Eurovision 2021: The winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards

Saturday, 22 May 2021

Like every year since 2002, just before the final Eurovision winner is determined the Marcel Bezençon Awards ceremony took place giving out three special awards.

The Marcel Bezençon Awards , which owe their title from the founder of the Eurovision Song Contest, were introduced by Christer Björkman (Sweden 1992 and current Swedish Head of Delegation) and Richard Herrey (member of the Swedish ESC 1984 winning group The Herreys) and are given out to three acts just before the final show determines the winner of the contest.

Namely the three awards given out were :

1. The Press Award the winner of which is determined by the accredited press and was given this year to France's act Barbara Pravi performning "Voilà"

2. The Artisiic Award which is presented to the best artist voted for by the commentators and was given this year to Barbara Pravi from France.

3. The Composer Award handed out by a jury consisting of the participating composers who vote for the most original composition and which this year was won by the Swiss hopeful, Gjon's Tears, who himself along with Wouter Hardy, Nina Sampermans were behind the composition of his entry 'Tout L'Univers'

You can watch the special ceremony with the winners' statements in the following video:

News source/Image : Eurovision.tv