The 2020 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was planned to have been held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 12-16 May 2020 after the Netherlands won the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel, with Duncan Laurence and his song "Arcade". The event was to be co-hosted by NPO, the umbrella public broadcasting organisation in the Netherlands, and two of its members, AVROTROS and NOS.
Custom type (Eurovision) Gotham Bold (Song Contest) Gotham Book (Rotterdam 2020)
Launched:
November 28, 2019
The official artwork for the contest was revealed on 28th November 2019. It was designed by Rotterdam design agency CLEVER°FRANKE, who was chosen out of 11 Dutch design agencies to design the identity of the 2021 contest.
It symbolises the celebration of Eurovision's 65th anniversary with an abstract representation of all 41 participating countries for 2020 in order of the year they debuted at the contest. It also builds on previous designs used by the Netherlands for the 1970, 1976 and 1980 contests.
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Unusually for the capital of a Eurovision-winning country, Amsterdam had earlier withdrawn from the bidding process, leaving five cities (including Rotterdam and Maastricht) as part of the bidding, of which Rotterdam and Maastricht were the final candidates.