A band member had tested positive for covid so a pre-recorded version of their performance was shown instead. These 20 qualifying countries will be joined by the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy - called the 'Big Five' - who all go straight through to the final as they give the most money to the EBU, which organises the contest.
The Netherlands , as host and reigning champions, will also automatically qualify for the final. Multi-platinum selling, Brit award-winning and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter James Newman will be representing the UK.
He was going to represent the UK in , before the competition was cancelled, but he has been re-selected for James will be performing his single Embers, which he describes as a "banger" and says is "full of positivity". But he's got tough competition with Italy, France and Malta currently the favourites to win. Half of the votes come from the viewer phone-in voting in each participating country, and the other 50 percent of votes will come from a group of five music experts from each of the 39 countries taking part.
The most points that can be awarded to a country is the famous douze points - or 12 points. At the end of the grand final, the winner is the one with the most points once everything is added together. Eurovision Song Contest Organisers planning 'most normal' event possible.
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More like this. Eurovision Song Contest Organisers planning 'most normal' event possible 3 Mar 3 March Your Comments Join the conversation. To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. Musical Animal Lover 2 Jun. Greece was my favourite! Musical Animal Lover 23 May. I feel so sorry for James because the UK didn't get any points!
Well done Italy! Chocolate 23 May. I was so sad Italy won and the uk got 0 points! JasmineSparklyUnicorn 23 May. James 23 May. I stayed up till 10 to watch it. CrumbledBread77 23 May. Participants: 39 countries in Eurovision , 26 in the Grand Final. Voting systems in Eurovision. Read more: Eurovision Song Contest Rotterdam. Like 44K Follow. Eurovision Rotterdam Eurovision National The submitted song had lyrics with political undertones mocking the Belarusian pro-democracy movement The highest note ever sung in Eurovision was from the contest, where Israel's Eden Alene reached the B6 whistle note Eurovision took place during the COVID pandemic.
Two countries were not able to perform live: Australia due to travel restrictions and Iceland due to a positive test among the performers. Did you know
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