Posted 17 мая 2020,, 10:31

Published 17 мая 2020,, 10:31

Modified 24 декабря 2022,, 22:37

Updated 24 декабря 2022,, 22:37

Eurovision final replaced by online concert “Europe Lights the Light”

Eurovision final replaced by online concert “Europe Lights the Light”

17 мая 2020, 10:31
Фото: nos.ru
Artists from 41 countries who were supposed to take part in the main European song contest performed together Love Shine a Light remotely, each in their own city. The next Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Rotterdam.

The concert “Europe lights the light” took place instead of the 65th Eurovision Song Contest, which was originally scheduled for May 12-16 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Eurovision itself had to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

- For the first time in history there is no competition, and instead of it, unique cooperation is at a distance, but still we are together. We proudly present: the musicians of "Eurovision 2020" with the song Love Shine a Light, - announced hosts of the show Ian Smith and Edsilia Rombli.

This song was performed by British participants and winners of the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest Katrina and the Waves.

Russian musicians Little Big, who were supposed to compete this year, admitted that although they regret the situation with the pandemic, they believe that this can unite the countries of the world.

“We believe that this will be a big step towards the unification of the world and the concept of nationalities will give way to the concept of humanity,” said Ilya Prusikin and Sofya Tayurskaya.

Note that the video for the song that the musicians were supposed to present at the contest, Uno, became the most popular at Eurovision, collecting over 95 million views.

The next Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Rotterdam in 2021.

Recall that on March 18, the organizers of the pan-European music competition decided to conduct it in an online format. Russian Eurovision commentator Yana Churikova, this year’s situation has broken all the rules of Eurovision - since 1956, when this competition was held for the first time, it has not been canceled yet.

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