Free European Song Contest 2020

The Free European Song Contest 2020 was the first edition of the Free European Song Contest,^[1] 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.

Free European Song Contest 2020
Date and venue
Final	16 May 2020
Venue	Brainpool-Studios Cologne, Germany
Production
Broadcaster	ProSieben
Executive producer	Stefan Raab
Presenters	Steven Gätjen Conchita Wurst
Participants
Number of entries	16
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards 1–8, 10 and 12 points to their ten favourite songs. The points from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are derived from televoting. The points from the other countries are decided by their respective spokespersons.
Winning song	Spain "Like I Love You"
Free European Song Contest → 2021

Hosts Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst

The show was broadcast on 16 May 2020 at 20:15 CEST on the television channel ProSieben.^[2] It was presented by Steven Gätjen and Conchita Wurst.^[2] It was also broadcast on the Austrian private television broadcaster Puls 24 with commentary by Tamara Mascara, Dori Bauer and Patrick Fux.^[3] 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.^[2]

Participants

R/O	Country[4]	Artist[5]	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
1	Netherlands	Ilse DeLange	"Changes"	English	2	88
2	Turkey	Eko Fresh feat. Umut Timur	"Günaydin"	German, Turkish	6	71
3	Ireland	Sion Hill	"Speak Up"	English	10	53
4	Croatia	Vanessa Mai	"Highlight (Ti si moja snaga)"	German, Croatian, Spanish	9	55
5	Bulgaria	Oonagh	"Du bist genug"	German, Bulgarian	8	62
6	Austria	Josh.	"Wo bist du"	German	15	22
7	Poland	Glasperlenspiel	"Immer da"	German[a]	11	46
8	United Kingdom	Kelvin Jones	"Friends"	English	12	45
9	Kazakhstan	Mike Singer	"Paranoid"	German[b]	14	23
10	Denmark	Kate Hall	"Reset"	English[c]	16	20
11	Spain	Nico Santos	"Like I Love You"	English, Spanish	1	104
12	Italy	Sarah Lombardi	"Te amo mi amor"	German, Italian[d]	13	37
13	Switzerland	Stefanie Heinzmann	"All We Need Is Love"	English, Walser German	7	66
14	The Moon	Der Astronaut	"Back to the Moon"	English	3	85
15	Israel	Gil Ofarim	"Alles auf Hoffnung"	German[e]	5	75
16	Germany	Helge Schneider	"Forever at Home"	German, English	4	76

Score sheet

		Results
		Total score	Netherlands	Turkey	Ireland	Croatia	Bulgaria	Austria	Poland	United Kingdom	Kazakhstan	Denmark	Spain	Italy	Switzerland	The Moon	Israel	Germany
Contestants	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.	Contestant	Countries giving 12 points
4	The Moon	Austria
		Croatia
		Germany
		Switzerland
3	Germany	Ireland
		The Moon
		Turkey
	Netherlands	Denmark
		Israel
		Spain
2	Bulgaria	Italy
		Kazakhstan
	Spain	Netherlands
		United Kingdom
1	Croatia	Bulgaria
	Turkey	Poland

Spokespersons

The spokespersons announced the scores of their respective country's national jury^[6]

•  Austria – Tamara Mascara
•  Bulgaria – Friends of Oonagh
•  Croatia – Marino Mandekić (father of Vanessa Mai)
•  Denmark – Valeria (mother of Kate Hall)
•  Germany – Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz
•  Israel – Lion Rosenberg
•  Ireland – Angelo Kelly
•  Italy – Michelle Hunziker
•  Kazakhstan – Paul (father of Mike Singer)
• The Moon – Michael Herbig as Mr. Spuck
•  Netherlands – Duncan Laurence
•  Poland – Lukas Podolski
•  Spain – Clarissa Wellenbrink (sister of Nico Santos)
•   Switzerland – Beatrice Egli
•  Turkey – Hakan Çalhanoğlu
•  United Kingdom – 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

Notes

1. Contains a few lines in Polish
2. Contains one line in Russian
3. Contains one line in Danish
4. Contains a title and repeated refrain in Spanish
5. Contains one line in Hebrew