The theme for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest is set to be revealed tonight following teasers on social media.
According to reports, the theme for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam will be revealed this evening at 19:00 CET.
24/10/19??#Eurovision | #ESC2020 pic.twitter.com/EOKCABygeP
— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) October 24, 2019
The 2020 contest is to be held at the Rotterdam Ahoy, which was opened in 1971, and has undergone multiple refurbishments. The venue can hold up to 17,000 people and has previous experience of hosting Eurovision events.
To date, 39 countries have confirmed preliminary participation. These countries are:
- Albania
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Duncan Laurence was selected to represent the Netherlands in Tel Aviv with the song “Arcade”. He won the final with 498 points, giving the Netherlands their fifth Eurovision win and their first since 1975. Duncan’s victory also sees Eurovision returning to the Netherlands for the first time since 1980.
