Although the official presentation of the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest will take place tonight at 21:30 CET, the facts are known already: Benjamin Dolic will represent the country. Slovenian born Benjamin Dolic has lived in Switzerland and participated in The Voice of Germany. The song is written by Boris Milanov, who was also responsible for the songs “Beautiful mess” (Bulgaria 2017) and “Nobody but you” (Austria 2018).
Photo: Empire rights management In fact, it was already a strong rumour the last few days, but this morning, it is confirmed: James Newman will represent the United Kingdom in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. The song is called “My last breath” and is written and composed by James himself, Iain Farquharson, Adam Argyle and Edward Drewett. Farquharson, a.k.a. Iain James, co-wrote the 2011 winning Eurovision song “Running scared” for Azerbaijan.James Newman is the brother of hitsinger John Newman and wrote several hits himself. He worked together with a.o. Calvin Harris and Armin van Buuren.