{"id":3494,"date":"2020-04-08T22:58:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3494"},"modified":"2020-04-08T22:58:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:58:45","slug":"il-konkors-annwali-tal-eurovision-mhux-se-jsir-hekk-kif-il-virus-qed-jinfirex","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-konkors-annwali-tal-eurovision-mhux-se-jsir-hekk-kif-il-virus-qed-jinfirex\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual singing contest cancelled as virus spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3484\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hero.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1680\" height=\"883\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hero.png 1680w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hero-300x158.png 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hero-1024x538.png 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hero-768x404.png 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hero-1536x807.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eurovision fans are disappointed due to the cancellation of this year\u2019s edition. For decades fans have tuned into BBC One to watch performers from across Europe sing their hearts out in the hopes of being crowned the winner. In 2020, however, the global spread of coronavirus has put an end to that.<\/p>\n<p>The singing contest\u2019s hosts EBU (European Broadcasting Union) are \u201clooked at various scenarios\u201d but decided to cancel this year\u2019s edition as the virus continues to plague the globe.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Daily Star Online, a representative for the EBU said: \u201cThe EBU is, closely monitored the situation concerning the spread of coronavirus and took all necessary health and safety precautions in line with WHO (World Health Organisation) and national authority guidelines,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe followed developments across Europe; and looked at various possible scenarios together with the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 host broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The competition wass due to take place in Rotterdam, Holland and was expected to attract thousands of fans from across the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Eurovision fans are disappointed due to the cancellation of this year\u2019s edition. For decades fans have tuned into BBC One to watch performers from across Europe sing their hearts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3484,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[159],"issuem_issue_categories":[8],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3494"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3496,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3494\/revisions\/3496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=3494"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=3494"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=3494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}