Eurovision 2020 – das deutsche Finale

Eurovision Song Contest 2020 – das deutsche Finale live aus der Elbphilharmonie ("The German final live from the Elbphilharmonie") was a one-off music competition in the Eurovision format, organised and broadcast by the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). It served as an alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was planned to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eurovision 2020 – das deutsche Finale
Dates
Semi-final	9 May 2020
Final	16 May 2020
Host
Venue	Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany
Presenter(s)	Semi-final: Dennis Wolter Benjamin Wolter Peter Urban Final: Barbara Schöneberger
Host broadcaster	Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
Interval act	Final: "You Let Me Walk Alone" and "Keep Me Up" performed by Michael Schulte "Violent Thing" performed by Ben Dolic
Participants
Number of entries	40
Vote
Voting system	Semi-final anf Final: Combination of (online) televoting of the German public and points awarded by a 100-member jury.
Winning song	Lithuania "On Fire"

Barbara Schöneberger, presenter of the final on 16 May 2020

The competition consisted of a pre-qualifying round on 9 May 2020 in the television show World Wide Wohnzimmer, presented by Dennis and Benjamin Wolter with the support of Peter Urban, and a final on 16 May 2020, hosted by Barbara Schöneberger.[1][2] The pre-qualifying round was broadcast on the television channel One, while the final was broadcast on Das Erste. Both shows were made available for online streaming.[2]

Participants

Pre-qualifying round

The pre-qualifying round World Wide Wohnzimmer – das ESC Halbfinale 2020 took place on 9 May 2020 at 20:15 CEST and featured the following competing entries, which would have taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020:[1][3]

Draw	Country[4]	Artist[4]	Song[4]	Language(s)[4]
01	Israel	Eden Alene	"Feker libi" (ፍቅር ልቤ)	English, Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic
02	Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	"Prison"	English
03	Austria	Vincent Bueno	"Alive"	English
04	Slovenia	Ana Soklič	"Voda"	Slovene
05	Netherlands	Jeangu Macrooy	"Grow"	English
06	Iceland	Daði og Gagnamagnið	"Think About Things"	English
07	Estonia	Uku Suviste	"What Love Is"	English
08	Serbia	Hurricane	"Hasta la vista"	Serbian[lower-alpha 1]
09	Finland	Aksel	"Looking Back"	English
10	Greece	Stefania	"Supergirl"	English
11	Denmark	Ben & Tan	"Yes"	English
12	San Marino	Senhit	"Freaky!"	English
13	Poland	Alicja	"Empires"	English
14	Ukraine	Go A	"Solovey" (Соловей)	Ukrainian
15	United Kingdom	James Newman	"My Last Breath"	English
16	Spain	Blas Cantó	"Universo"	Spanish
17	Latvia	Samanta Tīna	"Still Breathing"	English
18	Portugal	Elisa	"Medo de sentir"	Portuguese
19	Belgium	Hooverphonic	"Release Me"	English
20	Bulgaria	Victoria	"Tears Getting Sober"	English
21	Lithuania	The Roop	"On Fire"	English
22	Belarus	VAL	"Da vidna" (Да вiдна)	Belarusian
23	Italy	Diodato	"Fai rumore"	Italian
24	Cyprus	Sandro	"Running"	English
25	Croatia	Damir Kedžo	"Divlji vjetre"	Croatian
26	Armenia	Athena Manoukian	"Chains on You"	English
27	Ireland	Lesley Roy	"Story of My Life"	English
28	France	Tom Leeb	"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"	French, English
29	Norway	Ulrikke	"Attention"	English
30	Malta	Destiny	"All of My Love"	English
31	Russia	Little Big	"Uno"	English, Spanish
32	Romania	Roxen	"Alcohol You"	English
33	Switzerland	Gjon's Tears	"Répondez-moi"	French
34	Azerbaijan	Efendi	"Cleopatra"	English[lower-alpha 2]
35	Australia	Montaigne	"Don't Break Me"	English
36	Georgia	Tornike Kipiani	"Take Me as I Am"	English[lower-alpha 3]
37	Czech Republic	Benny Cristo	"Kemama"	English
38	North Macedonia	Vasil	"You"	English
39	Albania	Arilena Ara	"Fall from the Sky"	English
40	Sweden	The Mamas	"Move"	English

Final

The final took place on 16 May 2020 at 20:15 CEST and featured the following 10 entries that received most points in the pre-qualifying round:[3][5]

Draw	Country[4]	Artist[4]	Song[4]	Language(s)[4]	Points[6]			Place[6]
					Jury	Public	Total
01	Denmark	Ben & Tan	"Yes"	English	1	8	9	5
02	Azerbaijan	Efendi	"Cleopatra"	English[lower-alpha 2]	4	1	5	10
03	Sweden	The Mamas	"Move"	English	5	4	9	6
04	Lithuania	The Roop	"On Fire"	English	10	12	22	1
05	Switzerland	Gjon's Tears	"Répondez-moi"	French	6	3	9	7
06	Malta	Destiny	"All of My Love"	English	8	2	10	4
07	Iceland	Daði og Gagnamagnið	"Think About Things"	English	12	7	19	2
08	Italy	Diodato	"Fai rumore"	Italian	2	6	8	8
09	Bulgaria	Victoria	"Tears Getting Sober"	English	3	5	8	9
10	Russia	Little Big	"Uno"	English, Spanish	7	10	17	3

See also

• Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light
• Der kleine Song Contest
• Eurovision: Come Together
• Free European Song Contest
• Sveriges 12:a
• Die Grand Prix Hitliste

Notes

1. Contains one repeated phrase in Spanish and two words in English.
2. Contains the Japanese mantra "Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō".
3. Contains "I love you" in Italian, Spanish, French and German, and one more word in French.

References

1. "ESC 2020: Votings und Shows in Deutschland". Eurovision.de (in German). 26 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
2. Granger, Anthony (26 April 2020). "Germany: Organises Two Shows To Determine The Nations Eurovision 2020 Winner". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. "Eurovision 2020 special public broadcasting plans". Eurovision.tv. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
4. "Rotterdam 2020". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
5. "Deutsches ESC-Halbfinale: Diese Zehn sind im Finale". Eurovision.de (in German). 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
6. Spiteri, Steven (16 May 2020). "The Roop from Lithuania wins the German Eurovision 2020 alternative show". Eurovision World. Retrieved 17 May 2020.