La selezione dei partecipanti all’Eurovision Song Contest spetta alle emittenti televisive competenti dei singoli stati. A loro spetta la scelta del metodo di selezione: una selezione interna (quindi cantante e/o brano vengono scelti dall’emittente stessa), come accade solitamente per San Marino o Australia, oppure può organizzare un festival musicale (il pubblico sceglie un vincitore che viene invitato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest), come accade in Norvegia (Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), Svezia (Melodifestivalen), Italia (Festival di Sanremo), Grecia (Ellinikós Telikós) e molti altri. Il vincitore dell’eventuale festival però non è obbligato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest né tanto meno è obbligato ad esibirsi con la canzone vincitrice, ad esempio Iva Zanicchi ha vinto il Festival di Sanremo nel 1969, in coppia con Bobby Solo, con la canzone “Zingara”, ma all’Eurovision Song Contest si presentò da sola con il brano “Due grosse lacrime bianche”. Con il tempo buona parte delle emittenti sta abbandonando la selezione interna in favore del festival musicale.

I partecipanti non devono obbligatoriamente avere vincoli di nazionalità (ad esempio nel 1988 la Svizzera vinse con la cantante canadese Céline Dion) e le canzoni non hanno restrizioni riguardanti la lingua (anche se nelle prime edizioni vigeva un obbligo di cantare in una delle lingue ufficiali del proprio paese).

L’Eurovision Song Contest 2020 avrebbe dovuto essere la 65ª edizione dell’annuale concorso canoro; la manifestazione si sarebbe svolta presso l’Ahoy Rotterdam di Rotterdam, nei Paesi Bassi, in seguito alla vittoria di Duncan Laurence nell’edizione precedente, il 12, 14 e 16 maggio 2020.

Il 18 marzo 2020, l’EBU-UER ha annunciato la cancellazione dell’evento a causa della pandemia di COVID-19 che ha coinvolto diverse regioni del mondo tra cui, più duramente, la Cina e l’Europa. La manifestazione verrà riorganizzata nel 2021 e discussioni sono in corso con NPO, NOS, AVROTROS e città di Rotterdam sulla riorganizzazione nella stessa città o meno. 

Il 13 novembre 2019 era stata ufficializzata la lista definitiva degli Stati partecipanti a questa edizione, che ne prevedeva 41, come nell’edizione precedente.

Eurovision Song Contest 2019 ← Eurovision Song Contest 2020 → Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Contest

Semi-finale 2. La Seconda Semi-finale si sarebbe dovuta svolgere il 14 Maggio 2020 dalle 21:00 (CEST); vi avrebbero gareggiato 18 Paesi e avrebbero votato anche Francia, Spagna e Regno Unito.

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•  Austria all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations53First participation1957 (Bob Martin)Victories2014 (Conchita Wurst)1966 (Udo Jürgens)HostsVienna 2015Vienna 1967BroadcastersORF

Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Alive”, performed by Vincent Bueno. Vincent Bueno was internally selected by the Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation – ÖRF) to represent Austria in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: 

2.Before Eurovision: 

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): 

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

2.1.2.Final (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Austria (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Austria (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Austria (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Austria (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Austria (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Austria (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Vincent Bueno
Background information
Birth name / Also known as	Vincent Mendoza Bueno / Suitcase
Born	December 10, 1985 (age 34)
Genres	Contemporary R&B, pop, dance
Origin	Vienna, Austria
Occupation(s) / Instruments	Singer, composer / singing, piano, drums, bass guitar, guitar
Years active	2008-present
Labels	Star Records
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country	Austria
Artist(s)	Vincent Bueno
Language	English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 PÆNDA – “Limits” • 2020 Vincent Bueno – “Alive” • 2021►

Vincent Bueno (December 10, 1985), is an Austrian-Filipino singer who is based in Austria and the Philippines.

On January 12, 2008, he became the winner of the ORF programme, Musical! Die Show (Musical! The Show), an Austrian television musical contest.

He also served as a support act for Filipino singer Sarah Geronimo’s concert in Vienna. On January 18, 2008, Bueno told the Philippine media of his plans to debut in the Philippines. He then made his first performance in Philippine Television on ASAP XV on August 29, 2010. He also signed a contract under Star Records, an ABS-CBN Entertainment Group Company, to pursue his music career in the Philippines.

He will represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands with the song, “Alive”.

Career:

Early Education: Bueno started dancing at the age of 4. He later graduated in music and performing arts at the ViennaConservatory of Music. Bueno is also a composer of R&B music, having taken special courses in acting, dancing, and singing. At age 11, he managed to play 4 musical instruments—piano, guitar, drums, and bass guitar. His father was a former vocalist and a 1970 local band lead guitarist.

Musical! Die Show: Vincent defeated Eva Klikovics and Gudrun Ihninger of 10 contestants / finalists and earned the top prize of 50,000 EUR (3 million PHP) plus the “chance of a lifetime”. He first performed “Grease Lightning” (from musical Grease), and then “The Music of the Night” (from The Phantom of the Opera). Vincent got 67% of televotes (landslide victory) from televiewers in Austria and nearby countries. Second-placer Austrian Eva Klikovics received 37% of televotes, and Gudrun Ihninger was eliminated earlier and salvaged third place. The television show is a reality-based talent contest that considers contestants’ theatrical and dancing skills or abilities, which in turn are judged by televiewers’ vote by phone or SMS.

The contest Musical! Die Show began an elimination round on November 23, 2007 with 10 contestants from the 400 beginners who auditioned. Austria and other European televiewers rated / televoted the finalists. “Hair” was Vincent’s first number, and he performed the memorable songs “I Wanna Be Like You” from Jungle Book, “Superstar” from Jesus Christ Superstar, “Why God Why?” from Miss Saigon, “Singin’ in the Rain”, and the German “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” from Mary Poppins. Musical! Die Show, a project of Austrian broadcasting TV ORF, is not an ordinary singing competition like Starmania or American Idol. Completely different, it involves theatre arts and musical and acting abilities. Specifically, unlike Western and Asian talent show contests, Musical! Die Show is comparatively more difficult and challenging due to its theatre leanings. Aspirants act and sing à la Broadway, and instead of merely singing pop tunes, they choose Broadway musical theater repertoire.

Reactions: Miss Saigon veterans (from the original cast of the West End production of Miss Saigon in 1989) Isay Alvarez and Robert Seña called Vincent Bueno, a phenomenon: “He’s very good. Ibang klase siya. Pinanood ko siya nang todo. Impressed kami pareho ni Robert sa kanya. (He’s a class of his own. I watched him closely. Robert and I are impressed with him). Vincent is a phenomenon. Marami siyang patataubin na singer lalo na sa Broadway musical singing. Kasi, bagay na bagay ang kanyang boses sa gano’ng genre. (He can upstage many local singers, especially in Broadway musical singing, because his voice fits the genre).”

Foray to the Philippines: His first performance on Philippine television’s ASAP XV was on August 29, 2010, where he was first introduced as the “Pinoy Champ Austrian Singer”. He was on ASAP for some weeks. He also signed a contract under Star Records. However, he returned to Austria on September 14, 2010 to accomplish his pending tasks there. He then went back to the Philippines by early January 2011 to continue his music career.

On October 28, 2011, Vincent held his first ever mini-concert at Teatrino in Greenhills, San Juan, entitled “Got Fridays with Vincent Bueno”.

Eurovision Song Contest: On December 12 2019, ORF internally selected Vincent to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His song “Alive” will be revealed at a later date.

Image and Artistry: Vincent’s vocal range can be classified as tenor. His voice can be described as smooth, mellow, and sometimes mildly abrasive (see vocal belting). He often sings with a vibrato in his voice, and also incorporates beatboxing into many of his songs.

Though Vincent has one studio album and a single in German, he has also released some unofficial music videos and audios on his official YouTube and Facebook accounts.

Personal life: Both his parents are of Ilocano origin. Along with his native German language, Vincent can speak English and conversational Tagalog.

Discography:

Studio albums:

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		AUT
Step by Step	Released: 4 March 2009Format: Digital download Label: HitSquad Records	55
Wieder Leben	Released: 2016Format: Digital download Label: Bueno Music	—
Invincible	Released: 2018Format: Digital download Label: Bueno Music	—
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays:

TITLE	DETAILS
THE AUSTRIAN IDOL – VINCENT BUENO	Released: 2011 Format: Digital download Label: ABS-CBN Film Production

Singles:

TITLE	YEAR	ALBUM
“SEX APPEAL”	2008	Step by Step
“PARTY HARD”	2011	The Austrian Idol – Vincent Bueno
“BIDA BEST SA TAG-ARAW” (WITH ANGELINE QUINTO)	2016	Non-alnum singles
“ALL WE NEED IS THAT LOVE”
“SIE IST SO”	2017
“RAINBOW AFTER THE STORM”	2018
“GET OUT MY LANE”	2019
“ALIVE”	2020

3.3.Song: 

“Alive”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country	Austria
Artist(s)	Vincent Bueno
Language	English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Limits” – PÆNDA • 2020 “Alive” – Vincent Bueno • 2021►

“Alive” is a song performed by Austrian-Filipino singer Vincent Bueno. It was chosen to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 12 December 2019.

Background: After being selected to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, Bueno said, “Wow, even thinking about the fact that I am going to participate in the song contest gives me goosebumps. The Eurovision Song Contest is like the Eurocup for musicians and singers. The huge stage, all those artists doing their absolute best, all the songwriters and producers of Europe gathering in one place to celebrate their work while at the same time stepping into the ring – it is breathtaking and formidable. Let’s go Austria!”.

Eurovision Song Contest:  The song will represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, after Vincent Bueno was internally by the Austrian broadcaster ÖRF on 12 December 2019. The song will perform in one of the two semi-finals. The draw to determine the participating countries’ semi-finals will take place on 28 January 2020, in Rotterdam.

•  Repubblica Ceca all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations
9
First participation
2007 (Kabát)
Victories
None
Hosts
Never hosted
Broadcasters
ČT

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Repubblica Ceca
National selection
Selection process	Eurovision Song CZ 2020
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: Final: 26.01.2020
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue	ČT – Forum Karlín, Prague
Participants
Number of entries	8
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Repubblica Ceca in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Lake Malawi – “Friend of a Friend” • 2020 Benny Cristo – “Kemama” • 2021►

Czech Republic participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Czech national broadcaster, Česká televize (Czech Television – ČT) organised the national final Eurovision Song CZ 2020 in order to select the Czech entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: Prior to the 2020 Contest, Czech Republic had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eight times since its first entry in 2007. The nation competed in the contest on three consecutive occasions between 2007 and 2009 without qualifying to the final: in 2007Kabát performing “Malá dáma” placed 28th (last) in the semi-final achieving only one point, in 2008Tereza Kerndlová performing “Have Some Fun” placed 18th (second to last) in her semi-final scoring nine points, in 2009Gipsy.cz performing the song “Aven Romale” placed 18th (last) in their semi-final failing to score any points. The Czech broadcaster withdrew from the contest between 2010 and 2014 citing reasons such as low viewing figures and poor results for their absence. In 2015, Czech Republic returned to the contest and once again failed to qualify to the final with the song “Hope Never Dies” performed by Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta, placing 13th in their semi-final with 33 points. In 2016, Czech Republic was represented by Gabriela Gunčíková and the song “I Stand”. The country qualified for the final and placed 25th out of 26 entries. This marked the first qualification to the final for the Czech Republic since they debuted in the contest in 2007. In 2018, Czech Republic was represented by Mikolas Josef with the song “Lie to Me”. The song finished in sixth place with 281 points, achieving their highest finish in the contest and their first appearance in the top ten. In 2019, Czech Republic was represented by Lake Malawi with the song “Friend of a friend”. The song placed on eleventh place with 157 points, achieving their second best result in the contest.

2.Before Eurovision: Eurovision Song CZ is the national selection process organised by Česká televize to select Czech Republic’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The winner will be revealed on 26th January 2020.

Jury:  Jan Bors, Jan Potměšil, Kryštof Šámal, Marvin Dietmann a Cyril Hirsch

Format: The winner will be determined, from among seven competing entries, by the combination of votes from a public vote and a ten-member international jury panel. For the public vote, users were able to vote for the winner from 13 January 2020 to 26 January 2020 via the official Eurovision Song Contest app. Both international and Czech users will be able to vote. International votes have the same weight like international juror. The international jury panel consisted of ten former Eurovision entrants:

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2.1.Competing entries: Česká televize received 152 songs submissions for the Eurovision Song Contest, of which 72 were by Czech musicians. The seven selected finalists will be announced on 6 January 2020 on press conference and the entries will be presented to the public on 13th January 2020. At this date also starts voting.

ARTIST	SONG (ENGLISH TRANSLATION)	SONGWRITER(S)	JURY		TELEVOTE	TOTAL	PLACE
			TOTAL	POINTS
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA	TBA

2.1.1.Final  – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Repubblica Ceca (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Repubblica Ceca (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Repubblica Ceca (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Repubblica Ceca (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Repubblica Ceca (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Repubblica Ceca (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Benny Cristo
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Lake Malawi – “Friend of a Friend” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Friend of a Friend” – Lake Malawi • 2020 – “” • 2021►

•  Estonia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations26First participation1994 (Silvi Vrait)Victories2001 (Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL)HostsTallinn 2002BroadcastersERR

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Estonia
National selection
Selection process	Eesti Laul 2020
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: 13.02.2020, 15.02.2020 Final: 29.02.2020
Host
Presenter(s)	Karl-Erik Taukar & Tõnis Niinemets
Host broadcaster – Venue	ERR – Semi-finals: Tartu Ülikooli spordihoones (University of Tartu Sports Hall), Tartu, Final: Saku Suurhall, Tallinn
Participants
Number of entries	24 (178)
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Victor Crone – “Storm” • 2020 Uku Suviste – “What Love Is” • 2021►

Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Estonian national broadcaster, Eesti Rahvusringhääling (Estonian Public Broadcasting – ERR) organised the national final Eesti Laul 2020 in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: Prior to the 2020 Contest, Estonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-five times since its first entry in 1994, winning the contest on one occasion in 2001 with the song “Everybody” performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Estonia has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final on five occasions. In 2019, “Storm” performed by Victor Crone allowed Estonia to qualify to the Grand Final once again, in which the song placed twentieth.

The Estonian national broadcaster, Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), broadcasts the event within Estonia and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. ERR confirmed Estonia’s participation at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest on 6 August 2019. Since their debut, the Estonian broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select Estonia’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eesti Laul competition has been organised since 2009 in order to select Estonia’s entry. Before that, the Eurolaul format had been used.

2.Before Eurovision: 

Eesti Laul 2020: Eesti Laul 2020 will be the twelfth edition of the Estonian national selection Eesti Laul, which will select Estonia’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The competition will consist of 24 entries competing in two semi-finals on 13 February and 15 February 2020, leading to a twelve-song final on 29 February 2020.

Format: The format of the competition includes two semi-finals on 13 February and 15 February 2020 and a final on 29 February 2020. Twelve songs will compete in each semi-final and the top six from each semi-final will qualify, completing the twelve-song lineup in the final. The results of the semi-finals will be determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a professional jury and public televoting for the first five entries, then the final spot was decided in a second round of voting, televote only. The winning song in the final will be selected over two rounds of voting: the first round results will select the top three songs via the 50/50 combination of jury and public voting and the second round will decide the winner from those three songs, televote only.

2.1.Competing entries: On 1 September 2019, ERR opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 6 November 2019 through an online upload platform. Foreign songwriters were also eligible to submit songs. A fee was imposed on songs being submitted to the contest, with 25 Euros for Estonian language songs and 50 Euros for songs in other languages. From all 178 songs submitted to ERR, a jury panel selected the 24 songs for the competition, with the selected entries being announced on 13 and 14 November 2019. The selection jury consisted of Andres Puusepp, Anu Varusk, Birgit Sarrap, Daniel Levi, Eda-Ines Etti, Hendrik Sal-Saller, Jüri Makarov, Kaupo Karelson, Lauri Hermann, Madis Aesma, Maiken, Owe Petersell, Sten Teppan and Vaido Pannel.

ARTIST	SONG	COMPOSER(S)
Anett x Fredi	“Write About Me”	Frederik Küüts, Anett Kulbin
Egert Milder	“Georgia (On My Mind)”	Kaspar Kalluste, Matteo Capreoli, Egert Milder
German & Violina	“Heart Winder”	Timo Vendt, Ebbe Ravn, Carine-Jessica Kostla, Liis-Marii Vendt
INGA (Inga Tislar)	“Right Time”	Peter Põder, Allan Kasuk, Raul Krebs, Inga Tislar
INGER (Inger Fridolin)	“Only Dream”	Inger Fridolin, Karl-Ander Reismann
Jaagup Tuisk	“Beautiful Lie”	Jaagup Tuisk
Janet	“Hingelind”	Marek Rosenberg, Lauri Lembinen, Kadri Lepik, Janet Vavilov
Jennifer Cohen (Jennifer Marisse Cohen)	“Ping Pong”	Jennifer Cohen, Luisa Lõhmus
Kruuv (Allan Kasuk, Heiki Luts, Silver Solnask, Valmar Kasuk, Villem Rootalu, Lehar Lepler, Liisa Tali)	“Leelo”	Allan Kasuk
Laura (Laura Põldvere, Laura Remmel)	“Break Me”	Janne Hyöty, Jessica Hyöty, Laura Põldvere
Little Mess	“Without a Reason”	Ebbe Ravn, Timo Vendt, Mihkel Mattisen, Tanja Mihhailova-Saar
Mariliis Jõgeva	“Unistustes” (In dreams)	Mariliis Jõgeva, Oliver Mazurtšak
Merilin Mälk	“Miljon sammu”	Jonas Olsson, Teemu Jokinen, Jana Hallas, Merilin Mälk
Rasmus Rändvee (Rasmus Simon Rändvee)	“Young”	Karl-Ander Reismann, Rasmus Rändvee
Renate (Renate Saluste)	“Videomäng” (Video game)	Renate Saluste
Revals (Rait Sohkin, Jaanus Saago, Elis Loik, Rauno Laikjõe, Danel Pandre, Jevgeni Babkin, Liis-Marii Vendt, Jaanus Salm)	“Kirjutan romaani”	Jaanus Saago
SHIRA	“Out in Space”	SHIRA, Karl-Ander Reismann
STEFAN (Stefan Airapetjan)	“By My Side”	Karl-Ander Reismann, Stefan Airapetjan
Synne Valtri feat. Väliharf (Sünne Valtri feat. Väliharf)	“Majakad”	Synne Valtri, Jaanus Viskar, Toomas Laur, Gert Gregor Källo, Aapo Ilves
Traffic (Silver Laas, Raul-Stig Rästa, Tõnis Kivisild, Robert Vaigla and Ivo Priilinn)	“Üks kord veel” (One more time)	Victor Crone, Fred Krieger [et], Vallo Kikas, Stig Rästa
Uku Suviste	“What Love Is”	Uku Suviste, Sharon Vaughn
Uudo Sepp	“I’m Sorry. I Messed Up”	Andrei Zevakin
Viinerid	“Kapa Kohi-LA”	Peter Põder, Hardo Hansar, Martti Kask
Ziggy Wild (Laura Prits,Ken Einberg, Tarvi Aldur, Henri-Hannes Sell, Sugamamas: Birgit Pärn ja Greta Liht)	“Lean on Me”	Laura Prits, Valdur Viiklepp, Sander Nõmmistu, Henri-Hannes Sell

Shows:

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Semi-final 1

SEMI-FINAL 1 – 13 FEBRUARY 2020
DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	ROUND ONE						ROUND TWO
			JURY		TELEVOTE		TOTAL	PLACE	VOTES	PLACE
	Anett x Fredi	“Write About Me”
	Egert Milder	“Georgia (On My Mind)”
	INGA	“Right Time”
	Jennifer Cohen	“Ping Pong”
	Kruuv	“Leelo”
	Laura	“Break Me”
	Little Mess	“Without a Reason”
	Rasmus Rändvee	“Young”
	Renate	“Videomäng”
	Revals	“Kirjutan romaani”
	Stefan	“By My Side”
	Synne Valtri feat. Väliharf	“Majakad”

Semi-final 2

SEMI-FINAL 2 – 15 FEBRUARY 2020
DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	ROUND ONE						ROUND TWO
			JURY		TELEVOTE		TOTAL	PLACE	VOTES	PLACE
	German & Violina	“Heart Winder”
	Inger	“Only Dream”
	Jaagup Tuisk	“Beautiful Lie”
	Janet	“Hingelind”
	Mariliis Jõgeva	“Unistustes”
	Merilin Mälk	“Miljon sammu”
	SHIRA	“Out in Space”
	Traffic	“Üks kord veel”
	Uku Suviste	“What Love Is”
	Uudo Sepp	“I’m Sorry. I Messed Up”
	Viinerid	“Kapa Kohi-LA”
	Ziggy Wild	“Lean on Me”

2.1.2.Final: The final will take place on 29 February 2020. The six entries that qualify from each of the two preceding semi-finals, all together twelve songs, will compete during the show. The winner will be selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a jury (50%) and public televote (50%) will determine the top three entries to proceed to the super final. In the super final, the winner will be selected entirely by the televote.

Final – 29 February 2020
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total	Place
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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Super Final – 29 February 2020
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
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3.At Eurovision:

2.2.Promotion:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Estonia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Estonia (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Estonia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Estonia (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Estonia (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Estonia (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Uku Suviste
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Victor Crone – “Storm” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019  “Storm” – Victor Crone  • 2020 – “” • 2021►

•  Grecia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations41First participation1974 (Marinella)Victories2005 (Helena Paparizou)HostsAthens 2006BroadcastersERTEIRTNERIT

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Greece
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: Song:
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue
Participants
Number of entries
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Katerine Duska  – “Better Love” • 2020 Stefania – “SUPERG!RL” • 2021►

Greece participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . was selected internally by the Greek national broadcaster, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση, Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi – ERT / ΕΡΤ) to represent Cyprus in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: 

2.Before Eurovision: 

HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion: 

Shows: 

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): 

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Night 1 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

Night 2 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.1.2.Final (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Greece (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Greece (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Greece (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Greece (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Greecea (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Greece (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Stefania
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Katerine Duska  – “Better Love” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Better Love” – Katerine Duska • 2020 – “” • 2021►

•  Islanda all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations33First participation1986 (Icy)VictoriesNoneHostsNever hostedBroadcastersRÚV

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Islanda
National selection
Selection process	Söngvakeppnin  (Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins, The Television’s Song Contest) 2020
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: 08.02.2020, 15.02.2020 Final: 29.02.2020
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue	RÚV – Semi-finals: Háskólabíó, Reykjavík, Final: Laugardalshöllin, Reykjavík
Participants
Number of entries	10
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Islanda in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Hatari – “Hatrið mun sigra” • 2020 Daði og Gagnamagnið – “Think About Things” • 2021►

Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Icelandic national broadcaster, Ríkisútvarpið (The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service – RÚV) organised the national final Söngvakeppnin 2020 in order to select the Icelandic entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background:

2.Before Eurovision: 

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): 

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Night 1 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

Night 2 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.1.2.Final (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Islanda (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Islanda (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Islanda (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Islanda (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Islanda (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Islanda (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Daði og Gagnamagnið
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Hatari – “Hatrið mun sigra” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Hatrið mun sigra” – Hatari • 2020 – “” • 2021►

Moldova all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations16First participation2005 (Zdob si Zdub)VictoriesNoneHostsNever hostedBroadcastersTRM

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Moldova
National selection
Selection process
Selection date(s)	Artist: Song:
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue
Participants
Number of entries
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Tulia – “Fire of Love (Pali się)” • 2020 Natalia Gordienko – “Prison” • 2021►

Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Polonian national broadcaster, Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP S.A., Polish Television – TVP) organised the national final …. 2020 in order to select the Polonian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: 

2.Before Eurovision: 

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): 

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Night 1 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

Night 2 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.1.2.Final (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Polonia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Polonia (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Polonia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Polonia (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Polonia (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Polonia (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Natalia Gordienko
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Tulia – “Fire of Love (Pali się)” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Fire of Love (Pali się)” – Tulia • 2020 – “” • 2021►

 Poland all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations23First participation1994 (Edyta Górniak)VictoriesNoneHostsNever hostedBroadcastersTVP

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Poland
National selection
Selection process
Selection date(s)	Artist: Song:
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue
Participants
Number of entries
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Tulia – “Fire of Love (Pali się)” • 2020 Alicja – “Empires” • 2021►

Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Polonian national broadcaster, Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP S.A., Polish Television – TVP) organised the national final …. 2020 in order to select the Polonian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: 

2.Before Eurovision: 

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): 

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Night 1 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

Night 2 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.1.2.Final (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Polonia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Polonia (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Polonia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Polonia (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Polonia (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Polonia (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Alicja
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Tulia – “Fire of Love (Pali się)” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Fire of Love (Pali się)” – Tulia • 2020 – “” • 2021►

•  San Marino all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations11First participation2008 (Miodio)VictoriesNoneHostsNever hostedBroadcastersSMRTV

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	San Marino
National selection
Selection process
Selection date(s)	Artist: Song:
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue
Participants
Number of entries
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Serhat – “Say Na Na Na” • 2020 Senhit – “FREAKY!”  • 2021►

San Marino participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . was selected internally by the Sammarinese national broadcaster, San Marino RTV (Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (San Marino RTV / SMRTV) to represent San Marino in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: 

2.Before Eurovision: 

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): 

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Night 1 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

Night 2 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.1.2.Final (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to San Marino (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to San Marino (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by San Marino (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by San Marino (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from San Marino (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from San Marino (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Senhit
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Serhat – “Say Na Na Na” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Say Na Na Na” – Serhat • 2020 – “” • 2021►

 Serbia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations13First participation2007 (Marija Šerifović)Victories2007 (Marija Šerifović)HostsBelgrade 2008BroadcastersRTS

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Serbia
National selection
Selection process	Beovizija 2020 (Беовизија 2020)
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: Final:
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue	RTS –
Participants
Number of entries
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Nevena Božović – “Kruna” (Круна) • 2020 Hurricane – “Hasta la vista”  • 2021►

Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (Радио-телевизија Србије, Radio-televizija Srbije – РТС / RTS) organised the national final Beovizija 2020 (Беовизија 2020) in order to select the Serbia entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Background: Prior to the 2020 Contest, Serbia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its first entry in 2007, winning the contest with their debut entry “Molitva” performed by Marija Šerifović.^[1] Since 2007, eight out of eleven of Serbia’s entries have featured in the final with the nation failing to qualify in 2009, 2013 and in 2017, missing out 2014 contest.

The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), broadcasts the event within Serbia and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. RTS confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest on 6 August 2018.^[2] Between 2007 and 2009, Serbia used the Beovizija national final in order to select their entry. However, after their 2009 entry, “Cipela” performed by Marko Kon and Milaan, failed to qualify Serbia to the final, the broadcaster shifted their selection strategy to selecting specific composers to create songs for artists. In 2010, RTS selected Goran Bregović to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists, while in 2011 Kornelije Kovač, Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač were tasked with composing one song each. In 2012, the internal selection of Željko Joksimović and the song “Nije ljubav stvar” secured the country’s second highest placing in the contest to this point, placing third. In 2013, RTS returned to an open national final format and organized the Beosong competition. The winning entry, “Ljubav je svuda” performed by Moje 3, failed to qualify Serbia to the final at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. In 2015, RTS selected Vladimir Graić, the composer of Serbia’s 2007 Eurovision Song Contest winning entry “Molitva”, to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists.^[3] After two internal selections in 2016 and 2017, RTS announced that Beovizija will return as a national selection from 2018 onwards, managing to qualify every year to the final since.

Before Eurovision: 

Beovizija 2020 Beovizija 2020 will be the 10th edition of the Serbian national final Beovizija to select Serbia’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The contest will consist of two semi finals and the final to be held in late February 2020.

Competing entries: Artists and songwriters were able to submit their song entries from August 2019 to 9 December 2019. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, but songs were required to be performed by citizens of the Republic of Serbia and in one of the official languages of the Republic of Serbia. RTS received 90 entries, and a selection comitee chose 24 entries for the national final.^[4][5]

ARTIST	SONG (ENGLISH TRANSLATION)	COMPOSER(S)
Aleksa Vučković	“Samo mi kaži” (Just tell me)	Dimitrije Borčanin, Aleksa Vučković
Ana Milenković	“Tajna” (Secret)	Dušan Bačić
Andrija Jo	“Uvek” (Always)	Jimmy Jansson, Palle Hammarlund, Laurell Barker
Biljana Đurđević	“Raj” (Paradise)	Tina Amvon
Bojana Mašković	“Kao muzika” (Like the music)	Goran Kovačić, Bojana Mašković
Bora Dugić & Balkubano	“Svadba velika” (Huge wedding)	Nikola Burovac, Danijel Đurić
Branislav Mojićević	“Svet sa Prokletija” (The World from Prokletije)	Mirko Šenkovski Geronimo
EJO	“Trag” (The mark)	Stevan Milijanović
Hurricane	“Hasta la vista”	Nemanja Antonić, Sanja Vučić
Igor Simić	“Ples za rastanak” (Parting dance)	Daniel Kajmakoski, Matej Đakovski, Vladimir Danilović
Ivan Kurtić & Geapsy Train	“Sabajle”(At dawn)	Nikola Burovac, Miloš Roganović
Ivana Jordan	“Vila” (Fairy)	Ivana Jordan
Karizma	“Ona me zna” (She knows me)	Dušan Janićijević, Dejan Jelisavčić
Lazar Živanović	“Puklo je nebo” (The sky parted)	Michael James Day, Adis Eminić
Marko Marković	“Kolači” (Cookies)	Vladimir Graić, Leontina Vukomanović, Nemanja Filipović, Marko Marković
Milan Bujaković & Olivera Popović	“Niti” (Threads)	Petar Pupić, Milan Bjelica, Luka Racić
Milica Mišić	“Kiša” (Rain)	Sashka Janx
Naiva	“Baš baš” (Really, really)	Zoran Živanović, Jelena Galonić
Neda Ukraden	“Bomba” (The bomb)	Dušan Bačić, Dejan Nikolić
Nenad Ćeranić	“Veruj u sebe” (Believe in yourself)	Alek Aleksov, Nenad Ćeranić
Rocher Etno Band	“Samo ti umeš to” (Only you can do it)	Rastko Aksentijević
Sanja Bogosavljević	“Ne puštam” (I don’t let go)	Kristina Kovač, Sanja Bogosavljević
Srđan Lazić	“Duša i telo” (Soul and body)	Srđan Lazić, Dejan Ivanović
Thea Devy	“Sudnji dan” (Judgment day)	Pele Loriano, Beth Morris, Dom Scott, Petar Spirić, Aleksandra Lazarević Spirić

Semi-finals:

Semi-final 1:

Semi-final 1 – 

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTES		JURY	TOTAL	PLACE
			VOTES	POINTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Semi-final 2:

Semi-final 2 – 

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTES		JURY	TOTAL	PLACE
			VOTES	POINTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Final:

Final – 

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTES		JURY	TOTAL	PLACE
			VOTES	POINTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

DETAILED JURY VOTES
DRAW	SONG						TOTAL	POINTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Promotion:

At Eurovision:

Semi-final:

Voting:

Points awarded to Serbia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Serbia (Final):

Points awarded by Serbia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Serbia (Final ):

Split voting results:

Split voting results from Serbia (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Serbia (Final):

Artist: 

Hurricane
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Nevena Božović – “Kruna” (Круна) • 2020 – “” • 2021►

Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
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Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Kruna” (Круна)” – Nevena Božović • 2020 – “” • 2021►

Seconda metà

 ALBANIA ALL’EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2020

Participations17First participation2004 (Anjeza Shahini)VictoriesNoneHostsNever hostedBroadcastersRTSH

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Albania
National selection
Selection process	Festivali i Këngës 58 (Festivali i Këngës në RTSH, Festival of Song)
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: 19.12.2019, 20.12.2019 Final: 22.12.2019
Host
Presenter(s)	Alketa Vejsiu
Host broadcaster – Venue	RTSH – Pallati i Kongreseve, Tirana
Opening act – Interval act	Semi-Final 1: “Ktheju tokës” performed by Jonida Maliqi – Semi-final 1: “Soldi” performed by Mahmood Semi-final 2: “Kafe Flora” performed by Lindita Theodhori Final: Mashup performed by Eleni Foureira, Mashup performed by Giusy Ferreri
Participants
Number of entries	20
Selected entrant	Arilena Ara
Selected song	“Shaj”
Selected songwriter(s)	Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkovski, Lindon Berisha
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Jonida Maliqi – “Ktheju tokës” • 2020 Arilena Ara – “Fall From The Sky” • 2021►

1.Background: Prior to the 2020 Contest, Albania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 16 times since its first entry in 2004. Albania’s first entry was performed by Anjeza Shahini who performed “The Image of You” and finished in seventh place, Albania’s second-highest placing to date. Albania’s best result thus far was in 2012, with Rona Nishliu placing fifth with “Suus”. Albania qualified for the grand final in both 2018 and 2019, with Eugent Bushpepa finishing in eleventh place overall with “Mall”. In 2019, Jonida Maliqi finished in seventeenth with “Ktheju tokës”, scoring 90 points.Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Shaj”, performed by Arilena Ara. The Albanian national broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (Albanian Radio and Television – RTSH) organised the national final Festivali i Këngës 58 in order to select the Albanian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

2.Before Eurovision: 

Festivali i Këngës 58:  Festivali i Këngës 58 will be the 58th annual edition of the Albanian music competition Festivali i Këngës and the seventeenth time the competition will determine the artist and song that will represent Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest, this time selecting their 2020 contest entry.

Festivali i Këngës 58 was the 58th edition of the annual music contest Festivali i Këngës which was held on 19, 20 and 22 December 2019 at the Pallati i Kongreseve in Tirana and broadcast live on Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH). The three live shows were hosted by Alketa Vejsiu.

The winner of the contest was Arilena Ara with the song titled “Shaj”. She will represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Format: The two semi-finals each featured ten competing entries. The votes of a jury panel selected twelve entries to advance to the final.

Festivali i Këngës 58, organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), was the fifty-eighth consecutive edition of the annual contest. The two semi-finals and grand final were held at the Pallati i Kongreseve in Tirana on 19, 20 and 22 December 2019 respectively. The winner of the competition was chosen by a jury of experts which is composed of 5 members: Christer Björkman, Dimitris Kontopoulos, Felix Bergsson, Mikaela Minga and Rita Petro.

Guests: Radio Televizioni Shqiptar released the first details regarding the special guests prior to the first semi-final on 19 December 2019. The opening act of the first semi-final featured Albanian singer Jonida Maliqi performing “Ktheju tokës”. The interval act in the first semi-final featured Italian singer Mahmood, performing “Barrio” and “Soldi”. The interval act in the second semi-final included Agim Krajka and Lindita Theodhori with the song “Kafe Flora”. During the final, Italian singer Giusy Ferreri and Albanian Greek singer Eleni Foureira performed.

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): On 28 May 2019 RTSH made an open call for songs to take part in Festivali i Këngës 58. The submission process closed on 15 September 2019. The list of competing artists was released on 24 October 2019, and the songs were released on 9 December 2019.

The twenty contestants of this year’s edition of Festivali i Këngës were announced to the public during a press conference on 24 October 2019, and the songs were released on 9 December 2019.

ARTIST(S)	SONG	COMPOSITION	LYRICS	TOTAL	PLACE
Albërie Hadërgjonaj	“Ku ta gjej dikë ta dua” (Where to find someone to love)	Adrian Hila	Timo Flloko	27	7
Aldo Bardhi	“Melodi” (Melody)	Antoni Polimeni, Richy Sebastian	Aldo Bardhi	Failed to qualify to the final
Arilena Ara	“Shaj” (Swear)	Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkovski	Lindon Berisha	67	1
Bojken Lako	“Malaseen” (She left me unseen)	Bojken Lako		45	4
Devis Xherahu	“Bisedoj me serenatën” (Talking with serenade)	Devis Xherahu	Jorgo Papingji	Failed to qualify to the final
Eli Fara and Stresi	“Bohemë”(Boheme)	Eli Fara	Rozana Radi
Elvana Gjata	“Me tana”(With all)	Elvana Gjata		64	2
Era Rusi	“Eja merre”(Come ang get it)	Darko Dimitrov	Era Rusi	43	5
Gena	“Shqiponja e lirë”(Free eagle)	Gena	Endrit Mumajesi	18	10
Genc Tukiçi and Nadia Tukiçi	“Ju flet Tirana” (Tirana calling you)	Genc Tukiçi	Agim Xheka	Failed to qualify to the final
Kamela Islamaj	“Më ngjyros”(Colour me)	Kamela Islamaj	Megi Hasani	35	6
Kanita Suma	“Ankth” (Anxiety)	Boban Apostolov	Lindon Berisha	Failed to qualify to the final
Kastro Zizo (Klevis Bega)	“Asaj” (Her)	Gramoz Kozeli, Klevis Bega
Olta Boka	“Botë për dy” (World for Two) “Shkrime në mur” (Slogans on the wall)	Florent Boshnjaku	Genc Salihu	17	12
Renis Gjoka (Renis Gjokës)	“Loja” (The game)	Renis Gjoka	Ilir Krasniqi	Failed to qualify to the final
Robert Berisha	“Ajo nuk është unë” (She is not me)	Filloreta Raci		18	10
Sara Bajraktari	“Ajër” (Air)	Adrian Hila		50	3
Tiri Gjoci (Tahir Gjoci)	“Me gotën bosh” (With an empty glass)	Everest Ndreca	Pandi Laço	23	8
Valon Shehu	“Kutia e Pandorës”(Pandora’s box)	Eugent Bushpepa	Elvis Preni	23	8
Wendi Mancaku (Wendy Mancaku)	“Ende”(Still)	Wendi Mancaku	Endrit Mumajesi	Failed to qualify to the final

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Semi-final 1 – 19 December 2019: The first semi-final took place on 19 December 2019. Ten contestants participated in the first semi-final. The highlighted contestants qualified for the final. In grassetto accede alla finale.

DRAW	ARTIST(S)	SONG
1	Bojken Lako	“Malaseen”
2	Kanita Suma	“Ankth”
3	Devis Xherahu	“Bisedoj me serenatën”
4	Aldo Bardhi	“Melodi”
5	Kamela Islamaj	“Më ngjyros”
6	Genc Tukiçi and Nadia Tukiçi	“Ju flet Tirana”
7	Sara Bajraktari	“Ajër”
8	Elvana Gjata	“Me tana”
9	Renis Gjoka	“Loja”
10	Albërie Hadërgjonaj	“Ku ta gjej dikë ta dua”

Semi-final 2 – 20 December 2019: The second semi-final took place on 20 December 2019. Ten contestants participated in the second semi-final. The highlighted contestants qualified for the final. In grassetto accede alla finale.

DRAW	ARTIST(S)	SONG
1	Robert Berisha	“Ajo nuk është unë”
2	Wendi Mancaku	“Ende”
3	Kastro Zizo	“Asaj”
4	Tiri Gjoci	“Me gotën bosh”
5	Era Rusi	“Eja merre”
6	Olta Boka	“Botë për dy”
7	Valon Shehu	“Kutia e Pandorës”
8	Arilena Ara	“Shaj”
9	Eli Fara and Stresi	“Bohemë”
10	Gena	“Shqiponja e lirë”

2.1.2.Final – 22 December 2019: The grand final took place on 22 December 2019. The twelve finalists were announced on 21 December 2019, and the winner was chosen by a jury consisting of two Albanian members and three international members with connections to the Eurovision Song Contest.

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	C. BJÖRKMAN	D. KONTOPOULOS	F. BERGSSON	M. MINGA	R. PETRO	TOTAL	PLACE
1	Valon Shehu	“Kutia e Pandorës”	1	2	7	7	6	23	8
2	Sara Bajraktari	“Ajër”	13	10	10	8	9	50	3
3	Robert Berisha	“Ajo nuk është unë”	9	3	2	3	1	18	10
4	Tiri Gjoci	“Me gotën bosh”	2	4	8	6	3	23	8
5	Bojken Lako	“Malaseen”	3	8	3	18	13	45	4
6	Arilena Ara	“Shaj”	10	13	13	13	18	67	1
7	Gena	“Shqiponja e lirë”	4	7	1	1	5	18	10
8	Kamela Islamaj	“Më ngjyros”	6	6	4	9	10	35	6
9	Albërie Hadërgjonaj	“Ku ta gjej dikë ta dua”	7	5	6	5	4	27	7
10	Elvana Gjata	“Me tana”	18	18	18	2	8	64	2
11	Olta Boka	“Botë për dy”	5	1	5	4	2	17	12
12	Era Rusi	“Eja merre”	8	9	9	10	7	43	5

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Albania (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Albania (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Albania (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Albania (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Albania (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Albania (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Arilena Ara
Background information
Birth name	Arilena Aran (Arilena)
Born	17 July 1998 (age 21) Shkodër, Albania
Genres	Pop, R&B, dance
Origin	Singer
Occupation(s)	Vocals
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Elite Productions
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country	Albania
Artist(s)	Arilena Ara
Language	Albanian
Composer(s)	Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkovski
Lyricist(s)	Lindon Berisha
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Jonida Maliqi – “Ktheju tokës” • 2020 Arilena Ara – “Shaj” • 2021►

Arilena Ara (born 17 July 1998), also known mononymously as Arilena, is an Albanian recording artist and singer.

Arilena rose to broader recognition in the Albanian-speaking world following her victory of the second season of the Albanian version of The X Factor. She won the 58th edition of Festivali i Këngës and will represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

Life: Arilena Ara was born in Shkodër. She first participated in “Gjeniu i Vogël” (Little Genius), a talent-singing contest for children and placed third in the competition.

Career: After her father’s death, she took part in season 2 of Albanian X Factor (2 të X Factor Shqipëtar) broadcast from 28 October 2012 to 31 March 2013 on TV Klan. She auditioned in Tirana performing an acoustic version of Ana Johnsson’s “We Are”. She was mentored by judge Altuna Sejdiu in the “Girls” category. In the final, she sang Mary J Blige’s “No More Drama” and Rihanna’s “Man Down” and “S&M” as a duet with her coach Tuna winning the season. Recently she participated in a TV Show called “Dance With Me” 2. Her partner was Labi (an Albanian journalist from Kosovo best known for “Një kafe me Labin” or “A cup of coffee with Labi”). On 26 February 2014 she released her first video single “Aeroplan”, becoming a chart topping hit in Albania. After her success with “Aeroplan” which had 2 million views within 12 hours, her new hit “Business Class” had 1 million views in its first 9 hours. She later released her third song titled “Vegim” dedicated to the passing of her father. In 2016 she released another song, Nëntori, which gained some popularity outside Albania as well (e.g. being included on radio rotation in Romania, Russia). It topped the Romanian Airplay 100 in August 2017.

In 2019, she was a coach on the third season of The Voice Kids Albania.

Discography:

Singles:

As lead artist:

TITLE	YEAR	PEAK CHART POSITIONS
		ROM
“AEROPLAN”	2014	—
“BUSINESS CLASS”		—
“VEGIM”	2015	—
“TOKE RROKE”	2016	—
“NËNTORI”		1
“I’M SORRY”	2017	—
“SNOW IN DECEMBER”		—
“KIDA”		—
“SILVER AND GOLD”		—
“ZEMËR”		—
“DOJA” (FEATURING FLORI MUMAJESI)	2019	—
“SHAJ”		—

3.3.Song: 

“Shaj”
Single by
Released	10 december, 2019
Format	Digital Download, Streaming
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country	Albania
Artist(s)	Arilena Ara
Language	Albanian
Composer(s)	Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkovski
Lyricist(s)	Lindon Berisha
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Ktheju tokës” – Jonida Maliqi • 2020 “Shaj” – Arilena Ara • 2021►

“Shaj” (Shout) is a song recorded by Albanian singer Arilena Ara. It was written by Lindon Berisha and composed by Darko Dimitrov and Lazar Cvetkovski.

The song won the 58th edition of Festivali i Këngës and will represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Festivali i Këngës: Arilena Ara was one of the 20 contestants selected to compete in the 58th edition of Festivali i Këngës, a competition aimed at selecting the representative of Albania for the Eurovision Song Contest. She performed the song for the first time at the second semi-final of Festivali i Këngës 2019 on 20 December 2019 and qualified for the grand final on 21 December 2019.

Eurovision Song Contest: Following the victory of Arilena Ara in Festivali i Këngës 58, the song was selected to represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The draw to determine the participating countries’ semi-finals will take place on 28 January 2020, in Rotterdam.

 ARMENIA ALL’EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2020

Participations14First participation2006 (André)VictoriesNoneHostsNever hostedBroadcastersARMTVAMPTV

Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Armenian national broadcaster, Public Television company of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրային Հեռուստաընկերություն, Hayastani Hanrayin Herrustaynkerut’yun; ARMTV/APMTV, 1TV/Առաջին ալիք) organised the national final Depi Evratesil 2020 in order to select the Armenian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: 

2.Before Eurovision: 

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): 

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Night 1 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

Night 2 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.1.2.Final (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Armenia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Armenia (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Armenia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Armenia (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Armenia (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Armenia (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Athena Manoukian
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Srbuk – “Walking Out” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Walking Out” – Srbuk • 2020 – “” • 2021►

 BULGARIA ALL’EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2020

Participations13First participation2005 (Kaffe)VictoriesNoneHostsNever hostedBroadcastersBNT

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Bulgaria
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal Selection, 25.11.2019 Song: Internal Selection,
Selection date(s)	Artist: Internal Selection, 25.11.2019 Song: Internal Selection,
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue
Participants
Number of entries
Selected entrant	VICTORIA (Victoria Georgieva, Виктория Георгиева)
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2018 EQUINOX – “Bones” • 2020 VICTORIA – “Tears Getting Sober” • 2021►

 

Bulgaria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . VICTORIA was selected internally by the Bulgarian national broadcaster,  Bulgarian National Television (Българска национална телевизия, Bŭlgarska natsionalna televiziya – BNT / БНТ) to represent Bulgaria in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: 

2.Before Eurovision: 

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): 

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Night 1 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

Night 2 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.1.2.Final (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Bulgaria (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Bulgaria (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Bulgaria (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Bulgaria (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Bulgaria (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Bulgaria (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

VICTORIA
Background information
Birth name	Victoria Georgieva (Виктория Георгиева)
Born	September 21, 1997 (age 22) Varna, Bulgaria
Genres	Pop, R&B, Soul
Origin
Occupation(s) / Instruments	Singer-songwriter / Vocals
Years active	2011 – present
Labels	Monte Music (2016–present)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country	Bulgaria
Artist(s)	Victoria Georgieva
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2018 EQUINOX – “Bones” • 2020 VICTORIA – “” • 2021►

Victoria Georgieva (Виктория Георгиева; born 21 September 1997), known professionally by the mononym Victoria, is a Bulgarian singer and songwriter. She began her career after participating in season four of X Factor Bulgaria. It was revealed on 25 November 2019 that Georgieva will represent Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.

Career: 

Early career: Georgieva started singing at age of eleven. After some time she enrolled in the vocal studio “Angel Voices” where her music teacher was Atanaska Lipcheva. Georgieva auditioned for the first 3 seasons of X Factor Bulgaria, but she never made it past the judges, mostly because of her age.

2015: X Factor Bulgaria:In 2015, after 3 attempts she finally made it past the judges and to the live shows. She left the show on week 9.

THE X FACTOR PERFORMANCES AND RESULTS
EPISODE	THEME	SONG	RESULT
FIRST AUDITION	Free choice	“One and Only”	Through to bootcamp
BOOTCAMP	Group Performance	“I’ll Be”	Through to Judge’s houses
JUDGES’ HOUSES	Free choice	“Sweet Dreams”	Through to live shows
LIVE SHOW 1	Number one’s	“Set Fire to the Rain”	Safe
LIVE SHOW 2	Halloween	“Read All About It”	Safe
LIVE SHOW 3	First love	“Hello”	Safe
LIVE SHOW 4	Bulgarian hits	“Искам те”	Safe
LIVE SHOW 5	Movie Soundtracks	“Show Me How You Burlesque”	Bottom two
	Final showdown	“Who You Are”
LIVE SHOW 6	Divas and Heroes	“Halo”	Safe
LIVE SHOW 7	Disco hits	“Hot Stuff”	Safe
LIVE SHOW 8	International hits	“Camino”	Safe
Christmas show	Christmas edition	“Jingle Bells”	No eliminations
LIVE SHOW 9	Love is everything	“Titanium”	Left the show (6th)
		“Aquarius” (with A.V.A.)
	Final showdown	“Rise Up”

2016–present: Debut single and Monte Music: Even though she didn’t win X Factor, she got an offer to join Virginia Records, but she declined it. In 2016 she joined Monte Music and on 10 June 2016 her first single was released. “Nishto Sluchayno” was directed by Bashmotion and featured VenZy and Niki Bakalov.

Discography: 

Singles: 

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		BUL
“Nishto Sluchayno” (featuring Niki Bakalov and VenZy)	2016	—	Non-album singles
“Nezavarshen Roman”		15
“Chast Ot Men”	2017	28
“Stranni Vremena”	2018	28
“I Wanna Know”	2019	—
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or were not released.

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2018 “Bones” – EQUINOX • 2020 “” – VICTORIA • 2021►

 DANIMARCA ALL’EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2020

Participations49First participation1957 (Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler)Victories2013 (Emmelie de Forest)1963 (Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann)2000 (Olsen brothers)HostsCopenhagen 2014Copenhagen 2001Copenhagen 1964BroadcastersDSRDR

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Danimarca
National selection
Selection process	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix  (DMGP) 2020
Selection date(s)	07.03.2020
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue	DR – Royal Arena, Kopenhagen
Participants
Number of entries
Selected entrant
Selected song
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Danimarca in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Leonora – “Love Is Forever” • 2020 Ben & Tan – “YES”  • 2021►

Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Danish national broadcaster, Statsradiofonien / Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) organised the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2020 in order to select the Danish entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: 

2.Before Eurovision: 

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): 

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Night 1 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

Night 2 (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.1.2.Final (Draw / Artist / Song / Total / Place) – 

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Danimarca (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Danimarca (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Danimarca  (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Danimarca  (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Danimarca (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Danimarca (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Ben & Tan
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Leonora – “Love Is Forever” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Love Is Forever” – Leonora • 2020 – “” • 2021►

 FINLAND ALL’EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2020

Participations54First participation1961 (Laila Kinnunen)Victories2006 (Lordi)HostsHelsinki 2007BroadcastersYle

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 (UMK20)
Selection date(s)	Final: 07.03.2020
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue	Yle, YleX – Mediapolis Television Studio, Tampere
Participants
Number of entries	4–10
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman – “Look Away” • 2020 Aksel – “Looking Back” • 2021►

Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio Oy (General Radio or General Broadcast; Rundradion Ab – Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 (Contest for New Music 2020) in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: Prior to the 2020 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since their first entry in 1961. Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah” performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, “Look Away” performed by Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify for the final, finishing in 17th (last) place in the first semi-final with 23 points.

The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest on 3 June 2019. Finland’s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2020 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020, reverting back to an open selection in order to determine their Eurovision entry and song for Eurovision 2020.

2.Before Eurovision: 

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 was the ninth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland’s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. Yle will announce the selected acts on 21 January 2020. The show will take place on 7 March 2020 at Tampere, and the winning entry will be determined by public voting and the votes a jury panel.

2.1.Competing entries: Yle opened a submission period between 1 November 2019 and 8 November 2019 in order for interested parties to submit their entries. At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete. The submitted songs were not allowed to exceed three minutes, but could contain lyrics in any language. A ten-member expert panel appointed by Yle selected six entries for the competition from the received submissions. The competing entries will be presented during a press conference on 21 January 2020.

2.1.1.Final – The final will take place on 7 March 2020 where six acts will compete. The winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of public votes and jury votes.

FINAL – 7 MARCH 2020
DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	COMPOSER(S)	JURY	TELEVOTE	TOTAL	PLACE
1
2
3
4
5
6

Promotion:

At Eurovision:

Semi-final:

Voting:

oints awarded to Finland (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Finland (Final):

Points awarded by Finland (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Finland (Final ):

Split voting results:

Split voting results from Finland (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Finland (Final):

Artist: 

Aksel
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Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
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◄2019 Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman – “Look Away” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

Song: 

“”
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◄ 2019 “Look Away” – Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman • 2020 – “” • 2021►

 Georgia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Participations13First participation2007 (Sopho)VictoriesNoneHostsNever hostedBroadcastersGPBGTVR

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Georgia
National selection
Selection process	Artista: Georgia’s Star 2020 (საქართველოს ვარსკვლავი,  Georgia Idol) Canzone: Internal Selection
Selection date(s)	Georgian Idol: Audition shows 26.10.2019, 02.11.2019, 09.11.2019 Live shows 16.11.2019, 23.11.2019, 30.11.2019, 07.12.2019, 14.12.2019 Final 21.12.2019 Song:
Host
Presenter(s)	Ruska Makashvili (რუსკა მაყაშვილი)
Host broadcaster – Venue	GPB – GPB Studios
Participants
Number of entries
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Oto Nemsadze – “Sul tsin iare” • 2020 Tornike Kipiani – “Take Me As I Am” • 2021►

Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by Tornike Kipiani. The Georgian national broadcaster, Georgian Public Broadcasting საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი, sakartvelos sazogadoebrivi mauts’q’ebeli – GPB, სსმ) used for the second year in a row, Georgian Idol for selecting their representative, though this time the entry will be selected internally for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: Prior to the 2020 contest, Georgia have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since their first entry in 2007. The nation’s highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been ninth place, which was achieved on two occasions: in 2010 with the song “Shine” performed by Sofia Nizharadze and in 2011 with the song “One More Day” performed by Eldrine. The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in 2009 after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rejected the Georgian entry, “We Don’t Wanna Put In”, for perceived political references to Vladimir Putin who was the Russian Prime Minister at the time. The withdrawal and fallout was tied to tense relations between Georgia and then host country Russia, which stemmed from the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Following the introduction of semi-finals, Georgia has, to this point, failed to qualify to the final on four occasions.

The Georgian national broadcaster, Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), broadcasts the event within Georgia and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. GPB confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest on 2 October 2017. Georgia has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest both through national finals and internal selections in the past. In 2013 and 2014, GPB opted to internally select the Georgian entry, in 2015, the Georgian entry was selected via a national final, and in 2016, the artist was internally selected while the song was chosen in a national final. For their 2017 participation, the entry was selected through a national final. In 2018 the artist was internally selected. In 2019, the entry was fully selected through Georgian Idol for the first time ever. Oto Nemsadze failed to qualify to the Saturday final with “Keep On Going”, achieving just a fourteenth place in the semi-final.

2.Before Eurovision: For the second year in a row, the Georgian delegation decided to use the talent show Georgian Idol as the method for selecting their representative. This year, however, the show starts two months earlier and a song will be internally selected for the winner of the show.

Georgian Idol: 

Presentatrice: Ruska Makashvili / რუსკა მაყაშვილი

Jury:  This edition of Georgian Idol has a four-member jury with the power to decide what contestants will advance to the live shows and comment on every performance giving feedback to the artists. The four members are:

• Tinatin Berdzenishvili / თინათინ ბერძენიშვილი – Director General of the Georgian Public Broadcaster with over 20 years of experience in the field[6], Head of EBU Gender Balance Initiative.
• David Evgenidze / დავით ევგენიძე – Songwriter, part of the jury for the second edition of Ranina. He will produce the Georgian entry in Eurovision 2020.
• Natia Todua / ნათია თოდუა – Winner of the seventh season of The Voice of Germany, participant at Unser Lied für Lissabon with My Own Way.
• David Aladashvili / დავით ალადაშვილი – Pianist, studied at the Tbilisi Special Music School and at New York’s Juilliard School with several honors and awards at an international level. He was also part of the jury for the second edition of Ranina.

Contestant progress in the live shows / Competing entries: 

Colour key:

Blue	Contestant was in the bottom two
Purple	Contestant was in the bottom three
Pink	Contestant received the fewest public votes and was eliminated
Green	Contestant received the most public votes

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CONTESTANT	WEEK 1	WEEK 2	WEEK 3	WEEK 4	WEEK 5	WEEK 6	WEEK 7
Tornike Kipiani / თორნიკე ყიფიანი	2nd 14.5%	1st 19.13%	1st 21.17%	1st 24.05%	1st 29.09%	1st 31.88%	1st 33.82%
Barbara Samxharadze / ბარბარა სამხარაძე	3rd 12.91%	3rd 12.11%	2nd 14.75%	2nd 15.15%	2nd 17.75%	2nd 22.42%	2nd 31.18%
Tamar Kakalashvili / თამარ კაკალაშვილი	1st 16.53%	2nd 15.71%	3rd 14.64%	4th 13.79%	4th 13.64%	3rd 16.20%	3rd 18.38%
Mariam Gogoberidze / მარიამ გოგიბერიძე	6th 8.8%	6th 8.69%	7th 9.91%	3rd 14.06%	3rd 13.68%	4th 15.28%	4th 16.62%
Davit Rusadze / დავით რუსაძე	4th 11.91%	4th 10.23%	5th 10.01%	6th 10.79%	5th 13.01%	5th 14.22%	Eliminated (week 6)
Mariam Shengelia / მარიამ შენგელია	5th 10.31%	5th 8.72%	6th 9.98%	5th 12.26%	6th 12.83%	Eliminated (week 5)
Anri Guchmanidze / ანრი გუჩმანიძე	7th 8.64%	8th 8.64%	4th 10.01%	7th 9.90%	Eliminated (week 4)
Nika Kalandadze / ნიკა კალანდაძე	9th 5.7%	7th 8.68%	8th 9.53%	Eliminated (week 3)
Liza Shengelia / ლიზა შენგელია	8th 8.15%	9th 8.09%	Eliminated (week 2)
Merab Amzoev / მერაბ ამზოევი	10th 2.55%	Eliminated (week 1)

Shows

Shows:Auditions (26 October 2019–9 November 2019):  

SHOW 1 (26 OCTOBER 2019)
DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	RESULT
1	ერეკლე თურქაძე / Erekle Turkadze	“Long Tall Sally”	Advanced
2	სოფი დალასი / Sofi Dalas	“Highway to Hell”	Eliminated
3	ბარბარა სამხარაძე / Barbara Samkharadze	“It’s Raining Men”	Advanced
4	დოდო გოქსაძე / Dodo Goksadze	“Something’s Got a Hold on Me”	Advanced
5	ნიკა კალანდაძე / Nika Kalandadze	“Ocean Eyes”	Advanced
6	ბექა მირუაშვილი / Beka Miruashvili	“Havana”	Eliminated
7	ნინი შონია / Nini Shonia	“Never Enough”	Eliminated
8	თამარ კაკალაშვილი / Tamar Kakalashvili	“Queen”	Advanced
9	ალექსანდრე ქიტესაშვილი / Aleksandre Kitesashvili	“Sweet Home Chicago”	Advanced
10	მარიამ გოგიბერიძე / Mariam Gogiberidze	“Misty”	Advanced

SHOW 2 (2 NOVEMBER 2019)
1	გიორგი ოთიაშვილი / Giorgi Otiashvili	“The Girl from Ipanema”	Eliminated
2	მარიამ გიორგიშვილი / Mariam Giorgishvili	“Replay”	Advanced
3	მარიამ შენგელია / Mariam Shengelia	“If I Were a Boy”	Advanced
4	მარიამ შვანგირაძე / Mariam Shvangiradze	“Million Reasons”	Advanced
5	მარიამ ნოზაძე / Mariam Nozadze	“Do It like a Dude”	Eliminated
6	დუეტი Sirens / Duo Sirens	“Lady Marmalade”	Advanced
7	ალბინა / Albina	“You Sent Me Flying”	Advanced
8	სულხან დევაძე / Sukhan Devadze	“Me mzes vat’an” (“მე მზეს ვატან”)	Advanced
9	თორნიკე ყიფიანი / Tornike Kipiani	“House of the Rising Sun”	Advanced

SHOW 3 (9 NOVEMBER 2019)
1	ირაკლი ბიწაძე / Irakli Bitsadze	“Feeling Good”	Advanced
2	მერაბ ამზოევი / Merab Amzoevi	“Skin”	Advanced
3	არჩილ გვასალია / Archil Gvasalia	“Vagiorkoma” (ვაგიორქომა)	Advanced
4	მაკო მაისურაძე / Mako Maisuradze	“I’d Rather Go Blind”	Advanced
5	ლიზა შენგელია / Liza Shengelia	“Dream a Little Dream of Me”	Advanced
6	ანრი გუჩმანიძე / Anri Guchmanidze	“I’ve Got News for You”	Advanced

Semi-finals:

Live show 1 (16 November 2019)

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTE	RESULT
1	Mariam Shengelia	“Alive”	10.31%	Advanced
2	Barbara Samkharadze	“You Don’t Own Me”	12.91%	Advanced
3	Merab Amzoevi	“Skyfall”	2.55%	Eliminated
4	David Rusadze	“Atlas”	11.91%	Advanced
5	Tamar Kakalashvili	“Golden Slumbers” / “Carry That Weight”	16.53%	Advanced
6	Tornike Kipiani	“Smells Like Teen Spirit”	14.5%	Advanced
7	Nika Kalandadze	“Video Games”	5.7%	Advanced
8	Anri Guchmanidze	“Thirty Seconds To Mars”	8.64%	Advanced
9	Liza Sengelia	“Read All About It “	8.15%	Advanced
10	Mariam Gogiberidze	“My Funny Valentine”	8.8%	Advanced

Live show 2 (25 November 2019)

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTE	RESULT
1	Anri Guchmanidze	“Heaven on their Minds”	8.64%	Advanced
2	Barbara Samkharadze	“When You’re Good to Mama”	12.11%	Advanced
3	Mariam Gogiberidze	“I Am Changing”	8.69%	Advanced
4	Mariam Shengelia	“Show Me How You Burlesque”	8.72%	Advanced
5	Nika Kalandadze	“Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”	8.68%	Advanced
6	Tornike Kipiani	“Rock’N’Roll Queen”	19.13%	Advanced
7	Liza Sengelia	“Moon River”	8.09%	Eliminated
8	Tamar Kakalashvili	“All That Jazz”	15.71%	Advanced
9	David Rusadze	“Falling Slowly”	10.23%	Advanced

Live show 3 (1 December 2019)

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTE	RESULT
1	Barbara Samkharadze	“Lale”	14.75%	Advanced
2	Anri Guchmanidze	“Gamogiva khval”	10.01%	Advanced
3	Mariam Shengelia	“Mkholod benzvis”	9.98%	Advanced
4	Nika Kalandadze	“Kari k’vlav arnevs”	9.53%	Eliminated
5	Mariam Gogiberidze	“Iminebs mze”	9.91%	Advanced
6	Tornike Kipiani	“Artificial Love”	21.17%	Advanced
7	David Rusadze	“Ar madzinebs”	10.01%	Advanced
8	Tamar Kakalashvili	“Kuchashi ertkhel”	14.64%	Advanced

Live show 4 (7 December 2019)

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTE	RESULT
1	Barbara Samkharadze	“Jesus Christ Superstar”	15.15%	Advanced
2	David Rusadze	“Any Dream Will Do”	10.79%	Advanced
3	Tamar Kakalashvili	“As If We Never Said Goodbye”	13.79%	Advanced
4	Anri Guchmanidze	“Close Every Door”	9.90%	Eliminated
5	Mariam Gogiberidze	“I Don’t Know How to Love Him”	14.06%	Advanced
6	Mariam Shengelia	“Memory”	12.26%	Advanced
7	Tornike Kipiani	“Gethsemane”	24.05%	Advanced

Live show 5 (14 December 2019)

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTE	RESULT
1	Davit Rusadze	“Q’viteli potlebi”	13.01%	Advanced
2	Tamar Kakalashvili	“Numemakhi”	13.64%	Advanced
3	Mariam Shengelia	“King Lear”	12.83%	Eliminated
4	Barbara Samkharadze	“Ch’adosnuri hvertsni”	17.75%	Advanced
5	Tornike Kipiani	“Is akaris”	29.09%	Advanced
6	Mariam Gogiberidze	“Sevda”	13.68%	Advanced

Live show 6 (21 December 2019)

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTE	RESULT
1	Barbara Samkharadze & Grigol Kipshidze	“Juice”	22.42%	Advanced
2	Davit Rusadze & Giorgi Pruidze	“O (Fly On)”	14.22%	Eliminated
3	Tornike Kipiani & Liza Kalandadze	“Breathe”	31.88%	Advanced
4	Mariam Gogiberidze & Giorgi Nakashidze	“Shallow”	15.28%	Advanced
5	Tamar Kakalashvili & Oto Nemsadze	“Runaway Baby”	16.20%	Advanced

2.1.2.

Final (31 December 2019)

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	TELEVOTE	PLACE
1	Tamar Kakalashvili	“White Flag”	18.38%	3
2	Tornike Kipiani	“Love, Hate, Love”	33.82%	1
3	Mariam Gogiberidze	“Writing’s On The Wall”	16.62%	4
4	Barbara Samkharadze	“This Is Me”	31.18%	2

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Georgia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Georgia (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Georgia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Georgia (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Georgia (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Georgia (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Tornike Kipiani ()
Background information
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◄2019 Oto Nemsadze (ოთო ნემსაძე) – “Sul tsin iare” (სულ წინ იარე, Keep on Going) • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
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◄ 2019 “Sul tsin iare” (სულ წინ იარე, Keep on Going) – Oto Nemsadze (ოთო ნემსაძე) • 2020 – “” • 2021►

 LETTONIA ALL’EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2020

Participations21First participation2000 (BrainStorm)Victories2002 (Marie N)HostsRiga 2003BroadcastersLTV

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Lettonia
National selection
Selection process	Supernova 2020
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: Final: 08.02.2020
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue	LTV –
Participants
Number of entries	126 (1. kārta), 26 (2. kārta), 8 (fināls)
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Lettonia in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Carousel – “That Night” • 2020 Samanta Tīna – “Still Breathing” • 2021►

Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Latvian national broadcaster, Latvijas Televīzija (Latvian Television – LTV) organised the national final Supernova 2020 in order to select the Latvian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Background: Prior to the 2020 contest, Latvia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since its first entry in 2000. Latvia won the contest once in 2002 with the song “I Wanna” performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Latvia was able to qualify to compete in the final between 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, the nation had failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years. In the 2015 contest, Latvia managed to qualify to the final with the song “Love Injected” performed by Aminata, which placed 6th in the final, scoring 186 points, giving them their best placing since 2005. In 2019, Latvia was represented by Carousel and the song “That Night”, but the country did not qualify for the final and finished fifteenth in the second semi-final with 50 points.

Before Eurovision: 

Supernova 2020: Supernova 2020 was the sixth edition of Supernova, the music competition that selects Latvia’s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest.

2.1.Competing entries: Applications could be submitted to the broadcaster until 20 November 2019. A record number of 126 songs were submitted, and a 18-member jury panel evaluated the submitted entries and shortlisted 28 entries to take place in the auditions, which will be released publicly on January 2020. The members of the jury were:

• Agnese Cimuška – Latvian Music Development Society
• Aiga Leitholde – Music Reviewer
• Liena Grīna – Latvian Association of Performers and Producters
• Sabīne Brice – Universal Music Latvia
• Ilze Jansone – Supernova Producer
• Inese Saulāja – Warner Music Latvia
• Kaspars Zaviļeiskis – Music Journalist
• Jānis Žilde – Musician, TVnet Kultura+ Presenter
• Kaspars Mauriņš – Latvijas Radio 2
• Rūdolfs Švēde – Radio Tev
• Emīls Kazakovs – Kurzemes Radio
• Toms Grēviņš – Piecei.lv
• Artis Dvarionas – Radio SWH
• Aleksis Vilciņš – Pieci.lv
• Edgars Bāliņš – Wiwibloggs
• Petri Mannonen – Universal Music Finland and the Baltics
• Martti Vuorinen – Universal Music A&R
• Pēteris Krievkalns – Creative Director for Supernova

Live audition round: A live audition round was conducted with 26 of the 28 shortlisted applicants being invited to attend. 8 entries were ultimately selected for the national final.

ARTIST	SONG	COMPOSER(S)
Aivo Oskis	“Dive Deep”	Aivis Ošķis, Bruce Mendes, Ruslans Kuksinovičs
Alekss Silvērs	“Again”	Alekss Silvērs, Andis Ansons, Uku Moldau
Alise Haijama	“Me Me Song”	Lotars Lodziņš, Jānis Kalve, Artūrs Palkevičs, Valdis Čirksts
Annemarija Moiseja	“Undo”	Mārtiņš Gailītis, Jans Vavra, Annemarija Moiseja, Reinis Straume
ANNNA	“Polyester”	Anna Madara Pērkone
Antra Stafecka & Atis Ieviņš	“Coming Over”	Atis Ieviņš, Jānis Čubars
Audiokvartāls	“Connection”	Ivars Ozoliņš, Arnis Ozoliņš, Juris Ludženieks, Ludvigs Lielauss, Mārtiņš Gailītis, Valters Mirkšs, Reinis Straume
Bad Habits	“Sail with You”	Mārtiņš Balodis, Kristaps Grīnbergs, Normans Bārbals, Jānis Līde
DRIKSNA	“Stay”	Jānis Driksna, Aidan O’Connor
Edgars Kreilis	“Tridymite”	Edgars Kreilis, Ingars Viļums
Elizabete Gaile	“For You”	Elizabete Gaile, Edijs Ostapko, Jūlijs Melngailis
Katrīna Bindere	“I Will Break Your Heart	Katrīna Anete Bindere-Čodere, Jānis Driksna, Niklāvs Sekačs
Katrīna Dimanta	“Heart Beats”	Katrīna Dimanta, Herberts Blumbergs, Andis Ansons, Jānis Bērziņš
Laika Upe	“All My Roads”	Reinis Straume, Kaspars Ansons, Guntis Nurža, Atis Čamanis, Reinis Petrovičs, Jānis Pastars, Edgars Ansons-Tomsons
Līva	“Not That Important to You”	Līva Komarovska, Kaspars Ansons, Uku Moldau
MADARA ()	“Māras zeme”	Madara Fogelmane
Maia	“Make It Real”	Maija Aukšmuksta, Reinis Ašmanis
Markus Riva (Miķelis Ļaksa)	“Impossible”	Markus Riva, Aminata Savadogo
Miks Dukurs	“I’m Falling for You”	Miks Dukurs
Rūta Ķergalve	“Izgaismots”	Rūta Ķergalve
Sabīne Blūma Blūmane	“Beauty Will Save the World”	Gaitis Lazdāns, Diāna Žukova
Samanta Tīna (Samanta Poļakova)	“Still Breathing”	Samanta Tīna, Aminata Savadogo
Seleste	“Like Me”	Reinis Briģis, Seleste Solovjova-Vlasova
Shanti	“Voices in My Mind”	Liene Matveja, Santa Dzalbe, Linda Ozola
Signe & Jānis	“Inner Light”	Jānis Aizupietis, Signe Aizupiete, Asnāte Tarvide
Toms Kalderauskis	“Be My Truth”	Liene Atvara, Toms Kalderauskis, Roberts Memmēns

Final The final will take place on 8 February 2020. The winner will be chosen via a combination of votes from a jury of music professionals and the Latvian public.

DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	JURY	PUBLIC				TOTAL	PLACE
				TELEVOTE	INTERNET	SPOTIFY STREAMS	POINTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Lettonia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Lettonia (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Lettonia (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Lettonia (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Lettonia (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Lettonia (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Samanta Tīna
Background information
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Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
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Appearance chronology
◄2019 Carousel – “That Night” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
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◄ 2019 “That Night” – Carousel • 2020 – “” • 2021►

 PORTOGALLO ALL’EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2020

Participations52First participation1964 (António Calvário)Victories2017 (Salvador Sobral)HostsLisbon 2018BroadcastersRTP

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Portogallo
National selection
Selection process	Festival da Canção 2020
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: 22.02.2020, 29.02.2020 Final: 07.03.2020
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue	RTP –
Participants
Number of entries	16
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Portogallo in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Conan Osíris – “Telemóveis” • 2020 Elisa – “Medo De Sentir”  • 2021►

Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . The Portuguese national broadcaster, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (Radio and Television of Portugal – RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2020 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1.Background: Prior to the 2020 Contest, Portugal had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-one times since its first entry in 1964. Since semi-finals were introduced into the contest in 2004, Portugal has failed to reach the final eight times. Portugal held the record for the most appearances in the contest without a win until 2017 when they won in Kiev, Ukraine, with Salvador Sobral’s entry, “Amar pelos dois”. In 2019, Portugal was represented by Conan Osíris and the song “Telemóveis”. The country failed to qualify to the final, ending in fifteenth place in the semi-final with 51 points.

The Portuguese broadcaster for the 2020 Contest, who broadcasts the event in Portugal and organises the selection process for its entry, will be Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). Portugal has most commonly selected their entry through the national final Festival da Canção except between 2003 and 2005 where the broadcaster used internal selections and the talent competition Operação triunfo to select their entry. The broadcaster will organize the 2020 edition of Festival da Canção in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest.

2.Before Eurovision: 

Festival da Canção 2020: Festival da Canção 2020 was the 54th edition of Festival da Canção, the music competition that selects Portugal’s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. Three live shows were broadcast during a two-week period: two semi-finals on 22 and 29 February and the final on 7 March 2019.

The competition featured sixteen songs written by professional and amateur composers, who were also responsible for choosing the performer(s) for their entry. Each semi-final featured eight songs from which four advanced to the final. Results during the semi-finals were determined by the sum of the votes from a room jury panel (50%) and public (50%). In the final, the winner was determined by the sum of the votes from regional jury panels (50%) and public (50%). For the third consecutive year, the competition had no language restrictions.

On 7 November 2019, RTP revealed the names of the sixteen participating composers: fourteen directly invited by RTP, one selected by Antena 1’s radio show MasterClass, and one selected from an open call of 320 submissions received by RTP.

2.1.Competing entries (Artist / Song / Composition / Lyrics): Competing songs, performers and composers at Festival da Canção 2020

ARTIST	SONG (ENGLISH TRANSLATION)	SONGWRITER	SELECTION
—	—	António Avelar Pinho	Invited by RTP
Blasted Mechanism (Guitshu, Valdjiu, Ary, Zymon, Fred Stone, Winga (Riic Wolf))	—	Blasted Mechanism	Invited by RTP
—	—	Dino D’Santiago	Invited by RTP
—	—	Elisa Rodrigues	Invited by RTP
Dúbio feat. +351	—	Dúbio feat. +351	Open call winner
—	—	Filipe Sambado	Invited by RTP
—	—	Hélio Morais	Invited by RTP
Jimmy P	—	Jimmy P	Invited by RTP
—	—	João Cabrita	Invited by RTP
—	—	Marta Carvalho	Invited by RTP
—	—	Cláudio Frank	“Masterclass” da Antena1 winner
MEERA	—	MEERA	Invited by RTP
—	—	Pedro Jóia	Invited by RTP
—	—	Rui Pregal da Cunha	Invited by RTP
—	—	Throes + The Shine	Invited by RTP
—	—	Tiago Nacarato	Invited by RTP

2.1.1.Semi-finals:

Semi-final 1

SEMI-FINAL 1 – 22 FEBRUARY 2020
DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	JURY	TELEVOTE	TOTAL	PLACE	RESULT
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Semi-final 2

SEMI-FINAL 2 – 29 FEBRUARY 2020
DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	JURY	TELEVOTE	TOTAL	PLACE	RESULT
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5
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Final

FINAL – 7 MARCH 2020
DRAW	ARTIST	SONG	JURY		TELEVOTE	TOTAL	PLACE
			VOTES	POINTS
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DETAILED REGIONAL JURY VOTES
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2.2.Promotion:

3.At Eurovision:

3.1.Semi-final:

3.2.Voting:

3.2.1.Points awarded to Portogallo (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Portogallo (Final):

3.2.2.Points awarded by Portogallo (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Portogallo (Final ):

3.2.3.Split voting results:

Split voting results from Portogallo (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Portogallo (Final):

3.3.Artist: 

Elisa
Background information
Birth name
Born
Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
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Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
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Appearance chronology
◄2019 Conan Osíris – “Telemóveis” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

3.3.Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “Telemóveis” – Conan Osíris • 2020 – “” • 2021►

 

 SWITZERLAND ALL’EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2020

Participations62First participation1956 (Lys Assia)Victories1988 (Céline Dion)1956 (Lys Assia)HostsLausanne 1989Lugano 1956BroadcastersSRG SSR idée suisseSSR SRG

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country	Switzerland
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: Song:
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster – Venue
Participants
Number of entries
Selected entrant
Selected song	“”
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Final result
Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest (◄Predecessore—Successore►)
◄2019 Luca Hänni – “She Got Me” • 2020 Gjon’s Tears – “Répondez-moi”  • 2021►

Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “”, performed by . was selected internally by the Swiss national broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft, Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision, Società svizzera di radiotelevisione, Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun – SRG SSR «Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), Radio télévision suisse (RTS),  Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI), Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR)») to represent Switzerland in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Background: 

Before Eurovision: 

Internal selection: 

Format:

MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
Argyro Christodoulides Maria Marcus Florent Luyckx Pete Watson Jennifer O’Brien Leonid Shyrins Sasha Saedi Alexey Gross Adrienn Zsédenyi Anders Øhrstrøm Deivydas Zvonkus Tinkara Kovač Grzegorz Urban Ovidiu Jacobsen Helga Möller Gore Melian Rafailas Karpis Ruth Lorenzo Pascual Gordon Groothedde Einar Bardarson Henrik Johnsson

Final selection:

At Eurovision:

Semi-final:

Voting:

Points awarded to Svizzera (Semi-final ):

Points awarded to Svizzera (Final):

Points awarded by Svizzera (Semi-final ):

Points awarded by Svizzera (Final ):

Split voting results:

Split voting results from Svizzera (Semi-final ):

Split voting results from Svizzera (Final):

Artist: 

Gjon’s Tears
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Genres
Origin
Occupation(s)
Years active
Labels
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄2019 Luca Hänni – “She Got Me” • 2020 – “” • 2021►

Song: 

“”
Single by
Released
Format
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Semi-final points
Appearance chronology
◄ 2019 “She Got Me” – Luca Hänni • 2020 – “” • 2021►

• Paesi – Finale. La finale si svolgerà il 16 maggio 2020 alle 21:00 CEST; vi gareggeranno i 10 Paesi qualificatisi durante la prima semifinale, i 10 qualificatisi durante la seconda semifinale e i 6 finalisti di diritto, per un totale di 26 Paesi. Per l’occasione, tutti i cantanti che hanno rappresentato i Paesi Bassi all’Eurovision Song Contest sono stati invitati alla serata finale.  Durante la finale dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2020 a Rotterdam, un’orchestra sinfonica composta da giovani musicisti terrà un’esibizione speciale.La musica che verrà usata per la parata iniziale sarà prodotta da Pieter Gabriel (dj e produttore olandese di 15 anni) e da Eric van Tijn (direttore musicale di questa edizione).