Eurovision Song Contest

On Tuesday 12 May, the EBU will spotlight the songs that would have been shown in the first Semi-Final, including host country the Netherlands and 2 of the Big 5 countries: Germany and Italy.

On Tuesday you were able to see the first 20 songs that would have competed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. This show, which will be broadcast on Thursday 14 May, will feature the songs chosen for the second Semi-Final and will include the rest of the Big 5 countries: France, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, the EBU and its Dutch Members NPO, NOS and AVROTROS are producing a new show, 'Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light', to air in place of the Grand Final on Saturday 16 May at 21:00 CEST. Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light will be aired by 46 broadcasters. The show will honour all 41 songs, in a non-competitive format, as well as providing plenty of surprises for fans and viewers at home. The show also intends to bring together 2020’s artists, from their locations across Europe, in a unifying performance of Eurovision 1997's Love Shine A Light by Katrina And The Waves.

The British public will get the opportunity to take part in a live online vote to choose their all-time favourite Eurovision songs from the past 64 years. This eclectic shortlist of songs have been selected by a panel of Eurovision experts and super-fans including Radio 2's Ken Bruce, Eurovision semi-final commentators Rylan Clark-Neal and Scott Mills.

Rylan Clark-Neal, commentator of the BBC's Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals coverage and lifelong fan of the global singing competition, narrates a guide to all things Eurovision in this compilation of highlights.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will be the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest is scheduled to take place in the Netherlands, following their victory at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel with the song "Arcade", performed by Duncan Laurence.