Well You Could Knock Me Down with a Feather!!!!!
Monaco are back!!!
After all the talk that that the National TV station of Monaco had said no to attending the 54th Contest in Moscow, it would seem that they have backtracked slightly and have now announced that they will in fact be there.
However, this would appear not to be the biggest news of Countries attempting to win the Eurovision Crown in Moscow. According to rumours on other websites another country is either coming back or we have a newcomer. I wonder who it will be?
There are several countries who would be classed as newcomers to the contest even though they have been members of EBU for donkeys years - Algeria, Libya, Tunisia (remember the 70's when they said they would be going but changed their minds?), Egypt, Vatican State (can't really see this, but you never know), Kazakhstan, Lebanon (now their banishment has been lifted) or could it be Liechtenstein (with their own TV company now) or even Kosovo (but what would Serbia do?)
Now lets look at previous competitors - Georgia (have said they wont be there, but have they changed their minds? I doubt it), Austria (who have made it perfectly clear they wont attend until the changes have taken place and work!), Luxembourg (Have RTL finally relented and agreed to compete again now that interest is growing again?), Morocco (28 years after their one and only attempt have they decided to come back for more?), or could it be the one many fans want to see back................ ITALY!!??
No matter what happens Svante has already hinted that it will be a record year again!! Both Poland and Hungary have now confirmed attendance, which leaves the definate confirmations from Montenegro, Macedonia and Armenia. This basically means that even with the withdrawal of Georgia there will be at least 44 countries in Moscow, but could it be 45?
After all the talk that that the National TV station of Monaco had said no to attending the 54th Contest in Moscow, it would seem that they have backtracked slightly and have now announced that they will in fact be there.
However, this would appear not to be the biggest news of Countries attempting to win the Eurovision Crown in Moscow. According to rumours on other websites another country is either coming back or we have a newcomer. I wonder who it will be?
There are several countries who would be classed as newcomers to the contest even though they have been members of EBU for donkeys years - Algeria, Libya, Tunisia (remember the 70's when they said they would be going but changed their minds?), Egypt, Vatican State (can't really see this, but you never know), Kazakhstan, Lebanon (now their banishment has been lifted) or could it be Liechtenstein (with their own TV company now) or even Kosovo (but what would Serbia do?)
Now lets look at previous competitors - Georgia (have said they wont be there, but have they changed their minds? I doubt it), Austria (who have made it perfectly clear they wont attend until the changes have taken place and work!), Luxembourg (Have RTL finally relented and agreed to compete again now that interest is growing again?), Morocco (28 years after their one and only attempt have they decided to come back for more?), or could it be the one many fans want to see back................ ITALY!!??
No matter what happens Svante has already hinted that it will be a record year again!! Both Poland and Hungary have now confirmed attendance, which leaves the definate confirmations from Montenegro, Macedonia and Armenia. This basically means that even with the withdrawal of Georgia there will be at least 44 countries in Moscow, but could it be 45?
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