ESCCovers live coverage of the 2021 Eurovision song contest will kick off later this afternoon with a live stream of the first major pre-Rotterdam press conference when Barbara Pravi from France will be answering questions.

Join us on our YouTube Channel, where (technical difficulties notwithstanding) You can watch live.

The press conference is due to start at 3:30pm CEST and we will go live shortly before that time.

You can watch the full replay below or visit our YouTube channel for selected highlight videos.