Despite the current uncertainty regarding the Dutch participation in the contest, Eurovision in Concert will return in 2025 for its 15th edition. This event, which consistently hosts the vast majority of the participants each year, as well as numerous past Eurovision representatives, has become a staple and is rightfully considered the biggest pre-party event. Read more
Het Grote Songfestivalfeest concert took place for the first time in late 2019 to promote the Eurovision 2020, which was scheduled to be held in the Netherlands. After three years of great success, the great Concert returns once again this December, live from the capital of the Netherlands!
Participants in the concert will include former winners and contestants of Eurovision, throughout its history!
The official account of the concert on Instagram announced new participants regularly, and this process was completed just a few hours ago. Here are the artists who will participate in the concert in alphabetical order and the songs they will perform:
The great Concert is a co-production of the Dutch public broadcaster, AVROTROS with PILOTSTUDIO and will take place on December 12 at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, and it will also be broadcasted on television, recorded by the Dutch national broadcaster.
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The host for the evening will once again be Edsilia Rombley (Netherlands 1998 and 2007, host of Eurovision 2021), who is expected to perform her own entries as well.
Stay tuned, as the Dutch producers may announce some moresurprise participants in the future!
With yesterday’s announcement made by the Swedish police, one of the issues that marked Eurovision 2024 negatively for many fans, has officially come to an end. Of course, we are talking about the disqualification of Joost Klein from the final of Eurovision 2024.
After the police investigations, yesterday’s announcement stated that Joost Klein will not be prosecuted for the incident at this year’s Eurovision due to a lack of evidence.
A few hours ago Joost Klein himself, spoke about the whole issue for the first time, with an Instagram post:
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“The last couple of months were terrible. Even though I love to perform anywhere around the world, something didn’t feel right. Why did we have to wait so long for an answer? Everyday I felt insecure whilst I knew the truth. There is no case against me, because there never was a case.
We should all take care for each other, we should all support each other and we should ALL come together. Companies just want to protect their money and they tried to use me as a shield. A village against the city…
Guess what? LOVE ALWAYS WINS. TRUST THE PROCESS!!!!! EVEN THOUGH I LOST ALL HOPE WE BACK NOW BABY!!! ALBUM MODE!!!!!!!”
At the same time, the camerwoman spoke through her lawyer, Kristoffer Ståhl, about the decision of the police, and indicated that she is thinking of taking further legal actions, in order to be vindicated:
“My client is very saddened by the decision and is considering whether she wants to challenge the decision. She came to Malmö to do her work in a special place where music, inclusion and diversity are central. What happened to her was unexpected and very traumatic. She now has to deal with the consequences of that incident, unfortunately.”
Lawyer Ståhl adds in his statement that there was no agreement that “the Dutch artist” would not be filmed after his appearance. “My client wants to state clearly that she did not pay more or less attention to the Dutch artist than to other candidates of the festival,” she says.
However, the woman praised the EBU for the way the organization “put the mental and physical safety of its workers first”.
We now await with great interest the reaction of the Dutch public broadcaster, and whether it will participate or not in Eurovision 2025 next May in Switzerland.
Earlier yesterday, through a post in his personal account in X, Edward af Sillen, the scriptwriter for the previous three contests in Sweden (2013, 2016 & 2024), parallels the two cases of a contestant’s suspension, in Eurovision 2024 and in Euro, that of Joost Klein and the Turkish football player, Merih Demiral.
His post received both positive and negative reactions, saying that the comparison is out of place. Cornald Maas, the Dutch commentator, stated the same below Edward af Sillen’s post. In detail, he commented the following:
Oh really? No better/more meaningful comparisons? You can try better (I hope)
— Cornald Maas (@cornaldm) July 5, 2024
“Oh really? No better/more meaningful comparisons? You can try better (I hope)”
The Dutch disqualification, is a topic that concerned both fans and the EBU itself, which stated in its recent statement on everything that happened during Eurovision 2024, that the simplification of the rules and everyone keeping up with the regulations (members of delegations, artists, fans) is of crucial importance for the smooth running of the contest in the future. However, it’s only logical that the Dutch commentator is negative about the whole treatment of the subject.
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After a year of service, the Head of the Dutch delegation, the well-knowned to fans, Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen, resigns from his position, to continue his career at NOS.
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“From mid-August I will begin working as Editor-in-Chief at NOS Events! I will be working with familiar faces and new colleagues on (live) programmes for national events, commemorations and celebrations. After five years of working on Eurovision, this great opportunity came at the right time. So excited!”
Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen had a very important role in Eurovision in recent years, being the Head of the Contest from 2019 until 2023, while in 2024 he was the head of the Dutch delegation.
AVROTROS, the Dutch public broadcaster, confirmed that they are not yet looking for a new head of delegation as they have not yet decided whether they will participate in the next contest, following the incident that took place in Malmö, following the disqualification of Joost Klein.
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We are just hours away from the Grand Final and the moment when we will find out the winner of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. The atmosphere seems to be increasingly tense in Malmö Arena.
As a reminder, the Dutch singer Joost Klein will not be competing in the Grand Final of this year’s contest. According to an EBU statement, the Swedish police investigated a complaint from a female production member, following an incident after Joost’s performance on Thursday in the Second Semi-Final. In fact, despite rumours from international media, the incident has not involved any participant or mission. Thus, the Grand Final of the 68th edition of the competition will be held with 25 countries.
After the exclusion of the Netherlands, in addition to the strong reactions, rumours of other countries withdrawing from the competition in protest began to circulate. The most intense rumour was on social media regarding the Estonian delegation. However, according to exclusive information, the Estonian representatives will compete as usual in tonight’s final, as they continued their preparations and came out in today’s rehearsal of the family show.
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Today is the night of the final and it is still unclear what the EBU will decide regarding the Netherlands’ participation in the Grand Final. According to Dutch public television, Joost Klein was questioned by the police, following a complaint by an employee of SVT.
Police say Joost Klein was questioned late last night. The woman who filed the complaint was also questioned. The case has now been handed over to the prosecutor. The case can take weeks to settle.
Therefore, we can not predict what will be the final decision regarding the Netherlands’ participation in tonight’s Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The managing director of Dutch public television has arrived in Malmö and is in talks with the EBU to decide what will eventually happen with their participation.
We remind you that yesterday, Joost Klein was not able to perform his song for the jury because of the ongoing investigation by the EBU. Instead, the video of his performance from the Semi-final was shown. By the time this article was written a final decision has not been made. The online voting for the rest of the world has not started as a consequence.
We will keep you informed once we get the final outcome of this case and the official announcements from the EBU.
Source: NOS
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As you read in one of our previous articles, one of the big favorites, Dutch Joost Klein, didn’t show up at the rehearsal for the Eurovision final earlier today.
Svergies Radio’s Carolina Norén, reported from within the press centre that the EBU is currently in a crisis meeting investigating an incident they say occurred yesterday.
She mentioned that she could actually see towards the Dutch box where Joost Klein is supposed to be and the Dutch delegation is waiting for a decision.
She also asked the Israeli delegation briefly, if they had reported anything but they denied anything like that. It was at yesterday’s press conference that it was noticed that Joost Klein had the Dutch flag on him.
Last night, when the Israeli participant Eden Golan received a critical question regarding security concerns on this year’s contest, and the moderators interrupted and said she wouldn’t need to respond, Joost then asked, why not? But this is unclear that the Dutch favourite was stopped from performing earlier for that reason.
According to information to SVT, a physical confrontation has occurred between the artist and a photographer.
So we have to wait for an official statement from the EBU and hope that things clear up a bit. Joost Klein is still in the arena, the Netherlands delegation is sitting and waiting for a decision.
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Last on the stage of Eurovision Song Contest 2024 for today, are the Netherlands! Joost Klein with his song“Europapa” is ready for his first rehearsal on the stage of Malmö Arena, in Sweden!
Dutch rapper, composer, and former YouTuber Joost Klein was born on November 10, 1997. He is known for his songs “Scandinavian Boy”, “Wachtmuziek” and “Friesenjung”, and his albums M Van Marketing, Albino and 1983. Even though the majority of his tracks are hip-hop, he frequently incorporates electronic music elements into his performances, such as drum and bass, hardstyle, and gabber.
Our final rehearsal for today is from musician, writer and artist Joost Klein from the Netherlands, who will be wrapping up the second Semi-Final with his banging dance track Europapa. Come for the high-energy rave and the lyrical tour of Europe, stay for the bit at the end where it goes full happy hardcore.
Fans of Joost will be delighted that his signature dance moves and giant blue shoulder pads have be shipped to Malmö, along with a keyboard player dressed as a fluffy blue and yellow bird – presumably to represent both the EU flag but also conveniently repping Sweden. The LED wall is a manic visual tour of the lyrics, and the whole thing is three minutes of infectious dance energy, with Joost flanked on stage by two female dancers in white tracksuits.
Norway’s First Rehearsal.
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The second rehearsal of the Netherlands will take place on Friday 3/5, when we will have a better vision of what we will see from Joost Klein on the Eurovision stage, as we will have the official TV snippet.
Below, you can watch a small clip from the Netherlands’ first rehearsal from TikTok:
@eurovision Welkom in Europa! @joost is bringing it all together in rehearsals #Eurovision2024 ♬ original sound – Eurovision
And that’s all for today’s rehearsals! Tomorrow, the Second Rehearsals of the countries competing in the first semi-final will take place!
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Just a few minutes ago, the public broadcaster of the Netherlands, announced their spokesperson, the one that will reveal the Dutch jury vote, for Eurovision, it’s no other than Nikkie de Jagger.
