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The Netherlands: Douwe Bob will also submit song for Eurovision 2025!

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Douwe Bob is the last artist so far who has already competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and will submit an entry for Eurovision 2025!

The Netherlands‘ Eurovision 2016 representative Douwe Bob confirmed in an interview with Radio538 that he has a song ready to submit in order to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.

Douwe Bob is the third Dutch artist who have appeared on the Eurovision stage in the past. The other two artists are Gerard Joling (1988) and Anouk (2013).

The process of songs submission is going end on Friday, November 22 and the entry will be chosen by a special committee of AVROTROS which consists of the following people:

  • Jacqueline Govaert
  • Jaap Reesema
  • Carolien Borgers
  • Hila Noorzai
  • Cornald Maas
  • Sander Lantinga

Source: RTL

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The Netherlands: The majority believes that the country should not participate in Eurovision 2025!

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The thriller of whether the Netherlands will be present at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland goes on, and will probably last until the very last moment, on September 15, the deadline for the countries concerned to register to participate.

The country’s national broadcaster, AVROTROS, has more than a week to decide. However, the Dutch branch of RTL conducted a poll and if the decision to participate or not was in the hands of the public, then the country would be out, as 58% think it should stay away next year.

After the controversial disqualification of the Netherlands despite qualifying for the final, the decision seems to be difficult.

Eric Dekker from AVROTROS commented that:

“At the moment, the talks are still ongoing. We’re taking everything into consideration and we’re not making any statements until a decision is made.”

According to the results of the RTL survey, 58% believe that the country should abstain, 24% believe that it should participate and 18% have no opinion on the matter.

Katja Zwar, eurofan and podcast presenter at Telegraaf, also chooses the abstention.

“As much as it hurts me to say, I hope we won’t participate just to make a statement. It’s not nothing what happened, we were unjustly disqualified, while we had scored high. You can’t undo it, but the EBU has to come up with something right to make up for it.”

On the other hand, media expert Mark Koster believes that the country will eventually take part.

“I’m sure there will be a half-baked lame excuse from the EBU just in time, which is just enough for the AVROTROS to participate anyway. And then the whole riot will have been for nothing.”

In the event that the Netherlands takes part, 47% believe that Joost Klein should be the representative again.

Source: RTL

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The Netherlands: Joost Klein is thinking of suing the EBU!

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Joost Klein is considering filing a defamation lawsuit against Eurovision organizer the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The singer’s manager has already contacted the lawyer Gerard Spong.

The news comes a day after AvroTros had indicated that it did not want to press charges.  The lawyer wrote that it is “absolutely a defamatory allegation” that the EBU, despite the fact that according to the Swedish Public Prosecutor’s Office there is no or insufficient evidence, continues to insist that Joost Klein “would have committed an act worthy of disqualification”.

The fact that AvroTros doesn’t want to create an issue is a sign of weakness according to Spong.

“They must have their reasons for it. They may also have to continue with the EBU next year, so maybe they think: we shouldn’t have any. I think it’s weak.”

“Joost is the right person to file a police report. I’ve been called by Joost’s manager and we’re going to think about it.”

Source: De Telegraaf

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The Netherlands: Anouk wants to return on the Eurovision stage!

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The Dutch singer Anouk wants to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest, once again, next year. During her apperance at the North Sea Jazz last Saturday, she mentioned that she has a perfect track for the Eurovision Song Contest.

In her statement she mentioned:

“I have recorded a strong track… perfect for the Eurovision Song Contest, but there’s no committee anymore, so I don’t know who to send it to.”

The singer has already taken part in Eurovision once in 2013. With the song “Birds” she managed to bring the Netherlands back to the final after 8 consecutive years of non-qualifications.

However, the participation of the Netherlands in Eurovision 2025 still remains uncertain due to the disqualification of this year’s representative Joost Klein a few hours before the Eurovision 2024 final.

Would you like to see Anouk again on the Eurovision stage? Let us know your thought in the comments below.

Source: songfestival.be

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The Netherlands: Joost Klein seems to have admitted his unlawful act!

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A new update has emerged regarding the disqualification of the Netherlands’ Joost Klein hours before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, despite having qualified from Thursday’s second semi-final.

According to the widely circulated Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Dutch representative Joost Klein appears to have confessed to this violent behavior by using his fist against a photographer from this year’s competition production, justifying his act by saying that the entire approach by the photographers was something stressful to him.

A prosecution is expected, with a preliminary trial date reportedly set for June.

The head of the investigation hotline section in Malmö stated that:

“It doesn’t really matter if the person is still in the country, we can pursue that case anyway.”

Source: Aftonbladet

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The Netherlands: Cornald Maas on disqualification – “F*ck the EBU”!

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AVROTROS earlier on released a statement about the incident that led to the disqualification of Joost Klein from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final! The national broadcaster had a serious reaction against the resolution of the issue by the EBU and the frustration never ends!

Cornald Maas has reacted to the disqualification of Joost Klein. The commentator can’t understand why Joost is not allowed to play in the Eurovision final. Cornald Maas is furious about Joost Klein‘s disqualification and on an informal press conference he commented:

“F*ck the EBU!”

Source: nu.nl

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Breaking News: AVROTROS statement about the incident that led to the Dutch disqualification!

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AVROTROS just released a statement about the incident that led to the disqualification of Joost Klein from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final! The statement reads the following:

“An incident occurred after last Thursday’s performance.
Against clearly made agreements, Joost was filmed when he had just gotten off stage and had to rush to the greenroom. At that moment, Joost repeatedly indicated that he did not want to be filmed. This wasn’t respected. This led to a threatening movement from Joost towards the camera. Joost did not touch the camera woman. This incident was reported, followed by an investigation by the EBU and police. Yesterday and today we consulted extensively with the EBU and proposed several solutions. Nevertheless, the EBU has still decided to disqualify Joost Klein.

AVROTROS finds the penalty very heavy and disproportionate. We stand for good manners -let there be no misunderstanding about that- but in our view, an exclusion order is not proportional to this incident. We are very disappointed and upset for the millions of fans who were so excited for tonight. What Joost brought to the Netherlands and Europe shouldn’t have ended this way.”

Source: AVROTROS

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Breaking News | The Netherlands has been disqualified from Eurovision 2024!

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Joost Klein, the representative from The Netherlands for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, has been suspended from participating in the event. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has investigated an incident involving Klein. This incident initially led to Klein missing his slot in the show’s penultimate dress rehearsal in Malmo, Sweden.

An official statement by the EBU follows:

The Dutch artist Joost Klein will not be competing in the Grand Final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Swedish police have investigated a complaint made by a female member of the production crew after an incident following his performance in Thursday night’s Semi Final. While the legal process takes its course, it would not be appropriate for him to continue in the Contest.

We would like to make it clear that, contrary to some media reports and social media speculation, this incident did not involve any other performer or delegation member.

We maintain a zero-tolerance policy towards inappropriate behaviour at our event and are committed to providing a safe and secure working environment for all staff at the Contest. In light of this, Joost Klein’s behaviour towards a team member is deemed in breach of Contest rules.

The Grand Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will now proceed with 25 participating songs.

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The Netherlands: Joost Klein will not perform during Grand Final’s Jury Show!

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Earlier this day and during the First Dress Rehearsal, Joost Klein did not take the stage for everyone’s surprise. While Joost Klein appeared during the flag parade, he did not show up for his performance and the Dress Rehearsal continued as normal.

The reason given by EBU mentioned a backstage incident, while the causes and the consequences of Joost’s denial for appearing at Dress Rehearsals is still unknown.

A few moments ago, EBU gave us the accredited press an official statement on what will happen tonight:

The investigation into the incident with the Dutch artist in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is still ongoing.
Discussions are also taking place between the EBU and AVROTROS, the Dutch participating broadcaster.
While the investigation continues the EBU has decided that Joost Klein will not perform during Dress Rehearsal 2 of the competition which is voted on by juries in the 37 participating countries.
His performance from Semi Final 2 will be used instead.

According to information to SVT, a physical confrontation has occurred between the artist and a photographer and this is what led to Joost’s denial in performing today.

Joost Klein is the Dutch representative in Eurovision 2024 with his entry “Europapa“. Joost received one of the ten tickets to the Grand Final and is supposed to perform fifth.

We are waiting for more information on this issue!

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Eurovision 2024: See in which half each of the 10 qualifiers of the Second Semi-Final will perform!

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The Press Conference of the Second Semi-Final is now live in the Press Center, with the 10 qualifiers interviewing and selecting from the pot in which half they perform.

This year there is an extra choice for them. Producer’s choice is added for the qualifiers.

The detailed results are:

  • Greece (First Half)
  • Switzerland (Producer’s Choice)
  • Austria (Second Half)
  • Armenia (Producer’s Choice)
  • Latvia (Producer’s Choice)
  • Georgia (Producer’s Choice)
  • Estonia (Producer’s Choice)
  • Israel (Producer’s Choice)
  • Norway (Second Half)
  • The Netherlands (Producer’s Choice)

Source: Eurovision Reddit

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