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Rock band Maneskin bags the winner's trophy for Italy at Eurovision Song Contest 2021
•Maneskin’s win was only Italy’s third victory in Eurovision Song Contest and the first since Toto Cutugno took the honour in 1990.
Eurovision 2021: Icelandic band Dadi og Gagnamagnid to not play at event after group member tests COVID-19 positive
•A recording of Dadi og Gagnamagnid’s dress rehearsal from last week will be broadcast in Thursday’s second semi-final of Eurovision.
Eurovision Song Contest: Norway, Belgium, Ukraine among first 10 music acts to qualify for finals
•The competition, which this year spotlights contestants performing 39 songs from nations across Europe as well as Australia and Israel, is one of the largest events staged in Europe since the pandemic began. It is taking place as the continent begins to tentatively emerge from lockdowns and infection-control restrictions.
Eurovision Song Contest returns with strict COVID-19 protocol in place to ensure safety of audience, performers
•Despite the pandemic measures, the contest that aims to unite Europe in song is continuing its 65-year tradition of upbeat fun.
Husavik, a tiny Icelandic town, gains global prominence with Oscar nomination for Eurovision Song Contest
•'Husavik,' nominated for Best Original Song, gets its name from this tiny coastal town — which is also home to the main characters of the film — and for weeks, residents had been working to get the song an Oscar nomination.
With Eurovision Song Contest 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus, Will Ferrell's Netflix comedy releases on 26 June
Fp Staff •The Eurovision Song Contest was due to take place in Rotterdam in May after the Netherlands won the 2019 contest, but was cancelled as the coronavirus pandemic spread.
Demi Lovato joins Pierce Brosnan, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens in Will Ferrell's Netflix comedy Eurovision
Fp Staff •Will Ferrell announced that Demi Lovato will join the cast of Eurovision on the singer's birthday
Madonna sparks controversy by displaying Palestinian flag during performance at 'non political' Eurovision
•The Palestinian Campaign For The Academic And Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) called Madonna's performance 'immoral'
Madonna refuses to boycott Eurovision final in Israel: I'll never stop playing music to suit someone's political agenda
•The European Broadcast Union, which is overlooking the responsibilities of the event, have yet not arrived at any conclusion over Madonna's performance, a Eurovision spokesperson told CNN.
In unusual campaign, Vienna installs gay-themed traffic lights
Fp Staff •In an unusual campaign, the Austrian capital of Vienna has installed gay-themed traffic lights to promote tolerance and road safety, ahead of hosting