List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest#Kosovo

The following table lists the countries with a broadcaster that have participated in the contest at least once, up to 2025. Planned entries for the cancelled {{escyr|2020||2020 contest}} and entries that failed to qualify in the qualification rounds in {{escyr|1993}} or {{escyr|1996}} are not counted.

Shading indicates countries whose broadcaster have withdrawn from the contest or former participants that are unable to compete in future contests. Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro were both dissolved, in 1991 and 2006 respectively. Serbia and Montenegro participated in the 1992 contest as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which consisted of only those two republics. Montenegro and Serbia have each competed as separate countries since 2007.Ian Taylor (14 May 2007). [https://www.theguardian.com/serbia/article/0,,2078972,00.html From pariah state to kitsch victory: how a Balkan ballad showed Europe a new Serbia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107235739/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/may/14/balkans.musicnews |date=7 January 2020 }}. The Guardian. Retrieved on 9 February 2008. The Belarusian broadcaster BTRC was expelled from the EBU in July 2021, preventing them from competing in future editions of the contest, or any EBU event indefinitely.{{cite web |last1=Farren |first1=Niel |title= Belarus: BTRC Indefinitely Suspended From EBU |url= https://eurovoix.com/2024/04/23/belarus-btrc-indefinitely-suspended-from-ebu/ |publisher=Eurovoix |access-date=24 April 2024 |date=30 June 2024 }} Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent exclusion of Russia from the 2022 contest, the Russian broadcasters VGTRK and Channel One announced their intention to withdraw their EBU membership in February 2022 and were suspended from the union in May, preventing Russia from competing in future editions of the contest, or any EBU event for an indefinite period of time.{{Cite press release |last= |title=Європейська мовна спілка призупинила членство російських ЗМІ |trans-title=The European Broadcasting Union has suspended membership of the Russian media |url=https://corp.suspilne.media/newsdetails/5047 |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=suspilne.media |publisher=UA:PBC |language=uk}}

The following countries have broadcasters eligible to participate in the contest, but have never done so:

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• {{flagu|Algeria}} – EPTV, ENRS, TDA
• {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}} – ČST (1991–1992,{{Efn|Succeeded by Česká televize (ČT) of the Czech Republic and Slovenská televízia (STV) of Slovakia.}} dissolved)
• {{flagu|Egypt}} – ERTU
• {{flagu|Jordan}} – JRTV
• {{Esc|Lebanon}} – TL
• {{flagu|Libya}} – LJBC (1974–2011), LNC (2011–present)
• {{flagu|Tunisia}} – RTT
• {{flagu|Vatican City}} – RV

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Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia have broadcasters that are members of both the EBU and the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU). Although they could participate, it is believed that they refuse to do so due to the ongoing participation of Israel.{{cite web |url=https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/where-are-they |title=Where are they? |first=Christopher |last=Carlson |date=7 June 2019 |website=Eurovisionworld |access-date=11 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702050743/https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/where-are-they |url-status=live }} However, Tunisia and Lebanon attempted to compete in {{Escyr|1977}} and {{Escyr|2005}} respectively. Vatican City could participate through its member broadcaster Vatican Radio (RV), which was also a founding member of the EBU, though RV only broadcasts papal events, and the population is less than 900{{snd}}the vast majority of whom are clergy.{{cite web |url=https://qz.com/410650/the-vatican-was-asked-to-participate-in-the-eurovision-song-contest-it-declined-again/ |title=The Vatican was asked to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It declined, again |first=Cassie |last=Werber |date=23 May 2015 |website=Quartz |access-date=11 July 2019 |archive-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711133314/https://qz.com/410650/the-vatican-was-asked-to-participate-in-the-eurovision-song-contest-it-declined-again/ |url-status=live }} Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, Slovakia and the Czech Republic made their debut as independent states in 1994 and 2007 respectively.

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Lebanon has never participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. Télé Liban (TL), was set to make the country's debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Quand tout s'enfuit" performed by Aline Lahoud,{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/3848 |title=Aline Lahoud to sing Quand tout s'enfuit |author=X Tra |date=19 February 2005 |publisher=ESCToday |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519115422/http://esctoday.com/news/read/3848 |archive-date=19 May 2011 |access-date=9 May 2017}} but withdrew due to Lebanon's laws banning the broadcast of Israeli content.{{cite web |url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/eurovisionsongcontest/Nul-points-as-Lebanon-quits.2611952.jp |title=Nul points as Lebanon quits contest |last=Christian |first=Nicholas |date=20 March 2005 |publisher=Scotland on Sunday |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609042050/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/eurovisionsongcontest/Nul-points-as-Lebanon-quits.2611952.jp |archive-date=9 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}

On 18 December 2018, it was announced that the Scottish Gaelic branch of the BBC, BBC Alba, would debut at Eurovision Choir in {{Escyr|2019|Choir}}, which was held in Gothenburg, Sweden.{{cite web |title=EBU – Eurovision Choir |url=https://www.ebu.ch/contents/projects/tv/music/eurovision-choir |website=www.ebu.ch |access-date=18 December 2018 |date=27 February 2017 |archive-date=18 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218193400/https://www.ebu.ch/contents/projects/tv/music/eurovision-choir |url-status=live }} However, they did not progress beyond the semi-final. This was the first time Scotland had competed separately from the United Kingdom in a Eurovision event.

The Scottish Media Group (STV) is a full EBU member. Its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest would represent Scotland. As in other Eurovision events, it can only happen if the BBC renounces its right to represent the United Kingdom as a whole.

Établissement de la radiodiffusion-télévision tunisienne (ERTT) attempted to enter the 1977 edition representing Tunisia and was scheduled fourth in the running order; however, before selecting an act, it withdrew for undisclosed reasons.{{cite web |url=http://esctoday.com/8864/tunisia_will_not_participate_in_the_forseeable_future/ |title=Tunisia will not participate "in the {{sic|forseeable |hide=y}} future" |first=Michael |last=Kuipers |date=20 June 2007 |website=ESCToday |access-date=30 May 2017 |archive-date=15 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015100205/http://esctoday.com/8864/tunisia_will_not_participate_in_the_forseeable_future/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://escxtra.com/2018/05/22/israeli-arabic-tunisia-eurovision/ |title=Israeli Minister "to invite" Arabic nations, including Tunisia, to take part in Eurovision 2019 |first=Ryan |last=Cobb |date=22 May 2018 |website=ESCXtra |access-date=11 July 2019 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130124514/https://escxtra.com/2018/05/22/israeli-arabic-tunisia-eurovision/ |url-status=live }} It is believed that it did not want to compete with Israel. In 2007, ERTT clarified that it would not participate in the contest in the foreseeable future due to government requests.

In the 1960s, the late Welsh singer, scholar, and writer Meredydd Evans proposed that Wales should have its own entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1969, Cân i Gymru was launched by BBC Cymru Wales as a selection show for the contest, with songs to be performed in Welsh. However, it was decided that the BBC would continue to send one entry for the whole of the United Kingdom. Despite this, Cân i Gymru has been broadcast every year since, with the exception of 1973. The winning song takes part in the annual Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland.

Wales has appeared as an independent country in another EBU production, Jeux sans frontières, and Welsh national broadcaster Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C), that is a full EBU member, has been encouraged {{Esccnty|Wales|Junior|t=to take part in}} the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, where it made its debut in {{Escyr|2018|J}}, finishing in last place.{{Cite web |url=https://junioreurovision.cymru/home/ |title=Chwilio am Seren |website=junioreurovision.cymru |publisher=S4C |date=9 May 2018 |access-date=9 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526154830/https://junioreurovision.cymru/home/ |archive-date=26 May 2018 |url-status=dead}} Wales participated in the inaugural Eurovision Choir in {{Escyr|2017|Choir}}, where it finished second.{{cite web |last1=Granger |first1=Anthony |title=Wales confirms participation in Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017 |url=https://eurovoix.com/2017/04/03/wales-confirm-participation-eurovision-choir-year-2017/ |website=Eurovoix |access-date=3 April 2017 |date=3 April 2017 |archive-date=3 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403190339/https://eurovoix.com/2017/04/03/wales-confirm-participation-eurovision-choir-year-2017/ |url-status=live }} The country is also eligible to take part in the minority language song contest Liet-Lávlut. In May 2024, a campaign was started by record label Coco & Cwtsh{{snd}}to which Cân i Gymru winner Sara Davies is signed{{snd}}for Wales to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest; however, as in other Eurovision events, this can only happen if the BBC renounces to its right to represent the United Kingdom as a whole.{{cite web |last1=Granger |first1=Anthony |title=Wales: Campaign Commences for Eurovision Participation |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/05/03/wales-campaign-commences-for-eurovision-participation/ |website=Eurovoix |access-date=3 May 2024 |date=3 May 2024}}

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The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Song Contest was held in 1956.

Seven countries participated in the first contest. Since then, the number of entries has increased steadily. In 1961, three countries debuted, Finland, Spain, and Yugoslavia, joining the thirteen already included. Yugoslavia would become the only socialist country to participate in the following three decades. In 1970, a Nordic-led boycott of the contest reduced the number of countries entering to twelve.Eurovision.tv. [http://www.eurovision.tv/index/main?page=66&event=223 Eurovision Song Contest 1970] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828082407/http://www.eurovision.tv/index/main?page=66&event=223 |date=28 August 2008}}. Retrieved on 9 February 2008. By the late 1980s, over twenty countries had become standard.

In 1993, the collapse of the USSR in Eastern Europe and the subsequent merger of EBU and the International Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT) gave numerous broadcasters from new countries the opportunity to compete. Three countries—Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, all of them former Yugoslav republics—went through a pre-qualifier round to compete. After the 1993 event, a relegation system was introduced, allowing more Eastern European countries to compete, with seven more making their debut in 1994.

In 2003, broadcasters from four countries applied to make their debut: Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. In addition, Serbia and Montenegro, who had not competed since 1992 when they competed as Yugoslavia, applied to debut. The EBU, having originally accepted the five countries' applications, later rejected all but Ukraine; allowing five further countries to compete would have meant relegating too many countries.ESCtoday.com (27 November 2002). [http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/747 No new countries at next Eurovision Song Contest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718090050/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/747 |date=18 July 2007 }}. Retrieved on 11 February 2008.ESCtoday.com (27 November 2002). [http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/780 EBU released list of participants for 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625184326/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/780 |date=25 June 2007 }}. Retrieved on 11 February 2008. The semi-final was introduced in 2004 in an attempt to prevent situations like this. The EBU set a limit of forty countries,Eurovision.tv (27 October 2006). [http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/6622 Georgia set on 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718070324/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/6622 |date=18 July 2007 }}. Retrieved on 11 February 2008. but by 2005, thirty-nine were competing. In 2007, the EBU lifted the limit, allowing forty-two countries to compete. Two semi-finals were held for the first time in 2008.

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A number of broadcasters in non-participating countries and territories have in the past indicated an interest in participating in the Eurovision Song Contest. For broadcasters to participate, they must be a member of the EBU and register their intention to compete before the deadline specified in the rules of that year's event. Each participating broadcaster pays a fee towards the organisation of the contest. Should a country withdraw from the contest after the deadline, they will still need to pay these fees, and may also incur a fine or temporary ban.BBC News (20 March 2006). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4824692.stm Row prompts Eurovision withdrawal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209103827/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4824692.stm |date=9 December 2014 }}. Retrieved on 14 February 2008.

China aired the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and then Chinese provincial television channel Hunan Television had confirmed its interest in participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The EBU had responded saying "we are open and are always looking for new elements in each Eurovision Song Contest".{{cite web |url=http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/05/22/china-hunan-tv-eurovision-participation/96106/ |title=China: Exclusive: China'S Hunan TV exploring Eurovision participation |publisher=wiwibloggs |last=Lee Adams |first=William |access-date=22 May 2015 |date=22 May 2015 |archive-date=24 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524233506/http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/05/22/china-hunan-tv-eurovision-participation/96106/ |url-status=live }} However, on 3 June 2015, the EBU denied that China would participate as a guest or full participant in 2016.{{cite web |last1=Muldoon |first1=Padraig |title=Eurovision 2016: EBU denies Kosovo and China rumours |url=http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/06/03/ebu-denies-china-or-kosovo-debut-at-2016-song-contest/97374/ |website=Wiwibloggs |publisher=wiwibloggs.com |access-date=4 June 2015 |date=3 June 2015 |archive-date=30 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630221519/http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/06/03/ebu-denies-china-or-kosovo-debut-at-2016-song-contest/97374/ |url-status=live }}

During the Chinese broadcast of the 2018 contest's first semi-final on Mango TV, both {{Esccnty|Albania|y=2018}} and {{Esccnty|Ireland|y=2018}} were edited out of the show, along with their snippets in the recap of all nineteen entries.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-censors-eurovisions-gay-themed-performance-from-ireland/ |title=China censors Ireland's gay-themed Eurovision performance |last=Park |first=Andrea |date=10 May 2018 |website=CBS News |access-date=10 May 2018 |archive-date=11 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511215047/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-censors-eurovisions-gay-themed-performance-from-ireland/ |url-status=live }} Albania was skipped due to a ban that took effect in January 2018 prohibiting showing on television performers with tattoos{{cite web |url=https://time.com/5112061/china-hip-hop-ban-tattoos-television/ |title=China Just Banned Hip-Hop Culture and Tattoos From Television |publisher=Time |date=22 January 2018 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=24 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524100657/http://time.com/5112061/china-hip-hop-ban-tattoos-television/ |url-status=live }} while Ireland was censored due to its representation of a homosexual couple on-stage.{{Cite news |url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/05/09/china-ireland-and-albania-removed-from-semi-final-1-broadcast/ |title=China: Ireland and Albania removed from semi-final 1 broadcast |last=Avelino |first=Gerry |date=9 May 2018 |work=Eurovoix |access-date=9 May 2018 |archive-date=13 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013205858/https://eurovoix.com/2018/05/09/china-ireland-and-albania-removed-from-semi-final-1-broadcast/ |url-status=live }} In addition, the LGBT flag and tattoos on other performers were also blurred out from the broadcast.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44078305 |title=China channel barred from airing Eurovision |date=11 May 2018 |website=BBC News |access-date=11 May 2018 |archive-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513091439/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44078305 |url-status=live }} As a result, the EBU terminated its partnership with Mango TV, citing that censorship "is not in line with the EBU's values of universality and inclusivity and its proud tradition of celebrating diversity through music," which led to a ban on televising the second semi-final and the final in the country.{{Cite web |url=https://eurovision.tv/snippet/ebu-terminates-this-year-s-partnership-with-mango-tv |title=Statement 10 May: EBU terminates this year's partnership with Mango TV |date=10 May 2018 |website=eurovision.tv |access-date=10 May 2018 |archive-date=11 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511104641/https://eurovision.tv/snippet/ebu-terminates-this-year-s-partnership-with-mango-tv |url-status=live }} A spokesperson for the broadcaster's parent company Hunan TV said they "weren't aware" of the edits made to the programme.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/china-banned-from-broadcasting-eurovision-after-censoring-same-sex-dance |title=China banned from broadcasting Eurovision after censoring same-sex dance |last=Washington |first=Jessica |date=11 May 2018 |website=SBS News |access-date=11 May 2018 |archive-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513081314/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/china-banned-from-broadcasting-eurovision-after-censoring-same-sex-dance |url-status=live }}

{{See also|Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest}}

The Faroe Islands had broadcast the contest since SVF's inception in 1984 until 2002.{{cite news |title=Sjónvarp – Fríggjadagin 11. mai |trans-title=Television – Friday, 11 May |url=https://epaper.infomedia.dk/wxn/19840511?s=1&p=12 |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=Oyggjatíðindi |date=11 May 1984 |location=Hoyvík, Faroe Islands |language=fo, da |page=13 |via={{ill|Infomedia|dk}}}}{{cite news |title=Leygardagur 25. mai – Sjónvarp |trans-title=Saturday 25 May – Television |url=https://epaper.infomedia.dk/wxd/20020524?s=1&p=16 |access-date=18 November 2024 |work=Úr luftini |date=24 May 2002 |location=Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |language=fo, da |page=3 |via=Infomedia}} Since 2010, the Faroese national broadcaster Kringvarp Føroya (KVF) has been attempting to gain EBU membership and thus participate independently in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, KVF has so far been denied EBU membership due to the islands being a constituent part of the Danish Realm.{{cite web |last1=Granger |first1=Anthony |title=Faroe Islands want to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest |url=http://eurovoix.com/2015/06/10/faroe-islands-wants-to-participate-in-the-eurovision-song-contest/ |website=Eurovoix |access-date=13 June 2015 |date=10 June 2015 |archive-date=10 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010163544/http://eurovoix.com/2015/06/10/faroe-islands-wants-to-participate-in-the-eurovision-song-contest/ |url-status=live }}

In late 2018, KVF showed renewed interest in joining the EBU and participating in the contest. According to the broadcaster, it was not excluded by the rule that only independent nations can join, and as a result, the Faroese broadcaster started internal discussions on applying for EBU membership and participating in the contest, and additionally organising a national final similar to Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.{{cite web |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2018/12/30/the-faroe-islands-wants-ebu-membership-and-right-to-participate-at-eurovision/230465/ |title=The Faroe Islands wants EBU membership and right to participate at Eurovision |date=30 December 2018 |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529211532/https://wiwibloggs.com/2018/12/30/the-faroe-islands-wants-ebu-membership-and-right-to-participate-at-eurovision/230465/ |url-status=live }}

The first Faroese artist to compete in the contest was Reiley, who {{Esccnty|Denmark|y=2023|t=represented Denmark}} in {{Escyr|2023}}.{{Cite web |title=Reiley: 'The people of the Faroe Islands are so excited to have one of their own representing their nation.' |url=https://escbubble.com/2023/04/reiley-the-people-of-the-faroe-islands-are-so-excited-to-have-one-of-their-own-representing-their-nation/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=ESCBubble |date=26 April 2023 |language=en-GB}} Contextually to his participation, KVF, backed by Minister of Social Affairs and Culture Sirið Stenberg, resumed its attempts to gain full EBU membership.{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=12 May 2023 |title=Faroe Islands: Hopeful of EBU Membership in the Future |url=https://eurovoix.com/2023/05/12/🇫🇴-faroe-islands-hopeful-of-ebu-membership-in-the-future/ |access-date=16 May 2023 |website=Eurovoix}} In May 2023, KVF announced that it would apply for EBU membership before the summer, with the initial aim of obtaining the status of an associate member.{{Cite web |title=Faroes set sights on Eurovision membership |url=https://kvf.fo/node/157047 |access-date=2023-05-17 |publisher=Kringvarp Føroya |language=en}} In mid-February 2024, ahead of Faroese singer Janus Wiberg's participation in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2024, KVF stated that a five-year plan was being deployed in order to gain EBU membership.{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=20 February 2024 |title=Faroe Islands: KVF Continues to Progress With Plans for EBU Membership |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/02/20/faroe-islands-progress-ebu-membership/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=Eurovoix}}{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Frants |title=Fíggjarstøðan í KVF ein forðing fyri EBU-limaskapi |url=https://kvf.fo/netvarp/sv/2024/02/16/eingin-limaskapur-i-ebu-enn |access-date=2024-02-21 |date=2024-02-16 |publisher=Kringvarp Føroya |language=fo}}

Gibraltar had reportedly broadcast the contest in 1986.{{cite news |last=Versteeg |first=Dick |title=Bergen trekt toeristisch profijt uit songfestival |trans-title=Bergen benefits tourism from the song festival |url=https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue/pzc/1986-05-03/edition/0/page/23 |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant |location=Middelburg, Netherlands |date=3 May 1986 |language=nl |page=23}} Since 2006, Gibraltarian broadcaster Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has been attempting to gain EBU membership and thus participate independently in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, GBC cannot obtain EBU membership due to the British Overseas Territory not being independent from the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/09/gibraltar-gbc-explains-eurovision-broadcasts-from-2006-to-2008/|title=Gibraltar: GBC Explains Eurovision Broadcasts from 2006 to 2008|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=May 9, 2019|first=Anthony|last=Granger|date=9 May 2019}} The final of the contest was broadcast in Gibraltar between {{Escyr|2006}} and {{Escyr|2008}}.{{cite web|last1=Granger|first1=Anthony|title=Gibraltar: No Plans To Broadcast Eurovision|url=https://eurovoix.com/2015/03/25/gibraltar-no-plans-to-broadcast-eurovision/|website=eurovoix.com|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=12 September 2016|date=25 March 2015}}

{{See also|Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest}}

Kazakhstan has never participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. K-1 is negotiating to join the European Broadcasting Union. It has been hoping for pending or approved EBU membership since 2008. If this happens, they may be eligible to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovision-spain.com/iphp/noticia.php?numero=8360 |title=Kazajistán negocia su incorporación a la UER |work=Eurovision Spain |date=3 January 2013 |language=es |access-date=3 January 2013 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116130645/http://www.eurovision-spain.com/iphp/noticia.php?numero=8360 |url-status=live }} Nevertheless, they have broadcast the Eurovision Song Contests from {{ESCYr|2010}} onwards. However, according to the EBU, no Kazakh broadcaster has ever formally applied to join the EBU.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/EBU_HQ/status/565547596799029250 |title=EBU on Twitter: "@Karl_Downey No broadcaster from Kazakhstan has formally applied to join the EBU" |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154243/https://twitter.com/EBU_HQ/status/565547596799029250 |url-status=live }}

On 18 December 2015, it was announced that Khabar Agency, a major media outlet in Kazakhstan, had been accepted into the EBU as an associate member,{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/EBU_HQ/status/677802262887026688 |title=EBU on Twitter: "We can confirm that @KhabarTV was confirmed as an EBU Associate at our recent General Assembly" |access-date=18 December 2015 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306025146/https://twitter.com/EBU_HQ/status/677802262887026688 |url-status=live }} but were still not eligible to take part in the contest under the current rules.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/EBU_HQ/status/677808403180347392 |title=EBU on Twitter: "Under current rules @KhabarTV is not eligible for @Eurovision participation" |access-date=18 December 2015 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305134603/https://twitter.com/EBU_HQ/status/677808403180347392 |url-status=live }} Only countries which are part of the European Broadcasting Area are eligible to participate, with Australia being the only exception after its broadcaster being an associate member for over thirty years.

On 22 December 2017, Channel 31 announced that they planned to debut in the 2019 contest, due to their new EBU membership.{{Cite news |url=https://www.escxtra.com/2017/12/22/kazakhstans-channel-31-claims-will-participate-eurovision-2019/ |title=Kazakhstan's Channel 31 claims: "We will participate in Eurovision 2019!" |date=22 December 2017 |work=ESCXTRA |access-date=23 December 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=20 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220055614/https://www.escxtra.com/2017/12/22/kazakhstans-channel-31-claims-will-participate-eurovision-2019/ |url-status=live }}

Kazakhstan made its debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 alongside {{Esccnty|Wales|Junior}}, placing sixth.{{cite news |url=https://junioreurovision.tv/story/participating-countries-junior-eurovision-2018 |title=These are the 19 (!) countries taking part in Junior Eurovision 2018 |website=junioreurovision.tv |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |date=25 July 2018 |access-date=25 July 2018 |archive-date=25 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725153330/https://junioreurovision.tv/story/participating-countries-junior-eurovision-2018 |url-status=live }} On 30 July 2018, the EBU stated that the decision to invite Kazakhstan was made solely by the Junior Eurovision Steering Group, and there were no current plans to invite associate members other than Australia.{{cite web |last1=Cobb |first1=Ryan |title=Official EBU statement: "No plans" to invite Kazakhstan to Eurovision 2019 |url=https://www.escxtra.com/2018/07/30/ebu-kazakhstan-eurovision-2019/ |website=ESCXTRA |access-date=30 July 2018 |date=30 July 2018 |archive-date=30 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730235122/https://www.escxtra.com/2018/07/30/ebu-kazakhstan-eurovision-2019/ |url-status=live }}

On 22 November 2018, the then executive supervisor of the contest, Jon Ola Sand, stated in a press conference that "we need to discuss if we can invite our associate member Kazakhstan to take part in the adult ESC in the future, but this is part of a broader discussion in the EBU and I hope we can get back to you on this issue later."{{cite web |last1=Cobb |first1=Ryan |title=Jon Ola Sand: Kazakhstan participation in adult Eurovision "needs to be discussed" |url=https://www.escxtra.com/2018/11/22/jon-ola-sand-kazakhstan/ |website=ESCXTRA |access-date=22 November 2018 |date=22 November 2018 |archive-date=24 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124162409/https://www.escxtra.com/2018/11/22/jon-ola-sand-kazakhstan/ |url-status=live }} However, Sand later clarified that Kazakhstan would not have an entry in the 2019 edition.{{cite web |last1=Cobb |first1=Ryan |title=No entry in Eurovision 2019 for Kazakhstan, clarifies Jon Ola Sand |url=https://www.escxtra.com/2018/11/23/no-entry-in-eurovision-2019-for-kazakhstan-clarifies-jon-ola-sand/ |website=ESCXTRA |access-date=23 November 2018 |date=23 November 2018 |archive-date=24 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124105736/https://www.escxtra.com/2018/11/23/no-entry-in-eurovision-2019-for-kazakhstan-clarifies-jon-ola-sand/ |url-status=live }}

Khabar Agency has not broadcast the contest since {{Escyr|2022}} due to low viewership and the time zone difference.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-13 |title="Хабар" не покажет финал Евровидения в этом году из-за низких рейтингов шоу |url=https://informburo.kz/novosti/habar-ne-pokazhet-final-evrovideniya-v-etom-godu-iz-za-nizkih-rejtingov-shou |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=informburo.kz |language=ru}}

{{See also|Kosovo in the Eurovision Young Dancers}}

Kosovo has never participated in the Eurovision Song Contest on its own, but the contest has had a long history within the country, which has broadcast it since 1976. After the start of Kosovo's UN administration, the Kosovan public broadcaster RTK was independently licensed by the EBU to broadcast all three shows. Despite not having participated in the song contest, Kosovo did participate in the Eurovision Young Dancers 2011 and the Turkvision Song Contest.

As Kosovo is not a member state of the United Nations and RTK not a member of the International Telecommunication Union, RTK cannot apply to become a full member of the EBU.{{cite web |url=https://escbubble.com/2019/06/no-changes-in-the-ebu-statutes-thus-kosovo-cant-apply-for-full-membership/ |title=No changes in the EBU statutes, thus Kosovo can't apply for full membership |first=Ervin |last=Juhász |date=28 June 2019 |website=ESCBubble |access-date=28 June 2019 |archive-date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712014551/https://escbubble.com/2019/06/no-changes-in-the-ebu-statutes-thus-kosovo-cant-apply-for-full-membership/ |url-status=live }}

{{lang|sh-Latn|Jugovizija}} was the national pre-selection of Yugoslavia organised by the Yugoslav broadcaster Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) since 1961 and it featured entries submitted by the subnational public broadcasting centres based in the capitals of each of the constituent republics and autonomous provinces. Each broadcasting centre had its own regional jury. SAP Kosovo was represented by RTV Priština, but their entry never won. Jugovizija 1986 was organised by RTV Priština. Before the Kosovo declaration of independence in 2008, Viktorija, a singer from Vučitrn, represented Yugoslavia as part of Aska in {{Escyr|1982}}; and Nevena Božović, who is from Mitrovica, represented Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, numerous Kosovo Albanian singers have participated at the {{lang|sq|Festivali i Këngës|i=no}}, the {{Esccnty|Albania|t=Albanian national selection}} for Eurovision organised by RTSH. The most notable participants to date are Rona Nishliu, Lindita, and Albina Kelmendi and her family, who represented Albania in {{Escyr|2012}}, {{Escyr|2017}} and {{Escyr|2023}}, respectively. Numerous Kosovo Serb singers have participated in {{Esccnty|Serbia|t=Serbian national selections}} organised by RTS. Nevena Božović also represented Serbia as a member of Moje 3 in {{Escyr|2013}} and as a solo artist in {{Escyr|2019}}.

After Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008, RTK applied for EBU membership, and wished to enter Kosovo into the {{Escyr|2009|3=2009 contest}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3110 |title=Kosovo: RTK wants to enter Eurovision in 2009 |publisher=oikotimes.com |access-date=22 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103111158/http://oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3110 |archive-date=3 January 2010 }}[http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3131 "NDR on the Kosovo potential participation in Eurovision"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329012149/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3131 |date=29 March 2012}} oikotimes.com 22 May 2008 Link accessed 27 May 2008 There is a signed co-operation agreement between the EBU and RTK; and the EBU supports the membership of RTK. Since 2013, RTK has had observer status within the EBU, and did participate in the Eurovision Young Dancers 2011.{{cite web |url=http://albavisiontk.blogspot.com/2011/04/kosovo-new-steps-in-ebu-agreement.html |title=Kosovo new steps in ebu agreement |last=Albavision |date=7 April 2011 |publisher=albavision.tk |access-date=25 July 2011 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233502/http://albavisiontk.blogspot.com/2011/04/kosovo-new-steps-in-ebu-agreement.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.youngdancers.tv/_Kosovo/group/131225/190577.html |title=Participant Profile – Kosovo |access-date=25 July 2011 |year=2011 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003180635/http://www.youngdancers.tv/_Kosovo/group/131225/190577.html |archive-date=3 October 2011}} According to the Kosovan newspaper {{lang|sq|Koha Ditore}}, a possible entry would have been selected via a national final called {{lang|sq|Akordet e Kosovës}}, a former pop show that had been taken off the air some years ago.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurosong.be/18756/kosovo-wil-snel-deelnemen-aan-het-songfestival |title=Kosovo wil snel deelnemen aan het Songfestival |last=Eurosong |date=19 April 2008 |publisher=eurosong.be |language=nl |access-date=25 July 2011 |archive-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002170853/http://www.eurosong.be/18756/kosovo-wil-snel-deelnemen-aan-het-songfestival |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2010/04/08/feature-02 |title=EBU membership key to Kosovo's Eurovision future |last=setimes |date=8 April 2010 |publisher=Setimes.com |access-date=25 July 2011 |archive-date=26 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126171158/http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2010/04/08/feature-02 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovisionary.com/blog/kosovo-possible-candidate-eurovision |title=Kosovo a possible candidate for Eurovision? |last=Eurovisionary |date=2 June 2011 |publisher=eurovisionary.com |access-date=25 July 2011 |archive-date=31 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031140851/http://www.eurovisionary.com/blog/kosovo-possible-candidate-eurovision |url-status=live }}

In February 2023, RTK announced that it was developing a format bearing the same title of Festivali i Këngës, with the long-term aim of using it as the Kosovan national final for the contest, similarly to its Albanian counterpart.{{cite web|last=Kurris|first=Denis|url=https://www.esc-plus.com/eurovision-kosovo-is-creating-a-eurovision-national-selection/|title=Eurovision: Kosovo is creating a Eurovision national selection|work=ESCplus|date=2023-03-12|access-date=2023-08-15}}{{cite web|url=https://demokracia.com/nga-ky-vit-nis-festivali-i-kenges-ne-rtk/|title=Nga ky vit, nis Festivali i Këngës në RTK|language=sq|work=Demokracia|date=2023-02-09|access-date=2023-08-16}} Later that year, the broadcaster confirmed that it would continue its efforts to obtain EBU membership,{{cite web|last=Granger|first=Anthony|url=https://eurovoix.com/2023/05/11/kosovo-rtk-ebu-membership/|title=Kosovo: RTK Continuing to Push for EBU Membership|work=Eurovoix|date=2023-05-11|access-date=2023-08-15}} and opened a submission period for the first edition of the event, which was held between 26 and 28 October 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtklive.com/sq/news-category.php?CatID=36|title=Festivali i Këngës|language=sq|work=RTKLive|publisher=RTK|date=2023-06-02|access-date=2023-08-16}} Shortly before the launch, the festival's director, Adi Krasta, reported that people at EBU had expressed their enthusiasm about the event,{{Cite web |url=https://eurovoix.com/2023/10/19/kosovo-ebu-reportedly-positive-of-song-festival/ |title=Kosovo: EBU Reportedly Positive of Festivali i Këngës ne RTK |date=2023-10-19 |access-date=2023-10-19 |work=Eurovoix |last=Heap |first=Steven}} with director-general of the EBU Noel Curran making a remote appearance during the first night of the festival to express his congratulations.{{Cite Instagram|author=RTK|user=festivalirtk|postid=Cy4HKWyBE5U|title=Drejtori i Përgjithshëm i EBU-së , Noel Curran, përgëzon RTK-në për organizimin e Festivalit të Këngës|trans-title=The Director-General of the EBU, Noel Curran, congratulates RTK for organising Festivali i Këngës|language=sq|date=2023-10-26|access-date=2023-10-26}} Following the first edition, the CEO of RTK, Besnik Boletini, reaffirmed the country's continued efforts in order to be included in the contest as early as 2025.{{Cite web |title='Post Festival' përmbledh Festivalin e Këngës, ia hap dyert dokumentarit |trans-title="Post Festival" summarises Festivali i Këngës, opens the doors to the documentary |language=sq |url=https://www.rtklive.com/sq/news-single.php?ID=650457 |last=Pasoma |first=Medina |date=2023-10-29 |access-date=2023-10-29 |work=RTKLive |publisher=RTK}}

RTK was first present as an observer at the EBU general assembly in December 2023.{{Cite web |last=Ntinos |first=Fotios |title=Κosovo: RTK present at the EBU's General Assembly! |url=https://eurovisionfun.com/en/2023/12/κosovo-rtk-present-at-the-ebus-general-assembly/ |date=2023-12-08 |access-date=2023-12-08 |work=Eurovisionfun}} A vote on the draft of Kosovo's application to the Council of Europe took place on 16 April 2024, which was approved by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe was set to decide on Kosovo's membership in May 2024,{{Cite web |url=https://n1info.rs/english/news/pace-adopts-opinion-on-kosovo-s-application-to-coe/ |title=PACE adopts opinion on Kosovo's application to CoE |date=2024-04-16 |access-date=2024-04-16 |work=N1}} but was removed from the agenda following Kosovo's rejection of French and German prerequisites for membership.{{Cite web |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2024/05/08/kosovo-pm-rejects-wests-terms-for-coe-membership/ |title=Kosovo PM Rejects West's Terms for CoE Membership |date=2024-05-08 |access-date=2024-05-08 |work=BalkanInsight}} Membership in the council would enable Kosovo to join the EBU as a full member and compete in the contest by 2025.{{Cite web |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2024/03/14/kosovo-takes-a-crucial-step-to-join-council-of-europe/ |title=Kosovo's Taken Crucial Step to Join Council of Europe |work=Balkan Insight |first=Petrit |last=Selimi |date=2024-03-14 |access-date=2024-04-09}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.eunews.it/en/2024/03/28/council-of-europe-committee-recommendation-on-kosovo-reignites-tensions-with-serbia/ |title=Council of Europe committee recommendation on Kosovo reignites tensions with Serbia |work=Eunews |first=Federico |last=Baccini |date=2024-03-28 |access-date=2024-04-09}} In May 2024, RTK announced that it would submit an application for EBU membership "soon",{{Cite web |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/05/09/kosovo-rtk-will-apply-for-eurovision-participation-soon/ |title=Kosovo: RTK Will Apply for Eurovision Participation 'Soon' |work=Eurovoix |first=James |last=Stephenson |date=2024-05-09 |access-date=2024-05-09}} and by mid-June, it submitted a formal request of invitation to the contest, despite still lacking full EBU membership;{{Cite web |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/06/13/kosovo-rtk-requests-invitation-to-eurovision-2025/ |title=Kosovo: RTK Requests Invitation to Eurovision 2025 |work=Eurovoix |first=James |last=Stephenson |date=2024-06-13 |access-date=2024-06-13}} this was rejected in July.{{Cite web |last=Limani |first=A. |date=2024-08-09 |title=Kërkesa e RTK-së për pjesëmarrje në Eurovision merr përgjigje negative |trans-title=RTK's request for participation in Eurovision receives a negative response |url=https://zeri.info/kultura/546145/kerkesa-e-rtk-se-per-pjesemarrje-ne-eurovision-merr-pergjigje-negative/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Zëri |language=sq}}

Liechtenstein has never participated in the Eurovision Song Contest: the principality has been prevented from competing due to the lack of a national broadcaster which is a member of the EBU.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A22080368 |title=The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 – present |date=26 April 2007 |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024203458/https://h2g2.com/entry/A22080368 |url-status=live }} Attempts were made in the 1970s by the Liechtenstein government for the nation to participate, with a two-song national final held in November 1975 choosing "My Little Cowboy" sung by Biggi Bachmann and written by Mike Tuttlies and Horst Hornung as the winner over "Tu étais mon clown" by Anne Frommelt.{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurovision.de/news/Biggi-Bachmann-Wie-Liechtenstein-fast-am-ESC-teilnahm,liechtenstein138.html |title=Biggi Bachmann: Wie Liechtenstein fast am ESC teilnahm |last=Stober |first=Marcel |date=29 August 2020 |work=Eurovision.de |publisher=ARD |access-date=25 October 2021 |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520122025/https://www.eurovision.de/news/Biggi-Bachmann-Wie-Liechtenstein-fast-am-ESC-teilnahm,liechtenstein138.html |url-status=live }} The song was supposed to be the country's debut entry for the {{Escyr|1976||1976 contest}}; however due to a misunderstanding by Liechtenstein's government of the rules of participation, the entry was rejected due to a lack of national broadcaster with which to participate.{{cite news |title=TV-Grand Prix ohne Biggi Bachmann |trans-title=TV Grand Prix without Biggi Bachmann |url=https://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/viewer/image/000476564_1976/192/LOG_0019/ |access-date=29 September 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Volksblatt |date=31 January 1976 |location=Schaan, Liechtenstein |page=6 |language=de |via=Liechtenstein State Library}}

On 15 August 2008, 1 FL TV, licensed by the country's government, became the first broadcaster based in Liechtenstein. This would allow the country to begin competing at the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, should they decide to join the EBU, a pre-requisite for entering the contest.{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12220 |title=Liechtenstein gets a TV station |last=Kuipers |first=Michael |date=24 August 2008 |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-date=25 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825081712/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12220 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906184020/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3995 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2008 |title=Liechtenstein gets national TV station |last=Backfish |first=Emma |date=31 August 2008 |publisher=Oikotimes |access-date=9 August 2009}} Shortly after its foundation however, the broadcaster announced that they were not interested in joining the EBU or Eurovision at that time because they had no budget for membership.{{cite web |url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=4144 |title=1FL TV from Lichtenstein not entering the EBU & Eurovision |date=6 October 2008 |publisher=Oikotimes |access-date=9 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727174313/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=4144 |archive-date=27 July 2009}}

In July 2009, the broadcaster officially announced its intention to apply to join the EBU by the end of July, with the intention to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo.{{cite web |url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6080 |title=Liechtenstein: Set to debut in Eurovision 2010? |last=Harley |first=Lee |date=21 July 2009 |publisher=Oikotimes |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-date=14 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114015752/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6080 |url-status=live }} Peter Kölbel, managing director of 1FLTV, officially confirmed the broadcaster's interest, revealing that they had plans to develop a national final similar to Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of the Idol series.{{cite web |url=http://esckaz.com/2009/ |title=News Eurovision Russia 2009 |publisher=ESCKaz |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-date=20 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320074448/http://esckaz.com/2009/ |url-status=live }} In November 2009, 1FLTV decided to postpone EBU and Eurovision plans, for financial reasons, and began to search for other options for funding EBU membership in the future.{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14466 |title=Liechtenstein rules out Eurovision participation |last=Hondal |first=Victor |date=4 November 2009 |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=4 November 2009 |archive-date=6 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106075857/http://esctoday.com/news/read/14466 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6747 |title=Liechtenstein decides to postpone Eurovision plans |last=Coroneri |first=Alenka |date=4 November 2009 |publisher=Oikotimes |access-date=4 November 2009 |archive-date=14 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114015756/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=6747 |url-status=live }}

1FLTV submitted its application for EBU membership on 29 July 2010. If accepted, 1FLTV would have gained full EBU membership and would have been able to send an entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16032 |title=Liechtenstein: 1FL expects "good chances" for Eurovision debut |date=30 July 2010 |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=30 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802095145/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16032 |archive-date=2 August 2010 }} However, Liechtenstein did not appear on the official list of participants for Eurovision 2011. In late 2012, Peter Kölbel, director of 1FLTV, stated that Liechtenstein would not be able to take part until 2013 at the earliest. The broadcaster had been trying to get government subsidies since 2010 to enable participation, and participation was likely if the Government approved funding by April 2012.

On 10 September 2013, 1FLTV confirmed that Liechtenstein would not be participating at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/67851/liechtenstein-debut-eurovision-2014/ |title=Liechtenstein: No debut in Eurovision 2014! |date=10 September 2013 |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=10 September 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109053155/http://www.esctoday.com/67851/liechtenstein-debut-eurovision-2014/ |url-status=live }} The broadcaster has no plans to join the EBU at the moment. This was confirmed again on 28 July 2014 in the run-up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Austria. 1FLTV did however state their interest in participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, but said that they would have to evaluate the costs of EBU membership, a necessary prelude to participation.{{cite web |last1=Jiandani |first1=Sergio |title=Liechtentestein: 1 FL TV will not debut in Eurovision 2015 |url=http://esctoday.com/85870/liechtentestein-1-fl-tv-will-debut-eurovision-2015/ |website=esctoday.com |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=29 July 2014 |date=28 July 2014 |archive-date=28 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728211409/http://esctoday.com/85870/liechtentestein-1-fl-tv-will-debut-eurovision-2015/ |url-status=live }} Once again in 2016, the nation did not compete, due to lack of funds to join the EBU.{{cite web |last1=Jiandani |first1=Sanjay |title=Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV will not debut in Stockholm |url=http://esctoday.com/105715/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-in-stockholm/ |website=esctoday.com |publisher=ESCToday |access-date=16 September 2015 |date=16 September 2015 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602231346/http://esctoday.com/105715/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-in-stockholm/ |url-status=live }} On 21 September 2016, 1FLTV announced that they would not be able to debut to the contest in 2017, but that they would set their eyes on a future participation once they overcome their financial hurdles.{{cite web |url=http://esctoday.com/137674/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-kyiv-sets-eyes-future-esc-participation |title=Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV will not debut in Kyiv; sets its eyes on a future ESC participation |date=21 September 2016 |website=ESCToday |last1=Jiandani |first1=Sanjay |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=21 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921170955/http://esctoday.com/137674/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-kyiv-sets-eyes-future-esc-participation |url-status=live }} Yet again, on 1 September 2017 they also announced they would not debut at the 2018 contest in Lisbon.{{cite web |url=http://esctoday.com/149473/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-eurovision-2018/ |title=Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV will not debut in Eurovision 2018 |last=Jiandani |first=Sanjay |date=1 September 2017 |website=esctoday.com |access-date=1 September 2017 |archive-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901152940/http://esctoday.com/149473/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-eurovision-2018/ |url-status=live }}

On 4 November 2017, the broadcaster stated that it was planning to debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019 and would organise a national selection to select both the singer and the song.{{cite web |url=https://eurovoix.com/2017/11/04/liechtenstein-1fltv-plans-eurovision-debut-2019/ |title=Liechtenstein: 1FLTV plans Eurovision debut in 2019 |date=4 November 2017 |website=eurovoix.com |access-date=4 November 2017 |archive-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203122220/https://eurovoix.com/2017/11/04/liechtenstein-1fltv-plans-eurovision-debut-2019/ |url-status=live }} However, on 20 July 2018, the EBU stated that 1 FL TV had not applied for membership.{{cite web |url=https://www.escxtra.com/2018/07/20/liechtenstein-have-not-applied-confirms-ebu/ |title='Liechtenstein have not applied' confirms EBU |publisher=EscXtra |date=20 July 2018 |access-date=20 July 2018 |archive-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721014438/https://www.escxtra.com/2018/07/20/liechtenstein-have-not-applied-confirms-ebu/ |url-status=live }} The broadcaster later halted its plans to apply for EBU membership when its director, Peter Kölbel, unexpectedly died. It would also need the backing of the Liechtenstein government to be able to carry the cost of becoming an EBU member and paying the participation fee for the contest.

On 9 August 2022, 1 FL TV's managing director Sandra Woldt confirmed that the broadcaster would not be aiming to apply for EBU membership, thereby indefinitely ruling out a debut in the Eurovision Song Contest.{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=2022-08-09 |title=Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV Rules Out Applying For EBU Membership |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/08/09/liechtenstein-1fltv-ebu-membership/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}} The broadcaster's intentions were reiterated the following year.{{cite web|last=Jiandani|first=Sanjay|url=https://esctoday.com/191747/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-at-eurovision-2024/|title=Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV will not debut at Eurovision 2024 |work=ESCToday |date=10 August 2023 |access-date=10 August 2023}} On 15 May 2024, Liechtensteiner Vaterland reported that a different broadcaster, Radio Liechtenstein, was in the process of applying for EBU membership with the aim of participating in the contest.{{cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/06/02/radio-liechtenstein-european-broadcasting-union-membership/|title=Liechtenstein: Radio Liechtenstein Applying for European Broadcasting Union Membership |work=Eurovoix |date=2 June 2024 |access-date=2 June 2024}}{{cite web |last=Kaufmann |first=Gary |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/radio-liechtenstein-prueft-esc-teilnahme-art-566002 |title=Radio Liechtenstein prüft ESC-Teilnahme |language=de |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |date=15 May 2024 |access-date=2 June 2024}} The plans were put on hold after the public voted 55.4% for the privatization of Radio Liechtenstein by the end of 2025.{{cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/12/29/liechtenstein-eurovision-song-contest-plans-are-on-hold/ |title=Liechtenstein: Eurovision Song Contest Plans Are On Hold |work=Eurovoix |date=29 December 2024 |access-date=29 December 2024}} Radio Liechtenstein was shut down on 3 April 2025.

Qatar Radio (QR) first revealed on 12 May 2009 that they were interested in becoming active members of the union, which would allow Qatar to compete in the contest. The nation first became involved in the contest at that year's edition, where the broadcaster sent a delegation to the contest and broadcast a weekly radio show called 12pointsqatar dedicated to Eurovision, which received favourable responses. Qatar Radio said that they hoped to join Eurovision by 2011 and that they would be happy to join all other competitors in the contest, including Israel, if the country received a membership. The broadcaster appeared as an associate member of the EBU in 2009, but was removed sometime later.{{cite web|last1=Repo|first1=Juha|title=New EBU members? Not very likely|url=http://esctoday.com/36606/new-ebu-members-not-very-likely/|website=ESCToday|access-date=7 September 2021|date=6 June 2012|archive-date=18 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518135448/http://esctoday.com/36606/new-ebu-members-not-very-likely/|url-status=live}}

Qatar is required to have a TV broadcaster which has at least associate membership of the EBU in order to have a chance to take part, as Qatar Radio is only a radio station and Qatar lies outside the European Broadcasting Area and cannot apply for Council of Europe membership, with Australia being the only exception after being an associate member for over 30 years. The broadcaster would most likely be Qatar Television (QTV), which is also owned by the Qatar General Broadcasting and Television Corporation (QGBTC). If Qatar Radio gets reaccepted, it would be able to air the contest alongside the television broadcast.{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14007 |title=Gulf nation wants to join Eurovision |last=Repo |first=Juha |date=12 May 2009 |website=ESCToday |access-date=12 May 2009 |archive-date=14 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714165200/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14007 |url-status=live }}

The Soviet Union never participated in the Eurovision Song Contest prior to its dissolution in 1991, however several of the post-Soviet states which emerged or re-emerged following this process went on to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. All former republics of the Soviet Union which were geographically situated in Europe (except for Kazakhstan) went on to make their debut appearances in the contest during the 1990s and 2000s: {{esccnty|Estonia}}, {{esccnty|Lithuania}} and {{esccnty|Russia}} in {{escyr|1994}};{{cite web |title=Estonia |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/estonia |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Lithuania |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/lithuania |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Russia |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/russia |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}} {{esccnty|Latvia}} in {{escyr|2000}};{{cite web |title=Latvia |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/latvia |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}} {{esccnty|Ukraine}} in {{escyr|2003}};{{cite web |title=Ukraine |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/ukraine |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}} {{esccnty|Belarus}} in {{escyr|2004}};{{cite web |title=Belarus |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/belarus |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}} {{esccnty|Moldova}} in {{escyr|2005}};{{cite web |title=Moldova |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/moldova |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}} {{esccnty|Armenia}} in {{escyr|2006}};{{cite web |title=Armenia |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/armenia |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}} {{esccnty|Georgia}} in {{escyr|2007}};{{cite web |title=Georgia |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/georgia |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}} and {{esccnty|Azerbaijan}} in {{escyr|2008}}.{{cite web |title=Azerbaijan |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/azerbaijan |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}}

Of the ten former Soviet republics to have taken part, five have gone on to win the contest. Estonia became the first to win in {{escyr|2001}}, followed by Latvia in {{escyr|2002}}, Ukraine in {{escyr|2004}}, Russia in {{escyr|2008}}, and Azerbaijan in {{escyr|2011}}.{{cite web |title=Eurovision Archives |url=https://eurovision.tv/history |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}} Ukraine is the only former Soviet country to have won the contest more than once, having secured three wins in 2004, {{Escyr|2016}} and {{Escyr|2022}}.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-14 |title=Eurovision 2022: Ukraine wins, while the UK's Sam Ryder comes second |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61452678 |access-date=2022-05-15}}

The contest was reportedly first broadcast on television in the Soviet Union in {{escyr|1965}}, and for many years the contest was intermittently broadcast on Soviet Central Television who received it via the OIRT's Intervision network.{{cite book |last1=Roxburgh |first1=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2012 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn |isbn=978-1-84583-065-6 |pages=369–381 |series=Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s}}{{cite web |title=Naples 1965 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/naples-1965 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=27 May 2024}}See individual references embedded within the "Commentators and spokespersons" table. The contest was also broadcast on Eesti Televisioon within the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic from {{escyr|1986}}.

The contest has been broadcast in several countries that do not compete, such as the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and China. Since 2000, it has been broadcast online via the Eurovision website.{{cite web|url=http://www.ebu.ch/en/technical/trev/trev_291-editorial.html|title=Webcasting and the Eurovision Song Contest|author=Philip Laven|date=July 2002|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528091401/http://www.ebu.ch/en/technical/trev/trev_291-editorial.html|archive-date=28 May 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=21 August 2006}} It was also broadcast in several countries East of the Iron Curtain that have since dissolved, such as Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and the Soviet Union.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

• List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers
• List of countries in the Eurovision Young Musicians
• List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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• O'Connor, John Kennedy (2005). The Eurovision Song Contest 50 Years The Official History. London: Carlton Books Limited. {{ISBN|1-84442-586-X}}.

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