After a year without holding the annual edition of the festival, Eurovision 2021 returns with the same force as always, but with some changes forced by the pandemic. The most significant and the one that everyone will notice, will be the absence of an audience in the stands of the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam. Only 3,500 fans of the festival, who had previously bought their tickets for 2020, will enjoy the final gala live. Key dates To stay informed of everything that happens at the festival, we must be clear about the key dates of this Eurovision 2021. The first It will arrive next Tuesday the 18th with the opening of the semifinals. In this first round we will see Blas Cantó’s dress rehearsal for the final. Two days later, on Thursday, May 20, the second semifinal will be played where Spain will have a vote as a member of the Big Five. From the two semifinals there will be 20 finalists who will join to the 6 already classified: United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the Netherlands as host. Both galas can be seen on La 2 de Televisión Española from 9:00 p.m. The grand final These 26 countries will be measured on Saturday in the grand finale of Eurovision 2021. The broadcast will begin live at 9:00 p.m. and will be broadcast as usual by La 1 de Televisión Española. #OpenUp to @BlasCanto! 🇪🇸 After so many near misses, he’ll finally get his moment on the #Eurovision stage this month! «Chiqui Cantó» also promises a twerk if he gets 12 points 😉 😈 All about Blas Cantó: https://t.co/pFL3guYSyd 🎶 I’m going to stay: https://t.co/VJkd0CT7Qt pic.twitter.com/jDALiq9FJq- Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) May 5, 2021 Limited capacity It seemed that normality would not reach Eurovision 2021, but the EBU confirmed on April 29 that the festival would be held with an audience. It will be a reduced capacity to 3,500 people for each pass of the semifinals and the final, in addition to the rehearsals.There will be no tickets on sale for the general public and these 3,500 seats will be for fans who bought their ticket in 2020. We’re happy the Dutch government have confirmed we can safely welcome an audience of 3500 for each of the #Eurovision 2021 shows in Rotterdam next month. Find out more 👉 https://t.co/ePfjCaxBEv pic.twitter.com/Ge47bIEKky – Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) April 29, 2021Favorites As every year the bets prior to the celebration of the final pulse a bit the feeling of viewers and where this year’s winning country could be. According to the stakes, France would be the favorite right now, although Malta and Switzerland are closely behind. But in the last hours the Italian band Maneskin has placed among the first positions to win Eurovision 2021. Behind already we find countries like Bulgaria or Iceland that will have to win one of the places in the final. Our representative, Blas Cantó, for the moment is not in the pools to win the contest, but there is a whole week to climb positions.
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