Monaco: TMC will not return in Eurovision 2021

Monaco: TMC will not return in Eurovision 2021
Tuesday, 08 September 2020

  • Monaco's national broadcaster, TMC, has no intention in returning to the next edition of Eurovision next year in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 

    TMC, has confimred to ESCToday that the tiny state will not be particiating in Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam. Therefore Monaco is going down the same path with Andorra, Slovakia and Luxembourg which have decided to stay away from the competition. 

     

    Monaco in Eurovision 

    Monaco made its debut participation in the Eurovision Song Contest back in 1959 and has a history of 24 appearances in the competition. The micro-state has a victory to show as in ESC 1971 Severine won the contest in Dublin performing Un banc, un arbre, une rue.

    The nation participated in the contest from 1959 until 1979, to withdraw one year later. It was only in 2004 when the country returned to the competition and competed for the next two years. In 2007 it decided to withdraw from the contest and hasn't returned back since then. 

    Lets remember the country's victorious participation back in 1971 with Severine: