Eurovision 2020: Reviews and rankings by the Wiwi Jury

Forty-one songs were due to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam. And while the contest, sadly, was cancelled, the Wiwi Jury still has something to say. The Wiwi Jury — our in-house panel of music unprofessionals — has previewed and reviewed each of this year’s acts. It’s hard work being honest, but somebody has to do it.

Our jury consists of 22 jurors who hail from Australia, Germany, Hungary, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and Venezuela. We are truly international, y’all!

Each juror assesses each song independently and then awards each song a score from 0 to 10. The highest and lowest scores are then dropped to determine the Wiwi Jury average.

Songs were ranked in early March 2020 — before Eurovision 2020 was confirmed as being cancelled — while the reviews were written from mid- to late March. Assessments are based on available versions of the songs at that time. As always, Wiwi Jury reviews will not be changed to reflect new information from subsequent live performances.

Eurovision 2020 reviews and rankings

1. Germany: Ben Dolic – “Violent Thing” (8.18)
2. Malta: Destiny – “All of My Love” (8.10)
3. Iceland: Daði & Gagnamagnið – “Think About Things” (8.03)
4. Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears – “Répondez-moi” (7.95)
5. Norway: Ulrikke – “Attention” (7.90)
6. Sweden: The Mamas – “Move” (7.88)
7. Lithuania: The Roop – “On Fire” (7.85)
8. Bulgaria: Victoria – “Tears Getting Sober” (7.75)
9. Australia: Montaigne – “Don’t Break Me” (7.73)
10. Israel: Eden Alene – “Feker Libi” (7.48)
11. Romania: Roxen – “Alcohol You” (7.35)
12. Azerbaijan: Samira Efendi – “Cleopatra” (7.28)
13. Russia: Little Big – “Uno” (7.18)
14. The Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy – “Grow” (7.03)
15. Italy: Diodato – “Fai rumore” (6.95)
16. Latvia: Samanta Tīna – “Still Breathing” (6.93)
17. Ukraine: Go_A – “Solovey” (6.60)
18. Armenia: Athena – “Chains On You” (6.50) *
19. Finland: Aksel – “Looking Back” (6.50) *
20. Denmark: Ben & Tan – “Yes” (6.50) *
21. Greece: Stefania – “Superg!rl” (6.48)
22. Serbia: Hurricane – “Hasta La Vista” (6.43)
23. Spain: Blas Cantó – “Universo” (6.25)
24. Belgium: Hooverphonic – “Release Me” (6.10)
25. United Kingdom: James Newman – “My Last Breath” (6.08)
26. Ireland: Lesley Roy – “Story of My Life” (6.03)
27. Cyprus: Sandro – “Running” (5.90)
28. Portugal: Elisa – “Medo de sentir” (5.75) *
29. Moldova: Natalia Gordienko – “Prison” (5.75) *
30. Belarus: VAL – “Da vidna” (5.73)
31. North Macedonia: Vasil – “You” (5.65)
32. Poland: Alicja Szemplińska – “Empires” (5.63)
33. Albania: Arilena Ara – “Fall From The Sky” (5.60)
34. Austria: Vincent Bueno – “Alive” (5.53)
35. Czech Republic: Benny Cristo – “Kemama” (5.43)
36. San Marino: Senhit – “Freaky!” (5.38)
37. Croatia: Damir Kedžo – “Divlji vjetre” (5.13)
38. Georgia: Tornike Kipiani – “Take Me As I Am” (5.00)
39. Slovenia: Ana Soklic – “Voda” (4.88)
40. France: Tom Leeb – “Mon Alliée (The Best In Me)” (4.18)
41. Estonia: Uku Suviste – “What Love Is” (4.10)

* Tiebreak winners are decided by preferential vote.

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