('The Little Song Contest') was a one-off

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in the

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format, organised and broadcast by the Austrian broadcaster

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(ORF). It served as a local alternative for the

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, which was planned to be held in

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, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to the

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. The competition consisted of three semi-finals between 14 and 18 April 2020 and a final on 18 April 2020, and was hosted by

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. All shows were broadcast on the television channel

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, as well as on the streaming platform ORF-TVthek.

Format

In each semi-final, the

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s (or national final performances) of 13 or 14 entries that would have taken part in the

were shown. Each member of the jury awarded 0–8, 10 or 12 points to each entry. 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.

Presenter

The programme was hosted by

, who has been the Eurovision Song Contest commentator for ORF since 1999.

Jury

The jury consisted of 10 singers who represented Austria in past editions of the Eurovision Song Contest: *Hans Kreuzmayr (, as part of Waterloo & Robinson) *

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() * Petra Frey () * Manuel Ortega () *

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() * Eric Papilaya () * Nadine Beiler () *

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() *

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()

Participants

Semi-final 1

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

Semi-final 2

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

Semi-final 3

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

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.

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kleine Song Contest, Der 2020 song contests 2020 in Austrian television Television shows about the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 2020 2020 in Austria 2020 in music April 2020 in Austria