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Andorra: They won’t return in Eurovision 2025!

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Andorra will not be among the countries that will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Switzerland!

The national broadcaster of the Principality of Andorra, RTVA, announced today that it does not intend to return to Eurovision 2025, which will be held in Switzerland.

This small state of the Pyrenees, between Spain and France, has only six participations to its credit from 2004 to 2009, which was the last year it sent a representative to the competition. It is also the only country in the competition’s history not to have competed in the finals, as all six entries failed to qualify from the semi-finals. For the record, in 2007 the country came closer than ever to qualifying, finishing 12th with 80 points.

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Andorra: No official decision regarding Eurovision 2024 yet!

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Despite yesterday’s news (here) that Andorra is not going to return in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, it seems that an official decision is yet to be made.

The national broadcaster of the small principality of the Pyrenees, RTVA, announced today that there is an ongoing evaluation and study of the the country’s return to the competition and that no decision has been made yet. The final decision on the country’s participation or not in the upcoming competition in May 2024 in Malmö will be decided shortly.

Andorra debuted in the competition in 2004 and participated continuously until 2009. So far, it is the only country in the history of the competition not to have participated in the final round as all the entries failed to qualify from the semi-finals. In 2007 the country came closer to qualifying than ever by finishing in 12th place in the one and only semi-final and perhaps the most difficult in the history of the contest as 28 countries were vying for the 10 final tickets.

In the following videos you can remember the participation of 2007 and the last participation of 2009.

Source: ESCToday

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Andorra: Absent from Eurovision 2024!

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Andorra joins the list with the countries that confirmed that they will not return to Eurovision in 2024, along with Slovakia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

This isn’t a surprise, consider the following statement made last year by Dani Ortolà, RTVA’s Content Director:

Despite being part of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), we have no plans to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in the short or medium term.

Although Andorra’s absence does not come with an official explanation, participating in artistic competitions is not among RTVA’s projects.

Moreover, Susanne Georgi’s actions have not proven to be successful for Andorra’s return to Eurovision regardless her statement under which the Government of Andorra has given the green light for the comeback. Meanwhile, she is also working on organizing a Eurovision pre-party hosted in Andorra next year.

Andorra’s last participation was in 2009 with Susanne Georgi and her song “La Teva Decisió“, which ,like all the Andorran entries, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final.

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Andorra: Government wants the country to return to Eurovision

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Good news from Andorra, which this year marks 10 years of absence from the contest. Elnacional hosts statements by representatives of the tri-partite government of the state, expressing a desire to bring their country back to Eurovision.

Financial reasons, as well as the fact that its six entries failed to qualify for the Final, were the reasons that led Andorra’s public broadcaster to quit Eurovision 2010 and never come back since then. A spokesman for the ruling party, Blau told elnacional:

“Andorra’s public television will return to the Eurovision Song Contest after re-evaluating its costs”

Also, another representative of the Democratic Party, also one of the three ruling parties, went further, saying:

“Eurovision is a great television show that will allow us to put our country on the map”

It is not clear whether Andorra will return in 2020 (something very difficult after the list of countries already announced) or next year.

The only time Andorra came close to qualifying was in 2007 when Anonymous with “Salvem El Món” finished 12th, the toughest semifinal ever to be played with 28 countries!