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It was the second time that the United Kingdom had received no points in the contest, the last time having been in For the first time since its debut in , Australia failed to qualify for the final, making Ukraine the only country that has never failed to qualify from the semi-finals since their introduction in The EBU reported that the contest had an audience of million viewers in 36 European markets, an increase of a million viewers from the previous edition, with an increase of seven percent in the 15—24 year old age range.
On 18 September , the EBU released a summary of contingency scenarios for the contest in order for it to take place regardless of the pandemic situation, including: [ 57 ] [ 58 ]. The EBU issued an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members. Italy won the combined vote and televote, but placed fourth in the jury vote after Switzerland, France, and Malta. Compared to the edition, Bulgaria and Ukraine returned while Hungary and Montenegro did not.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 across the BBC
It took place in Rotterdam , Netherlands , following the country's win at the contest with the song " Arcade " by Duncan Laurence. France , Switzerland , Iceland and Ukraine rounded out the top five, with France and Switzerland achieving their best results since and , respectively. On 18 September , along with possible scenarios, the EBU confirmed that the planned visual design and slogan for , "Open Up", would be used in as well.
During the announcement of the dates of the contest, executive producer Sietse Bakker stated that the planned stage design for would also be used in The Eurovision stage was designed by German stage designer Florian Wieder , who also designed the stages for the contests in —12, , and — The "postcards" were second video introductions shown on television whilst the stage was being prepared for the next contestant to perform their entry.
Among the representatives who returned as lead vocalists, Natalia Gordienko had previously represented Moldova in with Arsenium and Connect-R ; [ 24 ] Senhit had represented San Marino in ; [ 25 ] and Sanja Vučić , a member of Hurricane, had previously represented Serbia in in a solo performance. Due to pandemic precautions, the "Turquoise Carpet" event was the only in-person side event to take place in Impacted side events included: the Opening Ceremony event, which was not held; [ 65 ] the Eurovision Village, which took place from 15 to 23 May in an online-only form; [ 66 ] [ 67 ] and the EuroClub, which was cancelled for this year.
These were inserted via chroma keying onto the framework of a 'tiny house' set-up in various locations around the Netherlands, and decorated with items personal to the artist. Rotterdam Ahoy had previously hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest , and was set to host the contest before its cancellation.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 across the BBC
In February , the EBU and the host broadcasters stated that they had ruled out hosting the contest as normal Scenario A. Scenario C was also modified — all acts would perform remotely like in scenario D. On 1 April , it was announced that an audience of 3, people would be allowed at each of the nine shows, including the three live shows and six rehearsals; [ 62 ] the Dutch cabinet later gave its approval on 29 April.
Armenia and Belarus had originally planned to participate, but Armenia withdrew due to its social and political crises following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War , and Belarus was disqualified after submitting entries in violation of the rules twice, and not providing an eligible entry before the deadline. The "Turquoise Carpet" event, where the contestants and their delegations [ b ] are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at the Rotterdam Cruise Terminal on 16 May bygd Eurovision tradition, the Netherlands received the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest after the country won the competition in Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide.
The additional money was allocated to contingency scenarios that were eventually discarded. Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, of which twenty-six re-entered the artists chosen for albeit with different songs, as per the contest's rules. In a departure from the initial concept created for the contest owing to travel restriction concerns, the postcards involved the acts being presented through footage shot in their country of origin.
The contest was held in Rotterdam , Netherlands , [ 3 ] following the country's victory at the edition with the song " Arcade ", performed by Duncan Laurence. Bulgaria and Ukraine returned after their absence from the contest, while Hungary and Montenegro were confirmed as non-returning following their latest appearances in In March , Armenia and Belarus confirmed their non-participation in the contest; Armenia withdrew due to its social and political crises in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War , while Belarus was disqualified from the contest after submitting entries in violation of the rules twice, and not providing an eligible entry before the deadline, thereby reducing the number of participating countries to After the cancellation of the contest, the participating broadcasters of 24 countries announced that, for the contest, they would internally select the same artists initially selected for In addition, the artists initially selected for Estonia and Lithuania in , Uku Suviste and The Roop respectively, won their countries' national finals again to represent their countries in Discounting , the contest featured three representatives who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same country, and five artists who participated in other Eurovision events or as backing vocalists for the same or for another country.
Italy was the second member of the " Big Five " since its introduction to win the contest after Germany in For the first time since , none of the top three entries were performed in English, with France and Switzerland performing in French, and Italy in Italian. It was the fifth time that the Netherlands had hosted the contest, having previously done so in , , and The selected venue was the 16,seat Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam Ahoy , a convention centre and multi-purpose indoor arena located on Ahoyweg, which serves as a venue for many events, including concerts , exhibitions , trade fairs , and conferences.
Former backing vocalists who competed as lead artists included Ksenija Knežević, a member of Hurricane, who had previously served as a backing vocalist for Montenegro 's entrant Knez in ; [ 26 ] Destiny, who had provided backing vocals for Malta 's Michela in ; [ 27 ] Vincent Bueno, who had backed Austria 's Nathan Trent in ; [ 28 ] and Vasil, who had provided backing vocals for North Macedonia 's Tamara Todevska in In November , Democrats for Andorra , the ruling party of former participant Andorra , stated that they would assess the costs in order to grant the country's return to the contest; [ 35 ] in , Andorran representative Susanne Georgi claimed to have secured the funding [ 36 ] and held a meeting with Prime Minister of Andorra Xavier Espot Zamora , ultimately agreeing to push the Andorran return to in consideration of the COVID pandemic.
Also, for the first time since the current voting system was implemented in , more than one country received no points from the televote in the final; these countries were Germany , Spain , the host country the Netherlands , and the United Kingdom , the last of those becoming the first country to receive no points from both the jury and televote. Associate member Australia did not need an invitation for the contest, as it had previously been granted permission to participate at least until The EBU initially announced on 26 October that 41 countries would participate in the contest, featuring the same line-up of countries that were set to participate in the cancelled edition.
Designed by Clever°Franke, it is "an abstract presentation inspired by the map of the world and visually connects the location of the capitals of the [then] 41 participating countries with Rotterdam as Europe's beating heart".