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*Der kleine Song Contest*
Der kleine Song Contest
Dates
Semi-final 1	14 April 2020
Semi-final 2	16 April 2020
Semi-final 3	18 April 2020
Final	18 April 2020
Host
Venue	Austria
Presenter(s)	Andi Knoll
Director	Robert Reifer
Host broadcaster	Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Participants
Number of entries	41
Vote
Voting system	In the semi-finals, each juror awards 0–8, 10 or 12 points to each entry. The entry that receives most points in each semi-final proceeds to the final. The winner is determined by 100% televote of the Austrian public.
Winning song	Iceland; "Think About Things";

Der kleine Song Contest ('The Little Song Contest') was a one-off music competition in the Eurovision format, organised and broadcast by the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). It served as an alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was planned to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The competition consisted of three semi-finals between 14 and 18 April 2020 and a final on 18 April 2020, and was hosted by Andi Knoll. All shows were broadcast on the television channel ORF 1, as well as on the streaming platform ORF-TVthek.^[1]

Format

In each semi-final, the music videos (or national final performances) of 13 or 14 entries that would have taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 were shown. Each member of the jury awarded 0–8, 10 or 12 points to each entry.^[a] The entry that received most points in each semi-final proceeded to the final on 18 April 2020. Out of the three finalists, the winner was determined by 100% televote of the Austrian public.^[1]

Presenter

The programme was hosted by Andi Knoll, who has been the Austrian commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest since 1999.^[1]

Jury

The jury consisted of 10 singers who represented Austria in past editions of the Eurovision Song Contest:^[1]

Hans "Waterloo" Kreuzmayr (1976, with Robinson)
Simone Stelzer (1990)
Petra Frey (1994)
Manuel Ortega (2002)
Alf Poier (2003)
Eric Papilaya (2007)
Nadine Beiler (2011)
Conchita Wurst (2014)
Zoë Straub (2016)
Cesár Sampson (2018)

Participants

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 14 April 2020 at 20:15 CEST and featured the following competing entries:^[1]^[2]

Detailed jury votes
Draw	Song	Jurors										Total
Draw	Song	Alf Poier	Cesár Sampson	Conchita Wurst	Eric Papilaya	Manuel Ortega	Nadine Beiler	Petra Frey	Simone Stelzer	Waterloo	Zoë Straub	Total
1	Netherlands	4	10	10	2	6	10	5	8	8	8	71
2	Israel	8	2	8	6	6	12	1	6	3	8	60
3	United Kingdom	4	6	6	6	10	8	8	6	6	6	66
4	Armenia	5	4	5	8	4	5	3	2	0	6	42
5	Georgia	5	0	6	4	10	10	1	0	8	5	49
6	Bulgaria	6	12	10	4	10	12	1	3	1	12	71
7	Spain	4	4	8	4	8	7	3	6	5	6	55
8	Belarus	0	0	4	4	1	6	1	0	1	0	17
9	Poland	4	6	6	5	10	12	2	2	6	8	61
10	Romania	4	8	6	5	8	10	2	3	5	10	61
11	Iceland	6	10	12	2	8	12	4	5	4	12	75
12	San Marino	8	0	4	5	6	7	1	4	0	0	35
13	Belgium	8	3	6	8	8	6	1	12	1	10	63
14	Cyprus	2	2	8	10	8	7	6	2	3	2	50

Draw	Country	Artist^[3]	Song^[3]	Language(s)^[3]	Place	Points
01	Netherlands	Jeangu Macrooy	"Grow"	English	3	71
02	Israel	Eden Alene	"Feker libi" (ፍቅር ልቤ)	English, Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic	8	60
03	United Kingdom	James Newman	"My Last Breath"	English	4	66
04	Armenia	Athena Manoukian	"Chains on You"	English	12	42
05	Georgia	Tornike Kipiani	"Take Me as I Am"	English^[b]	11	49
06	Bulgaria	Victoria	"Tears Getting Sober"	English	2	71
07	Spain	Blas Cantó	"Universo"	Spanish	9	55
08	Belarus	VAL	"Da vidna" (Да відна)	Belarusian	14	17
09	Poland	Alicja	"Empires"	English	6	61
10	Romania	Roxen	"Alcohol You"	English	7	61
11	Iceland	Daði og Gagnamagnið	"Think About Things"	English	1	75
12	San Marino	Senhit	"Freaky!"	English	13	35
13	Belgium	Hooverphonic	"Release Me"	English	5	63
14	Cyprus	Sandro	"Running"	English	10	50

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 16 April 2020 at 20:15 CEST and featured the following competing entries:^[4]

Detailed jury votes
Draw	Song	Jurors										Total
Draw	Song	Alf Poier	Cesár Sampson	Conchita Wurst	Eric Papilaya	Manuel Ortega	Nadine Beiler	Petra Frey	Simone Stelzer	Waterloo	Zoë Straub	Total
1	Russia	10	6	12	8	6	4	2	12	3	4	67
2	France	4	2	8	4	8	7	12	12	10	2	69
3	Azerbaijan	5	1	4	2	4	10	2	4	8	10	50
4	Switzerland	4	10	10	10	8	12	3	1	0	6	64
5	Latvia	6	0	6	6	1	6	3	1	3	4	36
6	Lithuania	2	3	10	8	1	7	1	10	5	10	57
7	Croatia	8	1	6	10	5	7	2	3	2	1	45
8	Portugal	8	2	5	2	4	6	1	1	1	0	30
9	Sweden	6	8	10	6	10	12	10	8	8	8	86
10	Slovenia	6	2	6	8	8	10	2	4	2	2	50
11	Ireland	8	6	6	3	8	8	4	10	0	2	55
12	Moldova	0	1	5	3	2	8	2	3	2	2	28
13	Finland	6	5	6	6	2	10	4	6	1	10	56
14	Malta	8	10	10	8	12	12	8	10	9	10	97

Draw	Country	Artist^[3]	Song^[3]	Language(s)^[3]	Place	Points
01	Russia	Little Big	"Uno"	English, Spanish	4	67
02	France	Tom Leeb	"Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"	French, English	3	69
03	Azerbaijan	Efendi	"Cleopatra"	English^[c]	9	50
04	Switzerland	Gjon's Tears	"Répondez-moi"	French	5	64
05	Latvia	Samanta Tīna	"Still Breathing"	English	12	36
06	Lithuania	The Roop	"On Fire"	English	6	57
07	Croatia	Damir Kedžo	"Divlji vjetre"	Croatian	11	45
08	Portugal	Elisa	"Medo de sentir"	Portuguese	13	30
09	Sweden	The Mamas	"Move"	English	2	86
10	Slovenia	Ana Soklič	"Voda"	Slovene	10	50
11	Ireland	Lesley Roy	"Story of My Life"	English	8	55
12	Moldova	Natalia Gordienko	"Prison"	English	14	28
13	Finland	Aksel	"Looking Back"	English	7	56
14	Malta	Destiny	"All of My Love"	English	1	97

Semi-final 3

The third semi-final took place on 18 April 2020 at 20:15 CEST and featured the following competing entries:^[1]

Detailed jury votes
Draw	Song	Jurors										Total
Draw	Song	Alf Poier	Cesár Sampson	Conchita Wurst	Eric Papilaya	Manuel Ortega	Nadine Beiler	Petra Frey	Simone Stelzer	Waterloo	Zoë Straub	Total
1	Greece	5	5	3	6	4	8	6	8	0	6	51
2	Australia	4	3	8	5	1	8	2	0	2	2	35
3	Germany	1	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	2	10	66
4	Norway	5	2	8	5	8	8	3	12	1	10	62
5	Serbia	8	1	4	3	6	6	1	2	0	4	35
6	Italy	8	4	6	3	12	7	6	2	1	10	59
7	Czech Republic	2	12	4	8	6	6	2	0	8	3	51
8	Estonia	6	2	5	6	2	7	12	4	1	3	48
9	Austria	4	5	8	10	12	10	8	4	3	12	76
10	Albania	3	10	5	10	5	7	4	10	5	3	62
11	North Macedonia	4	2	6	3	4	8	1	5	3	6	42
12	Ukraine	10	3	10	1	0	7	1	3	2	8	45
13	Denmark	8	4	6	12	8	12	5	8	4	6	73

Draw	Country	Artist^[3]	Song^[3]	Language(s)^[3]	Place	Points
01	Greece	Stefania	"Supergirl"	English	8	51
02	Australia	Montaigne	"Don't Break Me"	English	12	35
03	Germany	Ben Dolic	"Violent Thing"	English	3	66
04	Norway	Ulrikke	"Attention"	English	4	62
05	Serbia	Hurricane	"Hasta la vista"	Serbian^[d]	13	35
06	Italy	Diodato	"Fai rumore"	Italian	6	59
07	Czech Republic	Benny Cristo	"Kemama"	English	7	51
08	Estonia	Uku Suviste	"What Love Is"	English	9	48
09	Austria	Vincent Bueno	"Alive"	English	1	76
10	Albania	Arilena Ara	"Shaj"	Albanian	5	62
11	North Macedonia	Vasil	"You"	English	11	42
12	Ukraine	Go A	"Solovey" (Соловей)	Ukrainian	10	45
13	Denmark	Ben & Tan	"Yes"	English	2	73

Final

The live final took place on 18 April 2020 at 21:45 CEST and featured the three songs (one from each semi-final) that received most points from the jury.^[1]^[5]

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	% of votes^[6]
01	Iceland	Daði og Gagnamagnið	"Think About Things"	English	1	48
02	Malta	Destiny	"All of My Love"	English	3	19
03	Austria	Vincent Bueno	"Alive"	English	2	33

Notes

^ One exception was made when Waterloo awarded 9 points to Malta by mistake.
^ Contains "I love you" in Italian, Spanish, French and German, and one more word in French.
^ Contains the Japanese mantra "Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō".
^ Contains one repeated phrase in Spanish and two words in English.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ""Mr. Song Contest proudly presents – Der 'kleine' Song Contest" am 14., 16. und 18. April in ORF 1". ORF (in German). Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ ""Mr. Song Contest proudly presents – Der 'kleine' Song Contest" – Teil 1 am 14. April in ORF 1". OTS.at (in German). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Rotterdam 2020". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ ""Mr. Song Contest proudly presents – Der 'kleine' Song Contest" – Teil 2 am 16. April in ORF 1". OTS.at (in German). 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "Mr. Song Contest proudly presents: Der "kleine" Song Contest". tvheute.at (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ Ude, Christian (18 April 2020). "Der "kleine" Song Contest: Island gewinnt mit Spaßnummer das Wettsingen im ORF". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 April 2020.

External links

Der kleine Song Contest at IMDb

[9pt-2] One exception was made when Waterloo awarded 9 points to Malta by mistake.

[ge-5] Contains "I love you" in Italian, Spanish, French and German, and one more word in French.

[az-7] Contains the Japanese mantra "Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō".

[rs-8] Contains one repeated phrase in Spanish and two words in English.

[orf-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ""Mr. Song Contest proudly presents – Der 'kleine' Song Contest" am 14., 16. und 18. April in ORF 1". ORF (in German). Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[ots-3] ""Mr. Song Contest proudly presents – Der 'kleine' Song Contest" – Teil 1 am 14. April in ORF 1". OTS.at (in German). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[esc2020_entries-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Rotterdam 2020". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[:0-6] ""Mr. Song Contest proudly presents – Der 'kleine' Song Contest" – Teil 2 am 16. April in ORF 1". OTS.at (in German). 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[9] "Mr. Song Contest proudly presents: Der "kleine" Song Contest". tvheute.at (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[10] Ude, Christian (18 April 2020). "Der "kleine" Song Contest: Island gewinnt mit Spaßnummer das Wettsingen im ORF". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 April 2020.

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