The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was initially scheduled to take place at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and consist of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, and the grand final on 16 May 2020. According to the Eurovision rules, each participating country, except the host country and the "Big Five", consisting of , , , and the , would have been required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final would have progressed to the grand final. In January, it was announced that Albania would be performing in the second half of the second semi-final of the contest. However, in March, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the contest's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. With respect to Arilena and her entry "Fall from the Sky" participating in the 2021 contest, the EBU announced soon after that entries intended for 2020 would not be eligible for the following year, though each broadcaster would be able to send either their 2020 representative or a new one. By September 2020, RTSH announced that they planned to instead host the next edition of Festivali i Këngës to choose their 2021 entry.