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King Willem Alexander visits Ahoy today to see the preparations for the contest

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stage, green room picture

Spoiler:

the entire floor will be stage and green room, no audience (the audience will sit in rings of the arena)

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also to confirm it now, this years eurovision thread is the last one i made on here, i will give that honour as of next year back to Lucas/Black Dagger


but as for now, positivity only (also good news it is very likely all other delegations could still come to ahoy, already been thinking of that, but mostly due to australia having been only one with problems, with their own health ministry, understandable given australia literally almost has no cases anymore, other countries are like artists/delegation members must self isolate immediately upon return)

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more pictures, more details on green room (different colors of sofas, and also neon lights around each green room sofa outer layer)

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

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Youtube video

Spain's Blas released a english version of his entry

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Spain's virtual pre party line up

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Dancing, singing and jumping: theatre schools record music video for Eurovision Song Contest
Benthemplein in Rotterdam is the setting for dance, music and rotating cameras. About 100 first-graders from theatre schools PT010 and MT010 will be in the spotlight this Thursday. And all for a place in the city program of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Groups of children spin in circles, wave their arms and sing along loudly to the Children's Song Festival song Speak Up. On the basketball court between the Grafisch Lyceum and the Jeugdtheater Hofplein, it is a colourful experience. The students wear floral trousers, coloured sweaters and some have dyed their hair blue or purple.

Today, the talents of both theatre schools unite to record a music video. Especially for this occasion, they have received permission from the municipality to be together with a hundred children, against the corona rules.

Meaning
The music video gets a place in the online city program for the Eurovision Song Contest. For 12-year-old Noémi and the equally old Koen, the song and the clip have a lot of meaning. "It shows that you can be yourself." Both are excited to be featured in the city program. "But you don't have to care about others," koen says.

Principal Priscilla Mahadew speaks of an emotional day. "The children have had online lessons for a long time. Now they can sing and dance together again. That's what they finally signed up for."

Speak Up
According to Mahadew, the video contributes to forming their own opinion. ,,The theme of the song is Speak Up. They can really start to feel that." They need to learn to go their own way, she says: "It's good that they're developing their own color."

The video clip is an initiative of the Open Up Talent project. Four musical talents from Rotterdam-Noord were selected to participate in the city programme, including the theatre schools.

https://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/dansen-z...ival~ab1bc8b1/

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NikkieTutorials covers glitter, glamour and gossip in new show

As if presenting the Eurovision Song Contest wasn’t a big enough task in itself, Nikkie de Jager will also host her own ‘LookLab’ show on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.

NikkieTutorials will open up her LookLab studio in the Rotterdam Ahoy where she’ll welcome all 39 acts to discuss the glitter, glamour and gossip of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest.

LookLab with NikkieTutorials can be watched on the official Eurovision YouTube channel with new episodes appearing daily from Monday 10 May - Friday 21 May.

https://eurovision.tv/story/looklab-...ikkietutorials

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RESUME OF THE REHEARSALS' SCHEDULE:

Saturday, 8th May 2021:
Semi-Final 1 - First Rehearsals - First 7 songs

Sunday, 9th May 2021:
Semi-Final 1 - First Rehearsals - Last 9 songs

Monday, 10th May 2021:
Semi-Final 2 - First Rehearsals - First 9 songs

Tuesday, 11th May 2021:
Semi-Final 2 - First Rehearsals - First 8 songs

Wednesday, 12th May 2021:
Semi-Final 1 - Second Rehearsals - First 15 songs

Thursday, 13th May 2021:
Semi-Final 1 - Second Rehearsals - Last song / Semi-Final 2 - Second Rehearsals - First 9 songs / Finalists - First Rehearsals - All 6 songs

Friday, 14th May 2021:
Semi-Final 2 - Second Rehearsals - Last 8 songs

Saturday, 15th May 2021:
Finalists - Second Rehearsals - All 6 songs

Sunday, 16th May 2021:
(no rehearsals)

Monday, 17th May 2021:
Semi-Final 1 - First and Second Dress Rehearsals

Tuesday, 18th May 2021:
Semi-Final 1 - Third Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday, 19th May 2021:
Semi-Final 2 - First and Second Dress Rehearsals

Thursday, 20th May 2021:
Semi-Final 2 - Third Dress Rehearsal

Friday, 21st May 2021:
Final - First and Second Dress Rehearsals

Saturday, 22nd May 2021:
Final - Third Dress Rehearsal

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De Vooravond presenters Fidan Ekiz, Renze Klamer

Talk shows Op1 and De Vooravond live from Ahoy during Eurovision
The talk shows Op1 and De Vooravond broadcast their programme around the Eurovision song contest from Ahoy. This will take place from Monday 17 to Friday 21 May. On1 will exceptionally also broadcast live from the host location in Rotterdam on the final evening, Saturday 22 May.

In the coming weeks, the NPO will count down to the semi-finals and the final show, which is estimated to be followed by some 180 million viewers in dozens of countries.

Goedemorgen Nederland also comes from Ahoy that week from Monday to Saturday. Time for MAX also settles down nearby during the Eurovision Song Contest, right next to the SS Rotterdam. In addition to television, the NPO also reports on the radio on location of all developments around the Eurovision song contest.

NPO Radio 2 comes from Rotterdam with backstage reports, live performances and interviews with participants. Lunch Lekker with Daniel Dekker on NPO Radio 5 also broadcasts all week from the port city.

https://www.ad.nl/show/talkshows-op1...ival~a8198357/



wow got a lot myself to look forward to

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuhair_Murad

https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/04/22/zu...e-show/264488/

this guy Zuhair Murad, lebanese fashion designer will design the dress for Moldova's Natalia Gordienko

some whom he had designed for before are: Adele, Marion Cotillard, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Ivana Trump, Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Williams


but also Princess al-Taweel of Saudi Arabia had worn a creation at William & Kate royal wedding

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Youtube video

here is the link for the spain virtual pre party

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lovely acoustic versions from Latvia, Ireland


Serbia's Hurricane slaying yet again, adore their harmonies so so much



N.Macedonia's Vasil beginning in spanish for his entry was cute he did that for the pre party

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there might even be a audience even if ICU patients are at total of above 900

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today final decision will be made on audience

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official album is out

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no decision on audience today, the meeting was postponed until tomorrow

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19 days until semi final 1

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Spoiler:

the space behind the huge LED screen

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the news regarding the audiences, maybe at 18:30 PM CET (17:30 UK Time) or bit later than that, announcement could be at my nation's entertainment show RTLBoulevard


so a very long wait and tension

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https://eurovision.tv/story/voicefor...tners-with-wwf

might as well share this, the WWF nature charity a new official partner for eurovision

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why don't they include ''dutch people only'' since otherwise it is clickbait

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https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/04/30/ad...erform/264665/

Adriatic Pre Party, croatia's first pre party, 15 out of 39 acts there to perform