Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light

Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light  was a live television programme, created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It replaced the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was going to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The show was shown live from Hilversum, Netherlands on 16 May 2020 and lasted for two hours. It was hosted by Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit, who had been chosen to present the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before its cancellation.

Format
255x255px|thumb|Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit and Edsilia Rombley, the presenters of the programme
During the programme, all 41 songs that had been chosen to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 were show but no one could vote. Participants from the past were invited to make an appearance. Together, the artists performed "Love Shine a Light" from their home countries. Videos of Eurovision fans singing along to "What's Another Year" by Johnny Logan, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in The Hague, were shown as well.

Venue
Hilversum was the host city and Studio 21 in Media Park was the venue of the show. It was the second time Hilversum hosted a Eurovision event, having previously hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1958.

Presenters
The show was hosted by three presenters: Actress and television host Chantal Janzen, singer and commentator for the contest Jan Smit, and singer Edsilia Rombley, who represented the Netherlands in the 1998 and 2007 contests. They would have been the three hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. 

Performances
The show featured performances from the following Eurovision artists:
 Order Country Artist Song 01  Johnny Logan "What's Another Year" 02  Måns Zelmerlöw  "Heroes" 03  Gali Atari (of Milk and Honey) "Hallelujah"  Past Junior Songfestival finalists 04  Diodato "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" 05  Marija Šerifović  "Molitva" 06  Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra "Love Shine a Light" (musical score)  07  Michael Schulte "Ein bißchen Frieden"  Ilse DeLange (of The Common Linnets)  08  Netta  "Cuckoo" 09  Duncan Laurence  "Someone Else"  10  All countries(except )The Artists of Eurovision 2020 (except Hooverphonic)  "Love Shine a Light" Katrina Leskanich

Song showcase
The show also showcased the artists and songs that would've been performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, by showing short videos of the songs' music videos or stage performances, along with video messages from the artists themselves.
 Order Country Artist Song Language(s) First fifth01Eden Alene"Feker libi" ()English, Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic02Ulrikke"Attention"English03Little Big"Uno" English, Spanish04Tornike Kipiani"Take Me as I Am"English05Tom Leeb"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"French, English06Efendi"Cleopatra"English07Elisa"Medo de sentir"Portuguese08The Roop"On Fire"English09The Mamas"Move"English Second fifth01Samanta Tīna"Still Breathing"English02Hooverphonic"Release Me"English 03James Newman"My Last Breath"English 04VAL"Da vidna" ()Belarusian 05Aksel"Looking Back"English 06Vasil"You"English 07Gjon's Tears"Répondez-moi"French 08Hurricane"Hasta la vista"Serbian Third fifth01Blas Cantó"Universo"Spanish02Arilena Ara"Fall from the Sky"English03Lesley Roy"Story of My Life"English04Ana Soklič"Voda"Slovene05Vincent Bueno"Alive"English06Victoria"Tears Getting Sober"English07Senhit"Freaky!"English08Daði og Gagnamagnið"Think About Things"English Fourth fifth01Stefania"Supergirl"English02Benny Cristo"Kemama"English03Alicja"Empires"English04Natalia Gordienko"Prison"English05Sandro"Running"English06Roxen"Alcohol You"English07Damir Kedžo"Divlji vjetre"Croatian08Ben Dolic"Violent Thing"English Final fifth01Destiny"All of My Love"English02Uku Suviste"What Love Is"English03Montaigne"Don't Break Me"English04Go_A"Solovey" ()Ukrainian05Ben & Tan"Yes"English06Diodato"Fai rumore"Italian07Athena Manoukian"Chains on You"English08Jeangu Macrooy"Grow"English

Appearances

  – Viki Gabor (winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019)
  – Alexander Rybak (Norwegian representative in ; winner of the )
  – Lenny Kuhr (co-winner of the )
  – Sandra Kim (winner of the )
  – Anne-Marie David (French representative in ; winner of the )
  – Niamh Kavanagh (Irish representative in ; winner of the )
  – Getty Kaspers (winner of the  as part of Teach-In)
  – Ell & Nikki (winners of the )
  – Sergey Lazarev (Russian representative in  and )
  – Dana (winner of the )
  – Elena Paparizou (Greek representative in  as part of Antique; winner of the )
  – Carola (Swedish representative in  and ; winner of the )
  – Conchita Wurst (winner of the )
  – Björn Ulvaeus (winner of the  as part of ABBA)
  – Graham Norton (British commentator for the contest)

 Broadcasters and commentators 
The countries below broadcasted the live show:
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)RTSHRTSH 1, RTSH MuzikëAndri XhahuAMPTV (1TV) David Tserunyan and Emma HakobyanSBSSBSJoel Creasey and Myf Warhurst ORFORF 1Andi Knollİctimai Television (İTV) Murad ArifBTRCBelarus 1Evgeny PerlinRTBFLa UneFrench: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Maureen LouysVRTEénDutch: Peter Van de VeireBNTBNT 1, BNT 4Elena Rosberg and Petko KralevHRTHRT 1Duško ČurlićCyBCRIK 1, RIK Sat Andreas IakovidisČTČT artJan MaxiánDRDR1Ole TøpholmERRETVEstonian: Marko ReikopETV+Russian: Yuliya Kalenda and Aleksandr KhobotovYleYle TV2Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen and Krista SiegfridsSwedish: Eva Frantz and Johan LindroosFrance TélévisionsFrance 2Stéphane BernGPB1TVDemetre ErgemlidzeARD/NDRDas ErsteMichael Schulte and Peter UrbanERTERT1Maria KozakouRÚVRÚV 1 Felix BergssonRTÉRTÉ OneMarty WhelanIPBC (Kan)Kan 11[unknown]RAIRai 1Flavio Insinna and Federico RussoRai 4, Rai Radio 2Gino Castaldo and Ema StokholmaLTVLTV1Toms GrēviņšLRTLRT televizijaRamūnas ZilnysPBSTVM[unknown]TRMMoldova 1Daniela Crudu	AVROTROSNPO 1Cornald MaasMRTMRT 1Aleksandra JovanovskaNRKNRK1TVPTVP1, TVP PoloniaArtur OrzechRTPRTP1, RTPiNuno Galopim TVRTVR1, TVRiBogdan StănescuChannel One (C1R)Yuriy Aksyuta and Yana ChurikovaSMRTVSan Marino RTVFlavio Insinna and Federico RussoRTSRTS1, RTS Svet Duška VučinićRTVSLOTV Slovenija 1Andrej HoferRTVELa 1, TVEiTony Aguilar and Eva MoraSVTSVT1SRG SSRRSI La 2Italian: Clarissa Tami and SebalterRTS 1French: Yoann Provenzano and Jean-Marc RichardSRF 1German: Sven EpineySTBTimur MiroshnychenkoUA:PBCUA:FirstUA:Radio Promin  Oleksandra Franko and Les Myrnyi   BBC BBC One Graham Norton Non-participating countriesBHRTBHT 1 Maja MiralemKhabar AgencyKhabar TV Nursultan Qurman and Mahabbat EsenRTKRTK 1[unknown]RTCGRTCG 1, Radio 98[unknown]

 References 

Other websites

Category:2020 in the Netherlands
Category:2020 in music
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