Where is the event?

Preparations for the organisation of the 2020 contest began on 19 May 2019, immediately after the Netherlands won the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. Jon Ola Sand, the executive supervisor of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for the contest, handed AVROTROS, the Dutch broadcaster participating in the contest, a stack of documents and a USB drive with tools to begin the work needed to host the next contest.[1] AVROTROS is set to co-produce the event with sister news broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and their parent public broadcasting organisation, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO), each assuming a different role in the production.[2][3] Bidding phase and host city selection Eurovision Song Contest 2020 is located in Netherlands, According to Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, several mayors had already started bids on behalf of their municipalities, lobbying him through text messages, within hours of Laurence's win.[4] The following cities have expressed interest in bidding: