Sing Out Song Contest 65

SOSC 65 Fast Facts

Date

28 August 2020

Host City

Bergen, Norway

Venue

Grieghallen

Presenters

Stian Barsnes-Simonsen & Solveig Kloppen

Theme

A New Tomorrow

Voting

Each country awarded 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite songs

Number of Countries

30

Qualification

Host + 11 best from SOSC 64 (excl. host) + 12 best from semi-final

Winner

Yhtenä Sunnuntaina performed by Erin Anttila for Finland

SOSC 65 Countries

Continuing

Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Debuting

None

Withdrawing

Ireland

Returning

Belgium, Bulgaria, Pakistan

SOSC 65 Reference Group

Chairperson

J001US Justin (United States of America)

Member (Term SOSC 62–SOSC 65)

J036NZ Jan (Finland)

Member (Term SOSC 63–SOSC 66)

J001DK James (Denmark)

Member (Term SOSC 64–SOSC 67)

J001ES José Manuel (Spain)

Member (Term SOSC 65–SOSC 68)

B061NO Blake (Norway)

SOSC 65 Results

SOSC 65

SOSC 65 Companion Awards

Press Award

On M'a Dit performed by Aysat for France

Artistic Award

Hugtatt performed by Helene Bøksle for Norway

Composer Award

Ponelo Me performed by Željko Joksimović for Serbia