Belgium: VRT invites Joost Klein for Eurovision 2025!

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The recent public call of Joost Klein to the Belgian public broadcaster seems to have found a response, since the Dutch-speaking public television of Belgium with a post on social media expresses its interest in the artist and the possible representation of the country by him in Eurovision 2025 .

A few days earlier at a concert in Belgium, Joost Klein, responding to a banner of his fans calling for him to return with the Netherlands to Eurovision 2025, replied:

Who told you that I want to represent this country! Belgium call me!

Studio Brussel (VRT) did not miss the opportunity and responded to Joost Klein. The Belgian broadcaster published a post on Instagram in which it wrote: “@joostklein check private messages please, thank you”, along with a video of Klein doing his reading. While she hinted that she is trying to get in touch with the Dutch singer.

 

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It is obvious that Belgian public broadcaster is interested in seeing Joost Klein compete in Eurosong 2025 and why not represent the country in Switzerland. VRT will hold Eurosong 2025 to select the artist and song that will represent the country in the competition. There will be no open call for song submissions, but by invitation only to established artists.

Artists who receive an invitation will be asked to submit up to two original songs to VRT. The songs will be auditioned and a committee will decide which artists and which songs will compete in Eurosong 2025, to represent Belgium at Eurovision 2025.

Recall that the Dutch singer Joost Klein was disqualified a few hours before the final of Eurovision 2024 after a complaint filed against him by a Swedish photographer in the production of the contest. The complaint, which has gone to justice, was that Joost Klein used violence against her.

The Deputy Director General of the European Broadcasting Union, Jean Philip De Tender, referred to Joost Klein’s desire to compete in Eurovision 2025, saying that this is possible, as long as his participation would not violate the contest’s regulations:

If there is no violation of the rules, I see no reason why he cannot participate. at Eurovision 2025.

Unlike Belgium, which is already moving forward with the procedures to find its representative in the next contest, Joost Klein’s native Netherlands, has not yet made it clear whether it will take part in Eurovision 2025, pending actions from the EBU, to avoid situations that happened in Malmö.

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Source: Euromix

EXCLUSIVE: Three songs at the Eurovision Song Writing Camp in Greece!

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The Eurovision Song Writing Camp continues in Elounda, Crete. As they reveal to us on their social media, the participants are working intensively on possible songs for Eurovision 2025. According to our exclusive information, three songs are in the works.

As we revealed to you in our previous exclusive articles, the composers of Nemo’s The Code, Lasse Midtsian Nymann and Linda Dale, Elsie Bay, as well as Dimitris Kontopoulos, have joined forces, hoping to create one or more songs that will impress the audience and the juries at the next Eurovision Song Contest.

They have already started writing three songs, which they will complete in their first form until Friday, July 5, when the Eurovision Song Writing Camp will end.

Earlier, Elsie Bay uploaded a story on her social networks, in which she tagged all the musicians who are on the Elounda Peninsula and who are working on the songs.

As we informed you in our previous articles, this particular song writing camp is not about a specific country only, nor of course about an artist.

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EBU: The new updated rules do not change anything with the participation of Israel

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Jean Philip De Tender, Deputy Director General of the EBU, spoke on Swedish Public Radio about all the changes to the Eurovision Song Contest and the conclusion of the independent investigation carried out by the EBU after the end of this year’s Eurovision and everything that happened in Malmö. De Tender made it clear that nothing changes with Israel’s participation in 2025 as well.

Simplification of regulations

Speaking to Carolina Norén on Swedish radio station P4, Jean Philip De Tender explained several details following the independent expert investigation carried out after the 2024 competition.

He explained that Martin Österdahl will remain as executive supervisor, but some of his responsibilities will be transferred to the new Eurovision director.

De Tender also clarified that the EBU wants to simplify the rules on contracts so that everyone involved understands what they are signing up for. He cited the example that 70 years ago the regulations were all one page and now we are talking about hundreds of pages.

Israel will take part in Eurovision 2025

Regarding the controversy surrounding Israel’s participation in this year’s contest, De Tender said that as a member of the EBU, KAN, Israel’s public broadcaster, is eligible to participate. He stated that the Eurovision Song Contest is a non-political event and that the decision to allow Israel to participate is in line with other non-political organizations such as sports federations. However, he added that he believes the EBU needs to clarify its decision-making better:

“I think we need to maybe clarify the decision-making with all the stakeholders better so that people fully understand what the event stands for and what the goal is.”

The Netherlands and Joost Klein in Switzerland?

Regarding the fear of countries withdrawing from the next Eurovision, De Tender clarifies that no country has so far declared its withdrawal and that he believes that the Netherlands will also participate normally in Switzerland.

In the possibility of Joost Klein’s return to the competition, he simply states that this is a matter of the Dutch public broadcaster and since his participation is not contrary to any regulation, he does not see the reason why the artist could be excluded from Eurovision 2025.

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Source: sverigesradio

Norway: Participation in Eurovision 2025 is confirmed!

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Since the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, questions have been aroused as to whether Norway will participate in next year’s major music competition. Now NRK has finally concluded after talks with the EBU and the new report that was published yesterday.

Now the EBU has recognized that they had problems this year and they are working to improve it. And what we’ve been told, in addition to what they’ve come out with publicly, sounds very good. So now we will work constructively and positively to get Norway into Eurovision in 2025. We will participate

says music manager for Melodi Grand Prix, Stig Karlsen.

He emphasizes that they have not received an answer to everything the EBU should do next, but that NRK’s ​​plan is now ready.

The registration deadline for next year’s competition is set for mid-September. There are so far around 16 countries registered for next year’s competition. Both Sweden and Denmark have already confirmed participation.

-We hope that the EBU ensures that the ESC is not used as a political tool, because there was quite a bit of this this year. It is also important that they become better at communicating, crisis management and security around the event.

Against the background of this year’s controversies and protests during the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU, the organizer of the contest, promised a thorough evaluation and review of the event.

Yesterday, the EBU published a report in which they consider further measures to improve the safety of the artists. At the same time, they announced that they are creating new leadership positions in the Eurovision Song Contest, and that they have been recommended to create a crisis team that can prevent and handle crises.

We must communicate well with the artist and provide an understanding of what we do and how we handle this. It is very important that the artist has a good experience throughout.

Of the countries that are registered for next year we also find Israel. There were several demonstrations both in Norway and several other countries in Europe when they were allowed to participate in this year’s competition.

NRK has been clear that we do not engage in a cultural boycott. What is important to us is that Eurovision is not used as a platform for politics, and the EBU has not been able to follow this up as well. We cannot have countries that use the competition as a platform for propaganda.

source: nrk.no

EXCLUSIVE: The composers of Nemo’s “The Code” in Crete for the Eurovision Song Writing Camp!

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In our exclusive article you read a few days ago that this week the first Eurovision Song Writing Camp will take place in Greece, with the participation of composers who very recently won the contest. We can now reveal to you that the composers of this year’s Eurovision winning song, Nemo’s The Code, have arrived in Crete, specifically in Elounda, to participate in the song writing camp whose sole purpose is to create songs for the next Eurovision Song Contest.

Lasse Midtsian Nymann and Linda Dale, who were the creators of The Code, are from Monday July 1 in Elounda, at the First Eurovision Song Writing Camp held in Greece. The song writing camp takes place at the Elounda Peninsula Hotel, one of the most luxurious 5stars hotel in Crete.

With them is of course Dimitris Kontopoulos, but also Elsie Bay, known to all eurofans for her participations in the national final of Norway, MGP.

As we informed you in our previous article, this particular song writing camp does not concern a specific country only, nor of course an artist.

The composers of The Code, along with Dimitris Kontopoulos and Elsie Bay join forces and hope to create one or more songs that will impress the audience and the juries at the next Eurovision Song Contest.

The Song Writing Camp will last until Friday, July 5th. Already in her post, Linda Dale reveals to us that they have gotten to work!

 

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Netherlands: Waiting on EBU action before deciding whether to enter Eurovision 2025

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Eurovision 2024 will go down in history as possibly the most controversial in the contest’s history. The Dutch entry’s disqualification the day before the grand final was one of the incidents that captured the attention of both the media and the fans. The EBU provided justification for this decision by stating that Joost Klein, the country’s representative, had used violence towards a member of the production team, however it did not clarify if this was verbal or physical abuse.

The Dutch public broadcaster, Avrotros, expressed its disappointment and with the EBU’s decision, calling it “disproportionate to the circumstances”.

There were a lot of controversial incidents during this year’s competition; the one mentioned above was just one of them. In this regard, the EBU has declared that it would modify the competition’s rules in order to ensure its seamless operation and prevent a recurrence of this year’s events. You can read our related article for further information about these modifications.

As a result, based on information from Dutch media AD, the country’s public television will examine the impending changes and determine whether or not the Netherlands will participate in the upcoming competition.

According to broadcaster’s spokesperson, it is a positive step that an investigation is being carried out. He emphasised, though, that these words needed to be turned into actions, that is, significant and meaningful adjustments that might guarantee both the competitors’ psychological well-being and the competition’s seamless operation.

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Source: AD.nl 

Luxembourg: Luxembourg Song Contest returns for Eurovision 2025 | Registrations are now open!

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Luxembourg is formally kicking off its Eurovision 2025 journey after making a triumphant comeback with Tali and her entry, “Fighter“.

Once more, Luxembourg will select its entry through the Luxembourg Song Contest, a national selection process. Artist and songwriter submissions are now being open, and the submission period will run through October 6th. After that, a process similar to the one from the previous year is anticipated, consisting of an audition phase and an assessment of the submissions by an international expert jury.

The requirements for Luxembourg Song Contest 2025

Registrations will be open for songwriters who would like to submit their songs as well as singers who are willing to represent Luxembourg in Eurovision, much like the previous year’s Luxembourg Song Contest.

In particular:

Artists’ requirements
  • Be at least 16 years old on 1 January, 2025
  • Have Luxembourg nationality, have lived in Luxembourg for 3 consecutive years, or be anchored in the Luxembourg cultural scene
  • Be available between November 2024 and May 2025
  • Be able to sing live on stage
  • If competing as a band or group, at least one member must meet these previous conditions
Song requirements
  • Maximum length of 3 minutes
  • Must not have been published or publicly performed before 1 September, 2024
  • Each artist/group can enter up to 5 songs
  • Must be an original composition
  • Language is freely selectable

Tali was Luxembourg’s pick for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö with her song “Fighter”, finishing thirteenth.

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Source: RTL

EBU: Tighter rules and creation of new roles for Eurovision 2025!

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The highly anticipated result of the independent research, regarding all the matters that took place in Malmö, and filled the Contest’s name with a lot of negativity, were given away by the EBU. Read more

Eurovision 2025: Almost half of the Swiss population doesn’t want the Contest to take place in their country!

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Despite the country’s victory in the Contest, according to a survey conducted by a local newspaper, almost half of the Swiss population is not positive about the hosting of Eurovision Song Contest in their country.

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Joost Klein does not want to represent the Netherlands in 2025 but … Belgium!

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Joost Klein, who with his behavior turned the spotlight on him in this year’s conetst, now tries to provoke discussions again with a new statement. According to his words in his last concert, he calls on the public television of Belgium to give him the representation of the country for Eurovision 2025!

After being eliminated from the Eurovision 2024 final, Joost Klein didn’t want to hear about the Eurovision contest, using not the kindest words about his experience in Malmö. But a few days earlier at the Pinkpop festival he seemed to change his mind and said in front of everyone present there, why not in 2025!

While everyone expected that he meant one more participation with his country The Netherlands, Joost Klein has other plans… or so he says.

More specifically, while he was singing in Belgium, wanting to comment on a banner held by some of his fans, which read: Joost for Eurovision 2025 with the Dutch flag on it as well, he said:

Who told you that I want to represent this country! Belgium call me!

Of course, after all the above, no one can take Joost’s words seriously, which change according to his mood. Only time will tell, and so will the judicial outcome of his case.

We remind you that a female employee of the Swedish public television who worked for this year’s competition, sued Joost Klein for violence against her. This resulted in his disqualification from the Eurovision 2024 final.

The Netherlands has not yet clarified whether it will take part in Eurovision 2025. On the other hand, Belgium will hold Eurosong 2025, but without an open call for song submissions, but with an invitation to specific creators and artists. This means that if Joost Klein really wants to represent Belgium at the next Eurovision, he will have to win the national final, Eurosong 2025.

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