Free European Song Contest 2021
| Free European Song Contest 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | 15 May 2021 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany |
| Presenter(s) | Steven Gätjen & Conchita Wurst |
| Executive producer | Stefan Raab |
| Host broadcaster | ProSieben |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 16 |
| Debuting countries |  Belgium England France Greece Scotland Slovenia |
| Non-returning countries |  Bulgaria Denmark Israel Kazakhstan The Moon United Kingdom |
The Free European Song Contest 2021 will be the second edition of the Free European Song Contest,[2] organised by the German television network ProSieben and the production company Raab TV.[3]
The show will be broadcast on 15 May 2021 at 20:15 CEST on the television channel ProSieben and on the streaming platform Joyn.[4] It will be presented for the second consecutive time by Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst.[5]
Format
Presenters
Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst, the presenters of Free ESC 2021
For the second consecutive time, the programme will be hosted by two presenters: the German television host Steven Gätjen and the Austrian singer Conchita Wurst, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[6]
Participants
| Draw | Country | Artist[7] | Song | Language(s) | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria
|
Mathea | |||||
| Belgium
|
Milow | |||||
 Croatia
|
Jasmin Wagner | "Gold" | ||||
| England
|
Mighty Oaks | |||||
| France
|
Hugel feat. Bloodline | "VIP" | ||||
 Germany
|
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| Greece
|
Sotiria | "Herz" | German | |||
 Ireland
|
Rea Garvey | "The One" | English | |||
 Italy
|
Mandy Capristo | "13 Schritte" | German | |||
 Netherlands
|
Danny Vera | |||||
 Poland
|
Fantasy | "Wild Boys" | ||||
| Scotland
|
Amy Macdonald | "Bridges" | English | |||
| Slovenia
|
Ben Dolic | "Stuck In My Mind" | English | |||
 Spain
|
Juan Daniél | "Corazón" | ||||
 Switzerland
|
Seven | "Unser kleines Wunder" | German | |||
 Turkey
|
Elif | "Alles Helal" | German |
Spokespersons
Austria – Christina Stürmer
Croatia – Monica Ivancan
England – Ross Antony
Greece – Lucas Cordalis[8]
Ireland – Johnny Logan (winner of the 1980 and 1987 Eurovision Song Contests, songwriter of the winner of the 1992 contest)[9]
Italy – Pietro Lombardi
Netherlands – Sylvie Meis
Scotland – Nathan Evans[10]
Turkey – Eko Fresh (represented Turkey in the 2020 contest)
See also
References
- ^ Granger, Anthony. "Tonight: The Free European Song Contest 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Spiteri, Steven (17 May 2020). "Germany: Free European Song Contest to return in 2021". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-03-16). "Free European Song Contest 2021 To Be Held On May 15". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ "FREE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST - "FREE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST" 2021: Comeback des freien, europäischen Songwettbewerb #FreeESC am 15. Mai". www.prosieben.de (in German). 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ "FREE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST - "FREE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST" 2021: Steven Gätjen und Conchita Wurst sind die Moderatoren". www.prosieben.de (in German). 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-04-06). "Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst to Host the Free European Song Contest 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ GmbH, Südwest Presse Online-Dienste (2021-05-12). "Free ESC 2021 Teilnehmer: Ben Dolic, Milow und Co. – Das sind die Kandidaten". swp.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-05-09). "🇬🇷 Greece: Lucas Cordalis Spokesperson For the Free ESC 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-05-09). "🇮🇪 Ireland: Johnny Logan Spokesperson at the Free European Song Contest 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-05-09). "Scotland: Nathan Evans Will Reveal The Nations Votes at the Free ESC 2021". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
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