After Thursday nights second semi-final we now know the complete line-up of competing countries for the Grand Final on Saturday night. The show will get off to a great start with Cyprus’ El Diablo, and finish with an equally big number from San Marino. For the full running order see https://eurovision.tv/story/grand-final-running-order-revealed
At the end of the 2020 tribute show on Saturday 16 May, Rotterdam was confirmed as the host city for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. No date shave yet been confirmed and the organisers emphasised that any audience arrangements will be subject to the prevailing health and social distancing regulations. However, it at least seems … More Rotterdam confirmed for 2021
Since there will be no ESC this year but we are all in need of a bit of Eurovision fun, we are proud to announce the OGAE Eurovision Fan Contest. The annual OGAE Poll is being expanded this year to allow all Eurovision fans across the world to vote as well as OGAE national club … More OGAE Eurovision Fan Contest
The city of Rotterdam in the province of South Holland has been selected as the host city for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contests. The venue will be the Ahoy Arena and the live shows will take place on 12, 14 and 16 May. No details have yet been released of ticketing arrangements. More details are … More Rotterdam 2020
(Photo: Andres Putting) After an interval of some 44 years, the Netherlands have scored their fifth ESC win. Duncan Laurence won the contest on 18 May in Tel Aviv with his song “Arcade” thus giving the Netherlands the right to organise the ESC in 2020. Preparations for next year’s event have already begun and several … More Congratulations to the Netherlands
Delegations and fans will start arriving in Tel Aviv shortly, with rehearsals due to start in the next few days. The city will be offering fans an unprecedented range of Eurovision-themed events during finals week. There will be a EuroVillage operating every evening along the seafront, the OGAE Israel-organised EuroCafe in the city centre, and … More Tel Aviv 2019 – Party Town
OGAE Turkey would like to invite all OGAE members to join them for their annual party in Istanbul on 27 April. This year’s “Golden Party” will take place at the W Lounge (Suleyman Seba Cad. W Istanbul No:22, Akaretler, Besiktas/Istanbul) and will be the grandest event since the start of these annual parties in 2004. … More OGAE Turkey invitation
The OGAE International Bureau (management committee) is up for election at this year’s Presidents’ meeting in Tel Aviv. The President, Treasurer and two bureau members are putting themselves up for re-election, but the Secretary and two other bureau members are standing down this year. Any current member of an OGAE national club is eligible to … More OGAE International Elections
For all those who purchased OGAE ticket packages for the ESC in Tel Aviv, we are still working with the local ticket agency to finalise arrangements for where and when your tickets may be collected. We are also still working on the final seating plan and so those who bought seated packages have not yet … More Ticketing update
Ticket arrangements for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest live shows are still being finalised. Details of any tickets to be made available to OGAE members along with purchase procedures will be announced some time in February. There are numerous rumours, press and media reports about ticketing, although no details have yet been officially announced. Definitive … More ESC 2019 OGAE ticketing
