[6] From 684 applications submitted, a nine-member jury panel selected 30 acts for the online semi-final.

[8][9] The online semi-final took place between 24 and 31 August 2020 where users were able vote for their favorite artists on Khabar's official website.

The top twelve acts with the most votes proceeded to the televised national final and were announced on 1 September 2020.

[6][10] The final took place on 26 September 2020 where twelve competing acts performed their candidate Junior Eurovision songs written for them by composers directly invited by Khabar in a televised production.

After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal.

The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes.