Netherlands returns to Eurovision 2027

The Netherlands said it would return to the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Burgas, and public broadcaster NPO searched for a candidate after AvroTros withdrew.

The Guardian

Folk or AI could be a winner for the UK at Eurovision | Letters

Readers have advice for a cross-party committee of MPs looking into the UK’s poor record at the song contest I agree with Laura Snapes that the very last thing we need is MPs’ questionable tastes entering the murky waters of the UK’s Eurovision song choice ( What do you think of the MPs’ inquiry into UK Eurovision song contest failure? I give it nul points, 21 September ). However, one thing I can’t believe hasn’t happened is for the UK to draw upon our ridiculously rich folk tradition. Loads of other countries do it - Ukraine won it a few years back with a song that infused Ukrainian folk with pop - so why can’t we? Continue reading. . .

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Der Spiegel

Eurovision Song Contest 2027: Netherlands return to ESC after boycott

One of the founding countries of the Eurovision Song Contest ends its boycott: the Netherlands' public broadcaster plans to participate in 2027 in Burgas, even though the current ESC broadcaster has withdrawn.

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NRC

The Netherlands will participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest after all; NPO is looking for a candidate

After the organizing broadcaster AVRO-TROS withdrew definitively last month, it was unclear whether the Netherlands would participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria.