The Netherlands’ Duncan Laurence sang his way to victory last year in Tel Aviv and now it’s time to choose his successor. Or it was supposed to be. Of course, real-world events have overtaken us and Eurovision 2020 has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Therefore, we’ll never be able to definitively distinguish the tops from the flops.
However, the spirit of the 2020 contest remains very much alive. And there’s absolutely nothing stopping you from deciding on your own favourites.
Precisely who would have won is anyone’s guess. But who did you want to see take the glass microphone? You can listen to each of this year’s 41 acts in the playlist below. Then vote for your favourites in our poll. You can vote for as many contestants as you like, but you can only vote ONE time, so make it count.
This poll closes in May. It’s up to you, Europe. Start voting now!
Eurovision 2020: All Contestants
- Albania: Arilena Ara “Fall from the Sky” (10 facts)
- Armenia: Athena Manoukian “Chains on You” (10 facts)
- Australia: Montaigne “Don’t Break Me” (lyrics)
- Austria: Vincent Bueno “Alive” (lyrics)
- Azerbaijan: Efendi “Cleopatra” (10 facts)
- Belarus: VAL “Da vidna” (lyrics)
- Belgium: Hooverphonic “Release Me” (10 facts / Wiwi Jury)
- Bulgaria: Victoria “Tears Getting Sober”
- Croatia: Damir Kedžo “Divlji vjetre”
- Cyprus: Sandro “Running” (Wiwi Jury)
- Czech Republic: Benny Cristo “Kemama”
- Denmark: Ben & Tan “Yes”
- Estonia: Uku Suviste “What Love Is”
- Finland: Aksel “Looking Back” (lyrics)
- France: Tom Leeb “Mon alliée (The Best in Me)” (10 facts)
- Georgia: Tornike Kipiani “Take Me as I Am” (lyrics)
- Germany: Ben Dolic “Violent Thing”
- Greece: Stefania “Supergirl”
- Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið “Think About Things” (lyrics)
- Ireland: Lesley Roy “Story of My Life” (lyrics)
- Israel: Eden Alene “Feker libi” (lyrics)
- Italy: Diodato “Fai rumore” (lyrics / Wiwi Jury)
- Latvia: Samanta Tīna “Still Breathing” (lyrics)
- Lithuania: The Roop “On Fire” (lyrics)
- Malta: Destiny “All of My Love” (lyrics)
- Moldova: Natalia Gordienko “Prison”
- The Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy “Grow” (10 facts)
- North Macedonia: Vasil “You”
- Norway: Ulrikke “Attention” (lyrics)
- Poland: Alicja “Empires”
- Portugal: Elisa “Medo de sentir” (Wiwi Jury)
- Romania: Roxen “Alcohol You” (lyrics)
- Russia: Little Big “Uno” (10 facts)
- San Marino: Senhit “Freaky!” (lyrics)
- Serbia: Hurricane “Hasta la vista” (lyrics)
- Slovenia: Ana Soklič “Voda” (lyrics)
- Spain: Blas Cantó “Universo” (lyrics)
- Sweden: The Mamas “Move” (lyrics)
- Switzerland: Gjon’s Tears “Répondez-moi” (lyrics)
- Ukraine: Go_A “Solovey” (10 facts)
- United Kingdom: James Newman “My Last Breath” (lyrics)
Poll: Who is your favourite Eurovision 2020 act?
Poll closed.
I like Albania’s song and Arilena is a great singer, but at this point we all realised that there’s a unfair way of vote behind it being in the lead (12000 votes against 5000 of the second place??). So I will consider that Switzerland is on the lead! Anyway, Switzerland is my absolute favorite this year, followed by Iceland and Romania.
I may be late for the party here, but I’ve been evaluating these entries on my own. As has been the case these last for the last 3 contests (including this one now canceled), I have not heard a single song; and as always, I evaluate these songs and their videos 3 times between now and early-May. After my first evaluation (based on 10 criteria–5 for the song and 5 for the music video or national contest performance video), here are my top 10: 9.47 France 9.46 Bulgaria 9.41 Norway 9.40 Denmark 9.40 Italy 9.39 Switzerland 9.39 Netherlands 9.38 Israel… Read more »
France 9.47? you need to rethink your system…
I value the SONG before anything else. The vocals, the lyrics, the music, take priority before I consider anything else. My system works quite well in this regard.
[My top 3, by the way, upon my 3rd and final evaluation, were SUI, BUL and ISR. FRA was 4th on my scorecard. None of my top 10 from this list got dropped from my top 10 on my last evaluation.]
1.Serbia
2.Azerbaijan
3.Russia
4.Lithuania
5.Romania
6.Armenia
7.Greece
8.Cyprus
9.Denmark
10.Austria
Why is that even a question when everyone knows the answer which is ALBANIA!
2020 was a remarkably weak edition with only one exception which is Albania. Only they brought an internationally acclaimed POPSTAR and hired Grammy Award-Winning Producers. Albania’s production alone costs more than all Eurovision entries altogether, including Eurovision itself. Millions were invested on “Fall From The Sky”!
This poll comes to you from TIRANA Central…..
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georgia, lithuania, and russia are the best and denmark is probably the worst
Lithuania The Roop!!!!!
Bulgaria!
Albania in first place is joke ….She is hot but we all know she would have a problem with qualification …..if she choosed albanian version – there would be a different conversation ….sorry
Do people really think albania would have such a big problem with qualifying? I mean the song sounds legit and arilena has an outstanding voice and stage presence. They have qualified with worse and they were in the weaker semi final.
would have qualified in 9rh or 10th and ended about 16th in the final….
Oh yes because this is about how much money does your country have. No. This is about you getting your feelings hurt when people criticise you for voting for your own country. You have wrote multiple comments about the same thing so don’t come here telling other people to move on…
It would be nice, when the person who wrote the original comment deletes it after they realized they couldn’t stand behind their words anymore, that they would also delete the replies and not leave them here.
Guys come on, Russia and Albania have a great fanbase, whats the problem here? get over it … Big Fanbase = Big Attention !!
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Albania, Italy,Switzerland
Italy, Italy, Italy, Iceland, Malta, Romania, Italy, The Netherlands, Italy, maybe Switzerland, Germany and Poland. Did I say Italy yet?
I hope it too !
i would’ve voted for israel from italy, hands down. love eden alene’s song, charisma, and personality!
My top 5
1. Switzerland
2. Ukraine
3. Iceland
4. Azerbaijan
5. Cyprus
Oh, let me guess. Albania and Greece on top in the poll again? It would be great if you couldn’t vote for your own country in this poll…
I didn’t vote for my own country… And I’m not salty about my country not being on the top because it wasn’t that good. I’m finnish btw. And to be honest I would rather have my country be at the bottom of the poll than be voted the most by some blind patriots who thinks their country is the best at everything. Sorry not sorry. And especially this year when the contest isn’t held it would be nice to know what people REALLY think. The results of this poll might have actually reflected how the results in the actual contest… Read more »
The Roop and Eden Alene
lol, Arilena Ara’s instragram followers are everywhere 😀
I’m so tired of the Albanian, Georgian and Russian Fans ….
Me too. And im an albanian….
Why the ones from Russia and Georgia ? They’re not faking the poll.
At least Georgia and Russia do have a big fanbase around Europe. Albania doesn‘t really have an international fanbase. They‘ve only got the Albanian people and only a few around Europe.
Azerbaijan, Russia, Israel, Serbia, Ukraine, Malta and Romania are my favourites, with Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Germany challenging as well. Would have been a very exciting year I think, but oh well :/
I think also that it would be a great Show but covid19 make it not possible
1. Switzerland
2. Austria
3. Iceland
4. Serbia
You should not be able to vote for your own country
I know… as a greek k truly love our entry… but I believe that all the votes are from Greeks?
Much as I like many of the tracks, Uno is the only one to have made it into a permanent place in my affections. Great as part of a trashy indoor workout play list.
I would be happy with:
1rst Lithuuania
2nd Switzerland
3rd Malta
4rth Bulgaria
5th Greece
I can´t understand the hype about Albania, sorry, The english version is very weak.
this hype takes place exclusively and like every year only in albania
It isnt hype, it that people dont bother to scroll down and find their favourite
”played at the mall in America” what an honour hahahahahaha
The best are Switzerland, The Netherlands, Lithuania, Slovenia and Italy.
UK, Lithuania, Iceland, Malta, Norway and San Marino for me
ALBANIA is lead??? I’m screaming!
MY fav: Russia, Switzerland, Azerbaijan and Norway
Bulgaria, Iceland, Lithuania, Malta or Russia. Malta is my personal favorite.
Lithuania, Iceland, Russia, Georgia and Germany were my top 5 this year. Still sad we won’t get to see them perform live this year ?
Wait, have all Spaniards already voted for themselves?
I wonder the same thing lmao
They’re honest this year. And it’s cool.
My Top: 1) Ukraine (More Better than Poland 2019 and better Ukrainian song since 2016) 2) Switzerland (Victory canceled unfortunatly 64 years after Lys Assia and 32 years after Celine Dion) 3) Belarus (Better song of the Belarus in the contest) 4) italy 5) Serbia 6) Israël (Better song from Israel since 2014) 7) Australia 8) Slovenia (Except the white suit everything is perfect in this song) 9) Spain 10) Croatia 11) Malta 12) France 13) United Kingdom 14) Portugal 15) Ireland 16) Russia 17) Azerbaijan 18) Denmark 19) Poland 20) Austria 21) Norway 22) Estonia 23) Moldova 24) Greece… Read more »
Albanian trolls will downvote you
I’m not an Albanian troll, but I feel a deep urge to downvote him.
I loved Albania 2019 and especially 2018 (Eugent was even my favourite in this year) but I normally dislike revamps in english.
Im so agree with you, the worst are probably swedish revamp in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004 and danish revamp in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 terrible time.
I just want to say that I disagree with all of the opinions – claiminig that the level of the songs this year was very low and it would have been a weak contest. There is not a single song that I hate – there are songs that I like more than others. I’m starting to accept the fact that we will not find out who eventually would have been the winner of ESC 2020. I find it very hard to choose my winner . I know that the song that gave me the biggest goosebumps was the Swiss one.… Read more »
Once again, this vote is VERY relevant lol
Last year it was Roko, and now our favourite is Arilena…
Congrats, Lithuania. You’re the real winner of this poll. And I’m sorry, I didn’t voted for you but for Malta.
Voted for Tears Getting Sober, love the 60s vibes <3
Same here …like 60 vibes meets Billie Eilish ….(and its compliment )
Classics: Italy, Netherlands
Bops: Serbia, Israel
Classic and Bop: Czech Republic
Underrated gem: revamped Slovenia
Honorable mentions: Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania (without fake news), Lithuania, Croatia.
I agree with you 100%
I hate how georgians and Albania a vote for them selves
Same here
I’m not from Georgia or Albania but I voted for them
Yes….
I’ve never clicked with the appeal of Lithuania. I don’t see (or hear) why people are raving about it. Maybe it’ll take a few more listens for me.
How do most of us feel about the standard this year? Particularly strong? And who (assuming everyone is coming back next year) had potential to really raise their game? Find a song that better matches their talent, or has more of a chance of a high score?
I enjoy both Belgium and UK, but think they have the ability to make a song that stand out more
I was just the same as you regarding the Lithuanian national final. I just couldn’t “get” what the song is about and why it’s so popular. Well, a few listenings later I clicked with it and “got it” and now it’s in my top 10. However, it doesn’t mean you will necessarily grow to love it as well. Music is subjective and people here tend to forget that sometimes.
1.LITHUANIA
My top 10:
1. Slovakia
2. Montenegro
3. Luxembourg
4. Andorra
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina
6. Turkey
7. Liechtenstein
8. Monaco
9. Morocco
10. Hungary
Casablanca 2022
1. Kaznia
2. Latveria
3. Wakanda
4. Vlatova
5. Santa Prisca
6. Sokovia
7. Aldovia
8. Markovia
9. Penglia
10. Captol
Amazing ESC debutes! 🙂
Albania will probably win
Wait until the Greeks discover this poll 😉
Arilena deserves this
No, she does not
Switzerland. Bulgaria. Norway. Ukraine. Romania. Germany.
TOP 15 for me in alphabetical order
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Georgia
Greece
Ireland
Lithuania
Moldova
North Macedonia
Norway
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Switzerland
Ukraine
Bottom 5 in alphabetical order
Austria
Czech Republic
Portugal
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
GEORGIA
Lithuania, Switzerland, Iceland. Period.
Period is becoming my new favorite.
Romania for me. Period.
Other strong ones: Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy
Same
Bulgaria, Malta and Azerbaijan
I have about 15 songs which I wouldn’t mind winning. There are some great entries this year, it would have been a really good show. Well done to everyone involved!