Eurovision Song Contest 2020: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|Cancelled Eurovisioninternational Songsong Contest editioncompetition}}

| director = {{Ubl|Marnix Kaart|[[Marc Pos]]|Daniel Jelinek}}

| presenters = {{Ubl|[[Chantal Janzen]]|[[Edsilia Rombley]]|[[Jan Smit (singer)|Jan Smit]]|[[NikkieTutorials|Nikkie de Jager]] (online host)}}

| Green2 = Countries that had planned to participate in 2020 and would have competed in the semi-finals

| YellowGrey = Y

| Yellow2Grey2 = Countries that had participated in the past but did not plan to participate in 2020

The '''Eurovision Song Contest 2020''' was planned to be the 65th edition of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. It would have taken place in [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]], following the country's victory at the {{Escyr|2019||2019 contest}} with the song "[[Arcade (song)|Arcade]]" by [[Duncan Laurence]]. This edition was the first and only one in the contest's 64-year history to be cancelled, with it being called off on 18 March 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="cancellation statement">{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/official-ebu-statement-and-faq-eurovision-song-contest-2020-cancellation|title=Official EBU statement & FAQ on Eurovision 2020 cancellation|date=18 March 2020|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318142008/https://eurovision.tv/official-ebu-statement-and-faq-eurovision-song-contest-2020-cancellation|archive-date=18 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

The hosting broadcasters launched the bidding process on 29 May 2019.<ref name="Eurovision bidding process">{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-city-bid-process-has-begun|title=Which Dutch city or region will host Eurovision 2020?|first=Evert|last=Groot|date=29 May 2019|publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU)|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529140850/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-city-bid-process-has-begun|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In the first phase of this process, cities were to formally apply to bid.<ref name="NPO bidding process">{{cite web|url=https://pers.npo.nl/persberichten/eurovisie-songfestival-2020-steden-kunnen-tot-10-juli-bid-books-inleveren|title=Eurovisie Songfestival 2020: steden kunnen tot 10 juli bid books inleveren|language=nl|trans-title=Eurovision Song Contest 2020: cities can hand in bid books until 10 July|date=12 June 2019|publisher=Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NOS)|access-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219071512/https://pers.npo.nl/persberichten/eurovisie-songfestival-2020-steden-kunnen-tot-10-juli-bid-books-inleveren|archive-date=19 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Nine cities—Amsterdam, [[Arnhem]], [[Breda]], [['s-Hertogenbosch]], The Hague, [[Leeuwarden]], Maastricht, [[Rotterdam]], and [[Utrecht]]—did so and received a list of criteria they and their venues needed to meet on 12 June 2019.<ref name="NPO bidding process"/> Initially, [[Zwolle]] had also considered launching a bid to host the event but the city ultimately decided against doing so because it deemed its venue, the [[IJsselhallen]], to have unsuitable proportions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/zwolle/zwolle-haakt-af-in-strijd-om-songfestival-ijsselhallen-ongeschikt~ac0d11bb/|title=Zwolle haakt af in strijd om Songfestival: IJsselhallen ongeschikt|language=nl|trans-title=Zwolle quits in the battle for the Song Contest: IJsselhallen unsuitable|first=Jordy|last=Boschman|date=24 May 2019|publisher=[[Algemeen Dagblad]]|access-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602061730/https://www.ad.nl/zwolle/zwolle-haakt-af-in-strijd-om-songfestival-ijsselhallen-ongeschikt~ac0d11bb/|archive-date=2 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Enschede]] could have been a potential host city as [[Enschede Airport Twente]] considered bidding to host the event in its eleventh [[hangar]], however, it later learned that Enschede's municipality executive board had decided against financially supporting such a bid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tubantia.nl/enschede/vliegveld-twenthe-wil-het-songfestival-binnenhalen-we-moeten-groot-durven-denken~aba913b7/|title=Vliegveld Twenthe wil het Songfestival binnenhalen: 'We moeten groot durven denken'|language=nl|trans-title=Twente Airport wants to win the Eurovision Song Contest: "We must dare to think big"|first1=Arjan|last1=te Bogt|first2=Kelly|last2=Adams|date=20 May 2019|publisher=[[Tubantia (newspaper)|Tubantia]]|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527174545/https://www.tubantia.nl/enschede/vliegveld-twenthe-wil-het-songfestival-binnenhalen-we-moeten-groot-durven-denken~aba913b7/|archive-date=27 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tubantia.nl/enschede/songfestival-in-enschede-niet-met-gemeentegeld-zegt-de-wethouder~ab4e7c20/|title=Songfestival in Enschede? 'Niet met gemeentegeld', zegt de wethouder|language=nl|trans-title=Song Contest in Enschede? "Not with municipal money," says the alderman|first=Wilco|last=Louwes|date=20 May 2019|publisher=Tubantia|access-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616103751/https://www.tubantia.nl/enschede/songfestival-in-enschede-niet-met-gemeentegeld-zegt-de-wethouder~ab4e7c20/|archive-date=16 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The EBU announced on 13 November 2019 that forty-one countries would participate in the contest, with Bulgaria and Ukraine returning after their absence from the 2019 contest, with Hungary and Montenegro not participating mostly due to financial reasons.<ref name="Participants">{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/41-countries-eurovision-2020-rotterdam|title=41 countries will 'Open Up' at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam|date=13 November 2019|publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU)|url-status=live|access-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113150645/https://eurovision.tv/story/41-countries-eurovision-2020-rotterdam|archive-date=13 November 2019}}</ref> Following the cancellation of the contest, the participating broadcasters were given sole discretion on whether to retain the artists who would have participated in this edition may have been chosen to participate infor the following year,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/these-artists-are-already-confirmed-for-eurovision-2021|title=These artists are already confirmed for Eurovision 2021|date=23 March 2020|publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323182536/https://eurovision.tv/story/these-artists-are-already-confirmed-for-eurovision-2021|archive-date=23 March 2020|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> but they hadwere required to enter with new songs in accordance towith the Eurovisioncontest's rules.<ref name=":1" />

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Albania|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Armenia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Australia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Austria|y=2020}}

| "[[Alive (Vincent Bueno song)|Alive]]"

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Belarus|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Belgium|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Croatia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Czech Republic|y=2020}}

| {{hlist|[[Benny Cristo|Ben da Silva Cristóvão]]|Rudy Ray|Charles Sarpong|Osama Verse-Atile|Filip Zangi}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Denmark|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Estonia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Finland|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|France|y=2020}}

| {{hlist|[[Peter Boström]]|[[Thomas G:son|Thomas Gustafsson]]|[[Amir Haddad]]|Léa Ivanne|[[Tom Leeb]]|[[John Lundvik]]}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Georgia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Germany|y=2020}}

| "[[Violent Thing]]"

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Greece|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Iceland|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Ireland|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Israel|y=2020}}

| English, [[Amharic]]{{efn|name=il|Contains phrases in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Arabic]].}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Italy|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Latvia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Malta|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Moldova|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Netherlands|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|North Macedonia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Norway|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Poland|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Portugal|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Romania|y=2020}}

| {{hlist|Ionuț Armaș|[[Breyan Isaac]]|VikyVictor RedBouroșu}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Russia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|San Marino|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Serbia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Spain|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Switzerland|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2020}}

! scope="row" | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2020}}

| [[James Newman (musiciansinger)|James Newman]]

Active EBU member broadcasters in {{Esccnty|Andorra}}, {{Esccnty|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}, {{Esccnty|Hungary}}, {{Esccnty|Monaco}}, {{Esccnty|Slovakia}} and {{Esccnty|Turkey}} confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/03/18/andorra-rtva-open-to-co-operation-with-catalan-broadcaster-regarding-eurovision-participation/|title=Andorra: RTVA Open To Co-operation With Catalan Broadcaster Regarding Eurovision Participation|first=Anthony|last=Granger|date=18 March 2019|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418045345/https://eurovoix.com/2019/03/18/andorra-rtva-open-to-co-operation-with-catalan-broadcaster-regarding-eurovision-participation/|archive-date=18 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/22/andorra-rtva-rules-out-eurovision-return-in-2020/|title=Andorra: RTVA Rules Out Eurovision Return in 2020|first=Anthony|last=Granger|date=22 May 2019|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522231125/https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/22/andorra-rtva-rules-out-eurovision-return-in-2020/|archive-date=22 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.escxtra.com/2018/12/29/bosnia-2020-eurovision-difficult/|title=Bosnia & Herzegovina's "primary goal" is Eurovision comeback but 2020 return "difficult"|first=Ryan|last=Cobb|date=29 December 2018|publisher=ESCXtra|access-date=29 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229075805/https://www.escxtra.com/2018/12/29/bosnia-2020-eurovision-difficult/|archive-date=29 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/07/09/bosnia-herzegovina-eurovision-2020/|title=Bosnia & Herzegovina: No Eurovision Return in 2020|first=Emily|last=Herbert|date=9 July 2019|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=10 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709233208/https://eurovoix.com/2019/07/09/bosnia-herzegovina-eurovision-2020/|archive-date=9 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/10/25/hungary-withdraws-from-the-eurovision-song-contest/|title=Hungary: A Dal Dropped As Eurovision Selection Process, Withdrawal Possible?|last=Deakin|first=Samuel|date=25 October 2019|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123060909/https://eurovoix.com/2019/10/25/hungary-withdraws-from-the-eurovision-song-contest/|archive-date=23 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/176986/monaco-tmc-confirms-non-participation-in-eurovision-2020/|title=Monaco: TMC confirms non participation in Eurovision 2020|first=Sanjay|last=Jiandani|date=6 August 2019|publisher=ESCToday}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/06/05/slovakia-eurovision-song-contest-2020/|title=Slovakia: No Return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020|first=Emily|last=Herbert|date=5 June 2019|publisher=Eurovoix}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/09/22/turkey-trt-will-not-compete-in-eurovision-2020/|title=Turkey: TRT Will Not Compete in Eurovision 2020|last=Granger|first=Anthony|date=22 September 2019|access-date=22 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922181912/https://eurovoix.com/2019/09/22/turkey-trt-will-not-compete-in-eurovision-2020/|archive-date=22 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> An inside source attributed Hungary's non-participation to a rise of [[Homophobia|anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment]] in the country;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/27/hungary-pulls-out-of-eurovision-amid-rise-in-anti-lgbt-rhetoric|title=Hungary pulls out of Eurovision amid rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric|first1=Shaun|last1=Walker|first2=Flora|last2=Garamvolgyi|date=27 November 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128122945/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/27/hungary-pulls-out-of-eurovision-amid-rise-in-anti-lgbt-rhetoric|archive-date=28 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> however, this was denied by the Hungarian broadcaster [[MTVA (Hungary)|the Hungarian broadcasterMTVA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://index.hu/kultur/media/2019/11/28/kozmedia_kozteve_eurovizios_dalfesztival/|title=Köztévé: Nem tartjuk számon senki szexuális beállítottságát|date=28 November 2019|publisher=[[Index.hu]]|access-date=18 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516100746/https://index.hu/kultur/media/2019/11/28/kozmedia_kozteve_eurovizios_dalfesztival/|archive-date=16 May 2020}}</ref> {{Esccnty|Montenegro}}, while initially confirming its participation, later reconsidered the option due to "modest results" and financial issues, and the country did not appear on the final list of participants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/09/24/montenegro-eurovision-2020-participation-confirmed/|title=Montenegro: Eurovision 2020 Participation Confirmed|first=Neil|last=Farren|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924191528/https://eurovoix.com/2019/09/24/montenegro-eurovision-2020-participation-confirmed/|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://escxtra.com/2019/11/08/%f0%9f%87%b2%f0%9f%87%aa-montenegro-withdraws-from-eurovision-song-contest-2020/|title=🇲🇪 Montenegro withdraws from Eurovision Song Contest 2020|first=Angelos|last=Noutsos|date=8 November 2019|publisher=ESCXtra|access-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123060913/https://escxtra.com/2019/11/08/%F0%9F%87%B2%F0%9F%87%AA-montenegro-withdraws-from-eurovision-song-contest-2020/|archive-date=23 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/11/09/montenegro-director-general-no-decision-eurovision-2020/245069/|title=Montenegro: In or out? RTCG Director-General says no decision has been made yet on Eurovision 2020|first=Robyn|last=Gallagher|date=9 November 2019|publisher=Wiwibloggs|access-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109113211/https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/11/09/montenegro-director-general-no-decision-eurovision-2020/245069/|archive-date=9 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/177952/montenegro-rtcg-releases-a-statement-regarding-its-eurovision-withdrawal|title=Montenegro: RTCG releases a statement regarding its Eurovision withdrawal|first=Sanjay|last=Jiandani|date=15 November 2019|publisher=ESCToday|access-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123060913/http://esctoday.com/177952/montenegro-rtcg-releases-a-statement-regarding-its-eurovision-withdrawal|archive-date=23 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtcg.me/magazin/muzika/259215/cg-ne-ide-na-eurosong-2020.html|title=CG ne ide na Eurosong 2020.|language=cnr|trans-title=Montenegro does not go to Eurovision Song Contest 2020.|date=15 November 2019|publisher=[[RTCG]]|access-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115220130/http://www.rtcg.me/magazin/muzika/259215/cg-ne-ide-na-eurosong-2020.html|archive-date=15 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="non-list">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/177459/eurovision-2020-ebu-releases-official-list-of-participating-countries/|title=Eurovision 2020: EBU releases official list of participating countries|first=Sanjay|last=Jiandani|date=13 November 2019|publisher=ESCToday|access-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114160736/http://esctoday.com/177459/eurovision-2020-ebu-releases-official-list-of-participating-countries/|archive-date=14 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Calls on {{Esccnty|Luxembourg}} to return to the contest after theirits continued non-participation in the competition since {{escyr|1993}} (including from [[Anne-Marie David]], {{escyr|1973}} winner for the country), resulted in a fan-led petition directed to the broadcaster [[RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg|RTL]] and the [[Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)|Chamber of Deputies]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/29/luxembourg-anne-marie-david-pushing-for-nations-eurovision-return/|title=Luxembourg: Anne-Marie David Pushing For Nations Eurovision Return|first=Anthony|last=Granger|date=29 May 2019|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529205343/https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/29/luxembourg-anne-marie-david-pushing-for-nations-eurovision-return/|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and in a second petition opened by the Chamber of Deputies itself;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wort.lu/fr/luxembourg/pour-un-retour-du-luxembourg-a-l-eurovision-5d0c9733da2cc1784e34674c|title=Pour un retour du Luxembourg à l'Eurovision|language=fr|trans-title=For a return of Luxembourg to Eurovision|first=Sophie|last=Wiessler|date=21 June 2019|publisher=[[Luxemburger Wort]]|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623092606/https://www.wort.lu/fr/luxembourg/pour-un-retour-du-luxembourg-a-l-eurovision-5d0c9733da2cc1784e34674c|archive-date=23 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> however, RTL also ruled out participation in the 2020 contest prior to the official announcement by the EBU.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/176967/luxembourg-rtl-confirms-non-participation-in-eurovision-2020/|title=Luxembourg: RTL confirms non participation in Eurovision 2020|first=Sanjay|last=Jiandani|date=23 July 2019|publisher=ESCToday|access-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723102807/http://esctoday.com/176967/luxembourg-rtl-confirms-non-participation-in-eurovision-2020/|archive-date=23 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite EBU associate member {{Esccnty|Kazakhstan}}'s previous participation in the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]], [[Jon Ola Sand]], the executive supervisor of the contest, stated that the country's participation in the main contest needed to be discussed by its [[reference group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/11/22/kazakhstan-eurovision-participation-needs-to-be-discussed/|title=Kazakhstan: Eurovision Participation 'Needs To Be Discussed'|first=Anthony|last=Granger|date=22 November 2018|publisher=Eurovoix}}</ref> The EBU stated in September 2019 that theyit had no intention to invite Kazakhstan to the 2020 contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://escxtra.com/2019/09/06/ebu-no-plans-to-invite-kazakhstan-to-participate-in-eurovision-2020/|title=EBU: "No plans" to invite Kazakhstan to participate in Eurovision 2020|first=Ryan|last=Cobb|date=6 September 2019|publisher=ESCXtra|access-date=6 September 2019|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216024859/https://escxtra.com/2019/09/06/ebu-no-plans-to-invite-kazakhstan-to-participate-in-eurovision-2020/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Despite attempts by the {{Esccnty|Kosovo|t=Kosovan}} broadcaster [[Radio Television of Kosovo|RTK]] to obtain full EBU membership in order to debut at the 2020 contest,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/06/22/kosovo-rtk-to-push-for-full-ebu-membership-next-week/|title=Kosovo: RTK to Push for Full EBU Membership Next Week|first=Anthony|last=Granger|date=22 June 2018|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622203046/https://eurovoix.com/2018/06/22/kosovo-rtk-to-push-for-full-ebu-membership-next-week/|archive-date=22 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> at the EBU's 82nd General Assembly in June 2019, it was decided to keep [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]] membership as a requirement to join the EBU, thus making it impossible for RTK to join the EBU in time for the 2020 contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://escxtra.com/2019/06/28/no-changes-approved-in-ebu-statutes-kosovo-cannot-apply-for-full-membership/|title=No changes approved in EBU statutes: Kosovo cannot apply for full membership|first=Lisa|last=Bird|date=28 June 2019|publisher=ESCXtra|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629120354/https://escxtra.com/2019/06/28/no-changes-approved-in-ebu-statutes-kosovo-cannot-apply-for-full-membership/|archive-date=29 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Esccnty|Liechtenstein|t=Liechtensteiner}} broadcaster [[1 FL TV]], despite previous attempts to become an EBU member, halted its plans after director Peter Kölbel's unexpected death, and did not resume them due to the lack of sufficient funds and of government support; thus theyit ruled out debuting in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/177028/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-in-eurovision-2020/|title=Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV will not debut in Eurovision 2020|first=Sanjay|last=Jiandani|date=7 August 2019|publisher=ESCToday|access-date=8 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807131118/http://esctoday.com/177028/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-in-eurovision-2020/|archive-date=7 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The contest would have been hosted by three presenters: actress and television host [[Chantal Janzen]], singer and commentator for the contest [[Jan Smit (singer)|Jan Smit]], and singer [[Edsilia Rombley]], who represented the Netherlands in the {{Escyr|1998}} and {{Escyr|2007}} contests.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Exclusive: Introducing the Eurovision 2020 presenters! |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-presenters-chantal-janzen-edsilia-rombley-jan-smit |url-status=live |access-date=4 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204173211/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-presenters-chantal-janzen-edsilia-rombley-jan-smit |archive-date=4 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=4 December 2019 |title=Edsilia Rombley, Chantal Janzen en Jan Smit presenteren Songfestival |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2313279-edsilia-rombley-chantal-janzen-en-jan-smit-presenteren-songfestival.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204164741/https://nos.nl/artikel/2313279-edsilia-rombley-chantal-janzen-en-jan-smit-presenteren-songfestival.html |archive-date=4 December 2019 |access-date=4 December 2019 |publisher=nos.nl}}</ref> Beauty vlogger [[NikkieTutorials|Nikkie de Jager]] (NikkieTutorials) would have been the presenter of the contest's online content, including a behind-the-scenes [[YouTube]] series to be recorded with the participating artists.<ref name="NikkieTutorials">{{cite news |date=10 February 2020 |title=NikkieTutorials online-presentator Songfestival: 'Extreem vereerd' |language=nl |work=NOS |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2322437-nikkietutorials-online-presentator-songfestival-extreem-vereerd.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211200833/https://nos.nl/artikel/2322437-nikkietutorials-online-presentator-songfestival-extreem-vereerd.html |archive-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> She would have also reported from the "Golden Carpet" during the opening ceremony and was scheduled to make an appearance in all three live shows.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2020 |title=NikkieTutorials online presenter of Eurovision 2020 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/nikkietutorials-online-presenter-of-eurovision-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216212757/https://eurovision.tv/story/nikkietutorials-online-presenter-of-eurovision-2020 |archive-date=16 February 2020 |access-date=10 February 2020 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU)}}</ref> [[Roos Moggré]] and {{Ill|Andrew Makkinga|nl}} would have moderated the contest's [[press conference]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2020 |title=Moggré en Makkinga leiden 87 persconferenties songfestival |trans-title=Moggré and Makkinga will host Eurovision's 87 press conferences |url=https://www.ad.nl/show/moggre-en-makkinga-leiden-87-persconferenties-songfestival~a7126e5d/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224195717/https://www.ad.nl/show/moggre-en-makkinga-leiden-87-persconferenties-songfestival~a7126e5d/ |archive-date=24 February 2020 |access-date=24 February 2020 |publisher=Algemeen Dagblad |language=nl}}</ref>

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