() was a one-off music competition in the Eurovision Song Contest format, organised and broadcast by the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) for ARD. It served as a local 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 competition consisted of a pre-qualifying round on 9 May 2020 in the television show , presented by with the support of Peter Urban, and a final on 16 May 2020, hosted by Barbara Schöneberger. 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.
Participants Pre-qualifying round The pre-qualifying round 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: Country Artist Song 1Eden Alene"Feker libi" () 2Natalia Gordienko"Prison" 3Vincent Bueno"Alive" 4Ana Soklič"Voda" 5Jeangu Macrooy"Grow" 6Daði og Gagnamagnið"Think About Things" 7Uku Suviste"What Love Is" 8Hurricane"Hasta la vista" 9Aksel"Looking Back" 10Stefania"Supergirl" 11Ben & Tan"Yes" 12Senhit"Freaky!" 13Alicja"Empires" 14Go A"Solovey" () 15James Newman"My Last Breath" 16Blas Cantó"Universo" 17Samanta Tīna"Still Breathing" 18Elisa"Medo de sentir" 19Hooverphonic"Release Me" 20Victoria"Tears Getting Sober" 21The Roop"On Fire" 22VAL"Da vidna" () 23Diodato"Fai rumore" 24Sandro"Running" 25Damir Kedžo"Divlji vjetre" 26Athena Manoukian"Chains on You" 27Lesley Roy"Story of My Life" 28Tom Leeb"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)" 29Ulrikke"Attention" 30Destiny"All of My Love" 31Little Big"Uno" 32Roxen"Alcohol You" 33Gjon's Tears"Répondez-moi" 34Efendi"Cleopatra" 35Montaigne"Don't Break Me" 36Tornike Kipiani"Take Me as I Am" 37Benny Cristo"Kemama" 38Vasil"You" 39Arilena Ara"Fall from the Sky" 40The Mamas"Move"
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: During the live show, 2018 representative Michael Schulte performed his 4th placed entry "You Let Me Walk Alone" and new single "Keep Me Up" whilst Ben Dolic, who was to represent the country in 2020, performed his entry "Violent Thing".
CountryArtistSongPointsPlaceJuryPublicTotal 1Ben & Tan"Yes"1895 2Efendi"Cleopatra"41510 3The Mamas"Move"5496 4The Roop"On Fire"1012221 5Gjon's Tears"Répondez-moi"6397 6Destiny"All of My Love"82104 7Daði og Gagnamagnið"Think About Things"127192 8Diodato"Fai rumore"2688 9Victoria"Tears Getting Sober"3589 10Little Big"Uno"710173
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
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