Nick van Lith

Joe & Jake sang it at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and the Netherlands are living by their slogan: “You’re not alone, we’re in this together.” It seems few cities will need to stand alone in their bid to host the contest on Dutch soil next year. The city of…

The most northern bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest has been approved by its city council. Leeuwarden can now officially prepare its bid to send to the organisers of the contest in 2020. The city council supported the motion unanimously. Is it feasible? The location of Leeuwarden in the…

The Mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, has said that her city does not want a ferocious battle to host the Eurovision Song Contest next year. The mayor does not want her city to stand in the way of others seeking to win the favour of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest…

The province of Limburg will support Maastricht in their desire to host the Eurovision Song Contest. The most southern province of the Netherlands is hopeful that its capital will get the prestigious job of hosting the contest in 2020. The most European city In a letter the involved parties have…

The organising broadcasters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 have opened the City Bid process to determine where the contest will be held next year. NPO, NOS and Avrotros are calling for cities and regions to apply. How will the City Bid process work? The City Bid process will consist…

Days after the Eurovision Song Contest took place, we heard how the European Broadcasting Union were forced to change the results in hindsight. The problem? A wrongly calculated simulated Belarusian jury vote. The jury voting got a different winner due to this issue. In this debate, we’re going to take…

Don’t we all love a good Carpool Karaoke? The Late Late Show host James Corden has released a new episode of the feature loved by so many. This time, his guest is world star and Eurovision 1988 winner Céline Dion! Céline Dion doing… Baby Shark?! The Canadian star clearly has…

The Dutch national tourist board, NBTC, has stated they think it would be wise to not organise the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Amsterdam. They state the capital is well-known enough to not actually need the promotion of hosting the contest next year. Besides, the agency seem keen to show…

Portugal have won the Barbara Dex Award 2019. Their entrant Conan Osiris received the highest amount of votes. He’s been chosen as the ‘most notable’ dressed contestant of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019 and becomes the successor of Eye Cue, who won the award last year. Green reptile for…

Remember the years where you really only had one city to host the Eurovision Song Contest in? That will certainly not happen in 2020. By now, ten cities have applied to host the most beloved competition in Europe. At the same time, Zwolle has decided to drop out of the…