The 65th Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to take place at the Ahoy Arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam between May 18 and 22, 2021. After the Netherlands won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest and the 2020 event in Rotterdam was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Eurovision Song Contest is now scheduled to take place there in 2021. It will be the fifth time that the Netherlands will host the event. #eurovision #song #contest #2021 #esc #ahoy #arena #rotterdam #netherlands

On March 20, 2020, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the ESC reference group had decided, in accordance with the rules in force, that the songs originally selected for 2020 would not be allowed to be resubmitted for 2021. It was up to the broadcasters of the participating countries to decide whether the same or a different artist would be selected for ESC 2021. #eurovision #song #contest #singer #songs #2021 #esc #netherlands

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On September 18, 2020, the EBU announced that the theme from the canceled 2020 "Open Up" competition will be kept. The design of the logo should nevertheless be revised, according to Executive Producer Sietse Bakker. On December 4, 2020, the EBU published the new logo for the 2021 competition, which is strongly based on the 2020 design, but the abstract flags of the countries are no longer sorted by the debut year of each country. For 2021, the flags are arranged according to the location of the respective capitals around Rotterdam as the central venue in the middle. #eurovision #song #2021

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On September 18, 2020, the EBU published four scenarios of how the 2021 contest could definitely take place. Each scenario was explained in more detail by the organizers. Scenario A was rejected by the EBU on February 3, 2021 - the EBU will now focus on Scenario B, but a final decision on which of the three remaining scenarios will be carried out is still pending. #eurovision #song #contest #2021 #scenario #esc #ebu #netherlands #rotterdam

Under Scenario B, the competition would also be held with nine shows, but all people would have to be 1.5 meters apart. Only delegation teams would travel to the competition itself and the number of fans, press and delegation members would be reduced. If delegations are unable to travel to Rotterdam, pre-recorded videos of live performances by the artists would be used for the shows. The artists who can travel to Rotterdam will perform live during the show. #eurovision #song #contest #2021 #social #distancing #scenario

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