Eurovision Song Festival 14

Semi-finals dates
 Semi-final 2 date
 Final date
 Venue
 Presenter(s)
 Conductor
 Director
 Executive supervisor
 Host broadcaster
 Interval act
 Number of entries
 Debuting countries
 Returning countries
 Voting system
 Null points
 Winning song

The Eurovision Song Festival 14 will be the 14th edition of the Eurovision Song Festival. It will take place in Palais 12 in Brussels, Belgium. This will be the first time the contest will take place in Belgium. The contest is expected to consist of two semi-finals on 3 and 4 February and the final on 5 February 2021.

On the 23rd of October , the EBO confirmed that a total of 46 countries will be present in the fourteenth edition of the Eurovision Song Festival.

## Location

### **Bidding phase**

On 23 October 2020, the EBO confirmed that six cities were in the race to host the fourteenth edition of the Eurovision Song Festival. The host city will be announced on the 23rd of October 2020. The head of the contest, Adéla Bronislava, announced that the host city announcement will take place on 23:45 CET.

All cities were allowed to submit a venue for hosting the contest. The cities had to announce the venue and the capacity for the show. In the end, six cities were submitted to host the contest. The following cities are in the race to host the contest:
  †   Host venue
  ‡   Shortlisted

### **Venue**

Palais 12 / Paleis 12 (French: Palais 12, Dutch: Paleis 12) is an indoor arena in Brussels used for concerts and spectacles. With a capacity of roughly 15,000 it is one of the largest indoor venues in Belgium. Located in the Heysel Exhibition Park, it was originally built in 1989 but was redesigned and reopened in its current form in 2013.

Palais 12 forms the foundation stone for the NEO project, which aims to refurbish the Heysel Plateau into a new, modern, multipurpose neighbourhood in northern Brussels.

Situated on the Heysel Plateau, Palais 12 hosts major events, such as big concerts, conferences, shows and major sporting events for a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.

As the many large events organised at Brussels Expo demonstrate and thanks to its central position and accessibility, Palais 12 is the only venue in Belgium capable of welcoming spectators from all across the country, the equivalent of an attractiveness potential of more than 11 million people. This is a huge asset for Palais 12, Belgium's only venue to boast such a high prospect of spectators.

## Format

On the 23rd of October, the EBO confirmed that 2 Semi-Finals and the final were scheduled to take place in November. There is a jury and a televote. They both decide 50% of the score. There was also a big 6 pre-qualified to the final. Those countries were the host Belgium, Serbia, Ukraine, Georgia, Latvia and the United Kingdom.

## Participating countries

Participating countries had until 10 September to submit their applications for participation in the contest and until 20 September to withdraw their application without a penalty. The EBO announced on 23 October that 46 countries would participate in the contest.

## Results

### **Semi-Final 1**

Twenty countries participated in the first semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### **Semi-Final 2**

Twenty countries participated in the second semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.