41 countries will Open Up in Rotterdam at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

The EBU have announced that 41 countries will compete at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 to be held next May in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This is the same number of countries that appeared last year.

Ukraine and Bulgaria will be returning this year. However Montenegro and Hungary will be missing. Both countries failed to reach the final last year.

The following countries will take part in one of the two semi finals to be held on May 12 and 14 2020.
Albania
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Georgia
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine

Straight to the final on May 16 are the Big 5 and the winner and host of this year’s contest.

France
Italy
United Kingdom
Germany
Spain
The Netherlands

Below remind yourself of the winning performane from last year Arcade by Ducan Laurence.

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