Euclovision Song Contest 2020

Euclovision Song Contest 2020
Dates
Semi-final 1	21 April 2020
Semi-final 2	22 April 2020
Final	25 April 2020
Host
Venue	Puyenbroek Stadium, Kesselbourg City, Kesselbourg
Executive supervisor	Daan Hatgers
Executive producer	Lindert Vrolijkheid Ellen Otte
Host broadcaster	Kesselbourgish Radio and Television Broadcasting Organisation (KRT)
Participants
Number of entries	25 in the final
Vote
Voting system	Each country ranks the other participants in descending order from one. The nation with the lowest score wins.

The 2020 Euclovision Song Contest was the Euclovision Song Contest's 61st edition. It was hosted in Kesselbourg City, Kesselbourg, following the victory of Georges Redding with his song Wakker Worden at Samistopol, Narozalica in the previous year. The contest marked the first time that Kesselbourg had hosted the competition since the original hosting in 1959. The event was organised by the Euclean Broadcasting Union, in cooperation with other global broadcasters.

Over forty nations took part in the event, with a larger-than-usual 25 reaching the finals. Remarkably, for the first time in the Song Contest's history, the host nation did not advance into the final.

Gaullica won the competition with Violaine Rousseau's Yeux d'ocean'. The competition also marked the first time in history where the first and second placed nations were only separated by a point: 154 and 155 respectively.

Location

As the result was announced that Georges Redding had won Euclovision 2019 in Samistopol, Narozalica, preparations for the country's hosting of the next event began almost overnight. Numerous city councils and broadcasting companies began the processes of applying to host the event. Given that it was the first instance of hosting Euclovision since its original broadcasting in 1959, KRT conferred hosting to the city of Kesselbourg City in commemoration of its role in establishing the contest.

Provisional list of participating countries

Finals

Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)
Aimilia	Pak-Pak-Pak (band)	Bulaminhgo/Flamingo	Aimilian/Gaullican
Alexandria	Jérémie Trottier	Formidable	Gaullican
Azmara	Freissun	Pay No Mind	Azmaran
Belmonte	Apolo	Vitral	Lusitan
Caldia	Alaois Mac Toimin	Bhíomar Ró-óg	Ghaillish
Dezevau	Sun Singers	Hymn to Light	Estmerish
East Miersa/West Miersa	GraRoku and Klaudia	Love Across Borders	Miersan
Eldmark	Kallt är Natten	En Blekvit Häst	Ostisk
Emessa	Kalċidon & Mattheus	Debout/Wieqaf	Gaullican/Badaviu
Template:Country data Estmere	Vivi	Adore You	Estmerish
Garambura	Olivia Le Sueur	Quand vas tu rentrer?	Gaullican/veRwizi/Sisulu
Gaullica	Violaine Rousseau	Yeux d'océan	Gaullican
Halland	Tireann feat. Ashaquid	The Asterian Plains	Ghailish
Imagua and the Assimas	Reg Sharp	Breathtaking	Estmerish
Lemovicia	Txordon Amaroz and Orrao Harambure	Jaiak zure belarrietarako	Lemovician
Maracao	Lílian Alves	O	Lusitan/Nati
Minilov	Antonije Zeleniput	Uskoro	Minilovan
Narozalica	Koztik	Spirit - Дух	Narodyn
Nuvania	Ella Becker	Just Tell Me	Estmerish
Ordennya	Irene	Bara du och jag	Ostisk
Piraea	Giannis Filis	Sfygmós	Piraean
Slirnia	Jelena Filipović	Ne počinj sada	Slirnijan
Swetania	Lann	Mirakel	Weranian
Velzemia	Mirri	Sano Niin	Vichod
Zaralaja	Liliana Muñoz and Salvador Xirau	diecisiete	Auratian

Countries that failed to qualify

Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)
Amathia	Florin	My Life	Amathian
Auratia	Pedro	Baila El Chiki Chiki	Auratia
Auratia	Pedro	Baila El Chiki Chiki	Auratian
Buckland	Geminis	Cry!	Buckish
Etruria	Kata	Moja štikla	Novalian
Hennehouwe	Machine	Baby Bye Bye	Hennish/Gaullican
Kesselbourg	The Ones	Think!	Hennish/Gaullican
Montecara	Doroteo Pupa	Satrian Karma	Montecaran
Poliania	Lena and Antoni	We Are Marolevs	Polianian
Radushia	Maxim	Work	Radushian
Varienland	Thunder	Ground	Varish
Vedmed	Avi Kipiani	Warrior	Vedmedi
Visoclesia	Nina Arifi	Alone	Visoclesian
Werania	Together!	We Are the Winners!	Visoclesian

Controversies

Maracao's decision to send Lílian Alves to Euclovision was met with disapproval amongst conservative media outlets and newspapers across the countries the event was scheduled to be broadcast in. Alves, a male-to-female transgender woman, was the subject to numerous derogatory and inflammatory comments on Euclovision's website. Euclovision's team responded by temporarily banning comments on multiple threads, adding that it respected the "individual beliefs" of all who watch Euclovision, but reserved the right to "moderate when such beliefs infringed on the well-being of others".

Violaine Rousseau, the winner of Euclovision 2020, defended Alves. Both women are known to be close friends. In her victorious speech at the ceremony's closing, she invited Alves up to speak with her. Rousseau concluded her remarks with an audible "#transrights", which was censored on re-runs in numerous countries.