Slovakia: No comeback for RTVS at Eurovision 2021

Slovakia: No comeback for RTVS at Eurovision 2021
Tuesday, 04 August 2020

  • The Slovakian national broadcaster, RTVS, will not return to Eurovision in the 2021 edition of the contest in  Rotterdam.

    RTVS has ruled out to ESCToday a 2021 return at the Eurovision Song Contest marking the country's 8th successive year of absense in the competition. The landlocked country follows the same path as Andorra and Luxembourg staying out of Eurovision. 

    Budget issues and low audience figures have kept the broadcaster away from competing in the contest. However the Slovakian broadcaster doesn't rule out a future comeback at the Eurovision Song Contest. 

     

    Slovakia in Eurovision

    Back in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 the country competed in the special preliminary semifinal in Slovenia, but failed to qualify and participate . It was right next year with  Martin Durinda and Tublatanka when the country made its debut in Dublin. Since then the country has participated 8 times and hasn’t much to show when it comes to results,as its best placing was in Oslo with Marcel Palonder and his 18th placing.

    It was Max Jason Mai  and his song  Don’t close your eyes  at ESC 2012 in Baku that represented Slovakia for the county’s last appearance.