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 7 days later, on the 18th 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 was changed: 12 songs qualifying from each semi final with no wildcard.

Due to personal reasons, Indonesia withdrew from the contest while the semi-final was ongoing.

The winning song this season came from Nepal. Nepal were represented by HOLYCHILD and their song "Raining Romance", and they scored 177 points. Nepal finished 8 points ahead of the runner up: Guam. Guam were represented by Elegant Slims and their song "Not Human", receiving 169 points. The winning jury was Maki, while the 2nd place jury was Vlad.

The voting system changed, this time there would be no televote instead in the semi, a 50-50 split between the juries and internal televoters (non-juries who are in the server and juries from the opposite semi) and in the final, a 50-50 split between the juries who qualified for the final (finalists' vote) and again internal televoters (non-juries who are in the server and non-qualifying juries).

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 Moderat 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
20 countries competed in Semi Final 1, and those countries, all voted in this semi final except for Indonesia, who withdrew for personal reasons

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
21 countries competed in Semi Final 2, 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 2.

Grand Final
''24 countries competed in the Grand Final, and all 41 countries were allowed to vote. Nepal won Season 29 by with 177 points.''

The songs which finished 2nd-6th have qualified for the first edition of Zandoli 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 & Semi-Final and were therefore disqualified:


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