| Free European Song Contest | |
| Final: | 16 May 2020 |
| Venue: | Brainpool-Studios, Cologne, Germany |
| Exproducer: | Stefan Raab |
| Vote: | 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. |
| Host: | ProSieben |
| Entries: | 16 |
| Winner: | "Like I Love You" |
| Year: | 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.
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. The show 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.
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.
| Draw | Country[4] | Artist[5] | Song | Language(s) | Place | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ilse DeLange | "Changes" | English | 2 | 88 | ||
| 02 | Eko Fresh feat. Umut Timur | "Günaydin" | German, Turkish | 6 | 71 | ||
| 03 | Sion Hill | "Speak Up" | English | 10 | 53 | ||
| 04 | Vanessa Mai | "Highlight (Ti si moja snaga)" | German, Croatian, Spanish | 9 | 55 | ||
| 05 | Oonagh | "Du bist genug" | German, Bulgarian | 8 | 62 | ||
| 06 | Josh. | "Wo bist du" | German | 15 | 22 | ||
| 07 | Glasperlenspiel | "Immer da" | German | 11 | 46 | ||
| 08 | Kelvin Jones | "Friends" | English | 12 | 45 | ||
| 09 | Mike Singer | "Paranoid" | German | 14 | 23 | ||
| 10 | Kate Hall | "Reset" | English | 16 | 20 | ||
| 11 | Nico Santos | "Like I Love You" | English, Spanish | 1 | 104 | ||
| 12 | Sarah Lombardi | "Te amo mi amor" | German, Italian | 13 | 37 | ||
| 13 | 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 | Gil Ofarim | "Alles auf Hoffnung" | German | 5 | 75 | ||
| 16 | Helge Schneider | "Forever at Home" | German, English | 4 | 76 |
| Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| N. | Contestant | Countries giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | The Moon | |
| 3 | ||
| The Moon | ||
| 2 | ||
| 1 | ||
The spokespersons announced the scores of their respective country's national jury[6]