World Eurovision Singer Competition 8.5

Eurovision Burgundy Song Contest 2020 Think Different
Dates
Semi-final 1 date	14 April 2020
Semi-final 2 date	16 April 2020
Final dates	18 April 2020
Host
Venue	Thomond Park, Limerick Ireland
Presenter(s)	Eoghan McDermott Kathryn Thomas
Director	Ian McGarry
Executive supervisor	Jon Ola Sand
Executive producer	Dee Forbes
Host broadcaster	Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Opening act	Semi-final 1: "Orinoco Flow" performed by Enya Semi-final 2: "Tír na nÓg" performed by Celtic Woman with Oonagh Final: "Hold Me Now" performed by Johnny Logan with Irish famous singers.
Interval act	Final: "What Makes You Beautiful" performed by One Direction. Riverdance performed by Irish dancing champions Jean Butler, Michael Flatley and the vocal ensemble Anúna, with score composed by Bill Whelan. Michelle Visage performed by Irish Drag Queen, Panti the song "Let the Music Play"
Participants
Number of entries	49
Debuting countries	Andorra
Returning countries	Montenegro
Withdrawing countries	Georgia Hungary
Participation map      Participating countries     Past participants that did not participate     Participants that failed to qualify to the final
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting.
Eurovision Burgundy Song Contest
◄2019 2021►

The Eurovision Burgundy Song Contest 2020 was planned to be the 49th edition of the World Eurovision Singer Competition. The contest would have taken place in Limerick, Ireland, following the country's victory at the 2019 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with the song "Hold Me Now" performed by Aurora. This would have been the second time that the Ireland hosted the contest, the last edition having been the 1990 contest. The contest would have been held at Thomond Park.

It was originally scheduled to consist of two semifinals on 14 and 16 April, and a final on 18 April 2020. Forty-one countries would have participated in the contest Bulgaria and Ukraine would have returned after their absences from the 2019 contest, while Hungary and Montenegro had confirmed their non-participation after taking part in the previous edition. All forty-one competing artists and songs were confirmed by the relevant broadcasters by early March 2020.

Location

For further information see Limerick

The City

Limerick is located in the Mid-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 census,Limerick is the third-most populous urban area in the state, and the fourth-most populous city on the island of Ireland. The city lies on the River Shannon, with the historic core of the city located on King's Island, which is bounded by the Shannon and Abbey Rivers. Limerick is also located at the head of the Shannon Estuary, where the river widens before it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Limerick City and County Council is the local authority for the city.

Place

The place will annonced the 08 March 2020. RTÉ have annonced: "We will work on this place for making a great edition in Ireland".

Limerick

Thomond Park is a stadium in Limerick in the Irish province of Munster. The stadium is owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union and has Munster Rugby, Shannon RFC and UL Bohemian RFC as tenants. Limerick FC played home games in Thomond Park from 2013 to 2015 in the League of Ireland while the Markets Field was being redeveloped. The capacity of the stadium is 25,600 following its large-scale redevelopment in 2008.

Other Site

The Eurovision Village was the official Eurovision Song Contest fan and sponsors' area during the events week. There it was possible to watch performances by local artists, as well as the live shows broadcast from the main venue. Located at the Park in Limerick, it was open from 12 to 25 April 2020.

The EuroClub was the venue for the official after-parties and private performances by contest participants. Unlike the Eurovision Village, access to the EuroClub was restricted to accredited fans, delegates, and press. It was located at Shannon Airport Hangard 2 in Limerick The "Green Carpet" event, where the contestants and their delegations are presented before the accredited press and fans, took place at English Square in central Cork on 12 April 2020 at 19:00 IDT, followed by the Opening Ceremony at the Cork Auditorium.

Format

Semi-final allocation draw

The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 10 May 2018 at The hall city of Limerick. The big 6 countries were first drawn to determine in which semi-final each would country vote. The rest of the fourty-one countries were divided into six pots, based on their geographical place. Each time a country was drawn from the pot, its semi-final and half of the semi-final was determined.

The six pots were the following:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Andorra Belgium Denmark Monaco Netherlands Switzerland United Kingdom	Greece Italy Malta Morocco Portugal San Marino Spain	Estonia Finland Lithuania Latvia Iceland Norway Sweden
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Austria Belarus Czech Republic Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia	Albania Bulgaria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia North Macedonia Montenegro Serbia	Armenia Azerbaijan Cyprus Israel Moldova Russia Turkey Ukraine

     Countries in the first semi-final
     Countries voting in the first semi-final
     Countries in the second semi-final
     Countries voting in the second semi-final

Semi Final

First Semi Final

The first semi-final will taken place on 14 April 2020 at 21:00 (CEST). Twenty-one countries will have participated in the first semi-final. These countries, plus China, Germany and the United States, will have voted in this semi-final.

Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
First half
Greece	Marina	"To Be Human"
Czech Republic	Emma Smetana	"Over"	English
Andorra	Belén Aguilera	"Jaque Al Rey"	Spanish
Italy	Pinguini Tattici Nucleari	"Ringo Starr"	Italian
Iceland	Aron Hannes	"Gold Digger"	English
Slovenia
Monaco	Pierre Lapointe	"La science du cœur"	French
Romania	Ester Peony	"On My Way"	English
Croatia	Indira	"You Will Never Break My Heart"	Croatian, English
Israel	Kobi Marimi	"Yalla Bye"	Hebrew
Slovakia
Second half
Switzerland
Finland	Faija	"Suomalaisen miehen kyyneleet"	Finnish
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Adna	"Moon"	English
Russia
North Macedonia	Eye Cue	"Jano Mori"	Macedonian
Turkey
Spain
Sweden
Belgium	Absynthe Minded	"Mixing The Medicine"	English
Ukraine

Second Semi Final

The second semi-final will taken place on 16 April 2020 at 21:00 (CEST). Twenty-two countries will have participated in the second semi-final. These countries, plus France, Ireland and Japan, will have voted in this semi-final.

Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
First half
San Marino	Aly Ryan	"Lonely Party"	English
Albania	Mirud	"Goodbye"	Albanian, English
Azerbaijan	Samra	"Queen"	English
Malta	The New Victorians	"Second to None"	English
Montenegro	Senidah	"Crno Srce"	Montenegrin
Norway	Ida Maria	"ScandiLove"
Austria
Bulgaria	Bears And Hunters	"Comeback Story"	English
Morocco	Senda Boutella	"Don't Even Bother"	English
Armenia	Amalia Margaryan	"Another Chapter"	English
Latvia	Instars Busulis	"Toska"	Russian
Second half
United Kingdom
Lithuania	Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys	Mažulė	Lithuanian
Belarus	Kristina Bazan	"Killer"	English
Netherlands	Lucas & Steve	"Perfect"	English
Estonia	Uku Suviste	"Pretty Little Liar"	English
Poland	Natalia Nykiel	"Volcano"	English
Moldova	Pasha Parfeni	"My Wine"	English
Denmark	Mattis	"Fade Into Myself"	English
Portugal	Isaura	"Liga-Desliga"	Portuguese
Serbia
Cyprus	Hovig	"Words Are Never Easy"	English

Final

The final will taken place on 18 April 2020 at 21:00 (CEST). Twenty-six countries will participated in the final, composed of the host country, the Big Five (China, France, Germany, Japan and United States) , and the ten best-ranked entries of each of the two semifinals. All forty-nine countries participating in the contest will vote in the final.

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
	China
	France	Nassi	"Rêves de Gamin"	French
	Germany	Nico Santos	"Play With Fire"	English
	Ireland	Una Healy	"Wild Grasses"	English
	Japan
	United States

Other countries

Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eligibility for potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that will be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision network. The EBU will issue an invitation of participation in the contest to all fifty-six active members. Several countries have provisionally confirmed their participation in the contest, while information from the remaining members regarding their participation have not yet been disclosed.