British broadcaster BBC have now announced that they will be forming a collaboration with music company BMG to select their Eurovision 2020 entry. Since 2016, the BBC have used the public selection format of Eurovision: You Decide to select the British Eurovision entry. Despite good intentions, the nation achieved minimal success when it came to…
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Earlier in the Eurovision season it was revealed that Finland would be returning to an open format of UMK, their Eurovision national selection. Now, more details have been released regarding the 2020 selection. Tapio Hakasen, the music manager of YleX and organisational team member of UMK has explained that the return to the open format…
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Czech broadcaster ÄŒeská Televise have announced that a total of eight acts have been selected for the Czech Eurovision national final. Interested artists were invited to submit their entries for the 2020 season, from which eight acts have been selected by the broadcaster. A jury consisting of Jan Potměšil, Jan Bors, KryÅ¡tof Šámal, Marvin Dietmann…
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Estonian broadcaster ERR have confirmed their participation at Eurovision 2020, and furthermore confirmed that they will be once again using the Eesti Laul format to select their entry. The final of Eesti Laul 2020 will be on February 29th, with a total of 24 acts to compete in the national selection in total. There will…
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Serbian broadcaster RTS has opened the song submission period for the upcoming edition of Beovizija. Once again, Beovizija format will be used to select the Serbian act for Eurovision. The submission period is now open until November 15th, where interested singers and songwriters can submit their songs to RTS. The exact dates of the competition…
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The European Broadcasting Union in association with Dutch broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS have now announced that Rotterdam will be hosting Eurovision 2020. It was earlier revealed that two cities were shortlisted for hosting duties, which were Rotterdam and Maastricht. It was decided that Rotterdam put forward the strongest bid of the two shortlisted cities.…
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After a successful debut year for Australia Decides, broadcaster SBS and production partner Blink TV have now announced that the national selection will be returning in 2020. The show will be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition centre on the 8th of February, with the jury show (not televised) on the 7th of…
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Czech Broadcaster ÄŒT has concluded the song submission period for Eurovision 2020. It has been reported that a total of 152 entries were submitted to the broadcaster, which is less than the 2018 season. Despite that, the proportion of Czech songwriters has increased, with 72 of the 152 entries received written by Czech songwriters. Last…
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Would-be debutant Liechtenstein have ruled out participation at Eurovision 2020. Broadcaster 1FLTV have confirmed that they will not be participating at next year’s contest, despite their interest in participating at the contest. There was no official reason given, however to be able to participate, the broadcaster must become a full EBU member and additionally would…
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While we will have to wait for the full Melodifestivalen line-up to be revealed, one of eight finalists of P4 Nästa will earn a spot in the 2020 national selection. The eight finalists of P4 Nästa have now been revealed by Sveriges Radio. The finalists were selected after each of the 25 districts of P4…
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