Best Original Song Contest Pits Diane Warren’s Return Against a ‘Eurovision’ Ballad and Three Social Justice Anthems

Louis Knight made quite the impression on the judges as he made his “American Idol” comeback on Monday night.

10 contestants from last year‘s season of American Idol returned to the show on Monday (April 19) and one of them will earn a place in this year’s Top 10… and it seems like that person might be Louis Knight.

Wyatt Pike has dropped a new original song following his mysterious exit from American Idol last week.

2021 Academy Awards are switching things up again.It was announced on Friday by producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh that the best original songs will be performed during a pre-show special, Celeste, H.E.R., Leslie Odom, Jr., Laura Pausini, Daniel Pemberton, Molly Sandén and Diane Warren will perform the five nominated original songs in their entirety ahead of the 93rd Oscars.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Oscars have confirmed that the best original song nominees will be performed in full on the pre-telecast “Oscars: Into the Spotlight” show Sunday night, with each of the five performed in full by the singer who introduced the song on film.Four of the five performances will be pre-recorded on the Dolby Family Terrace of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, with the fifth being filmed in Húsavík, Iceland, the Academy said — the last of those being, of course, the

Oscars just ten days away, Variety has learned a number of the original song performances will be pre-recorded this coming Monday and Tuesday.At least some of the contenders will be performing their nominated songs on the rooftop of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Eurovision Song Contest finale coverage will be hosted by Graham Norton, the BBC has confirmed.Following the cancellation of last year’s show due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Norton will be returning to present the competition live on BBC One for the Grand Final on May 22.The finale will take place in Rotterdam, where it was due to be hosted in 2020.Norton will be joined by Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, who will act as Eurovision spokesperson in order to deliver the results

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix’s multibillion-dollar content spending continues paying off: The lion’s share of U.S. consumers say the streamer has the best original programming, according to a new Morgan Stanley survey.Netflix remains the most frequently cited as offering the best original programming — with 38% of survey respondents picking it as No.

Jon Burlingame Sometimes the backstories of Oscar-nominated songs are as compelling as the songs themselves.Last week, the Songwriters Hall of Fame corralled nine of this year’s 12 nominated songwriters for a round-table discussion of how their songs came to be written, and how they feel about contributing to the art of cinema.Paul Williams, Oscar winner (“Evergreen”) and president and chairman of the board of ASCAP, and Nile Rodgers, Grammy-winning producer-writer and Songwriters Hall of Fame

The BBC have revealed details of its coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a biggie: House and The Night Manager star Hugh Laurie has signed up to write, direct, and executive produce an adaptation of Agatha Christie novel Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? for BritBox in North America.

Jon Burlingame If “Io Sì (Seen)” wins the song Oscar on April 25, it will mark only the fourth time in Oscar history that a foreign-language lyric has taken the prize.

coronavirus pandemic.The government said it wants to allow a maximum of 3,500 people to attend a total of nine shows in the city of Rotterdam — rehearsals, semifinals and the May 22 final, if the state of the pandemic allows it.

Eurovision Song Contest in person in May.Organisers are currently pressing ahead with their plans for the 2021 edition of Eurovision after last year’s contest was cancelled by the coronavirus pandemic.The Dutch government has now given the green light for the organisers to let in a select number of fans to the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in Rotterdam for the annual contest, with the grand final set to be held on May 22.Eurovision 2021 will serve as part of a trial in the Netherlands to test out the

Naman Ramachandran The Dutch government has granted permission for up to 3,500 fans to attend the popular Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals and finals in Rotterdam in May.The semi-finals are scheduled for May 18 and 20 and the finals on May 22 at Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena. The Dutch city was due to host the contest in 2020 before the event was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.There will be nine shows in total, including six rehearsals, the two semi-finals and the final.

Lesley Roy is looking to pull off an unprecedented performance of her single Maps when representing Ireland in Rotterdam at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.

Jon Burlingame Everyone in the music business is wondering the same thing: Could veteran songwriter Diane Warren, denied the Oscar 11 times over the past 33 years, finally win on her 12th try?Warren, whose movie songs range from Celine Dion’s “Because You Loved Me” to Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” penned “Io Sì (Seen)” for Netflix’s “The Life Ahead.” Sung in Italian by co-lyricist Laura Pausini, it could become only the fourth foreign-language song to win an Oscar.But it’s far

Tom Grennan lands the top trending song in the UK with Little Bit Of Love, which could become his first Top 10 on the Official Singles Chart this week. 

Caleb Kennedy took a risk before shooting his final shot to make it into the Top 24 on “American Idol”.