Eurovision is moving to the Netherlands Thanks to Duncan Laurence victory in Tel-Aviv.
The next edition of the song contest will be organized by 3 Dutch national broadcasters working together NPO1, AVROTROS, and NOS.
NPO has revealed that the chosen city to host Eurovision 2020 will be announced in August, which is way earlier than expected. Out of 9 cities applied for the honor to host the show, 2 cities are still on the race
AmsterdamArnhemBredaDen BoschLeeuwarden- Maastricht
- Rotterdam
The HagueUtrecht
The chosen city will be announced earlier than expected on August 30th and will be broadcast live 12:00 (CET) on NPO the contest official site eurovision.tv.
The EBU has signed a long-term partnership with the haircare Moroccanoil to be the official sponsor of the show and also confirmed that the main production 4 nuclei team will be consists of:
- Sietse Bakker (Executive Producer Event)
- Inge van de Weerd (Executive Producer TV)
- Emilie Sickinghe (deputy Executive Producers)
- Jessica Stam (deputy Executive Producers)
🤝Meet the core team in charge of creating an incredible #Eurovision next year in The Netherlands! 🇳🇱
Find out all about them 👉 https://t.co/7y7JCvBreo
@avrotros @nos @PubliekeOmroep pic.twitter.com/z4cjPFM0BM— Eurovision (@Eurovision) July 5, 2019
So far, 39 countries have been approved to take part in the next edition of the contest and some of them begun revealing their preparations (like UMK national final returning in Finland).
Albania (Festival I Këngës 58)
Australia (Eurovision – Australia Decides 2020)
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium – Hooverphonic – ?
Croatia (Dora 2020)
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark (Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2020)
Estonia (Eesti Laul 2020)
Finland (UMK 2020)
France
Georgia (Georgian Idol)
Germany
Greece
Iceland (Söngvakeppnin 2020)
Ireland
Israel (Hakohav Haba La’Eurovision)
Italy
Lithuania – Eurovizijos Atranka 2020
Latvia
Malta
Montenegro
North Macedonia (Internal selection)
Norway (MGP 2020)
Poland
Portugal (Festival da Canção 2020)
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia (Beovizija 2020)
Slovenia (ema)
Spain – Blas Cantó – ?
Sweden (Melodifestivalen 2020)
Switzerland
The Netherlands (Internal Select)
The United Kingdom (Partnership with BMG)
Ukraine