AI Song Contest 2020
The AI Song Contest 2020 was the inaugural edition of the AI Song Contest, organised by the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO, in collaboration with NPO 3FM and NPO Innovation.[1] It was held on 12 May 2020 in the Netherlands and was presented by Lieven Scheire.[1][2] Thirteen teams from eight countries participated in the contest.[3] The contest was won by Uncanny Valley from Australia with the song "Beautiful the World".[4][5]
Format
Each participating team had to submit a "Eurovision-like" song of up to three minutes that had been composed using artificial intelligence (AI).[1] Human input was allowed, but the more AI was used, the more points the entry would get from the jury.[1] The entries were also evaluated by the public through online ratings. The winner was announced in a live show on 12 May 2020.
Presenter and spokespersons
The live show was hosted by Belgian comedian Lieven Scheire.[6] The points from the online voting were announced by Dutch television presenter Emma Wortelboer, who had been the Netherlands' spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[6] Dutch composer and AI researcher Vincent Koops revealed the points awarded by the jury.
Expert panel
The jury consisted of three AI experts, who assessed each entry based on the use of artificial intelligence in the songwriting process:[7]
Vincent Koops (RTL Nederland)
Anna Huang (Google Brain)
Ed Newton-Rex (ByteDance)
Competing entries
The live show took place on 12 May 2020 at 20:30 CEST and was broadcast via a live stream on YouTube.[6] As there were no pre-qualifying rounds, multiple teams from each country could enter the competition.[8] The contest featured the following competing entries:[3]
| Country | Team | Song | Language | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jury | Public | Total | |||||
 Australia
|
Uncanny Valley | "Beautiful the World" | English | 10 | 9.8 | 19.8 | 1 |
 Belgium
|
Beatroots | "Violent Delights Have Violent Ends" | English | 6 | 5.3 | 11.3 | 8 |
| Polaris | "Princess" | English | 4 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 7 | |
 France
|
Algomus & Friends | "I Keep Counting" | English | 8 | 7.5 | 15.5 | 4 |
| DataDada | "Je secoue le monde" | French | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | |
 Germany
|
Dadabots x Portrait XO | "I'll Marry You, Punk Come" | English | 12 | 7.4 | 19.4 | 2 |
| Ligatur | "Offshore in Deep Water" | English | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| OVGneUrovision | "Traveller in Time" | Instrumental | 5 | 4.6 | 9.6 | 11 | |
| Netherlands
|
Can AI Kick It | "Abbus" | English | 10 | 7.8 | 17.8 | 3 |
| COMPUTD / Shuman & Angel-Eye | "I Write a Song" | English | 5 | 8.8 | 13.8 | 5 | |
 Sweden
|
KTH/KMH+Doremir | "Come To Ge Ther" | English | 4 | 6.9 | 10.9 | 10 |
 Switzerland
|
New Piano | "Painful Words" | English | 2 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 13 |
| United Kingdom
|
Brentry | "Hope Rose High" | English | 8 | 5.7 | 13.7 | 6 |
See also
- Eurovision Song Contest 2020
- Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "FAQ - The AI Song Contest" (in en). https://www.vprobroadcast.com/titles/ai-songcontest/faq.html.
- ↑ Smirke, Richard (10 May 2020). "Machine Music: With Eurovision Canceled, The Netherlands Prepares to Host First AI Song Contest" (in en). https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/9374694/netherlands-artificial-intelligence-song-contest-eurovision.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Teams - The AI Song Contest" (in en). https://www.vprobroadcast.com/titles/ai-songcontest/teams.html.
- ↑ Wakefield, Jane (12 May 2020). "Australia wins AI 'Eurovision Song Contest'" (in en-GB). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52632916.
- ↑ Heaven, Will Douglas (29 October 2020). "To see what makes AI hard to use, ask it to write a pop song" (in en). https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/29/1011412/human-ai-interaction-creativity-machine-learning-pop-song-eurovision/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Introducing the AI Song Contest!". 11 May 2020. https://eurovision.tv/story/introducing-the-ai-song-contest.
- ↑ "AI Panel - The AI Song Contest" (in en). https://www.vprobroadcast.com/titles/ai-songcontest/ai-panel.html.
- ↑ "Karen van Dijk (VPRO) over Het AI Songfestival" (in nl). YouTube. 8 May 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYHlWePceE.
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