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in the

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format, organised and broadcast by the German broadcaster

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(NDR). It served as an alternative for the

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, which was planned to be held in

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, but was cancelled due to the

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. The competition consisted of a pre-qualifying round on 9 May 2020 in the television show ', presented by with the support of Peter Urban, and a final on 16 May 2020, hosted by

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. The pre-qualifying round was broadcast on the television channel

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, while the final was broadcast on

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. Both shows were made available for

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Participants

Pre-qualifying round

The pre-qualifying round took place on 9 May 2020 at 20:15

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and featured the following competing entries, which would have taken part in the

Final

The final took place on 16 May 2020 at 20:15

and featured the following 10 entries that received most points in the pre-qualifying round: During the live show, 2018 representative Michael Schulte performed his 4th placed entry "

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" and new single "Keep Me Up" whilst

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, who was to represent the country in 2020, performed his entry "

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Notes

References

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Participants

Pre-qualifying round

Final

See also

Notes

References