Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix dates are confirmed Norway’s Head of Delegation has confirmed that Melodi Grand Prix 2020 will begin on January 11 2020, with Norway selecting their act on February 15 2020. https://escxtra.com/2019/08/03/norways-melodi-grand-prix-dates-are-confirmed/ Slovenia’s RTVSLO open submission window for EMA 2020 Slovenian broadcaster, RTVSLO, have kicked off their selection for next year’s contest with the opening of a 3 month submission window. https://escxtra.com/2019/08/01/slovenias-rtvslo-open-submission-window-for-ema-2020/ Netherlands 2020: Utrecht bid team reveal reasons behind their elimination The bid team for the city of Utrecht have made public the official letter they received from the Dutch broadcasters outlining the reasons for their elimination in the race to host Eurovision 2020. https://escxtra.com/2019/07/27/netherlands-2020-utrecht-reveal-reasons-elimination/ KAN win Booster award for Eurovision 2019 Accessibility project Just two and a half months ago, Israel’s national broadcaster KAN hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. Now, they have received their first award for the shows – it’s a Booster award for their accessibility project and broadcasting of the shows with sign language interpretation as well as audio description. https://escxtra.com/2019/07/28/eurovision-2019-booster-award/ Yerzhan Maksim will represent Kazakhstan in Gliwice-Silesia 12-year-old Yerzhan Maksim will represent Kazakhstan at the Junior Eurovision 2019 contest, which will be held in Gliwice-Silesia on 24th November. https://escxtra.com/2019/07/29/erjan-maksim-will-represent-kazakhstan-in-gliwice-silesia/ Don’t forget our latest debate article where we ask “Should the free language rule be amended?”. We also had a new Throwback Thursday article on Spain and the usual round up of new music from your favourite Eurovision artists in our weekly New Music article. Make sure you also take a look at our homepage for all the other week's news and articles. It maybe the off-season but we're still bringing you all the Eurovision news. Let us know your thoughts and any comments on the past week @ESCXTRA.
