Saturday Summary – This week’s Eurovision news headlines

Welcome to the latest edition of our news round-up series which takes a look back at the Eurovision news headlines from the past seven days. Here you’ll find all the important news. Whether you need to catch-up or to remind yourself what has happened in the Eurovision world, this is the article for you. Want to read more? You can access the full articles by clicking on them. 🇬🇧 James Newman to represent United Kingdom with “My Last Breath” The UK's artist for Rotterdam was revealed by Greg James on BBC Radio 1 and by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2... https://escxtra.com/2020/02/27/james-newman-to-represent-united-kingdom-with-my-last-breath/ 🇩🇪 Ben Dolic to represent Germany in Rotterdam with “Violent Thing” Germany has chosen! https://escxtra.com/2020/02/27/%f0%9f%87%a9%f0%9f%87%aa-benjamin-dolic-to-represent-germany-with-violent-thing/ 🇺🇦 Ukraine has chosen Go_A to be its representative for Rotterdam! Last Saturday saw the six finalists of Vidbir 2020 sing their hearts out for their chance at the Ukrainian ticket to Rotterdam. https://escxtra.com/2020/02/22/ukraine-has-chosen-its-representative-for-rotterdam/ 🇧🇾 VAL wins national final and represents Belarus in Rotterdam Belarus too! So many new announcements... https://escxtra.com/2020/02/28/val-wins-national-final-and-represents-belarus-in-rotterdam/ 🇦🇿 Samira Efendi to represent Azerbaijan Another female for the land of fire! https://escxtra.com/2020/02/28/%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%bf-azerbaijan-samira-efendi-to-represent-azerbaijan/ 🇵🇱 Alicja Szemplińska will represent Poland in Rotterdam She will perform her song "Empires" https://escxtra.com/2020/02/23/szansa-na-sukces-winner/ 🇸🇮 Slovenia has now chosen their representative for Rotterdam 2020 Ana Soklič is set to represent Slovenia with her song “Voda” at Eurovision Rotterdam 2020 in May, after winning last week's EMA final. https://escxtra.com/2020/02/22/slovenia-has-chosen-its-rotterdam-entry/ National Final Roundup! This week saw more qualifiers in national finals... https://escxtra.com/2020/02/22/melodifestivalen-2020-semi-final-four/ https://escxtra.com/2020/02/28/beovizija-2020-serbia-first-finalists/ https://escxtra.com/2020/02/23/portugal-four-acts-qualify-for-the-final-of-festival-da-cancao-2020/ Don’t forget our latest Slideback Sunday article on Russia and to test your mettle in Eurovision Trivia. After so many of you loved it last year, we've brought back our roundup of the 'My Eurovision Scoreboard' app community rankings. The latest article is up! Make sure you also take a look at our homepage for all the other week's news and articles. As we approach Rotterdam 2020, we're bringing you all the Eurovision news as it happens. Let us know your thoughts and any comments on the past week @ESCXTRA.

Saturday Summary – This week’s Eurovision news headlines

The Eurovision news train is at full speed!

🇦🇿 Samira Efendi to represent Azerbaijan

🇬🇧 BBC dismisses viewer complaints regarding Eurovision 2021

EBU reveals six national juries were removed from Eurovision 2022

Simon Cowell ‘interested’ in leading UK selection

Netta and Mikolas Josef receive a miserably cold reception on German TV

🇬🇧 60% of televoting countries put the United Kingdom bottom two at Eurovision 2021

🇫🇷 France would have won Eurovision 2021 with the “old” voting system

🇦🇿 Samira Efendi to represent Azerbaijan

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