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Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light

Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light was a live television programme, created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It replaced the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was going to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light
Dates
Final date 16 May 2020
Host
Venue Studio 21, Hilversum, Netherlands
Presenter(s)
Executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand
Host broadcaster

The show was shown live from Hilversum, Netherlands on 16 May 2020 and lasted for two hours.[1][2] It was hosted by Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit, who had been chosen to present the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before its cancellation.[3]

Format

Chantal Janzen, Jan Smit and Edsilia Rombley, the presenters of the programme

During the programme, all 41 songs that had been chosen to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 were show but no one could vote. Participants from the past were invited to make an appearance. Together, the artists performed "Love Shine a Light" from their home countries.[4] Videos of Eurovision fans singing along to "What's Another Year" by Johnny Logan, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in The Hague, were shown as well.[5]

Venue

Hilversum was the host city and Studio 21 in Media Park was the venue of the show.[1] It was the second time Hilversum hosted a Eurovision event, having previously hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1958.[6]

Presenters

The show was hosted by three presenters: Actress and television host Chantal Janzen, singer and commentator for the contest Jan Smit, and singer Edsilia Rombley, who represented the Netherlands in the 1998 and 2007 contests. They would have been the three hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

Performances

The show featured performances from the following Eurovision artists:[7]

Order Country Artist Song
01 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Johnny Logan "What's Another Year"
02 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes"
03 Flag of Israel.svg Israel Gali Atari (of Milk and Honey) "Hallelujah"
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Past Junior Songfestival finalists
04 Flag of Italy.svg Italy Diodato "Nel blu, dipinto di blu"
05 Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Marija Šerifović "Molitva"
06 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra "Love Shine a Light"
(musical score)
07 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Michael Schulte "Ein bißchen Frieden"
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Ilse DeLange (of The Common Linnets)
08 Flag of Israel.svg Israel Netta "Cuckoo"
09 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Duncan Laurence "Someone Else"
10 All countries
(except Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium) 		The Artists of Eurovision 2020 (except Hooverphonic) "Love Shine a Light"
Katrina Leskanich

Song showcase

The show also showcased the artists and songs that would've been performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, by showing short videos of the songs' music videos or stage performances, along with video messages from the artists themselves.

Order Country Artist Song Language(s)
First fifth
01 Flag of Israel.svg Israel Eden Alene "Feker libi" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639-2' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">ፍቅር ልቤ) English, Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic
02 Flag of Norway.svg Norway Ulrikke "Attention" English
03 Flag of Russia.svg Russia Little Big "Uno" English, Spanish
04 Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Tornike Kipiani "Take Me as I Am" English
05 Flag of France.svg France Tom Leeb "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)" French, English
06 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Efendi "Cleopatra" English
07 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Elisa "Medo de sentir" Portuguese
08 Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania The Roop "On Fire" English
09 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden The Mamas "Move" English
Second fifth
01 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Samanta Tīna "Still Breathing" English
02 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Hooverphonic "Release Me" English
03 Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg United Kingdom James Newman "My Last Breath" English
04 Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus VAL "Da vidna" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639-2' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Да відна) Belarusian
05 Flag of Finland.svg Finland Aksel "Looking Back" English
06 Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia Vasil "You" English
07 Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Gjon's Tears "Répondez-moi" French
08 Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Hurricane "Hasta la vista" Serbian
Third fifth
01 Flag of Spain.svg Spain Blas Cantó "Universo" Spanish
02 Flag of Albania.svg Albania Arilena Ara "Fall from the Sky" English
03 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Lesley Roy "Story of My Life" English
04 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Ana Soklič "Voda" Slovene
05 Flag of Austria.svg Austria Vincent Bueno "Alive" English
06 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Victoria "Tears Getting Sober" English
07 Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino Senhit "Freaky!" English
08 Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Daði og Gagnamagnið "Think About Things" English
Fourth fifth
01 Flag of Greece.svg Greece Stefania "Supergirl" English
02 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Benny Cristo "Kemama" English
03 Flag of Poland.svg Poland Alicja "Empires" English
04 Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Natalia Gordienko "Prison" English
05 Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Sandro "Running" English
06 Flag of Romania.svg Romania Roxen "Alcohol You" English
07 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Damir Kedžo "Divlji vjetre" Croatian
08 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Ben Dolic "Violent Thing" English
Final fifth
01 Flag of Malta.svg Malta Destiny "All of My Love" English
02 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Uku Suviste "What Love Is" English
03 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Montaigne "Don't Break Me" English
04 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Go_A "Solovey" (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639-2' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Соловей) Ukrainian
05 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Ben & Tan "Yes" English
06 Flag of Italy.svg Italy Diodato "Fai rumore" Italian
07 Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Athena Manoukian "Chains on You" English
08 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Jeangu Macrooy "Grow" English

Appearances

Broadcasters and commentators

The countries below broadcasted the live show:

Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTSH RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë Andri Xhahu [8][9]
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia AMPTV (1TV) David Tserunyan and Emma Hakobyan [9][10]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS SBS Joel Creasey and Myf Warhurst [9]
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF ORF 1 Andi Knoll
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan İctimai Television (İTV) Murad Arif [10]
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus BTRC Belarus 1 Evgeny Perlin [11][12]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF La Une French: Jean-Louis Lahaye and Maureen Louys [13]
VRT Eén Dutch: Peter Van de Veire [14]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria BNT BNT 1, BNT 4 Elena Rosberg and Petko Kralev [9]
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia HRT HRT 1 Duško Čurlić
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus CyBC RIK 1, RIK Sat Andreas Iakovidis [15]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic ČT ČT art Jan Maxián [16][17]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR1 Ole Tøpholm [18]
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ERR ETV Estonian: Marko Reikop [19][20]
ETV+ Russian: Yuliya Kalenda and Aleksandr Khobotov
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yle Yle TV2 Finnish: Mikko Silvennoinen and Krista Siegfrids
Swedish: Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos 		[21]
Flag of France.svg France France Télévisions France 2 Stéphane Bern [22][23]
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia GPB 1TV Demetre Ergemlidze [10]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ARD/NDR Das Erste Michael Schulte and Peter Urban [24][25]
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT ERT1 Maria Kozakou [26][27]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV RÚV 1 Felix Bergsson [10]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ RTÉ One Marty Whelan
Flag of Israel.svg Israel IPBC (Kan) Kan 11 [unknown] [28]
Flag of Italy.svg Italy RAI Rai 1 Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo [29][30]
Rai 4, Rai Radio 2 Gino Castaldo and Ema Stokholma
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia LTV LTV1 Toms Grēviņš [31]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania LRT LRT televizija Ramūnas Zilnys [32]
Flag of Malta.svg Malta PBS TVM [unknown] [10]
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova TRM Moldova 1 Daniela Crudu
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands AVROTROS NPO 1 Cornald Maas [33]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia MRT MRT 1 Aleksandra Jovanovska [34]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK1 No commentary [9]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP TVP1, TVP Polonia Artur Orzech [35][36]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP RTP1, RTPi Nuno Galopim [37]
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR TVR1, TVRi Bogdan Stănescu [38]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Channel One (C1R) Yuriy Aksyuta and Yana Churikova [10][39]
Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino SMRTV San Marino RTV Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo [40]
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia RTS RTS1, RTS Svet Duška Vučinić [41]
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO TV Slovenija 1 Andrej Hofer [42]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain RTVE La 1, TVEi Tony Aguilar and Eva Mora [43][44]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT SVT1 No commentary [45]
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland SRG SSR RSI La 2 Italian: Clarissa Tami and Sebalter [46][47]
RTS 1 French: Yoann Provenzano and Jean-Marc Richard
SRF 1 German: Sven Epiney [48]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine STB Timur Miroshnychenko [49]
UA:PBC UA:First [50][51]
UA:Radio Promin Oleksandra Franko and Les Myrnyi [52][53]
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg United Kingdom BBC BBC One Graham Norton [54]
Non-participating countries
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia-Herzegovina BHRT BHT 1 Maja Miralem [10]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Khabar Agency Khabar TV Nursultan Qurman and Mahabbat Esen
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo RTK RTK 1 [unknown]
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro RTCG RTCG 1, Radio 98 [unknown]

References

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