Zandoli 28

The 28th season of Zandoli took place in York, England, despite Lithuania winning in Season 27 with Florence + the Machine and their song "No Light, No Light" as the original juror no longer participated. The semi finals took place on the 11th November 2020, and the final was 11 days later, on the 22nd November 2020.

41 countries took part in the contest. 3 of those countries were making the debut in Zandoli: Cameroon, Guam and Vanuatu. A further 10 countries made their return to the contest, and 23 countries withdrew. This season was a non-Eurovision season, and it had no special theme. The format would changed: 12 songs qualifying from each semi final with no wildcard.

The voting system changed, this time there would be no televote instead in the semi, a 50-50 split between the juries and cross-voters and in the semi-final, a 50-50 split between the juries who qualified for the final (finalists' vote) and the juries who failed to qualify (non-qualifiers' vote).

Returning Artists
This season had 6 returning artists:

Grimes represented Ukraine in Season 13, with the song "We Appreciate Power". She was the runner-up of that season.

Sascha Ring from Moderate represented Germany in Season 17 as part of "Apparat", with the song "Goodbye" with Soap&Skin being uncredited vocalists. They finished in 22nd place.

Nico Santos returned to the contest after non-qualifying in 36th place in Season 15 with the song "Unforgettable". He represented Germany.

Octavio Mai represented North Macedonia in Season 22 with the song "Rêveries". They were the runners-up of that season.

Tautumeitas represented Latvia in Season 8 as a featured artist with "Aminata" and their song "Dzīvot Citādāk". They finished in 25th place.

Semi Final 1
XX countries competed in Semi Final 1, and (those countries all voted in this semi final).

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in Semi Final 1.

Semi Final 2
''26 countries competed in Semi Final 2. (Those countries, plus the host country, Ireland, voted in this semi final).''

The highlighted countries qualified for the final.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in Semi Final 2.

Grand Final
''XX countries competed in the Grand Final, and all XX countries were allowed to vote. (Country) won Season XX by XX points.''

The songs which finished 2nd-6th have qualified for the (third?) edition of All Stars.

12 points
Here are all the 12 points given by the juries in the Grand Final.

Non Voters
The following countries did not vote in the final and were therefore disqualified:


 * (Disqualified Countries)