Madonna will perform at Eurovision 2019
It's official: The Queen of Pop is expected to sing two songs during the Grand Final of Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv.
Live Nation Israel announced on Monday (April 8) that Madonna is set to perform at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, hosted in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company said in a statement released on their Facebook page that the performance would be “both historical and hysterical … we couldn't think of a better opening shot for the summer on the way.”
Madonna's Eurovision 2019 guest performance will reportedly cost 1.35 million US dollars and will be paid by the Israeli-Canadian Jewish billionaire Sylvan Adams. Last year, Adams donated 80 million US dollars to bring the the bicycle race "Giro d'Italia" to Israel.
Madonna is not the first internationally-known American singer to appear on the Eurovision stage. Justin Timberlake performed as guest artist at Eurovision 2016, hosted in Stockholm, with his hit song "Can't Stop The Feeling".