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Everything you need to know about Eurovision 2021
Updated / Friday, 14 May 2021
08:35
Duncan Laurence won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019
After being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, the Eurovision Song Contest is back with a bang. Find out everything you need to know about this year s event below.
When does Eurovision 2021 take place?
Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light, was aired in its place on May 16, 2020.
2021 has seen Eurovision fans rejoice as the popular event begins on Tuesday, May 18 and runs to Saturday May 22.
The first semi final is on Tuesday, May 18 the second is on Thursday, May 20 with the final on Saturday, May 22.
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Back in February it was announced he would return to represent the United Kingdom at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.
Due to the cancellation all of last year s Eurovision acts have been invited to represent their country in this year s final, which is expected to have social distancing measures and a limited crowd in place.
He s back: The BRIT Award winner, 35, will take to the stage in Rotterdam in The Netherlands on May 22 after the event was cancelled last year due to the pandemic
James will sing a new song for this year s Eurovision after being unable to compete last year with the song My Last Breath.
Lesley Roy has confirmed to OfficialCharts.com/Ireland her intention to release an EP built around her 2021 Eurovision Song Contest entry Maps.
Speaking to Official Irish Charts over Zoom from her base in Balbriggan before jetting off to Rotterdam for rehearsals, Lesley confirmed that she has six or seven finished songs, four of which could sit alongside Maps as a body of work. Fully finished, really good songs, I would say there’s about six or seven, Lesley explained. Other people would say they’re totally fine [to send to Eurovision] but it wasn’t enough for me. So I kept going until the very last week of sessions until I got Maps.