Het Grote Songfestivalfeest (Dutch pronunciation: [ət ˈxroːtə ˈsɔŋfɛstivɑlˌfeːst]; English: The Big Eurovision Party) is a Dutch television concert programme starring artists of the Eurovision Song Contest, produced by PilotStudio, and held at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.
[1] Former Dutch spokespersons Emma Wortelboer and Tim Douwsma, as well as Junior Eurovision Song Contest commentator Buddy Vedder, also appeared as presenters during the show to introduce some of the acts.
[1] The original list of the performers also included Willeke Alberti, the Dutch representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, who missed the show due to illness.
[7] Helena Paparizou was also invited, but couldn't participate in person due to a scheduling clash with a live broadcast of The Voice of Greece.
The British coverage was presented by Rylan Clark, who recorded additional links and short interviews backstage for the BBC broadcast.
[21] On 6 May, a 60-minute compilation of highlights from the show, featuring Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (which was not included in the NPO broadcast) was aired in Belgium on VRT 1 with commentary by Peter Van de Veire.