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  First 10 acts qualify for Eurovision Song Contest final

  After the COVID-19 pandemic halted last year's edition, the Eurovision Song Contest roared back to life Tuesday, spectacularly celebrating not just Euro beats, but also the opportunity for fans to watch the first semifinal live. “We are back, and boy does that feel good!” said Dutch presenter Chantal Janzen after 2019's Dutch winner, Duncan Laurence, opened the show. Out of the 16 acts who performed, 10 progressed to Saturday’s grand final: Norway, Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan, Malta, Lithuania,

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  Dutch port city of Rotterdam to host 2020 Eurovision Song Contest

  The Dutch port city of Rotterdam will host the 65th Eurovision Song Contest next year, organisers said on Friday, after it triumphed over its only other rival, the southern town of Maastricht. Dutch singer-songwriter Duncan Laurence won this year's contest in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, beating 25 other contestants with his piano ballad "Arcade". It was the first time the Netherlands had won the contest since 1975.

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  The UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry has had its score lowered

  The scores for the Eurovision Song Contest have had to be revised due a miscalculation on the night, with the UK's last placed entry losing points and winner the Netherlands gaining points.

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  Duncan Laurence Wins 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

  After a nearly four-hour show (including voting time), Duncan Laurence snagged the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands with the song ‘'Arcade,” written and composed by Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö and Wouter Hardy. Laurence won a total of 492 points from the expert juries and televoters in a contest that was touch and go […]

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  Iceland's act 'to be punished' after Palestine protest live on Eurovision Song Contest

  The gothic trio caused outrage.

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  Netherlands’ Duncan Laurence Wins 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

  Madonna's controversial performance may have grabbed the headlines, but Duncan Laurence won the nearly four-hour-long 2019 Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands with the song “Arcade,” which he cowrote with Joel Sjöö and Wouter Hardy. Laurence won a total of 492 points from the expert juries and televoters in a contest that was touch and […]

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  Netherlands wins Eurovision contest; Madonna flag display causes stir

  Dutch singer-songwriter Duncan Laurence beat 25 other contestants in the grand final in Tel Aviv to win the glass microphone trophy. After receiving the prize from last year's winner, Israeli singer Netta Barzilai, Laurence said he hoped he had touched listeners.

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  The Netherlands wins Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv

  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Netherlands won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv Saturday, with Duncan Laurence's doleful piano ballad "Arcade" crowned champion of Europe's annual music extravaganza.

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  The Latest: Netherlands wins 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Latest on the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest (all times local):

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