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
On 18 March 2020, it was announced that the contest would be cancelled due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in Europe. It's the first in the history of the contest to be cancelled.

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.

 Planned contestants 
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageRTSHArilena Ara"Fall from the Sky"EnglishAMPTVAthena Manoukian"Chains on You"EnglishSBSMontaigne"Don't Break Me"EnglishORFVincent Bueno"Alive"EnglishİTVEfendi"Cleopatra"EnglishBTRCVAL"Da vidna" ()BelarusianVRTHooverphonic"Release Me"EnglishBNTVictoria"Tears Getting Sober"EnglishHRTDamir Kedžo""CroatianCyBCSandro"Running"EnglishČTBenny Cristo"Kemama"EnglishDRBen and Tan"Yes"EnglishERRUku Suviste"What Love Is"EnglishYleAksel"Looking Back"EnglishFrance TélévisionsTom Leeb" (The Best in Me)"French, EnglishGPBTornike Kipiani"Take Me as I Am"EnglishNDRBen Dolic"Violent Thing"EnglishERTStefania"Supergirl"EnglishRÚVDaði og Gagnamagnið"Think About Things"EnglishRTÉLesley Roy"Story of My Life"EnglishIPBCEden Alene"Feker Libi" ()English, AmharicRAIDiodato""ItalianLTVSamanta Tīna"Still Breathing"EnglishLRTThe Roop"On Fire"EnglishPBSDestiny"All of My Love"EnglishTRMNatalia Gordienko"Prison"EnglishAVROTROSJeangu Macrooy"Grow"EnglishMRTVasil"You"EnglishNRKUlrikke"Attention"EnglishTVPAlicja"Empires"EnglishRTPElisa""PortugueseTVRRoxen"Alcohol You"EnglishC1RLittle Big""English, SpanishSMRTVSenhit"Freaky!"EnglishRTSHurricane"Hasta la vista"SerbianRTVSLOAna Soklič""SloveneRTVEBlas Cantó""SpanishSVTThe Mamas"Move"EnglishSRG SSRGjon's Tears""FrenchUA:PBCGo_A"Solovey" ()UkrainianBBCJames 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

Other websites

Category:2020 in the Netherlands
Category:2020 in music
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