Intermusic Song Contest 2020

24 June 2020

25 June 2020

1 July 2020

2 July 2020

3 July 2020

Gerry Weber Stadion

SAP Arena

TUI Arena

Barclaycard Arena

Olympiahalle

König Pilsener Arena

Sparkassen-Arena

Velodrom (Berlin)

Eissporthalle Kassel

Schleyer-Halle

Westfalenhallen

Lanxess Arena

ÖVB Arena

Arena Leipzig

Merkur Spiel-Arena

Waldstadion

Veltins-Arena

Olympiastadion

Helene Fischer

Tim Bendzko

Lena Meyer-Landrut

Florian Silbereisen

Anke Engelke

Judith Rakers

Stefan Raab

### Host broadcaster

Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD)Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

## Vote

### Voting system

The professional jury of each country awards a set of 12 to 1 point to 12 songs. Viewers around the world vote for their 12 favorite songs, and their votes are distributed proportionally. The votes of the jury and the audience make up 50 % of all votes.

### Next

2021

The Intermusic Song Contest 2020 is the plot edition of the annual Intermusic Song Contest. Taking place in Germany between the 19 June 2020 and 12 July 2020.

Organized by the Intercontinental Entertainment Group, the international music competition was inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest, and The Sounds Song Contest. Barbara Schöneberger, Michael Schulte, Helene Fischer, Tim Bendzko, Lena Meyer-Landrut, Florian Silbereisen , Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers, & Stefan Raab were the host of the plot edition of the contest contest but not at the same time with the exception of the final.

## Location

### Venue

35 Cities have placed their bids in hosting the 2020 contest, 5 cities were interested to host the final (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich, Gelsenkirchen, & Hamburg). Berlin immediately dropped out on April 24 and decided to host the closing ceremony of the event, while Munich dropped out on April 26 as it doesn't have the substantial funds to cover the Olympiastadion due to saving cost amid the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, eventually the city decided to host as one of the Preliminary Heats. Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen, & Hamburg were the only cities bidding to host and it was decided both the German organizers and the I.E.G. that Gelsenkirchen's Veltins-Arena will be the venue for the Final of the 2020 contest, while Düsseldorf, and Hamburg were given to host smaller events of the contest.

### Bidding phase

#### Host Country

The Plot Edition of the Contest was decided to undergo by an vote by the "Independent Entertainment Group" with 365 members of the national organizers of the participating countries and territories. On 24 April 2020, the voting was held online to prevent the logistics of traveling and to save up in not getting bankrupt. Eventually the decision was won by the country of Germany to host the contest in handling it with also announcing that the contest will be between 19 June and 11 July 2020.

#### Host Cites and Events

There were 20 cities bidding to host the contest, initially there were going have 3 events with 2 semi finals and a final, but due to a high demand of number of countries, it was agreed to extend the number of events to 20 events with 3 allocation draw events (a non-competitive event), 8 Preliminary Heats, 4 Quarter Finals, 2 Semi Final, a Final, with the addition of the Opening and Closing Ceremony. The German broadcaster ARD and ZDF agreed to co-host the contest with the addition of regional broadcasters to host the events in the venues and cities that its hosting.

### Other sites

#### Intermusic Village

"Nordsternpark" in Gelsenkirchen will be the venue as the "Intermusic Village"

## Participating Countries

The Deadline in Submitting entries for the 2020 contest were originally going to be separate by continent, but the IEG has decided to extend the deadline to 28 May 2020, which all continental qualifying rounds finals will be on 13 June 2020.

*See Also: List of the Entries in the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

*See Also: The Qualifying Continental Rounds of the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

## Continental Qualifying Rounds

*See Also: Intermusic Song Contest 2020 Continental Qualifying Rounds*

### Africa

*See Also: African Qualification to the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

### Americas

*See Also: Americas Qualification to the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

### Asia

*See Also: Asian Qualification to the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

### Europe

*See Also: European Qualification to the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

### Oceania

*See Also:* Oceanic *Qualification to the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

## Main Contest Results

*See Also:* *The Results of the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

### Final

There are 52 Countries that are competing in the final. 51 countries went from the qualifier rounds to the semi finals, with the addition of the host country automatically qualified to the final. The contest took place at the "Veltins-Arena" in Gelsenkirchen. Started between 18:30 CET and 22:00 CET on the 10th and 11th of July 2020.

## Scoreboard

*See Also: The Scoreboard of the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

## Broadcasters and Organizers

See Also: *The Broadcasters of the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

See Also: *The Organizers of the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

## Ratings

*See Also: The Ratings of the Intermusic Song Contest 2020*

## External Links

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