The Free European Song Contest 2020 was the first edition of the Free European Song Contest, organised by the German television network ProSieben and the production company Brainpool TV. 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.
The show was broadcast on 16 May 2020 at 20:15 CEST on the television channel ProSieben. It was presented by Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst. It was also broadcast on the Austrian private television broadcaster Puls 24 with commentary by Tamara Mascara, Dori Bauer and Patrick Fux. ProSieben Austria and ProSieben Schweiz also took the live feed.
Format Presenters The programme was hosted by two presenters: the German television host Steven Gätjen and the Austrian singer Conchita Wurst, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
Participants CountryArtistSongLanguage(s)PlacePoints 1Ilse DeLange"Changes"English288 2Eko Fresh feat. Umut Timur"Günaydin"German, Turkish671 3Sion Hill"Speak Up"English1053 4Vanessa Mai"Highlight (Ti si moja snaga)"German, Croatian, Spanish955 5Oonagh"Du bist genug"German, Bulgarian862 6Josh."Wo bist du"German1522 7Glasperlenspiel"Immer da"German1146 8Kelvin Jones"Friends"English1245 9Mike Singer"Paranoid"German1423 10Kate Hall"Reset"English1620 11Nico Santos"Like I Love You"English, Spanish1104 12Sarah Lombardi"Te amo mi amor"German, Italian1337 13Stefanie Heinzmann"All We Need Is Love"English, Walser German766 14 The MoonDer Astronaut"Back to the Moon"English385 15Gil Ofarim"Alles auf Hoffnung"German575 16Helge Schneider"Forever at Home"German, English476
Score sheet Results rowspan=16 Netherlands 88 6 6 10 8 6 10 12 12 3 3 12 Turkey 71 3 10 12 8 7 4 1 5 6 5 10 Ireland 53 10 8 4 4 6 4 6 1 8 2 Croatia 55 1 3 12 5 6 5 8 2 2 7 4 Bulgaria 62 4 10 8 1 4 12 8 12 3 Austria 22 2 2 6 5 3 3 1 Poland 46 8 5 1 6 1 2 5 10 2 6 United Kingdom 45 1 3 3 10 10 10 8 Kazakhstan 23 7 4 2 7 1 2 Denmark 20 2 7 2 2 2 1 4 Spain 104 12 7 5 10 6 10 12 4 3 5 8 7 7 8 Italy 37 4 2 3 4 8 1 2 3 4 1 5 Switzerland 66 5 8 5 7 1 1 6 8 4 4 10 7 The Moon 85 5 12 12 2 10 7 6 7 12 12 Israel 75 6 10 7 7 3 7 5 5 8 6 5 6 Germany 76 3 12 12 1 8 4 3 3 1 7 10 12
12 points N.ContestantCountries giving 12 points4 The Moon3 The Moon21
Spokespersons The spokespersons announced the scores of their respective country's national jury
– Tamara Mascara – Friends of Oonagh – Marino Mandekić (father of Vanessa Mai) – Valeria (mother of Kate Hall) – Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz – Lion Rosenberg – Angelo Kelly – Michelle Hunziker – Paul (father of Mike Singer) The Moon – Michael Herbig as Mr. Spuck – Duncan Laurence – Lukas Podolski – Clarissa Wellenbrink (sister of Nico Santos) – Beatrice Egli – Hakan Çalhanoğlu – Melanie C
See also Eurovision Song Contest 2020 Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light Eurovision 2020 – das deutsche Finale Der kleine Song Contest Die Grand Prix Hitliste
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