Dutch media has reported that 4% of ticketholders for Eurovision 2021 have asked for a refund of their tickets.
The first of two refund windows closed today after being open since May 25. In that period, only 4% of ticketholders requested a refund. A spokeperson for Eurovision stated:
“We have received a few more requests in recent days. The largest group would like to keep them for next year and we are happy with this confidence.”
A second refund window will be opened once the dates for Eurovision 2021 have been finalised. All tickets that were purchsed for Eurovision 2020 will remain valid for the 2021 contest unless the ticketholder decides to ask for a refund. The contest is expected to take place in either the second or third week of May 2021.
At the end of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, Rotterdam was formally confirmed as the host city of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. This city had been due to host the competition before COVID-19 caused the cancellation of the 2020 contest.
To date the following artists have been confirmed as competing in the contest:
- Australia – Montaigne
- Austria – Vincent Bueno
- Azerbaijan – Samira Efendi
- Belgium – Hooverphonic
- Bulgaria – Victoria
- Czech Republic – Benny Cristo
- Georgia – Tornike Kipiani
- Greece – Stefania
- Israel – Eden Alene
- Latvia – Samanta Tina
- Malta – Destiny Chukunyere
- Netherlands – Jeangu Macrooy
- Romania – Roxen
- San Marino – Senhit
- Slovenia – Ana Soklic
- Spain – Blas Cantó
- Switzerland – Gjon’s Tears
- Ukraine – Go-A
The following nations have also confirmed their participation but will not automatically send the artist they had selected for 2020:
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Lithuania
- Norway
- Sweden
Image Source: EBU / Source: De Telegraaf
