#FreeESC 2020
The Free European Song Contest [#FreeESC] is an international song competition on German television with participants representing primarily European countries. As the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 could not take place due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe, German entertainer Stefan Raab decided to organise the #FreeESC as an alternative.
The contest is similar in format to the long-running “original” Song Contest: each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television, then casts votes for the other countries’ songs to determine the winner.
The show was broadcast live from Cologne on German television (ProSieben) on 16 May 2020 with its hosts Conchita Wurst and Steven Gätjen. During the show, Conchita also performed ‘Under The Gun’.
16 May 2020
TV SHOW
Miscellaneous
REPORTS & PICTURES
- #FreeESC: Trailer 1
- #FreeESC: Trailer 2
- #FreeESC: Trailer 3
- #FreeESC: Trailer 4
- Press Conference, 14 May 2020
- Steven Gätjen: Greetings on Twitter
- Bully Herbig: Dancing to ‘Under The Gun’
- Frankfurter Allgemeine: Früher war mehr Trickkleid
- Rolling Stone: Conchita Wurst moderiert Stefan Raabs Eurovision-Ersatz
- Welt: Conchita Wurst über den «Free European Song Contest»
- Puls 24: Zumindest bei mir werden ESC-Gefühle aufkommen
- Der Tagesspiegel: Aus eins mach zwei – Der Samstag wird zum ESC-Duell
- Süddeutsche Zeitung: Ein bisschen Abstand, ein bisschen Freiheit
- Pictures on Conchita’s Wurstgemeinde