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Eurovision developing contingency plans for 2021 contest

The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest are reportedly working on contingency plans in the event that the rearranged 2021 contest cannot go ahead due to coronavirus.

The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have begun working on contingency plans for next year should the coronavirus pandemic remain a concern.

The annual event was cancelled for the first time in its history this year due to the disease, which has now killed almost 800,000 people worldwide.

The winner of the 2019 contest - the Netherlands - was due to host this year's ceremony but will instead take on those duties for the rearranged contest in May 2021.

With no approved vaccine for COVID-19 yet on the market, the virus remains just as potent and there are fears that it could still be an issue well into next year.

In an interview with RTS, Eurovision organiser Nadja Burkhardt insisted that they will "try to do everything" to enable the contest to go ahead as normal but added that they will adopt a dynamic approach to scale the event up or down depending on the circumstances at the time.

The restrictions could include having no or limited audience, axing the iconic Eurovision village and reducing or removing the number of themed events in the host city Rotterdam.

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