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Stage in the Ahoy Arena: 3500 visitors were allowed to come to the final in the hall - 20 percent of their actual capacity.
The song contest was declared a field test under corona conditions.
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Fans at the Ahoy Arena Rotterdam: Only a limited number of visitors are admitted to the 65th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) due to Corona.
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Edsilia Rombley, Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit and Nikkie de Jager (from left): The four of them presented the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 live from Rotterdam.
Singer Jan Smit should actually compete for the planned contest 2020 for the Netherlands.
The competition was canceled due to Corona.
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3500 people under observation: for the audience at the ESC Live concerts in Rotterdam, minutes were required.
In addition, artists and companions were only allowed to stay in specified areas.
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This time Anxhela Peristeri entered the race as second starting number for Albania at the ESC.
With wistful tones - and lots of glitter.
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Peace for Europe: The singer Jendrik entered the final of the European Song Contest with "I Don't Feel Hate".
At his side: a walking stinky finger that turns into a peace sign.
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Manizha from Russia: The native Tajikin mixed folklore and rap for her performance with the title »Russian Woman«.
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Stefania Liberakakis from Greece with the song "Last Dance": She was born in Greece and had a home advantage in Rotterdam in 2021.
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Diabolical declaration of love: Elene Tsagrinou from Cyprus sang a catchy tune with her song "El Diablo", which reminded many of Lady Gaga.
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One of the rocking contributions this year came from Finland: The band Blind Channel presented their "Dark Side" with their ESC contribution.
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Blas Cantó's ballad "Voy A Quedarme" was dedicated to his late grandmother.
At the ESC, Spain was one of the wistful contributions.
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Electrobeats and folklore: an idiosyncratic combination with which the band Go_A obviously knew how to convince and represented Ukraine at the ESC 2021: here on stage with their song »Shum«.
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Natalia Gordienko represented Moldova this year with her song "Sugar" - and the stage performance was that gaudy.
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Some ESC contributions this year revolved around youth and freedom - which somehow fitted in with the long pandemic: Bulgaria's candidate Victoria Georgieva, for example, titled her song "Growing Up Is Getting Old".
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Gjon's Tears from Switzerland with a contribution for the lacrimal glands: "Tout l'Univers" was previously one of the favorites of the ESC 2021.
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Malta was initially considered one of the favorites: Destiny has already won the Junior European Song Contest.
With the song "Je Me Casse" she also made it into the ESC finale in 2021.
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Participation by video: Daði and Gagnamagnið from Iceland were favorites for the ESC 2020.
The contest was canceled due to Corona.
For this year they had prepared a new show.
Then one of the band's musicians tested positive for the corona virus.
The group therefore decided not to participate live this year.
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Efendi tried four times to take part in the ESC for Azerbaijan.
This year she represented the country with »Mata Hari« in the final.
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Barbara Pravi from France was given a good chance of winning the ESC 2021.
Her song »Voilà« was one of the more soulful at this year's contest.
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So far, San Marino has rarely made it into the final of the ESC.
This year the country was represented with Senhit and her song »Adrenalina«.
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The hair was blowing in the wind: This year the group Hurricane competed for Serbia with the song "Loco Loco".
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Måneskin from Italy, with the title »Zitti E Buoni«.
Translated, this means something like "demure and good" - but the song is intended to encourage the opposite.
Italy was one of the favorites this year - and won.
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Fallen angel, with intact wings: Andreas Haukeland went on stage with the song »Tix« for Norway.
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All in yellow: The group "The Roop" went on stage for Lithuania and spread the disco atmosphere.
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Participant "The Black Mamba" from Portugal: There was a rock ballad from his band at the ESC.
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The trumpet played a central role for him - and not only in the stage design: James Newman was in the final for the United Kingdom.
In the end there were zero points - last place.
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Darkness and black clothes: The appearance of the band Hooverphonic was visually rather dark.
For Belgium she entered the race with the song "The Wrong Place".
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Eden Alene with the song "Set Me Free": The Jerusalem-born descendant of Ethiopian Jews should take part in the Eurovision Song Contest for Israel in 2020.
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"Tusse" sang "Voices" for Sweden this year.
The 19-year-old came to Sweden from the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a refugee at the age of eight.
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In 2019 Duncan Laurence won the Eurovision Contest with his song "Arcade" and brought him to the Netherlands.
This year Jeangu Macrooy represented the host country in the final.
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