The AI Song Contest 2020 was the inaugural edition of the

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, organised by the Dutch public broadcaster

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, in collaboration with

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and NPO Innovation. It was held on 12 May 2020 in the

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and was presented by Lieven Scheire. Thirteen teams from eight countries participated in the contest. The contest was won by

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from Australia with the song " Beautiful the World".

Format

Each participating team had to submit a "

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-like" song of up to three minutes that had been composed using

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(AI). Human input was allowed, but the more AI was used, the more points the entry would get from the jury. The entries were also evaluated by the public through online ratings. The winner was announced in a live show on 12 May 2020. MK17459 Lieven Scheire

Presenter and spokespersons

The live show was hosted by Belgian comedian Lieven Scheire. The points from the online voting were announced by Dutch television presenter

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, who had been the Netherlands' spokesperson for the

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. Dutch composer and AI researcher Vincent Koops revealed the points awarded by the jury.

Expert panel

The jury consisted of three AI experts, who assessed each entry based on the use of artificial intelligence in the

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process: * Vincent Koops (

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) * Anna Huang ( Google Brain) * Ed Newton-Rex (

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)

Competing entries

The live show took place on 12 May 2020 at 20:30 CEST and was broadcast via a

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. As there were no pre-qualifying rounds, multiple teams from each country could enter the competition. The contest featured the following competing entries:

External links

Official website

References