Eurovision Song Contest 2020

65th Eurovision Song Contest
motto	Open Up (German Open yourself)
date	Canceled, originally planned: 12. – 16. May 2020
Host country	Netherlands
participating countries	41
Returning participants	Bulgaria , Ukraine
Withdrawn participants	Montenegro , Hungary
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The 65th Eurovision Song Contest should have taken place from May 12 to 16, 2020 in the Ahoy Arena in the Dutch city ​​of Rotterdam . The EBU canceled the competition on March 18, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . As a replacement program for the 2020 edition and to honor the 41 selected contributions, the program Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light took place in Hilversum on May 16, 2020 . Some countries also decided to organize their own polls and broadcasts in the respective country. During this replacement broadcast it was announced that the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 would also take place in Rotterdam.

Duncan Laurence won the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv ( Israel ) and brought the event to the Netherlands. After 1958 , 1970 , 1976 and 1980 , the Netherlands should have hosted the competition for the fifth time.

venue

The public broadcasting companies NPO , AVROTROS and the NOS were entrusted with the hosting and thus the search for an event location.

On May 29, 2019, the three broadcasting companies opened the official application process for possible venues, which was divided into three phases:

• In the first half of June, all interested cities and regions received a document from the three broadcasters with the award criteria.
• Those interested then had four weeks to submit their applications. The official submission deadline for applicants was July 10, 2019.
• In mid-July, the organizers visited all cities and evaluated the applications. Then the venue was decided together with the EBU. The venue was officially announced on August 30, 2019.

Contrary to original announcements, the city of Zwolle did not submit an application due to deficiencies in the proposed venue. In Groningen , an application failed due to financial bottlenecks in the community. The city of Tilburg did not find a suitable venue. An application from Enschede , initiated by a private investor, was also not accepted.

Nine cities had officially applied first. The city of Leeuwarden withdrew its application because WTC Expo did not reach the minimum level required by the Dutch television broadcasters' catalog of requirements. The city of The Hague withdrew its application because it did not have a suitable venue that could meet the requirements of the EBU. The city now supports the application of the nearby city of Rotterdam . The city of Breda also withdrew its application because the financial outlay for the city would be too high. From now on the city supports the application of 's-Hertogenbosch . On July 4, 2019, Amsterdam also announced that the city would no longer apply to host the event. The reason given was that all three proposed venues in the city are already fully booked in May 2020. There was also the suggestion for a large tent, but this was rejected because such a construction was considered too complex. On July 16, 2019, NPO presented the remaining applicants for the organization. Maastricht and Rotterdam have enough hotel rooms and the necessary financial resources for an organization. The following day, NPO visited the city of Maastricht to get a more detailed picture of the local infrastructure and the intended venue. A visit to Rotterdam took place on July 18, 2019. At the end of July 2019, both cities were visited a second time to assess the existing production logistics. Following the visits, cities were required to submit a revised version of their application to add details of the cities' venue, licenses and social program.

On August 30, 2019 at 11:58 a.m. as part of a special broadcast by NPO 1, the Ahoy in Rotterdam was presented as the venue. In addition, the date of the three shows was set.

Amsterdam Arnhem The hague Maastricht Rotterdam Utrecht Leeuwarden 's-Hertogenbosch Breda

Applicant cities: Successful application Unsuccessful application Withdrawn application

city	venue	Maximum capacity (at concerts)	Remarks
Official applications
Maastricht	Maastricht's Expositie en Congres Centrum	12,800	Application is supported by the Province of Limburg .
Rotterdam	Ahoy Rotterdam	12,000 (Ahoy Arena)	Application is supported by the province of Zuid-Holland . Venue of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 .
Retired applications
Arnhem	GelreDome	41,000	Joint application by the city of Arnhem and the Veluwe region .
Utrecht	Tent construction	10,000	The first plan was for the competition to take place in the Jaarbeurs exhibition halls. Most recently, however, the city announced that a tent construction was planned in the parking lot in front of Jaarbeurs.
's-Hertogenbosch	Brabanthallen	11,000
Withdrawn applications
Amsterdam	Amsterdam RAI	13,000	Venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 . Application withdrawn on July 4, 2019.
	Johan Cruyff Arena	54,990	Application withdrawn on July 4, 2019.
	Ziggo Dome	17,000
Breda	Breepark	13,000	Application withdrawn on July 1, 2019.
The hague	Cars Jeans Stadium / Malieveld	15,000	Application was supported by the province of Zuid-Holland . The Cars Jeans Stadium would have been given a temporary roof if it had been awarded the contract. A temporary tent construction was planned on the site of the Malieveld. Application withdrawn on June 27, 2019.
Leeuwarden	WTC Expo	<6,000	Application was supported by the province of Friesland . Domino Day venue . Application withdrawn on June 18, 2019.

format

Motto and logo

On October 24, 2019, NPO presented the motto of the Eurovision Song Contest. It should be under the motto Open Up (German Open yourself). The producer of the competition, Sietse Bakker, emphasized the individuality of the slogan by pointing out that everyone can decide for themselves what they are open to. A slogan has also been selected with which the Dutch can identify and emphasize values ​​such as respect and freedom of expression.

The logo was released on November 28, 2019. It represented the flags of the 41 nations that wanted to take part in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, in an order sorted by debut year and color.

Stage design

On December 2, 2019, the EBU published the stage design. Florian Wieder was the stage designer in charge. In the past he has designed the stage for the Eurovision Song Contest six times. The design should create "the connection between the sky, the sea and the land". After the Greenroom was in a separate hall in 2019, the Greenroom should return to the auditorium.

Moderation

On October 25, 2019, Executive Producer 2020 Sietse Bakker told RTL Boulevard that three presenters should moderate the 2020 Song Contest. On December 4th, the three moderators who were supposed to moderate the contest were introduced. Edsilia Rombley , Chantal Janzen and Jan Smit were to moderate . It would have been the first time since 2017 that three moderators should be used. In the past few years, the organizers have often relied on four moderators. It would also have been the first time since 2012 that two moderators should be used. With Edsilia Rombley, a former song contest participant would have been used as a presenter. She represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 .

Opening act / pause filler

During the three live shows, clips from Edsilia Rombley were to be shown driving a taxi through Rotterdam with the former winners Ruslana (2004), Anne-Marie David (1973), Izhar Cohen (1978) and Niam Kavanagh (1993) talked to them about their experiences at the Eurovision Song Contest.

For the finale there was a medley by Gigliola Cinquetti : Non ho l'età , Lenny Kuhr : De Troubadour , Getty Kaspers : Ding-A-Dong , Sandra Kim : J'aime La Vie , Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan : Rock ' n 'Roll Kids , Alexander Rybak : Fairytale , Duncan Laurence : Arcade was planned. In addition, Glennis Grace and Afrojack were to appear in the Grand Final.

The 2nd semi-final should be opened with a performance by breakdancer Redo. (Breakdancer)

Attendees

countries

Countries that would have participated in 2020

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2020

The countries that wanted to participate had until September 16, 2019 to submit the required papers to the EBU. The respective television company representing the participating country would have had until October 10, 2019 to withdraw its participation without penalty.

On November 13, 2019, the EBU announced that 41 countries wanted to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. Last year, 41 countries also took part, which means the number of participating countries would have remained the same. However, 42 countries were announced last year before Ukraine withdrew from the competition in late February 2019. It was the first time that the EBU announced 41 countries.

Bulgaria and Ukraine wanted to return to the competition after a one-year break. While Bulgaria decided not to participate in 2019 for financial reasons, Ukraine did not withdraw from the competition until the end of February 2019 after disputes with the winner of the Widbir 2019 . In 2020, Montenegro and Hungary did not want to participate. Montenegro was last absent from this competition in 2011 . They withdrew from the competition for financial reasons as well as due to unsuccessfulness. The country finally qualified for the final in 2015 and has been eliminated from the qualification ever since.

Hungary last missed the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest . Hungarian television also gave financial reasons. Commentators at home and abroad, however, saw a connection with the increasing homophobia since Viktor Orbán took office .

Recurring performers

The Mamas and Vasil took part in the Song Contest for the second time in a row in 2020. Last year, The Mamas were still working as accompanists for John Lundvik , while Vasil was responsible for the accompaniment vocals for Tamara Todevska . Vincent Bueno would have also participated for the second time, as he was an accompanist for Nathan Trent in 2017 . Natalia Gordienko and Senhit also took part for the second time in 2020, but each represented their country as interpreters. Gordienko competed for the Republic of Moldova with Connect-R and Arsenium in 2006 , while Senhit represented San Marino in 2011. Also Sanja Vucic was in 2020 competed for the second time, this time as part of the group Hurricane . Vučić had already appeared as a soloist for Serbia in 2016. Ksenija Knežević , another member of Hurricane , would also have returned to the Song Contest. Before that she worked as an accompanist for Montenegro and her father Knez in 2015. Destiny Chukunyere would also have participated for the second time in 2020, so in 2019 she was still an accompanist to Michela Pace . She would also be the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest winner since the Tolmacheva sisters in 2014 who would have participated in the Song Contest. Chukunyere eventually won the 2015 competition . With the Greek interpreter Stefania , another interpreter who had previously participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest would have been present at the Song Contest. In 2016 , she took 8th place there as part of the Kisses trio for the Netherlands.

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation	Previous placement	This year's placement
Malta	Destiny Chukunyere	2019 (backing vocals)	14th (of 41)	-
Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	2006	20. (of 37)
North Macedonia	Vasil	2019 (backing vocals)	7th (of 41)
Austria	Vincent Bueno	2017 (backing vocals)	16. (of 42)
San Marino	Senhit	2011	37. (of 43)
Sweden	The mamas	2019 (backing vocals)	5th (of 41)
Serbia	Ksenija Knežević (member of Hurricane )	2015 (backing vocals for Montenegro )	13th (of 40)
	Sanja Vučić (member of Hurricane )	2016	18th (of 42)

National preliminary decisions

Belgium

According to the schedule, the Flemish broadcaster Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) is responsible for the 2020 contribution. In 2020, the broadcaster will also use an internal selection. This was announced by the broadcaster after Belgium left the first semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

On October 2nd, 2019, VRT presented the Hooverphonic group as the Belgian representative for 2020. Belgium was the first country to present its interpreter for 2020. Her English language song Release Me was presented on February 17, 2020. The music comes from Hooverphonic member Alex Callier and the Italian composer Luca Chiaravalli, while the lyrics are from Alex Callier.

Germany

The North German Radio (NDR) was planning the concept of the German preliminary decision in 2018 and 2019 continue. Since April 26, 2019, the station has been looking for potential participants for the 100-person Eurovision panel in collaboration with Simon, Kucher & Partners . Your rating counts for 33% of the total result. However, following the poor performance in the final, ARD entertainment coordinator Thomas Schreiber announced changes in the selection process. Nevertheless, digame confirmed on September 17, 2019 that the format from 2018 and 2019 will also be continued in 2020. Interested musicians and bands could apply until August 31, 2019. Songs could still be submitted until October 1, 2019.

When asked, the NDR confirmed that the digame website stood for itself. On January 10, 2020, the NDR confirmed that the first information on the German selection process will be available at the end of January 2020. According to the program, a delayed live broadcast from Hamburg under the title Eurovision Song Contest 2020 - Our song for Rotterdam will take place on February 27, 2020 at 9:30 p.m. ( CET ) . The show is to be moderated by Barbara Schöneberger and broadcast on One . On February 1, 2020, the NDR announced that the first information on German participation will be announced on February 10, 2020.

On February 10, 2020, the NDR confirmed that the German contribution this year will be determined internally by a 100-person Eurovision jury and a 20-person jury of experts . They selected from a total of around 600 artists who are to be considered for a new selection process in the coming year. Those responsible hope that this selection process will give them more time to stage the contribution. The first ideas for a choreographic implementation of the contribution are already available. The entire selection process was overseen by Thomas Schreiber, Christian Blenker, the ARD team leader responsible for the Eurovision Song Contest, and the new Head of Delegation, Alexandra Wolfslast. The final presentation of the contribution took place on February 27, 2020 as part of the program Eurovision Song Contest 2020 - Our song for Rotterdam . It turned out that Ben Dolic represents Germany with his song Violent Thing . Dolic became known as the runner-up on the program The Voice Of Germany in 2018.

Austria

The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) announced shortly after the 2019 Song Contest that it would again select its interpreter internally in 2020.

On December 12, 2019, the ORF presented the singer Vincent Bueno as Austria's representative for 2020. His song Alive was released on March 5, 2020. In the past he already took part in the preliminary decision who sings for Austria . In 2017 he was backing vocals for Nathan Trent .

Switzerland

The Swiss Radio and Television Company (SRG SSR) will adhere to the internal selection process. As in 2019, a 20-person international jury and a 100-person audience jury will select an artist and his / her contribution. The possibility of a wildcard will no longer exist. The audience panel is put together according to selected criteria in cooperation with Digame.

The jury consists of the following members:

•  Cyprus - Argyro Christodoulides
•  Sweden - Maria Marcus
•  Netherlands - Florent Luyckx
•  United Kingdom - Pete Watson
•  Ireland - Jennifer O'Brien
•  Belarus - Leonid Shyrin
•  Austria - Sasha Saedi
•  Belarus - Alexey Gross
•  Hungary - Adrienn Zsédenyi
•  Denmark - Anders Øhrstrøm
•  Lithuania - Deivydas Zvonkus
•  Slovenia - Tinkara Kovač
•  Poland - Grzegorz Urban
•  Romania - Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu
•  Iceland - Helga Möller
•  Armenia - Gore Melian
•  Lithuania - Rafailas Karpis
•  Spain - Ruth Lorenzo
•  Netherlands - Gordon Groothedde
•  Iceland - Einar Bardarson
•  Sweden - Henrik Johnsson

From September 2, 2019, 12:00 noon to September 16, 2019 at 12:00 noon, songwriters, producers, artists and lyricists were invited to submit contributions to SRF. On December 10, 2019, SRF confirmed that they had received a total of 515 songs. On March 4, Gjon's Tears announced Répondez-moi as a contribution.

Other countries

country	National preliminary decision
Albania	Festivali i Këngës 2019
Armenia	Depi Jewratessil 2020
Azerbaijan	internal selection
Australia	Eurovision 2020: Australia Decides
Bulgaria	internal selection
Denmark	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2020
Estonia	Eesti Laul 2020
Finland	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020
France	internal selection
Georgia	Georgian Idol 2020 (performer)
	internal selection (song)
Greece	internal selection
Ireland	internal selection
Iceland	Söngvakeppnin 2020
Israel	HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2020 (Performer)
	The Next Song for Eurovision 2020 (Song)
Italy	Sanremo Festival 2020
Croatia	Dora 2020
Latvia	Supernova 2020
Lithuania	Pabandom iš naujo! 2020
Malta	X Factor Malta 2020 (performer)
	internal selection (song)
Moldova	O Melody Pentru Europe 2020
Netherlands	internal selection
North Macedonia	internal selection
Norway	Melodi Grand Prix 2020
Poland	Szansa na Sukces Eurowizja 2020
Portugal	Festival da Canção 2020
Romania	internal selection (artist)
	Selecția Națională 2020 (song)
Russia	internal selection
San Marino	internal selection (artist)
	Digital Battle Eurovision (song)
Sweden	Melodifestivalen 2020
Serbia	Beovizija 2020
Slovenia	Evrovizijska Melodija 2020
Spain	internal selection
Czech Republic	Eurovision Song CZ 2020
Ukraine	Widbir 2020
United Kingdom	internal selection
Belarus	Eurofest 2020
Cyprus	internal selection

Semifinals

draw

Participants in the 1st semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 1st semi-final

Participants in the 2nd semi-final

Countries entitled to vote in the 2nd semi-final

The draw for the two semi-finals took place on January 28, 2020 at 4:11 p.m. ( CET ) in the form of a ceremony in Rotterdam City Hall . The moderation was taken over by Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit. First, 35 countries were divided into five pots of the same size as possible. The pots were divided according to the voting pattern of the past 15 years. Then the countries were drawn to one of the two semi-finals. It was determined in advance that 17 countries would compete in the first semi-final and 18 countries in the second semi-final. In addition, it was also determined in which semifinals the Big Five (Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the host, the Netherlands, will be entitled to vote. In the run-up to the draw, the insignia was handed over between the mayor of Tel-Aviv , Ron Huldai , and the mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb . The program was broadcast live on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest.

The distribution of the pots was made up as follows:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Albania  Croatia  North Macedonia  Austria  Serbia  Slovenia  Switzerland	Australia  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden	Armenia  Azerbaijan  Georgia  Moldova  Russia  Ukraine  Belarus	Bulgaria  Greece  Malta  Portugal  Romania  San Marino  Cyprus	Belgium  Ireland  Israel  Latvia  Lithuania  Poland  Czech Republic

First semi-final

The first semi-final should take place on May 12, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). Ten countries would have qualified for the final.

 Germany , Italy and the Netherlands as well as the 17 participating countries would have been entitled to vote in this semi-final.   

The order corresponds to the starting order of the songs on the live stream Eurovision Song Celebration 2020 - Part 1 , which was shown on May 12, 2020 on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)
01	Sweden	The mamas	Move M / T: Herman Gardarfve, Melanie Wehbe, Patrik Jean	English	Move
02	Belarus	VAL	Da widna Да відна M: Vladislav Pashkevich , Valery Grybusava ; T: Nikita Naydenov	Belarusian	Until dawn
03	Australia	Montaigne	Don't Break Me M / T: Montaigne , Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci	English	Don't break me
04th	North Macedonia	Vasil Васил	YOU M: Nevena Neskoska; T: Nevena Neskoska, Kalina Neskoska, Alice Schroeder	English	You
05	Slovenia	Ana Soklič	Voda M: Ana Soklič , Bojan Simončič, Žiga Pirnat; T: Ana Soklič	Slovenian	water
06th	Lithuania	The Roop	On Fire M: Vaidotas Valiukevičius , Robertas Baranauskas , Mantas Banišauskas ; T: Vaidotas Valiukevičius	English	Burning
07th	Ireland	Lesley Roy	Story of My Life M: Lesley Roy , Robert Marvin, Catt Gravitt, Tom Shapiro; T: Lesley Roy , Catt Gravitt, Tom Shapiro	English	story of my life
08th	Russia	Little Big	Uno M / T: Little Big	English, Spanish	one
09	Belgium	Hooverphonic	Release Me M: Alex Callier , Luca Chiaravalli; T: Alex Callier	English	let me go
10	Malta	Destiny	All of My Love M: Bernarda Brunovic, Borislaw Milanow , Sebastian Arman , Dag Lundberg, Joacim Persson, Cesar Sampson ; T: Bernarda Brunovic, Borislaw Milanow , Sebastian Arman , Dag Lundberg, Joacim Persson	English	All my love
11	Croatia	Damir Kedžo	Divlji vjetre M / T: Ante Pecotić	Croatian	Wild wind
12	Azerbaijan	Efendi Əfəndiyeva	Cleopatra M / T: Luuk van Beers, Alan Roy Scott, Sarah Lake	English with mantra in Japanese	-
13	Cyprus	Sandro Σάντρο	Running M: Alfie Arcuri, Sebastian Rickards, Octavian Rasinariu, Sandro , Teo DK ; T: Alfie Arcuri, Sebastian Rickards, Octavian Rasinariu, Sandro	English	run
14th	Norway	Ulrikke	Attention M / T: Christian Ingebrigtsen , Kjetil Mørland , Ulrikke Brandstorp	English	attention
15th	Israel	Eden Alene עדן אלנה	Feker Libi M / T: Doron Medalie , Idan Raichel	English, Hebrew , Amharic , Arabic , Constructed Language	Loved
16	Romania	Roxen	Alcohol You M: Ionuț Armaş, Viky Red; T: Ionuț Armaș, Breyan Isaac	English	I'll call you
17th	Ukraine	Go_A	Solowej Соловей M: Taras Shevchenko , Kateryna Pavlenko ; T: Kateryna Pavlenko	Ukrainian	nightingale

Second semi-final

The second semi-final should have taken place on May 14, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). Ten countries qualify for the final.

 France , Spain and the United Kingdom as well as the 18 participating countries would have been eligible to vote in this semi-final.   

The order corresponds to the starting order of the songs on the live stream Eurovision Song Celebration 2020 - Part 2 , which was shown on May 14, 2020 on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)
01	Greece	Stefania Στεφανία	SUPERG! RL M: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Arcade; T: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Arcade, Sharon Vaughn	English	-
02	Estonia	Uku Suviste	What Love Is M: Uku Suviste ; T: Sharon Vaughn	English	What love is
03	Austria	Vincent Bueno	Alive M: Vincent Bueno , David "Davey" Yang, Felix van Göns, Artur Aigner; T: Vincent Bueno	English	Lively
04th	Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	Prison M: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Phillip Kirkorow ; T: Sharon Vaughn	English	jail
05	San Marino	Senhit	Freaky! M / T: Gianluigi Fazio, Henrik Steen Hansen, Nanna Bottos	English	Freaky!
06th	Czech Republic	Benny Cristo	Kemama M: Osama Hussain, Rudy Ray, Filip Zangi; T: Ben Cristovao , Charles Sarpong	English
07th	Serbia	Hurricane	Hasta la vista M: Nemanja Antonić; T: Kosana Stojić, Sanja Vučić	Serbian , Spanish , English	See you later
08th	Poland	Alicja	Empires M: Frazer Mac, Patryk Kumor, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Laurell Barker, Reece Pullinger, Maria Broberg, T: Patryk Kumor, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Laurell Barker, Frazer Mac	English	Empires
09	Iceland	Daði and Gagnamagnið	Think About Things M / T: Daði Freyr	English	Think about things
10	Switzerland	Gjon's Tears	Répondez-moi M / T: Gjon Muharremaj , Xavier Michel, Alizé Oswald, Jeroen Swinnen	French	Answer me
11	Denmark	Ben & Tan	YES M / T: Emil Adler Lei, Jimmy Jansson, Linnea Deb	English	Yes
12	Albania	Arilena Macaw	Fall from the Sky M: Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkovski; T: Michael Blue, Robert Stevenson, Sam Schummer	English	Falling from the sky
13	Finland	Aksel	Looking Back M / T: Joonas Angeria, Whitney Phillips, Connor McDonough, Riley McDonough, Toby McDonough	English	Look back
14th	Armenia	Athena Manoukian Աթենա Մանուկեան	Chains on You M: Athena Manoukian , DJ Paco; T: Athena Manoukian	English	Chains on you
15th	Portugal	Elisa	Medo de Sentir M / T: Marta Carvalho	Portuguese	Afraid to feel
16	Georgia	Tornike Kipiani თორნიკე ყიფიანი	Take Me As I Am M / T: Tornike Kipiani	English with lines in German , French , Italian and Spanish	take me as I am
17th	Bulgaria	Victoria Виктория	Tears Getting Sober M: Victoria Georgiewa , Borislaw Milanow , Lukas Oscar Janisch, Cornelia Wiebols; T: Victoria Georgiewa , Borislaw Milanow , Lukas Oscar Janisch	English	Tears become sober
18th	Latvia	Samanta Tina	Still Breathing M: Samanta Tīna ; T: Aminata Savadogo	English	Still breathing

final

The final should have taken place on May 16, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. ( CEST ). The countries of the Big Five (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) and the Netherlands would have qualified directly for the final. In addition, ten countries each would have come from the two semi-finals, so that 26 countries would have competed in the final, with the Netherlands as host having starting number 23. All participating countries would have been entitled to vote.

The order of the songs corresponds to the order in which the songs were played in the two parts of the Eurovision Song Celebration 2020 live stream. The live streams were shown on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest at the time of the two planned semi-finals.

Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)
Eurovision Song Celebration - Part 1 (May 12, 2020)
18th	Italy	Diodato	Fai rumore M: Antonio Diodato , Edwyn Roberts; T: Antonio Diodato	Italian	You are loud
19th	Germany	Ben Dolic	Violent Thing M: Borislaw Milanow , Peter St. James, Dag Lundberg, Jimmy Thorén, Connor Martin; T: Borislaw Milanow , Peter St. James, Dag Lundberg	English	Brutal thing
20th	Netherlands ("hosts")	Jeangu Macrooy	Grow M: Jeangu Macrooy , Perquisite; T: Jeangu Macrooy	English	To grow
Eurovision Song Celebration - Part 2 (May 14, 2020)
19th	France	Tom Leeb	Mon Alliée (The Best in Me) M: Peter Boström, Thomas G: son , John Lundvik ; T: Peter Boström, Thomas G: son , John Lundvik , Tom Leeb , Amir Haddad , Lea Ivanne	French , English	The best in me
20th	United Kingdom	James Newman	My Last Breath M / T: James Newman , Adam Argyle, Ed Drewett , Iain James	English	My last breath
21st	Spain	Blow Cantó	Universo M: Blas Cantó , Dan Hammond, Ash Hicklin , Mikolaj Trybulec, Dangelo Ortega; T: Blas Cantó , Dan Hammond	Spanish	universe

Cancel

Cancellation and thus no return to the ESC

country	Reason and remark	last participation
Andorra	Although RTVA's station director , Xavier Mujal, confirmed on March 18, 2019 that the station would be willing to cooperate with the Catalan broadcaster TV3 in order to make Andorra's return possible in the future, the station concluded in an interview with Eurovision Spain a return to this competition.	2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina	On July 9, 2019, the national broadcaster BHRT announced that it would not participate in 2020 due to the sanctions imposed by the EBU.	2016
Luxembourg	OGAE Luxembourg campaigned for Luxembourg to return to the Eurovision Song Contest with a petition . Among the supporters of the petition is the winner of the ESC 1973 , Anne-Marie David . RTL has not participated since 1994. Reasons for this are the high costs and the low chances of victory mentioned by the broadcaster. On July 23, 2019, RTL canceled and Luxembourg will not return in 2020.	1993
Morocco	Morocco is not on the list of participants and will therefore not return in 2020 either.	1980
Monaco	When asked by ESC-Kompakt , Xavier Darcy , who participated in the German preliminary round in 2018 , said that he was still interested in participating in the ESC and that he was in talks with TMC . However, on August 6, 2019, TMC canceled and thus Monaco will not return in 2020.	2006
Montenegro	Despite a preliminary confirmation of their participation, RTCG withdrew from the competition on November 8, 2019. According to the EBU, the station had not been able to meet the required conditions by the official registration deadline on October 10, 2019. The general director of RTCG denied this decision, but the country was not on the official list of participants. This means that Montenegro is withdrawing from the competition for the first time since 2011 .	2019
Slovakia	On June 5, 2019, RTVS confirmed that Slovakia will not participate in 2020. The reason given is a lack of interest from the Slovak television audience.	2012
Turkey	Turkish TV broadcaster TRT expressed interest in returning to the competition after confirming their participation in the 2019 Eurovision Asia Song Contest. However, on September 22, 2019, TRT confirmed that Turkey will not return in 2020.	2012
Hungary	Lőrinc Bubnó, the former head of the Hungarian delegation, explained that MTVA was planning to move the Hungarian preliminary round A Dal to a larger studio in order to give the participants more space for their performance. On October 18, 2019, MTVA published the rules for A Dal 2020, but it was not mentioned that the program was used as a preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest. In addition, the rules of A Dal 2020 were not compatible with those for the Eurovision Song Contest. On October 25, 2019, MTVA confirmed that A Dal will no longer be used as a preliminary Eurovision decision, but that the producers of the show want to concentrate on the local Hungarian music scene. After all, the country was not on the list of participants, which means that Hungary will not take part for the first time in 10 years. It was not until the end of November 2019 that articles appeared that said that MTVA now perceives the Song Contest as being too homosexual and that this would no longer be reasonable for the Hungarian people. MTVA, however, denied these rumors, saying that such statements were incompatible with Hungarian law and human dignity.	2019

Cancellation and thus no debut at the ESC

country	Reason and remark
Kazakhstan	The chairman of the broadcaster Khabar was confident that he would become a full member of the EBU in 2020, so that participation would be possible. However, a spokesman for the EBU confirmed that there are currently no plans to invite Kazakhstan to the 2020 competition. This means that Kazakhstan will not make its debut at the Song Contest in 2020 either.
Kosovo	The station chief of RTK , Mentor Shala, aimed at full membership of Kosovo in the EBU, to which there was to have talks with the EBU. In December 2018, the vote on the admission of Kosovo as a full member of the EBU was postponed to June 2019. On June 28, 2019, the EBU announced that the rules for admitting a full member to the EBU will not change. Only 400 members agreed to a change, 673 were against and 133 were abstinent. Since Kosovo is still not a member of the International Telecommunications Union , they are denied membership of the EBU. Under these circumstances, Kosovo will not be able to debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020.
Liechtenstein	On August 7, 2019, 1 FL TV confirmed that Liechtenstein will not debut in 2020 either.

Eurovision preview parties

AFAS Live , venue of the Eurovision In Concert

Every year before the actual ESC there are still a few promotional events where the participants present themselves to the press and fans abroad. The preview parties are used for this purpose , but they are not compulsory events for the participants in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Four promotional events were planned for 2020, two of which have already been canceled. The Lithuanian band The Roop canceled their participation in the events in Amsterdam and London on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

London Eurovision Party 2020

The 13th edition of the London Eurovision Party was supposed to take place on March 29, 2020 in the Café de Paris in London . However, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, this will not take place. The event should be hosted by presenter Paddy O'Connell and singer SuRie . SuRie represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 . The singer Sieneke , who represented the Netherlands at the ESC 2010, and Michael Rice , who represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 , were expected as special guests . Beside her, SuRie should also have a guest appearance. The Norwegian band KEiiNO , who represented Norway in 2019, should also perform at the event. The following twelve countries had already confirmed their participation (as of March 14, 2020):

•  Albania
•  Australia
•  Bulgaria
•  Germany
•  France
•  Iceland
•  Latvia
•  North Macedonia
•  Norway
•  Austria
•  Spain
•  United Kingdom

Eurovision In Concert 2020

In 2020, despite the fact that the competition is already taking place in the Netherlands, the twelfth edition of the Eurovision In Concert should actually take place there. However, this was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It should take place on April 4, 2020 in AFAS Live , a concert hall in Amsterdam. The event should be moderated by the Dutch ESC commentator Cornald Maas and the singer Edsilia Rombley . Both acted as moderators in 2015 and 2018 . It should be the first time that a preview event is held in the host country.

In addition to the performers in 2020, former Eurovision participants should also perform. This is how the British winners of the 1976 Brotherhood of Man would appear. Three former Dutch Song Contest representatives have also been announced so far: Maggie MacNeal ( 1974 & 1980 ), Marga Bult ( 1987 ) and Linda Wagenmakers ( 2000 ).

At the moment (as of March 14, 2020) eleven countries had confirmed their participation:

•  Albania
•  Australia
•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Germany
•  France
•  Netherlands
•  Norway
•  Austria
•  Spain
•  United Kingdom

Israel Calling 2020

The fourth edition of Israel Calling was originally scheduled to take place in early April 2020. It would have been the first time since 2018 that the event would have taken place. Finally, Israel Calling did not take place in 2019 because Israel was already the host country of the contest. On March 13, 2020, the organizers canceled the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event should take place again from 2021.

Eurovision Spain Pre-Party 2020

The fourth Eurovision Spain Pre-Party was supposed to take place on April 10 and 11, 2020 at Sala La Riviera in Madrid , but was postponed until further notice on March 13, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is organized every year by the fansite eurovision-spain.com .

On April 10, 2020, only guests should appear at the event. Among them were Melani Garcia, who represented Spain at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 , Poli Genova , who represented Bulgaria at the Song Contest 2011 and 2016 , Krista Siegfrids , who represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 and Zlata Ognevich , who represented Ukraine at the 2013 Song Contest represented.

On April 11, 2020, however, the performers of the Song Contest 2020 should perform. By the time the party was canceled, the following five countries had confirmed their participation (as of February 22, 2020):

•  Albania
•  Bulgaria
•  Latvia
•  Austria
•  Spain

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic , the first doubts arose in early March 2020 as to whether the Eurovision Song Contest could still take place. On March 6th the Dutch broadcaster NPO published the following statement: Eurovision organizers would follow the advice of health authorities in deciding what form the event, due to be held May 12-16, would take. (German: The organizers will follow the instructions of the health authorities when deciding in which form the event, which will take place from May 12th to 16th. ) On the same day, the Danish broadcaster DR announced that the broadcast Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will take place on March 7th with no spectators after the Danish government advised organizers not to host events with more than 1000 people. Originally 10,000 spectators would have been present at the event. At the delegation meeting in Rotterdam for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on March 9, the delegations from Sweden, Finland, Israel, Switzerland, Italy and Greece stayed away due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even Jon Ola Sand was not present at the meeting, as members of the EBU to March 13 were not allowed to travel, after an employee had been tested positive for the virus. On March 10, Israeli singer Eden Alene announced that she would not be traveling to the Netherlands to film her video postcard due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NPO then announced that they would find another solution to rotate the postcard. On March 12th, the Lithuanian band The Roop announced that they would follow the instructions of the Lithuanian government and thus not leave the country for the time being. The band canceled their performances in Amsterdam and London and confirmed that they would not film their video postcard in the Netherlands either.

On March 18, the ESC 2020 was canceled as a result of the coronavirus. It was the first time in its 65-year history that the Song Contest was canceled. The EBU announced that it would publish more information in the next few weeks.

On March 20, the EBU announced that the ESC's reference group had decided, according to the applicable rules, that the songs that were originally selected for the ESC 2020 should not be taken again for 2021. It will be left to the broadcasters of the participating countries whether or how another artist will be selected for the ESC 2021. On April 1, the EBU announced that there would be a replacement show under the name Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light , in which the contributions from 2020 would be honored.

Alternative program

→ Main article : Eurovision Song Contest 2020 / Alternative program

The omission of the three live broadcasts resulted in program gaps on many television stations. Therefore, some broadcasters decided to broadcast their own programs and votes instead of the semi-finals. For the final planned for May 16, the program Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light served as a replacement throughout Europe .

Others

• The composer Borislaw Milanow and the composer Sharon Vaughn would have participated in three competition titles this year and thus in more entries than any of the other composers. In addition to the German contribution Violent Thing , Milanow also wrote the Bulgarian contribution Tears Getting Sober and the Maltese contribution All Of My Love . Vaughn wrote the Estonian article What Love Is , was involved in the Greek article SUPERG! RL as a copywriter and was involved in the composition of the Moldovan article Prison . All of her three contributions would have occurred in the first half of the second semifinals.
• Kjetil Mørland , Aminata Savadogo , Amir Haddad and Cesár Sampson would have returned to the competition as composers and lyricists respectively. Mørland represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 , Aminata represented Latvia in the same year. Both would have returned to the competition as composers or lyricists for their country in 2020. Amir Haddad represented France in 2016 and would also have returned as a composer for his country. Cesár Sampson, on the other hand, represented Austria in 2018 , but would have returned as a composer for the Maltese contribution.

Web links

Commons : Eurovision Song Contest 2020  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Eurovision Song Contest (English)
• ARD website for the Eurovision Song Contest

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