This year’s song entries for the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest will not be eligible in 2021, the event’s producers have confirmed.
However, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said countries could still send the same artist they had hoped would represent them in what was to have been the 65th edition this May.
The 2020 contest was due to take place in Rotterdam but was cancelled last week over coronavirus fears. The EBU also said it was planning to “honour the songs and artists” chosen to perform this year with an online event.
A statement said: “We have been overwhelmed with the love that the Eurovision Song Contest family has shared since the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 event. “The EBU is very aware of how much the