‡  Shortlisted venues. The first episode showcased the participants of the first semi-final, as well as those of host country the Netherlands and two of the Big Five, Germany and Italy, who would also have voted in this semi-final. In Eurovision Village guests should have seen live performances by artists, DJs, special events and public viewing of the shows broadcast from the Arena. Internationally renowned breakdancer and motivational speaker Redo (Redouan Aiit Chit) would have opened the 2nd Semi-Final with a spectacular performance. She received 9 sets of 12 points, scoring 236 points overall. After dissatisfaction with their result at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Germany has decided to change its national selection method for the Contest.

Rotterdam Ahoy hosted Junior Eurovision 2007. Wilkommen Deutschland! Videos will be available here when qualified for Rotterdam 2020. By continuing to actively use this website, you agree to our use of cookies. As a group, they sold out the Amsterdam Ziggo Dome twice in 2014. 'Niet met gemeentegeld', zegt de wethouder", "Amsterdam trekt zich terug als Songfestivalstad", "One down! There, it would have been possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. The Eurovision Village would have been erected to serve as the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors' area during the events week. Thomas Schreiber will still be involved as ARD Head of Entertainment and Iris Bents as Head of Press. Der kleine Song Contest was organised and broadcast by the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). Welcome to the official Eurovision Song Contest channel on YouTube! Deutschland nimmt erstmalig teil. Iceland's RÚV announces alternative Eurovision 2020 show", "Eurovisión - Encuesta final de 'La mejor canción de España en el Festival, "Eurovision: Abba's Waterloo voted best song of all time", "Eurovision month! In the run-up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, they had to predict the rankings of 10 randomly selected Eurovision 2019 entries and thus demonstrate their affinity for the material.

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The second episode featured the participants of the second semi-final, as well as those of France, Spain and the United Kingdom, who would also have voted in this semi-final. One is a Eurovision Jury composed of 100 people from all over Germany, the other is an international expert jury of 20 music professionals who have all been part of their home country's national juries at some point. The competition consisted of a pre-qualifying round on 9 May 2020 and a final on 16 May 2020. November findet der Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Warschau statt. The Eurovision stage was designed by German stage designer Florian Wieder, who also designed the stages for the contests in 2011–12, 2015, and 2017–19. [21] The local Cars Jeans Stadion football stadium would have been large enough but lacked a roof, and installing such a roof would have made the bid financially unviable. [9] A spokesperson for NPO also stated that the broadcaster had a rough plan for how they would select the host city in the event of a Dutch victory. On Twitter, #EurovisionAgain regularly became a trending topic and received positive reactions of past participants. [3] Forty-one countries would have participated in the contest; Bulgaria and Ukraine would have returned after their absences from the 2019 contest, while Hungary and Montenegro had confirmed their non-participation after taking part in the previous edition. [45], The EBU revealed the stage design for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in December 2019. comments powered by Disqus.

This year’s slogan, ‘Move the World’, is highly symbolic, encouraging children to take an active part in shaping their world. In the final on May 16, the full performances of all ten acts will be shown including live performances from some of the acts. The ranking of all Slovenian Eurovision entries (songs on behalf of Yugoslavia excluded), decided by over 30.000 online votes, was revealed on the show. Contains one repeated phrase in Spanish and two words in English. [23] Utrecht was specifically eliminated because its proposal to span a tent over its Jaarbeurs offered limited possibilities for testing on location and had a questionable suitability for events like the Eurovision Song Contest,[24] while 's-Hertogenbosch was dropped due to an insufficient ceiling height in its Brabanthallen and too few hotel rooms blocked for potential visitors of the contest.

Glennis Grace would have performed during the interval of the Grand Final with Afrojack.

[16][17], From this point on, these nine cities had until 10 July 2019 to compile their bid books to demonstrate their capabilities to host the contest. Germany will make its debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this year! This website uses cookies to provide you with a better user experience. In addition, the 600 artists who were present during the selection process are still protected. It is located in the heart of the city, next to some of Rotterdam's most famous architectural marvels, such as the Markthal.