ITALY – EBU just announced 41 participating countries for Eurovision 2022. Montenegro and Armenia return. Turkey remains out of the contest.
It’s also a historic year for Norwegian broadcaster NRK, which will commemorate the selection of their 60th Eurovision entry at the Melodi Grand Prix grand final on Saturday, February 19.
We will also see the 300th ‘Big Five’ performance, which will be a song from one of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, or the United Kingdom.
Martin รsterdahl, the Eurovision Song Contest’s Executive Supervisor, gave his views on the lineup:
‘We are so excited that we once again have over 40 broadcasters competing to win the iconic Eurovision trophy in Turin next May. The team from Rai are working hard on preparations to welcome all the delegations to a new Host City and ensuring the Eurovision Song Contest will provide the excitement and state-of-the-art spectacle expected by nearly 200 million viewers.’
Simona Martorelli and Claudio Fasulo from Italian broadcaster Rai added:
‘After 31 years, Italy is proud to host the Eurovision Song Contest again! As Executive Producers, we are incredibly excited to set up this amazing event and welcome delegations from 41 nations to Turin next year. Above all, we strongly believe the Eurovision Song Contest will allow us to showcase and share the beauty of Italy with a global audience via the elements that unite us all: music and harmony.’
THE PARTICIPATING NATIONS
- ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania โ RTSH
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australia โ SBS
- ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia โ AMPTV
- ๐ฆ๐น Austria โ ORF
- ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan โ Ictimai TV
- ๐ง๐ช Belgium โ RTBF
- ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria โ BNT
- ๐ญ๐ท Croatia โ HRT
- ๐จ๐พ Cyprus โ CyBC
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic CT
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark โ DR
- ๐ช๐ช Estonia โ ERR
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland โ YLE
- ๐ซ๐ท France โ FT
- ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia โ GPB
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany โ ARD/NDR
- ๐ฌ๐ท Greece โ ERT
- ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland โ RUV
- ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland โ RTE
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel โ IPBC/Kan
- ๐ฎ๐น Italy โ RAI (Host Broadcaster)
- ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia โ LTV
- ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania โ LRT
- ๐ฒ๐น Malta โ PBS
- ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova โ TRM
- ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro โ RTCG
- ๐ณ๐ฑ The Netherlands โ AVROTROS
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia โ MKRTV
- ๐ณ๐ด Norway โ NRK
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland โ TVP
- ๐ต๐น Portugal โ RTP
- ๐ท๐ด Romania โ TVR
- ๐ท๐บ Russia โ RTR
- ๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino โ RTV
- ๐ท๐ธ Serbia โ RTS
- ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia โ RTVSLO
- ๐ช๐ธ Spain โ TVE
- ๐ธ๐ช Sweden โ SVT
- ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland โ SRG / SSR
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine โ UA:PBC
- ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom โ BBC
