Eurovision Song Contest 2021

The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest that took place in the Netherlands's second largest city Rotterdam, after Duncan Laurence won for his country in Tel Aviv, Israel. 

The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was replaced with a live TV show called Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light. It was later announced that Rotterdam will host the 2021 edition. The contest took place from 18 to 22 May 2021 with two semi-finals and one final. The Netherlands hosted the contest for the fifth time.

The EBU confirmed that 39 countries will participate in 2021. Like the previous year, Hungary and Montenegro did not take part. Armenia also did not take part, while Belarus was disqualified after their intended entry violated the contest's rules. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the EBU presented several scenarios (A, B, C and D) in which the competition could take place.

 Venue 
The contest happened in Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam and was organized by the Dutch broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS.

 Hosts 
There were four presenters hosting the contest in Rotterdam: Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit, Edsilia Rombley and Nikkie de Jager. 

 Slogan 
The slogan of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was Open Up. It was already planned for the 2020 contest and later confirmed that it would be used again.

 Rule changes 
For the 2021 edition, it was announced by the EBU that pre-recorded backing vocals will be allowed for the live shows. In previous years these had to be performed live.

 Entries 
Because the contest was cancelled last year, many countries decided to send their representative from last year again. However, the EBU announced that completely new songs have to be submitted for 2021.

 Participating countries 
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on 18 May 2021 at 21:00 (CEST). Sixteen countries participated in the first semi-final. Those countries plus ,  and the  voted in this semi-final.  was originally allocated to participate in the first half of the semi-final, but was disqualified from the contest after submitting an entry in violation of the rules.

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

 Draw Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points 01  The Roop "Discoteque" English 4 203 02  Ana Soklič "Amen" English 13 44 03  Manizha "Russian Woman" Russian, English 3 225 04  Tusse "Voices" English 7 142 05  Montaigne "Technicolour" English 14 28 06  Vasil "Here I Stand" English 15 23 07  Lesley Roy "Maps" English 16 20 08  Elena Tsagrinou "" English 6 170 09  Tix "Fallen Angel" English 10 115 10  Albina "Tick-Tock" English, Croatian 11 110 11  Hooverphonic "The Wrong Place" English 9 117 12  Eden Alene "Set Me Free" English 5 192 13  Roxen "Amnesia" English 12 85 14  Efendi "Mata Hari" English 8 138 15  Go_A "Shum" () Ukrainian 2 267 16  Destiny "" English 1 325

Semi-final 2
The second semi-final took place on 20 May 2021 at 21:00 (CEST). Seventeen countries participated in the second semi-final. Those countries plus ,  and the  voted in this semi-final.  was originally allocated to participate in the second half of the semi-final, but withdrew from the contest due to social and political crises in the aftermath of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

 Draw Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points 01  Senhit "" English 9 118 02  Uku Suviste "The Lucky One" English 13 58 03  Benny Cristo "Omaga" English 15 23 04  Stefania "Last Dance" English 6 184 05  Vincent Bueno "Amen" English 12 66 06  Rafał "The Ride" English 14 35 07  Natalia Gordienko "Sugar" English 7 179 08  Daði og Gagnamagnið "10 Years" English 2 288 09  Hurricane "" Serbian 8 124 10  Tornike Kipiani "You" English 16 16 11  Anxhela Peristeri "Karma" Albanian 10 112 12  The Black Mamba "Love Is on My Side" English 4 239 13  Victoria "Growing Up Is Getting Old" English 3 250 14  Blind Channel "Dark Side" English 5 234 15  Samanta Tīna "The Moon Is Rising" English 17 14 16  Gjon's Tears "Tout l'Univers" French 1 291 17  Fyr & Flamme "" Danish 11 89

 Final 
The final took place on 22 May 2021 at 21:00 (CEST). Twenty-six countries participated in the final, with all thirty-nine participating countries eligible to vote.

 Draw Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points 01  Elena Tsagrinou "" English1694 02  Anxhela Peristeri "Karma" Albanian2157 03  Eden Alene "Set Me Free" English1793 04  Hooverphonic "The Wrong Place" English1974 05  Manizha "Russian Woman" Russian, English9204 06  Destiny "" English7255 07  The Black Mamba "Love Is on My Side" English12153 08  Hurricane "" Serbian15102 09  James Newman "Embers" English260 10  Stefania "Last Dance" English10170 11  Gjon's Tears "Tout l'Univers" French3432 12  Daði og Gagnamagnið "10 Years" English4378 13  Blas Cantó "" Spanish246 14  Natalia Gordienko "Sugar" English13115 15  Jendrik "I Don't Feel Hate" English253 16  Blind Channel "Dark Side" English6301 17  Victoria "Growing Up Is Getting Old" English11170 18  The Roop "Discoteque" English8220 19  Go_A "Shum" () Ukrainian5364 20  Barbara Pravi "" French2499 21  Efendi "Mata Hari" English2065 22  Tix "Fallen Angel" English1875 23  Jeangu Macrooy "Birth of a New Age" English, Sranan Tongo2311 24  Måneskin "" Italian1524 25  Tusse "Voices" English14109 26  Senhit "" English2250

 No return to the contest 
These countries confirmed that they will not take part in 2021:












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