james and gjon are going to be joined by loads of others who wanted a second chance.ger who cannot make it to the netherlands is montaigne from australia. she's going to be using her live on tape performance because travel restrictions means she cannot make it to rotterdam. it so would have been nice to perform on the big stage and to actually have travelled to eurovision, which two out of two times i haven't been able to do. i've accepted it now. it's not ideal for like the competition aspect of things but you know, i'm proud of the song and glad people still get to see it performed. there are strict rules here, countries are in bubbles that can't mix, the acts spend most of their time in their hotel room or in special areas backstage, everyone working here has to be tested every 48 hours and as you can imagine, avoiding covid is on everyone�*s minds. you know, just because we are doing well with vaccinations, doesn't mean everyone else will have caught up so we've got to make sure it's as safe as possible. # growing up is getting old.# covid situation in bulgaria pu

hi everyone, it's gjon's tears, and i'm representing switzerland at eurovision. # tout l'unive rs when it was really a big frustration because i didn't know what will happen. i mean, i had to come back with another song. it's not so easy, because you think because you have time you have inspiration, but that's not the case. because sometimes people give you inspiration. dealing with this corona thing was kind of difficult, because as an artist, you need to see people, you need to have contact, meet new artists, other people for the concerts, for everything. so you need contact, so it was pretty hard just to be in front of a computer, zoom all the time. so i really hope that this situation is going to end as soon as possible because we need that contact. 0ne singer who cannot make it to the netherlands as a singer from australia. she will be using online content performance because travel restrictions mean she cannot make it to rotterdam. not idealfor the not ideal for the competition aspect of things, but i'm proud of the song and am glad people still get to see me perform. and am glad