Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 36

Final
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 Executive
 Broadcaster
 Interval act
 Entries
 Returning
**Participation map**
* Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final or the PSR     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
 System
 Winner

**Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 36**, also known as **ESCT 36**, is the thirty-sixth edition of Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged. The contest will be held at the Flanders Expo, in Ghent, Belgium, for the third time in this country, following the Belgium's victory at the 35th edition in Rotterdam with the song "Watching You", performed by Lea Rue, with 236 points. All the shows were hosted by Kevin De Bruyne and Trixie Whitley.

Forty-six countries finally participated in the 36th edition of the contest. Malta and Slovenia will return to the contest after their absences from the past contest, meanwhile Croatia, Luxembourg and Morocco withdrew alleging different reasons.

**Of Monsters and Men** from Iceland were the thirty-sixth winners of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged with the song *Wild Roses* with a total of **187** points. While Norway finished in second place and Bosnia and Herzegovina finished in third place.

## Format

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the allocation of the participating countries into their respective semi-finals took place at Ghent's City Hall on 18 February 2020, hosted by Virginie Efira and Virginie de Clausade. The first part of the draw determined in which semi-final the Big Six would have to vote. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country would perform, with the exact running order determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Twenty countries will participate in each semi-final. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the "Big 6" in the final, where a total of 26 countries will participate.

The forty semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on their geographical place and cultural similarities. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Cyprus
* Greece
* Malta
* Monaco
* San Marino
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Georgia
* Russia
* Turkey
 Pot 4
 * France
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* Spain
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
* Bulgaria
* Hungary
* Latvia
* Moldova
* Poland
* Slovakia
* Estonia
* Finland
* Iceland
* Lithuania
* Norway
* Sweden

## Logo and theme

The logo of the thirty-sixth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged was designed by Alex Ramírez the main producer of Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged. The main logo of this edition is a figure in a letter B shape, refering to the outline of Belgium's map, using algo the slogan *Chapters Undolfing*. It's a clear reference to the introduction of new rules starting from this edition and also to the arrival of new Heads of Delegation to the contest. A new chapter is going to be unfold from this edition onwards.

## Participants

Forty-six countries officially confirmed their participation so far in the 36th edition of the contest. Malta and Slovenia returned to the contest after their absence from the past contest. Surprisingly, Croatia, Luxembourg and Morocco withdrew alleging different reasons.

### Returning artists

The contest featured sixteen representatives, who also previously performed as lead vocalists for the same and/or different countries.

The singer **Tamara Todevska**, debuted in the eighteenth edition also hosted in Belgium, representing North Macedonia. The Bosnian artist **Salvatore Ganacci** represented his country after doing it in the 33rd edition, while **Ira Losco** represented Malta for the 4th time in the 9th, 20th and 32nd editions. Famous Bulgarian singer **Mihaela Marinova** returned to the contest after representing her own country getting a 3rd place in the fourteenth edition. **Thorsteinn Einarsson**, returned to the contest after representing Austria in the seventeenth edition and also Iceland in the thirty-first edition. For the 3rd time, **Julie Bergan** represented Norway after the editions of ESCT22 and ESCT26. **Chinook** was selected to represent Netherlands, after getting a place in the final in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 16, while the Icelandic band **Of Monsters and Men** participated in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 17. For the second time, **Lidia Buble** represented her country Romania back in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 27d 30|thirtieth edition]], as **Joan Thiele** who already represented Italy in the twenty-first and twenty-second editions. The Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 20 winner **Marina Kaye** for France, who also represented her country in the sixteenth and twenty-eighth editions, did the same for the 4th time, while the Belarussian singer **Bianka** did the same after represented her country in the fifteenth edition. After representing their countries in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 27, the Swiss band **Kadebostany** and the Albanian artist **Elvana Gjata** returned to try their best in this edition. The famous singer **Iveta Mukuchyan** returned to represent Armenia after the eighth and twenty-nineth editions. **Yianna Terzi** returns to represent Greece after previously having qualified from the thirty-fourth edition.

### **Semifinal 1**

#### **Jury**

* Germany (Finalist)
* Israel (Finalist)
* Romania (Finalist)

### **Semifinal 2**

#### **Jury**

* Belgium (Host)
* Czech Republic (Finalist)
* Ireland (Finalist)

## Score sheet

### **12 points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the first semifinal.

### **12 points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the second semifinal.

### **12 points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the final.

## Voting and spokespersons

2. FELIN(Finnish representative in ESCT34)
3. Goran Kostić
4. Gülşen
5. Diana Gurtskaya
6. Freddie
7. Tita
8. Michael Fassbender
9. Jazmin Grace Grimaldi
10. Kim Begović(Slovenian representative in ESCT34)
11. Rubina Dyan
12. Giulia Luzi(Sammarinese representative in ESCT22 and ESCT28)
13. Thea(North Macedonian representative in ESCT33)
14. Joana Almeida
15. Lake Malawi(Czech representatives in ESCT19)
16. Samanta Tina(Latvian representatives in ESCT19)
17. Odeya Rush
18. Kike García(Polish Head of Delegation)
19. José Daniel Mancebo(Andorran Head of Delegation)
20. Miki Núñez
21. Anna Vissi
22. Jerry Heil
23. Eduardo Díez(Polish Head of Delegation)
25. Tanya Dziahileva
26. Lynda Woodruff
27. Bella Santiago(Romanian representative in ESCT34)
28. Emma Wortelboer
29. Martha Fenech
30. Kristine Elezaj(Montenegrin representative in ESCT33)
31. Sigrid(Norwegian representative in ESCT28 and ESCT31 winner)
32. Bakuna Matata
33. Michelle Hunziker
34. Vitalija Katunskytė
35. Sergey Lazarev(Russian representative in ESCT7, ESCT10 and ESCT23)
36. David Beckham
37. Laura-Ly(Estonian representative in ESCT27)
38. Björk(Icelandic representative in ESCT5)
39. Valeriu Gutu
40. Arilena Ara(Albanian representative in ESCT16, ESCT21, ESCT28 and ESCT34)
41. Baby K(Sammarinese representative in ESCT34)
42. Luka Raco
43. César Sampson(Austrian representative in ESCT34)
44. Rafa Soto(Greek Head of Delegation)
45. Maggie DeBlock
46. Soprano(French representative in ESCT27)

## Incidents

### **Cypriot entry**

On 16 March 2020, it was communicated to the TBU, that the Cypriot song "Logia Omorfa" performed by Yianna Terzi was indeed a cover of the famous slavic song "Stanga". Due to the already initiated process of voting, the organization decided not to disqualify the country, but it would receive a penalty which meant into removing the first highest score this country received. Finally, this decision didn't affect the overall results as Cyprus finished in last place.

### **Monegasque entry**

On 25 March 2020, during the period of voting for the Grand Final, the TBU realised that Monaco's official video had more than 50 million views, while the view rule for microstates is 1 million of views. Once again, the country wasn't disqualified because of the advanced process of voting. However, this country received a penalty and the two highest scores that Monaco received were deducted from their total score. Originally, Monaco finished in 17th place with 96 points in the grand final, but after penalties, Monaco was lowered up to the 20th place with 72 points.

## Other countries

*Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged*
Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged requires a national broadcaster with active **ETU** membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below:

* Croatia: On 2 February 2020, the broadcaster announced their withdrawal from the edition due to changes regarding the Head of Delegation. It is expected that the country will return for the following edition.

* Luxembourg: The Head of Delegation expressed that the country was losing interest in the contest in spite of the good results from previous editions and the broadcaster channel was suffering an internal change.

* Morocco: Although the good results in previous editions, the Moroccan public broadcaster SNRT, didn't give any details of their decision about withdrawing from the contest.

## Other awards

### ESCT Second Chance Contest

*Main article: ESCT Second Chance Contest 36*
The eleventh ESCT Second Chance Contest edition took place when ESCT36 finished and was hosted in Hungary for the first time. Each country could submit one of their national selection entries to compete in the contest with some rules applying for the entries.