Our Eurovision Song Contest 2020

The Our Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will be the 65th edition of the Our Eurovision Song Contest. The contest will take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This will be the first time that the Netherlands hosts the contest. The contest will be held at Rotterdam Ahoy; it will consist of two semi-finals on TBA and TBA September, and the final on TBA October 2020.

Forty-six countries will participate in the contest.

Location
Further information on the host city: Rotterdam Rotterdam Ahoy, the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The 2020 contest is to be held at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Preparations
Preparations for the 2020 contest began on 19 May 2019, immediately after EBU has decided. David Horáček, the executive supervisor of the Eurovision Broadcasting Union (EBU) for the contest, handed AVROTROS, the Dutch participating broadcaster, a stack of documents and a USB drive with tools to begin the work needed to host the next contest. AVROTROS is co-organising the event with sister broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and their parent public broadcasting organisation, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO).

Locations of the candidate cities: the chosen host city is marked in blue. The shortlisted cities are marked in green, while the eliminated cities are marked in red.

Key:  †  Host venue  ‡  Shortlisted venues

Other sites
The Eurovision Village would have been erected to serve as the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors' area during the events week. There, it would have been possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. The Binnenrotte was the planned location for the Village. The Binnenrotte is one of the largest open spaces in the centre of Rotterdam. It is located in the heart of the city, next to one of Rotterdam's most famous architectural marvels, the Markthal.

The EuroClub would have been the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub would be restricted to accredited fans, delegates, and press. It would have been located at the Maassilo. Maassilo is located on Rotterdam's waterfront at Maashaven Zuidzijde, a 10-minute drive from Rotterdam Ahoy.

The "Golden Carpet" and Opening Ceremony events, where the contestants and their delegations present themselves in front of the accredited press and fans, would have taken place at the Rotterdam Cruise Terminal.

Participating countries
The EBU announced on 19 March 2020 that forty-six countries would participate in the contest.


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