After Hooverphonic’s disappointment: 5 lessons about Flanders …

Hooverphonic ended disappointingly nineteenth at the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday evening. And then you send a band from the Champions League of the Belgian music scene… Which 5 lessons can the VRT learn from this Eurovision Song Contest, so that we will be playing in two years? – 1. Go for goosebumps or the … Read more

Songfestival organizer investigates mass complaints about not …

People who voted on Saturday by text message for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest are massively complaining on social media that they have received a report that their vote has not been counted. Many people share an app message that they got back with this announcement, despite voting before the song competition lines … Read more

Italy wins Eurovision Song Contest, Hooverphonic ends under …

Italy has won the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Zitti E Buoni’. Our Belgian entry Hooverphonic could not convince the viewers: it only ended 19th with the song ‘The wrong place’. – Rock can score at the Eurovision Song Contest, as the Italian band Måneskin proved. With the delicious glam … Read more

LIVE EUROVISION SONG FESTIVAL. D-day for Hooverphonic in Rotte …

It’s showtime! Hooverphonic has to work tonight at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Our country made an impression during Tuesday’s semi-final and experts are cautiously optimistic about the chances of Geike Arnaert, Alex Callier and Raymond Geerts to surprise in the grand final as well. Where does Hooverphonic end? You read it LIVE here. … Read more

“Accidentally broken the Belgian flag”: on the trail of H …

D-day for Hooverphonic. Geike Arnaert, Alex Callier and Raymond Geerts will be in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday evening. They have already been in Rotterdam for two weeks, and now the denouement follows. Het Nieuwsblad followed them closely all this time. Relive their way to the final, which started with “an … Read more

No surprises in second semifinal Eurovision Songfestiv …

Iceland. Photo: BELGAIMAGE – No surprises in the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest. The three favorites from this selection have all qualified for the final: Switzerland, Bulgaria and Iceland. – Greece, Finland, San Marino and Portugal can also return on Saturday, which was predicted. The remaining three final tickets, which were more divided, … Read more

Corona again at the Eurovision Song Contest: Duncan Laurence also positive

The winner of the Netherlands in 2019 tested positive for corona today and is therefore not allowed to perform his song ‘Arcade’ live in the final on Saturday. – It is already the second positive corona infection with an artist in two days. Yesterday also tested one group member of Iceland positive, which means that … Read more

Due to corona infections, Iceland cannot perform live on the …

Now that a member of the Icelandic Eurovision entry has also tested positive for corona, the group will not perform live in the semifinal and eventual final. A rehearsal video is shown instead. – The Icelandic group Daði og Gagnamagnið is one of the top favorites at this edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Last … Read more

This was what the foreign press thought of Hooverpho’s performance …

Relief at Hooverphonic: the band of Alex Callier, Geike Arnaert and Raymond Geerts pushed through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday evening with the song The wrong place. What did foreign experts think of the Belgian performance? – Hooverphonic performed in the first semifinal on Tuesday evening as the eleventh country … Read more