Britain is officially set to host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest following discussions between the EBU and the BBC in light of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. 

As is tradition, the country which wins Eurovision will host the following year’s competition. This year’s event took place in Turin, Italy after Italian rock band, Måneskin, claimed victory in 2021 with their song “Zitti e buoni”. 

The Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine topped the leaderboard after receiving 439 points—the highest televoting points received in the contest’s history to date. The track, “Stefania”, was sung entirely in Ukrainian and is the first hip-hop song to win Eurovision. 

As soon as Ukraine was announced as the winner, speculation began as to where the 2023 competition would be held. The EBU has now confirmed that the next Eurovision Song Contest will not be in the war-torn country as a result of the current situation. 

Oleh Psiuk, who is the lead singer of Kalush Orchestra, expressed his sadness at his home country being unable to host, but said, “We, in turn, will make all efforts to help Ukraine win next year as well, so that Eurovision 2024 can take place in a peaceful country.”

The UK, which came second in this year’s competition, will now take over hosting duties. London, Sheffield, and Manchester have already confirmed that they will put in an official bid to be the host city. 

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Måneskin was formed in 2016, and they came to prominence in their home country after taking the second spot in the Italian version of X-Factor. The title of their winning song “Zitti e buoni” can be translated as “shut up and behave” and its lyrics talk about standing out by going against society’s expectations.

This is only the third time that Italy was crowned as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, following their wins in 1964 and 1990. Måneskin also happens to be the first band to win the contest since 2006, when Lordi scored the victory for Finland with “Hard Rock Hallelujah”.

France, Switzerland, Iceland, and Ukraine rounded out the top five at the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The final night of the contest took place on May 22nd in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, marking the fifth time that this country hosted Europe’s biggest music event.

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The video teaser is actually a music video for the song “Volcano Man,” a fictional song submitted to the Eurovision song contest by the movie’s protagonists, Lars Erickssong (Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdottir (McAdams), a.k.a. Fire Saga. The film follows the duo, small-town singers, as they seize a chance to participate in the intercontinental event.

The film doesn’t have a release date yet but cast member Dan Stevens tweeted that the film would be “erupting soon.”

Alongside Farrell, McAdams, and Stevens are Pierce Brosnan and Demi Lovato.

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The singer-actress will star opposite Will Ferrell as well as the previously announced Rachel McAdams and Pierce Brosnan.

The news was announced by Will Ferrell Tuesday with an Instagram video that doubled as a birthday shoutout to Lovato. The clip was captioned with “Happy Birthday #DemiLovato!!! Famous baker and star of Netflix’s Eurovision, Will Ferrell, made you a cake.”

Eurovision follows a pair of aspiring Icelandic musicians, played by Ferrell and McAdams, who are given the opportunity of a lifetime to represent their country at the annual song contest. Brosnan stars as Ferrell’s character’s dad, most handsome man in Iceland. Lovato will play Katiana, one of the best and most angelic singers in all of Iceland.

Eurovision will mark Lovato’s first movie appearance since 2010’s Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.

Ferrell co-wrote Eurovision with longtime collaborator, Adam McKay. David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) is on board as director. McKay will also serve as executive producer on the project. 

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Britain is officially set to host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest following discussions between the EBU and the BBC in light of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. 

As is tradition, the country which wins Eurovision will host the following year’s competition. This year’s event took place in Turin, Italy after Italian rock band, Måneskin, claimed victory in 2021 with their song “Zitti e buoni”. 

The Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine topped the leaderboard after receiving 439 points—the highest televoting points received in the contest’s history to date. The track, “Stefania”, was sung entirely in Ukrainian and is the first hip-hop song to win Eurovision. 

As soon as Ukraine was announced as the winner, speculation began as to where the 2023 competition would be held. The EBU has now confirmed that the next Eurovision Song Contest will not be in the war-torn country as a result of the current situation. 

Oleh Psiuk, who is the lead singer of Kalush Orchestra, expressed his sadness at his home country being unable to host, but said, “We, in turn, will make all efforts to help Ukraine win next year as well, so that Eurovision 2024 can take place in a peaceful country.”

The UK, which came second in this year’s competition, will now take over hosting duties. London, Sheffield, and Manchester have already confirmed that they will put in an official bid to be the host city. 

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Måneskin was formed in 2016, and they came to prominence in their home country after taking the second spot in the Italian version of X-Factor. The title of their winning song “Zitti e buoni” can be translated as “shut up and behave” and its lyrics talk about standing out by going against society’s expectations.

This is only the third time that Italy was crowned as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, following their wins in 1964 and 1990. Måneskin also happens to be the first band to win the contest since 2006, when Lordi scored the victory for Finland with “Hard Rock Hallelujah”.

France, Switzerland, Iceland, and Ukraine rounded out the top five at the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The final night of the contest took place on May 22nd in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, marking the fifth time that this country hosted Europe’s biggest music event.

The post Italian Band Måneskin Wins 2021 Eurovision Song Contest appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The video teaser is actually a music video for the song “Volcano Man,” a fictional song submitted to the Eurovision song contest by the movie’s protagonists, Lars Erickssong (Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdottir (McAdams), a.k.a. Fire Saga. The film follows the duo, small-town singers, as they seize a chance to participate in the intercontinental event.

The film doesn’t have a release date yet but cast member Dan Stevens tweeted that the film would be “erupting soon.”

Alongside Farrell, McAdams, and Stevens are Pierce Brosnan and Demi Lovato.

The post Netflix Releases Teaser for “Eurovision” Movie appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The singer-actress will star opposite Will Ferrell as well as the previously announced Rachel McAdams and Pierce Brosnan.

The news was announced by Will Ferrell Tuesday with an Instagram video that doubled as a birthday shoutout to Lovato. The clip was captioned with “Happy Birthday #DemiLovato!!! Famous baker and star of Netflix’s Eurovision, Will Ferrell, made you a cake.”

Eurovision follows a pair of aspiring Icelandic musicians, played by Ferrell and McAdams, who are given the opportunity of a lifetime to represent their country at the annual song contest. Brosnan stars as Ferrell’s character’s dad, most handsome man in Iceland. Lovato will play Katiana, one of the best and most angelic singers in all of Iceland.

Eurovision will mark Lovato’s first movie appearance since 2010’s Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.

Ferrell co-wrote Eurovision with longtime collaborator, Adam McKay. David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) is on board as director. McKay will also serve as executive producer on the project. 

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