 On 21 January 2020, it was announced that 36 entries were submitted.On 24 January 2020, it was announced that CHE-MD's entry "Adio" had been disqualified as it had been published and performed publicly prior to 1 September 2019, which is a violation of contest rules.At the same time, it was announced that the organisers had also included Pelageya Stefoglo with the song "Empathy" into the list of competing entries.