Spain: Twenty five acts to attend the special edition of PrePartyES At Home
The organisers of the PreParty ES at Home have revealed that a total of 25 acts will takepart in the special editon of the preparty event, adjusted to the extroadinary circumstances the world is experiecing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Earlier in March the Eurovision 2020 pre-party that was scheduled to take place in Madrid on 10 and 11 April had been postponed. The decision taken by Eurovision-Spain came as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Following that decision the organisers adjusted the event to the current restrictions implemeted cause of the Covid-19 pandemic and will be holding the PrePartyEs at Home.
This exceptional version of the usual PrePartyES will be held online, this Saturday, April 11, at 22:00, on YouTube. The Spanish representative, host of the event, will this time have the role of conductor of the concert, while the remaining 20 representatives will perform in it with complete artistic freedom. In addition to half of the ESC 2020 representatives, the concert has five invited artists: Barei (Spain 2016), Lucía Pérez (Spain 2011), Melani (Spain Junior 2019) Soraya (Spain 2009) and Zlata Ognevich (Ukraine 2013). Therefore the final line up of the preparty event will see the following acts:
Eurovision 2020 representatives
- Ana Soklič – Slovenia
Ben Dolic – Germany
Benny Cristo – Czech Republic - Damir Kedžo – Croatia
Diodato – Italy
Gjon’s Tears – Switzerland
Go_A – Ukraine
Hurricane – Serbia
James Newman – United Kingdom
Lesley Roy – Ireland
Montaigne – Australia
Natalia Gordienko – Moldova
Roxen – Romania
Samanta Tina – Latvia
Senhit – San Marino
The Mamas – Sweden
The Roop – Lithuania
Val – Belarus
Vasil – North Macedonia
Victoria – Bulgaria
Guest artists
- · Barei – Spain 2016
· Lucía Pérez – Spain 2011
· Melani – Spain Junior 2019
· Soraya – Spain 2009
· Zlata Ognevich – Ukraine 2013
Masters of ceremonies
· Barei – Spain 2016
· Blas Cantó – Spain 2020-2021
· Krista Siegfrids – Finland 2013
· Víctor Escudero – Eurovision.tv
Eurovision-spain.com intends to meet three objectives with this new project: pay tribute to the candidacies of the canceled Eurovision 2020, accompany the Europeans in their reclusion at home through music and prove that this health emergency does not understand borders, so the entire continent must remain at home. Following the “Like the first time” moto of the postponed PrePartyES 2020 to 2021, the artists will confess at the concert what their first memories of the festival are.
Source: Eurovision-Spain.com