Prior to Eurovision 2019, Norwegian broadcaster NRK announced their plans for a more extensive national final for 2020. The broadcaster has now released more information, saying that a total of 40 songs will be a part of the selection. The expanded selection will be used to celebrate 60 years of Norway at the Eurovision Song…
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Georgian broadcaster has opted to continue using Georgian Idol as the selection format for Eurovision, and applications are now open for the next season of the talent show. GPB have begun the search for their next Eurovision participant, with the application period for the next season of Georgian Idol now open. The application form can…
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Swiss broadcaster SRF have confirmed their participation at Eurovision 2020. Following on from the success of Luca Hänni at this year’s contest, the broadcaster has decided to continue with the same national selection format to select their next representative. The selection will occur internally, with a 100-member audience panel and a 20-member international jury involved…
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Israeli broadcaster KAN has confirmed their participation at Eurovision 2020, and furthermore the national selection format has been revealed. Israel will hold two selection shows to determine their song and singer for Eurovision 2020. The artist will be chosen through the format HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion which has been used to select the Israeli artist since…
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We are now one step closer to knowing which city will host Eurovision 2020, with the five contenders now down to two. The EBU have now officially announced that Rotterdam and Maastricht have submitted the strongest bids. Last week a total of five cities put forward their bid books to host Eurovision 2020, including Rotterdam,…
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Dutch public broadcasters NPO, AVROTROS and NOS have now appointed four members of the core team for Eurovision 2020. Two Executive Producers and two Deputy Executive Producers have been named as part of the core team. The two Executive Producers are Sietse Bakker and Inge van de Weerd, while the Deputy Executive Producers are Emilie…
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Amsterdam will not host Eurovision 2020. In an official statement, the local government states that the city “does not have the right venue that is available for long enough.” Five cities remain in the race to host the contest in the Netherlands. As the capital city, Amsterdam was hot favorite to host Eurovision. However, there were doubts…
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Czech broadcaster, Česká televise has now announced that the submission period for their Eurovision 2020 selection has been extended. Interested artists now have an extra month to submit their songs to the Czech broadcaster, with the final day of submissions now July 31st. Entries can be submitted to escmusic@ceskatelevize.cz. It is a requirement of the…
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This post is in collaboration with ESCDaily.com After Duncan Laurence won the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 on behalf of The Netherlands, the first steps towards hosting the contest in The Netherlands in 2020 have already been taken. The host city will be announced in August. Nine cities in The Netherlands have already applied to host the…
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Georgia have confirmed their participation in next year’s contest, as well as confirming Georgian Idol as their national final format for 2020. Georgian broadcaster GPB will be competing at the 2020 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest which is set to be held in The Netherlands. Additionally, the broadcaster has confirmed that Georgian Idol will…
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