At the contest, Lebanon qualified to the final (placing fourth in the semi-final with 178 points), where it finished in tenth place with a total of 246 points, receiving the maximum twelve points from the Belgian and Sammarinese juries and from the Italian televote.
In spite of a non-qualification the previous edition in Batumi, the Lebanese participation at the contest was confirmed on 14th October 2020, following a change in the country's Head of Delegation. It was also announced that the Lebanese entry for the contest was to be selected by a national selection, the broadcaster having secured the backing of a number of international sponsors, although few additional details were given.
mahrajan al'aghnia[]
Six artists competed in the first edition of mahrajan al'aghnia. A panel of international juries chose Azure Ryder as the winner, with the song "Stronger". The song won with 226 points, six ahead of runner-up Natula with "South".
Runner-up Natula was later selected to represent Lebanon at the OGAN Second Chance Contest 34 with her entry "South", where she placed eighth with 80 points. This was, at the time, Lebanon's best ever result at the OGAN Second Chance Contest.
At the contest[]
The semi-final allocation draw for the edition took place on 9th November 2020 at the Old Town Hall in Bratislava. Lebanon was drawn to participate in the first half of the first semi-final. The running order, determined by the NBU, was revealed a week later, where it was revealed that Lebanon would perform fifth in the first semi-final, following Georgia and preceding Montenegro. The country was twenty-second in the betting odds with odds of 4.17, which placed it between Denmark and Andorra, and as the tenth favourite in the first semi-final.
Lebanon placed among the top ten countries in the first semi-final and therefore qualified to the final. The country was the last qualifier to be announced in its semi-final, and was allocated to perform in the first half of the final.
Following the completion of the final lineup, it was announced that Lebanon had been chosen to perform twelfth in the final, after Spain and before eventual winners Russia. The country placed tenth in the final with 246 points - sixth in the jury vote with 143 points (including twelve points from the Belgian and Sammarinese juries), and fourteenth in the televote with 103 points (including twelve points from Italy). It was later revealed that Lebanon placed fourth in the semi-final with 178 points, coming second in the jury vote with 125 points and fifteenth in the televote with 51 points.
Both the semi-finals and the grand final were broadcast on the domestic channel LBCI and on LBC Europe. In the grand final, the points from the Lebanese jury were presented by Nina Abdel Malak, who represented the country in the twenty-sixth edition.