Eurovision Song Contest 2021
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's victory at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The Netherlands was due to host the , before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the fifth time that the Netherlands had hosted the contest, having previously done so in , , and .
Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters (NPO), (NOS) and AVROTROS, the contest was held at Rotterdam Ahoy and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 and 20 May, and the final on 22 May 2021. The EBU discussed carryovers between the 2020 and 2021 contests, and many participating countries allocated the same artists who were due to represent them in 2020. The three live shows were presented by Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley, Jan Smit and Nikkie de Jager.

Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest. and returned after their absences from the 2019 contest, while and did not return after their 2019 participation. and had originally planned to participate, but Armenia later withdrew due to social and political crises following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and Belarus was disqualified after their intended entry was found to be in violation of the contest's rules.

The winner was with the song "Zitti e buoni", performed by Måneskin and written by the band's members Damiano David, Ethan Torchio, Thomas Raggi and Victoria De Angelis. This was Italy's third victory in the contest, following their wins in and , and making them only the second member of the "Big Five" to win the contest since the group's establishment, following 's victory in . Måneskin's victory also makes them the first band to win the contest since Lordi for in . , , and rounded out the top five, with France and Switzerland achieving their best results since and respectively. For the first time since , none of the top three entries were performed in English. Also, for the first time since the current voting system was implemented in , four countries received "nul points" from the televote: host country the , , and the , the last of those becoming the first country to receive "nul points" from both the jury and televote. This was also the second time that the United Kingdom had received "nul points" in the contest, the last time having been in . For the first time since its debut in , failed to qualify for the final, leaving Ukraine as the only country to have never failed to qualify from the semi-finals since their introduction in .

The EBU reported that the contest had an audience of 183 million viewers in 36 European markets, an increase of 1 million viewers from the previous edition, with an increase of seven percent in the 15–24 year old age range.
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