Eurofans Song Contest 4

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**Participation map**
* Participating Countries     Countries that did not qualify for the final
 Voting system
 Winning song

**Eurofans Song Contest 4**, was the 4th edition of the Eurofans Song Contest.
It will take place in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, following Álvaro Soler's win at the third edition in Edinburgh, Scotland with the song "La cintura".
The event was held at the Poliesportiu d'Andorra, with semi-finals held on 11-12 April 2020, and the final held on 18 April 2020.

Fifty-seven countries took part in the contest; The submissions for the fourth edition opened on 29 March 2020. In this edition,  Azerbaijan,  Georgia,  Germany,  Hungary and  Russia, participated in the final for the first time.

The edition was won by  Germany, represented by Nico Santos with the song "Play With Fire", which scored a total of 826 points, beating the runner-up  Sweden by a margin of 278 points. The song received a record-breaking 826 points out of 1,344, at the time the highest total score in the history of the contest. The third place went to  Norway ,  Kosovo and  Ukraine completed the top five of the edition. The host of the contest,  Andorra, finished 27th.

 Germany achieved their best result since the first edition, While  Romania ,  San Marino and  Ukraine achieved a place in the top ten.

## Location

*For further information see Andorra*
**Andorra**, also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked microstate on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees, bordered by France in the north and Spain in the south. Created under a charter in 988, the present principality was formed in 1278. It is known as a principality as it is a diarchy headed by two Co-Princes: the Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Spain and the President of the Republic of France.

Andorra is the sixth-smallest nation in Europe, having an area of 468 km2 (181 sq mi) and a population of approximately 77,281. Andorra is the 16th-smallest country in the world by land and 11th-smallest country by population. Its capital Andorra la Vella is the highest capital city in Europe, at an elevation of 1,023 metres (3,356 feet) above sea level. The official language is Catalan, although Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.

Andorra's tourism services an estimated 10.2 million visitors annually. It is not a member of the European Union, but the euro is the official currency. It has been a member of the United Nations since 1993. In 2013, the people of Andorra had the highest life expectancy in the world at 81 years, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study.

### Host City

*For further information see Andorra la Vella*
**Andorra la Vella** is the capital of the Principality of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parish that surrounds the capital.

As of 2015, the city has a population of 22,886, and the urban area, which includes Escaldes-Engordany plus satellite villages, has over 40,000 inhabitants.

The principal industry is tourism, although the country also earns foreign income from being a tax haven. Furniture and brandies are local products. Being at an elevation of 1,023 metres (3,356 ft), it is the highest capital city in Europe and a popular ski resort.

### Venue

*For further information see Poliesportiu d'Andorra*
**Poliesportiu d'Andorra**, also known as **Poliesportiu de Govern**, is an indoor sporting arena located in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Opened in 1991, the initial capacity of the arena was 3,000 people. It was temporarily expanded to 5,000 with additional seats from 1993 to 1996 when BC Andorra played in Liga ACB. It hosts various sporting events such as team handball and futsal matches

In 2011, the Poliesportiu d'Andorra hosted the Final Eight of the roller hockey's European League. In 2014, after the second promotion of BC Andorra to the Spanish top basketball league, the National Government decided to expand the arena to 5,000 seats.

## Format

The executive supervisors has decided that in the fourth edition will be 2 Semi-finals with 25 - 26 countries in each. In each semi-final 11 countries will qualify for the Grand Final to make a line-up of 28 competing countries (22 Semi-Final qualifers + Big 6) without a second chance round.

### Semi-final allocation draw

The draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals took place right after the closing of the songs' submissions. The fifty-one semi-finalists had been allocated into seven pots, based on historical voting patterns and their geographical place. Drawing from different pots helped to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the semi-finals (to make the contest more realistic).

The pre-qualified countries:

* Bulgaria
* Germany
* Norway
* Romania

will first drawn to determine in which semi-Final each country would vote. After that the remaning fifty-one countries were divided into eight pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country will be drawn from the pot, it´s half of the semi-final was determined.

The eight pots were the following:

* England
* Ireland
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Northern Ireland
* Scotland
* Wales
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Georgia
* Kazakhstan
* Russia
* Ukraine
* Croatia
* Kosovo
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* Iceland
 Pot 5
 * Italy
* Monaco
* Morocco
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Spain
* Cyprus
* Greece
* Israel
* Malta
* Turkey
* France
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Switzerland
* Czech Republic
* Moldova
* Poland
* Slovakia

### Voting

The executive supervisors has announced that the voting system would be each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Televoting votes from all countries are pooled. After players have cast their votes, the results of each professional jury are presented. After the results of the professional juries are presented, the televoting points from all participating countries are combined, providing one score for each song. The results are announced in reverse order. The voting system is also used to determine the qualifiers from each semi-final, but as before the qualifiers are announced in a random order.

## Participating countries

Fifty-seven countries will take part in the contest; The submissions for the third edition opened on 28 March 2020. The songs of the 1st Semi Final were revealed on 2 April 2020, The songs of the 2nd Semi Final were revealed on 3 April 2020.
The high number of countries kept the number of the finalists to be 28 - again.

As the rules say, Every country that participated in Eurovision or Junior Eurovision can be part of the contest. In Addition, The song has to be released after the January 1, 2016 and the performers have to be from the country that they are representing (Except for some cases which are described in the contest rules).

### Semi Final 1

The first semi-final took place on 11 April 2020. Twenty-six countries participated in the first semi-final.
 Andorra,  Hungary,  Norway voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Semi Final 2

The second semi-final took place on 12 April 2020. Twenty-five countries participated in the second semi-final.
 Bulgaria,  Germany,  Romania voted in this semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

### Final

The final took place on 18-19 April 2020. Twenty-eight countries participated in the final, with all 57 participating countries eligible to vote.

## Scoreboard

### Semi-final 1

#### 12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the first Semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

### Semi-final 2

#### 12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the second Semi-final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

### Final

#### 12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country in the Final.

Countries in bold represent those awarded full 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to a specified entrant.

## Voting Order

2. Netherlands
3. Faroe Islands
4. Luxembourg
5. Belgium
6. Israel
7. Latvia
8. Georgia
9. Denmark
10. Slovenia
11. Belarus
12. Kosovo
13. Malta
14. Germany
15. Wales
16. San Marino
17. Cyprus
18. Monaco
19. Finland

21. Turkey
22. Czech Republic
23. Australia
24. North Macedonia
25. Kazakhstan
26. Russia
27. France
28. Italy
29. Sweden
30. Romania
31. Croatia
32. Ireland
33. England
34. Poland
35. Slovakia
36. Hungary
37. Portugal
38. Albania
40. Spain
41. Montenegro
42. Northern Ireland
43. Ukraine
44. Iceland
45. Serbia
46. Greece
47. Azerbaijan
48. Liechtenstein
49. Armenia
50. Bulgaria
51. Estonia
52. Morocco
53. Moldova
54. Norway
55. Lithuania
56. Switzerland
57. Andorra

## External links

* Recap of all the songs performed at the 1st Semi-Final of the 4th Eurofans Song Contest
* Recap of all the songs performed at the 2nd Semi-Final of the 4th Eurofans Song Contest
* The exciting qualifiers announcement of the first Semi-Final - Eurofans 4
* The exciting qualifiers announcement of the second Semi-Final - Eurofans 4
* Recap of all the songs performed at the Grand Final of the 4th Eurofans Song Contest
* Full voting of the Grand Final of the 4th Eurofans Song Contest