Eurovision Song Contest 2020
The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was a cancelled singing competition that was to be held in The Netherlands, after Duncan Laurence won the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song ”Arcade”.
Cancellation[change | change source]
On 18 March 2020, it was announced that the contest would be cancelled due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in Europe.[1] It's the first in the history of the contest to be cancelled.[2]
After the show was cancelled, the European Broadcasting Union organised a replacement show called Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, to show the selected entries in place of the Grand Final on 16 May. Rotterdam remained as the host city of the next year's contest.[2]
Planned contestants[change | change source]
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania
|
RTSH | Arilena Ara | "Fall from the Sky" | English |
 Armenia
|
AMPTV | Athena Manoukian | "Chains on You" | English |
 Australia
|
SBS | Montaigne | "Don't Break Me" | English |
 Austria
|
ORF | Vincent Bueno | "Alive" | English |
 Azerbaijan
|
İTV | Efendi | "Cleopatra" | English |
 Belarus
|
BTRC | VAL | "Da vidna" (Да відна) | Belarusian |
 Belgium
|
VRT | Hooverphonic | "Release Me" | English |
 Bulgaria
|
BNT | Victoria | "Tears Getting Sober" | English |
 Croatia
|
HRT | Damir Kedžo | "Divlji vjetre" | Croatian |
 Cyprus
|
CyBC | Sandro | "Running" | English |
 Czech Republic
|
ČT | Benny Cristo | "Kemama" | English |
 Denmark
|
DR | Ben and Tan | "Yes" | English |
 Estonia
|
ERR | Uku Suviste | "What Love Is" | English |
 Finland
|
Yle | Aksel | "Looking Back" | English |
 France
|
France Télévisions | Tom Leeb | "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)" | French, English |
 Georgia
|
GPB | Tornike Kipiani | "Take Me as I Am" | English |
 Germany
|
NDR | Ben Dolic | "Violent Thing" | English |
 Greece
|
ERT | Stefania | "Supergirl" | English |
 Iceland
|
RÚV | Daði og Gagnamagnið | "Think About Things" | English |
 Ireland
|
RTÉ | Lesley Roy | "Story of My Life" | English |
 Israel
|
IPBC | Eden Alene | "Feker Libi" (ፍቅር ልቤ) | English, Amharic |
 Italy
|
RAI | Diodato | "Fai rumore" | Italian |
 Latvia
|
LTV | Samanta Tīna | "Still Breathing" | English |
 Lithuania
|
LRT | The Roop | "On Fire" | English |
 Malta
|
PBS | Destiny | "All of My Love" | English |
 Moldova
|
TRM | Natalia Gordienko | "Prison" | English |
 Netherlands
|
AVROTROS | Jeangu Macrooy | "Grow" | English |
 North Macedonia
|
MRT | Vasil | "You" | English |
 Norway
|
NRK | Ulrikke | "Attention" | English |
 Poland
|
TVP | Alicja | "Empires" | English |
 Portugal
|
RTP | Elisa | "Medo de sentir" | Portuguese |
 Romania
|
TVR | Roxen | "Alcohol You" | English |
 Russia
|
C1R | Little Big | "Uno" | English, Spanish |
 San Marino
|
SMRTV | Senhit | "Freaky!" | English |
 Serbia
|
RTS | Hurricane | "Hasta la vista" | Serbian |
 Slovenia
|
RTVSLO | Ana Soklič | "Voda" | Slovene |
 Spain
|
RTVE | Blas Cantó | "Universo" | Spanish |
 Sweden
|
SVT | The Mamas | "Move" | English |
 Switzerland
|
SRG SSR | Gjon's Tears | "Répondez-moi" | French |
 Ukraine
|
UA:PBC | Go_A | "Solovey" (Соловей) | Ukrainian |
 United Kingdom
|
BBC | James Newman | "My Last Breath" | English |
Due to the rules of the Contest, the entries from the cancelled 2020 Contest were not allowed to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. However, many of the original artists returned with new songs while others were replaced.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is cancelled". Eurovision.tv. 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Official EBU statement & FAQ on Eurovision 2020 cancellation". Eurovision.tv. 2020-03-18. Archived from the original on 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
