effort for me to like them, Vanessa Amorosi, I LOVE HA :cheer2: :cheer2:

good luck sweetheart, your entry is a cute bop

and also, this australian idol, aussie i'm a celeb champ Casey Donovan, is one of artists

https://escxtra.com/2019/11/08/moldo...rovision-2020/

and here we got that news, Moldova going for internal selection

latest revealed melfest act, Drangarna (and their entry will be same style as this song)

https://eurovoix.com/2019/11/09/mont...s-taken-place/

Montenegro: director general of RTCG denies withdrawal from eurovision


so earlier news was fake, and they will decide on their participation next week

https://escxtra.com/2019/11/12/melod...heim-spektrum/

Norway's MGP final not in oslo this time, but in trondheim

asking the government only for 12.4 million for esc

which isn't approved yet


https://escunited.com/dutch-events-c...on-2020-stage/


and other costs are

- 9.6 million: tickets, sponsoring and EBU
- 2.5 million: broadcaster NPO
- 2 million: broadcaster AVROTROS

official list of participants (41) Bulgaria, Ukraine being back, Hungary & Montenegro withdrawing

Albania
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom

semi final allocation draw is on January 28

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/11/15/eu...ary-28/245337/

Cyprus apparently revealed their artist, a male singer ''Sandro Nicolas''

also apparently 3 songs to choose from

Mucho Calor

Can't Look Away

Never Let you down

Euroclub in rotterdam is at Maassilo, the place where Arcade got produced, recorded
 

https://www.dance.nl/uploads/images/...s/org/2914.jpg

from the outside


and from the inside (in spoilers because of too large image)

Bulgaria will announce their artist today, could be in 10 minutes from now (some say)

its Victoria Georgieva apparently for Bulgaria

Melfest final ticket PURCHASED.

i'm gonna follow melfest a lot more now too

Nanne Gronvall, Malou Prytz, Paul Rey


Nanne is from ''one more time'' sweden's artist in 1996, who got 3rd place with den vilda

and she had also been at more melfests after that with a good bit of variety of music

and now probably her first time in english hmm, the title seems iconic i guess ''carpool karaoke''

official artwork for eurovision 2020 revealed

stage for esc2020

https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/12/05/er...rector/246165/

Eric Van Tijn (composer of past dutch entries Vrede, Hemel en aarde and many more outside esc dutch music, former x factor nl Judge) is musical director for esc2020, will produce theme song, postcards music


http://images.vertele.eldiario.es/20...93_660x371.jpg

these are the esc2020 hosts, Chantal Janzen (entertainer/actress/presenter/musical star) Edsilia Rombley (soul singer/twice artist for Netherlands at esc ''hemel en aarde'' ''on top of the world'') Jan Smit (eurovision ambassador in Netherlands, and our usual commentator at both big esc, and junior eurovision)


and also ticket sales has opened

https://eurovision.tv/story/tickets-...-december-2019

and EBU recommends you to buy tickets at https://www.paylogic.com/

it will be ''tickets by name'' to prevent illegal ticket sales

https://i.postimg.cc/4d4frxfd/eurovi...-floorplan.png

this is the floorplan for ahoy, for the contest (with details of seats by letters), also more details of stage/green room, standing areas

albania's national final is under way as we speak, but in terms of views this is the heavy favourite, Elvana Gjata one of currently biggest names in albania's music industry of today