Belgium – VRT, the Flemish broadcaster in charge of the country’s participation in Eurovision 2020, has revealed tonight that they have internally chosen Hooverphonic to represent them in Rotterdam!
The band is a trio shaped around Alex Callier (producer/songwriter) & Raymond Geerts (guitar player) with different vocalists. Currently it’s Luka Cruysberghs, who won The Voice with Alex as her coach, before joining the band. The song is at the demo stage and the reveal is announced for early 2020.
Of course it’s an exciting news for the ET community, since the band won the bronze medal (3rd place) in ETSC 4 with “Amalfi“:
What do you think of this internal choice? Can it spin things around for Belgium, which has chosen two interesting internally songs in a row that got disappointed results, arguably because of very poor live performances? Tell us what you think below.
The Eurovision Times 
Cyprus will pick a guy for 2020. According to a TV report, the two names they are looking for are pop star Vangelis Kakouriotis and X-Factor winner Ian Stratis. Neither of them is cypriot by the way :-P
Ian Stratis didn’t win X Factor either :P
This guy did :
I don’t think the guy remembers he won it either.:P
Hahaha! SO true!
Οh you are right! Funny thing is of course that the winner was actually a cypriot. But unlike most cypriots in these shows he couldn’t sing to save his life…
Come on ! He wasn’t awful. Just another bearded guy with an ok voice like Nikiforos …
Ian Stratis should of course have won it but that’s another case…
I did not watch to be honest. But I do remember the cypriot guy was nothing to write home about.
A bold play by Cyprus to get 12 points from Greece? Too obvious, will never work.
We just do that to spite polar birds :-P
As long as botn send male singers they’ll get points from me lol… I did like Replay this year a lot, too.
Greeks?
Mainlanders yes. Most cypriots are greeks as well :)
For entertainment value check out article on EK’s latest Second Chance Song Contest – epic meltdown. Partly caused by my song (which you likely hate ;-)) advancing!
LOL :(
I don’t hate your song (I try to avoid the feeling of hate in general because I don’t think that hating is a healthy thing to do). However, the live performance left a lot to be desired imo.
Totally – a mess. While Germany has the problem of no performance, Spain tends to do too much. Notice Maria’s Fokasesque box, which they then did on steroids in Tel Aviv.
@ Togravus, 4porcelli and Dominik (and whoever elese :) ),
what’s your opinion on this?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/02/comic-joins-germanys-oldest-political-party-with-eye-on-leadership
*else
I like Böhmermann as a comic/satirist so you have to wonder/worry what his game is here – risk is that this drags down politics in Germany even more as we have seen with tv/social media stars e.g. in US, Italy. I doubt he’d actually go through with this; in the US Stephen Colbert (who I like a lot!) teased a run for office in South Carolina (where he probably hasn’t lives insce his school days) and in the end didn’t follow through on it.
That said SocDem in Germany are in a sad state. They have lost any sort of purpose or identity and have become sort of a tragic joke already. The current leadership election makes them seem pathetic; it looks more like an election for student government. Thank God the Greens have ditched their period of misanthropic elitism so one can once again support them (Left Party has some good ideas but most of them are fantasyland).
Thank you :)
And I agree regarding SPD.
I agree.
Politics lovers took over this site please post hot men pics for a fair play😛
Yeah, left wing populism is new bare chest of ET 😃
So boring 💤
Like totally.
Lycra, bro, lycra!
That too!
How do you post a pic here btw? I can do videos but when I tried pics all that shows is the link.
The parental guidance lock is opened when your pic links ends with .jpg
Can the lock be set to block crazy ranting, too ;-)?
There should be one for inconsistencies in the story lines too :-)
LOLOLOL have been trying to track those but lost count at “this is the 50th country I lived in”.
Hahhahaa!
You need to find the link ending with .jpeg
I’ll look for those – thx!
Here you go. Paparazzi caught Argiros having breakfast with girl named Fotini. I have lost count of how many girls he is going out with this month!
Are men’s hair stylists still in strike in Athens? Someone should point out to Argiros that girl’s t-blouses make you perfect pecs look like teen girl’s tits 😃
I hear the club he is singing in has become a gay pilgrimage site. Busier than a sauna they say. Perhaps I should check it out!
You should and take part in this rising new era of bouzouki clubs. About time! Dancing hardly could get gayer than bouzouki 😃 How’s your bouzouki skills?
Non-existent/terrible?
I thought it’s In your DNA 😃
BUT I can always throw carnations on the stage when he is singing?
You should have thrown plates into floor and showered him with carnations at your local gym!
Dish breaking has been banned as a health hazard! As for my DNA perhaps My Heritage would have surprises in store for me? Or I should simply ask my mother :-P
Ah, but that’s what MyHeritage for! I think their slogan is Don’t Upset Mama 😃
I am glad he dumped Irem😄
Maybe he didn’t know how to use that diamond pussy of hers?
And this from me😍
As it’s Rugby World Cup season, I have to go with Welsh fullback, Leigh Halfpenny!
Oh. Good pick.
Oh yes, he’s yummy!
Richard just wanted to say “hi”
Hi Richard! 😃
Nice body
Have you ever baked these: Baklava with chocolate :P
Ewwww that ruins the whole baklava for me… I am not into chocolate, and sweet stuff in general
Yes, 178 cm and 85 kilos of pitch perfect niceness, I would say!
He looks better here…
oh, he looks always good as Sexiest Man of Wales 2013 should :-)
This guy is a perfect blonde for me but he talks about his lovely wife almost all the time which is a bit off-putting
You shouldn’t let your wife run your Instagram account!
Seems that I’m blond in Turkey 😉
We can’t agree on blondeness.. Your blonde is my albinism😅
ROFL Hey, I’m happy to be Turkish blond. I’m just worried now I’m going to have too much fun :-)
💃💃💃
🕺🕺🕺
I did!
I hope Mayer is well. I see him struggling with an injury. :/
Yes his knee. He said since he’s already gotten the world title and world record his main goal is Olympic gold now
Heartbroken. He had another gold medal in the bag
:'(
What exactly is that problem Mr. Mayer is struggling with? They don’t know or don’t tell on German TV.
It should be illegal to be so handsome as Nowak is.
there’s a cute Estonian in the Decathlon! and in general they’re rather hot!
Uibo is super hot but i guess you mean the other one. lol
No I was talking Uibo :o
Then we agree.
Exactly my words. Do I need to add that he is a BaWü guy? :)
Apparently it’s his knee! he was back first even injured, but pole vault was too much and he tried a “short run” jump but could not manage!
https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Mondiaux-kevin-mayer-blesse-abandonne-le-decathlon/1065895
:(
Thanks for the info. Pole vault took place while I saw ‘TROJA MACHT KRIEG’ in the theatre. It was great. :)
Ok, good night for German athletics, finally gold – decathlon, Kaul, we didn’t expect that..
Uibo took silver just like his wife in 400 m, Muller-Uibo on the same evening.. :D
I still remember in London 2017 the way she took that gold. Now it was impossible to do such jump… :P
The second medal for Germany today is Schwanitz with bronze in shot put..
I was back from the theatre in time to watch both German medal winners perform. Ms. Schwanitzis a very jolly and bubbly lady, and I am very happy for her. On the other hand, I would have preferred Mr. Nowak to Mr. Kaul for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with sports. :)
Btw, will Ms. Spanic compete in Doha?
No, unfortunatelly, she has an injury, after she made qualification norm for Tokyo 2020, she got an injury.. :(
Today in qualification of shot put for men, 22 years old Armin Sinančević was 4th.. He is New competitor…So there is some hope for a medal… :)
Let’s hope for a medal for Sebia then. :)
And I wish Ms. Spanic all the best for the Tokyo competition next year.
What about French Djilali Bedrani in 3000 m steeplechase? He was 2nd overall in heats?!?
Danish public to determine 3 acts via P4
DR is going out of the box for the forthcoming edition of DMGP, enabling the Danish public to select 3 of the 10 competing acts in the national final via radio station P4. Music experts from nine districts will select a total of 9 entries out of the submitted songs for the public selection.
The nine songs will be released on the radio in Janauary and the Danish listeners will vote and select three songs for the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix final in March.
A total of 10 acts will battle for the golden ticket to Rotterdam at DMGP 2020.
Hence three songs will be selected via P4 (public voting) and the remaining seven via DR (internal selection) out of all the submitted entries.
The 2020 DMGP is set to be held at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen on Saturday 7 March.
Source: Esctoday
Sakis Rouvas and Eleni Foureira medley live in Athens on September 22:
Sakis Rouvas and Elena Paparizou:
LOL What a crazy energetic performance, just perfect for Friday morning!
O partigiano, portami via
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao!
Also perfect for left wing politics ET-style :-P
LOL indeed! And if you want to sing it like you mean it, while doing your morning duties, you sing it like Arja!
♥️♥️♥️
Yeah, nobody does it like she does! ❤️
I didn’t know Djibouti is Franchophone country! :O
The 2020 Eesti Laul hosts: https://menu.err.ee/988385/eesti-laul-2020-saatejuhid-on-karl-erik-taukar-ja-tonis-niinemets
I miss the Mimicry era in EL :(
Speaking of hosts…
Have you, by any chance, watched the “Football Stories” show on Ant1 earlier this week? This guy is the co-host ;)
They’ve gone from left field and indie to mainstream pop but they need more variety. Now, it’s all too bland.
I hadn’t noticed him. :P I just saw the bit in which Yiorgos, the other sexy guy visited the Manchester gay and bi football team.
They are both hot. But apart from their sexiness, the show per se is quite interesting. Next week they’ll be in Rio De Janeiro where they’ll have former Aris FC’s Darsi Neto as a special guest :)
The first authentic, gloomy, rainy October morning is here!
Glad I took the day off today :P
Did you see this? It’s so cool. A very rare low shelf cloud preceding a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon over the Acropolis!
Yep I saw it earlier today in the news. More than impressive!
I love how the birds are dispersing in every direction at the storm’s approach. So spooky!
True. There are also some videos (in Meteo.gr f.i.) but that pic is simply… how do you say απόκοσμη in English? :)
Eerie? 🙄
What a stunning apocalyptic shot!
#GretaWasHere #SinnersRepent #DoomAndGloom 😜
LOL I swear I can see four horse men riding there among the clouds! 😃
Zeus stopped by😛
I LUUUUUUV “Duemila volite”!
Please Marco Mengoni go to Rotterdam!!
And my Senhit for San Marino!
The year when I attend ESC! :P
Loreen’s new single:
MUCH better than what she peddled last time she was in MF. And even further away from what MF wants. I’d suggest she sends a letter to San Marino as well. Perhaps someone with sense still resides in the Serenissima Repubblica :-)
I just listened to it and it’s really good. It seems she chooses less mainstream sounds as she goes and i like that. Her previous album was very good too, imo:
She sent letter to San Marino for participation…
Fingers crossed she had the best song in the selection
I wonder what this would have done in Tel Aviv. Certainly more then zero points, but I think the act makes it difficult to connect with the singer. Bilal had the same gimmick, but only during the first seconds of his performance.
Bilal was full of cliches… Never liked his staging
I still think we should have sent Lily Among Clouds.
Yeah she was also fine
She also sent to Switzerland. Hedging her bets :-P
Ambitious girl!
Euro-desperate…
Apparently SuRie has a younger brother. And he is Duncan’s support act in the Dutch part of the tour. Not only the same sound as Duncan, but also the same aesthetic.
Duncan is really promoting his work on Instagram. Trying to groom him as the host country act in 2020 ? He is really talented and I really liked his material that I listened to.
But if he is Surie’s brother isn’t he british?
If he marries Duncan he can become a Dutch citizen.
I don’t know what criteria the Dutch selection will have this year but yeah it is very likely it will be a local act maybe a big name as well.
Eurovisionfun.com now reports that Cyprus is also considering a girl apart from the two guys we know already. I am betting it is Charis Savva, the new Panic girl who also took part in Cyprus’ NF back in 2015:
Haris or Çaris?😜
Haris as in hat!
I always thought you were our Miços till Dino pronounced it😁
:-o At least he got mine right. Unlike Hatzalis :-P
He made him Hadgi right LOL I got that right👍
Hjallis the Pilgrim!
ROFL
That’s me! :-)
Have been called worst here. LOL
Spain’s first JESC entry in 13 years is fully released today :
I think they still have the jesc vibe sorted out.
Perfection!
Hey Matthew, just love your Calvins!
I never miss a single post haha
Neither will I from now on :-) Calvin Klein never fails with their boys.
Tamberi.. :D
He was fun. The Belarussian had an AMAZING ass ans both Russians were cute
+++Ivanyuk +++Tamberi ++Nedasekau
I SO wanted Kirani James to win a medal in 400 metres after the difficult times he went through,
Me too… But what a good race and what a good finnish for Colombian Zambrano. :O
Nedasekau had the best ass ever
:DDDD
Hehehhehe, but Mutaz Essa Barshim took the gold. :P With help from the audience (all those men in white) :D
5th place for France in steeple and disapointment in discus for women!
World record in 400 m hurdless for women – Dallilah Mohamad! :O
Yeah Melina is trying new throw style for Tokyo and she’s 37 and still a beloved icon in throws here! However our youngster in 3000m steeple is promising!
Maybe new Mekhishi Benabad.. I LOVED him… :)
I hope Erick Barrondo from Guatemala will take medal this night in 20 km race walk. He took silver in Rio, the first medal for Guatemala at Olympics ever!
Spain have picked Blas Canto for ESC…
I just saw
http://www.rtve.es/television/20191005/blas-canto-representara-espana-eurovision-2020/1980780.shtml
Nice song. It seems most Spanish fans are really happy with the choice
He’s a good performer judging by his 2004 jesc bid:
I don’t like jesc at all, and watching this I still don’t but I liked the backings in this ahah
I think spanish fans can finally start hoping that the curse will be broken. It seems that Salvador and Foureira did wonders for Eurovision in Spain and that’s reflected in the seriousness TVE is finally exhibiting. He had a #1 album there last year and a song with 65 million views. He is a big, current choice. And this is a catchy song!
Let’s now hope that ERT will now come knocking on Argiros’ door. I guess they will ask Foureira again though as the “safer” choice…
Good choice. You seem to be obsessed with Argiros. lol Anyway, i don’t think he’d accept the offer.
well it’s a national big gun, so it’s credibility to the contest at home and that’s what’s most important, and they can really hope they’ll do well for once with reasons!
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