Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participating broadcaster| Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
Participation summary
Appearances| 40 (33 finals)
First appearance| 1981
Highest placement| 2nd: 2018

Participation history

*     * 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987

*  ~~1988~~
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994

* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001

* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008

* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015

* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
*  ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022

* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

External links
Cyprus's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Cyprus has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 40 times since making its debut in 1981. The Cypriot participant broadcaster in the contest is the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC). Its first entry was "Monika" performed by the group Island, who finished sixth. The country's best result is a second-place finish with "Fuego" by Eleni Foureira in 2018. Cyprus holds the record for most editions competing in the contest without a single win to date.

Between 2006 and 2013, Cyprus failed to qualify from the semi-final round six times, before withdrawing in 2014. On 14 July 2014, CyBC officially confirmed its return to the contest for 2015, with the country then qualifying for the final every year since, a streak that lasted until its non-qualification in 2022. Cyprus once again returned to the final in 2023.

## History

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The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It has participated in the contest representing Cyprus since its 26th edition in 1981.

Since its first entry, CyBC has participated every year except for 1988, 2001, and 2014. In 1988, CyBC withdrew its entry after it determined that the intended entry was ineligible; the song had been presented to jurors (but not selected) in the 1984 internal selection process, which was a violation of their selection rules. In 2001, the country did not qualify for the contest due to insufficiently high average scores in previous contests, according to the qualification process at the time. In 2014, the broadcaster decided to not participate in the contest and cited public indifference, public opinion regarding the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis, and related budget restrictions as factors for not taking part.[1] On 14 July 2014, CyBC officially confirmed their return to the contest in 2015.[2][3] Cyprus hosted the Eurovision Song Project, which included 2 semi-finals, 1 second chance round and a final.[4][5]

Since its return in 2015, Cyprus has only failed to qualify once, and even reached its best result with "Fuego" by Eleni Foureira coming second in 2018. Cyprus holds the record for most editions competing in the contest without a single win to date. Most of the Cypriot entries have been sung in Greek or English; the exceptions are in 2000, in which the song "Nomiza" included both Greek and Italian, and in 2007, in which "Comme ci, comme ça" by Evridiki was entirely in French. Additionally, in both 2018 and 2021, the songs had some phrases in Spanish.

### Voting

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Cyprus' exchange of the maximum 12 points with Greece has occurred regularly in the contest, which is often met with derision from the audience.[6] In the 31 instances (1981–2024) of Cyprus being able to vote for Greece in a final, it has voted Greece as having the best song on 26 of them (the exceptions being 1981, 1985, 1990, 1991, 2015 and 2024). Since the introduction of televoting in 1998, the two countries have consistently given each other the maximum 12 points except in 2015, when neither country gave their 12 points to the other, but both gave their maximum points to Italy.

Cyprus and Turkey never exchanged votes until 2003, a taboo attributed to the Cyprus dispute.

### Popularity of the contest

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Since its first entry in 1981, Cyprus has had a mixture of varied results. The best result achieved so far is a second place, reached by Eleni Foureira at the 2018 contest.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Cyprus managed to reach the top 10 a number of times, something which made the Contest popular with the Cypriot public. Since 2004, Cyprus' performance has dropped notably. From 2006 to 2009 and again in 2011 and 2013, the country failed to reach the final.

At the same time when Cyprus' performance in the contest dropped vertically, Greece's performance improved very fast by one win and seven top ten results in one decade. This created a shift of interest, with the Cypriot public being more interested in the success of the Greek entry. This is probably because Greece, since 2004, seems to send very popular singers that have a well established fan-club in Cyprus, while Cyprus usually elects their contestants through an open talent contest, which often results in somewhat unknown artists representing the country.

## Participation overview

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Table key  2  | Second place

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◁  | Last place
X | Entry selected but did not compete
† | Upcoming event
Year  | Entrant  | Song  | Language  | Final  | Points  | Semi  | Points

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1981 | Island  | "Monika" (Μόνικα) | Greek | 6  | 69  | No semi-finals
1982 | Anna Vissi | "Mono i agapi" (Μόνο η αγάπη) | Greek  | 5  | 85
1983 | Stavros and Constantina  | "I agapi akoma zi" (Η αγάπη ακόμα ζει) | Greek  | 16  | 26
1984 | Andy Paul | "Anna Mari-Elena" (Άννα Μαρί-Έλενα) | Greek  | 15  | 31
1985 | Lia Vissi | "To katalava arga" (Το κατάλαβα αργά) | Greek  | 16  | 15
1986 | Elpida | "Tora zo" (Τώρα ζω) | Greek  | 20 ◁  | 4
1987 | Alexia | "Aspro mavro" (Άσπρο μαύρο) | Greek  | 7  | 80
1988 | Yiannis Dimitrou  | "Thimame" (Θυμάμαι) | Greek  | Disqualified X
1989 | Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis  | "Apopse as vrethoume" (Απόψε ας βρεθούμε) | Greek  | 11  | 51
1990 | Anastazio  | "Milas poli" (Μιλάς πολύ) | Greek  | 14  | 36
1991 | Elena Patroklou | "S.O.S."  | Greek  | 9  | 60
1992 | Evridiki | "Teriazoume" (Ταιριάζουμε) | Greek  | 11  | 57
1993 | Zymboulakis and Van Beke  | "Mi stamatas" (Μη σταματάς) | Greek  | 19  | 17  | Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994 | Evridiki  | "Ime anthropos ki ego" (Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ) | Greek  | 11  | 51  | No semi-finals
1995 | Alexandros Panayi | "Sti fotia" (Στη φωτιά) | Greek  | 9  | 79
1996 | Constantinos | "Mono gia mas" (Μόνο για μας) | Greek  | 9  | 72  | 15  | 42
1997 | Hara and Andreas Konstantinou  | "Mana mou" (Μάνα μου) | Greek  | 5  | 98  | No semi-finals
1998 | Michael Hajiyanni | "Genesis" (Γένεσις) | Greek  | 11  | 37
1999 | Marlain | "Tha'ne erotas" (Θα'ναι έρωτας) | Greek  | 22  | 2
2000 | Voice  | "Nomiza" (Νόμιζα) | Greek, Italian | 21  | 8
2002 | One | "Gimme"  | English  | 6  | 85
2003 | Stelios Constantas | "Feeling Alive"  | English  | 20  | 15
2004 | Lisa Andreas | "Stronger Every Minute"  | English  | 5  | 170  | 5  | 149
2005 | Constantinos Christoforou  | "Ela Ela"  | English  | 18  | 46  | Top 12 in 2004 final[a]
2006 | Annet Artani | "Why Angels Cry"  | English  | Failed to qualify  | 15  | 57
2007 | Evridiki  | "Comme ci, comme ça"  | French | 15  | 65
2008 | Evdokia Kadi  | "Femme Fatale"  | Greek  | 15  | 36
2009 | Christina Metaxa  | "Firefly"  | English  | 14  | 32
2010 | Jon Lilygreen and the Islanders | "Life Looks Better in Spring"  | English  | 21  | 27  | 10  | 67
2011 | Christos Mylordos  | "San aggelos s'agapisa" (Σαν άγγελος σ'αγάπησα) | Greek  | Failed to qualify  | 18  | 16
2012 | Ivi Adamou | "La La Love"  | English  | 16  | 65  | 7  | 91
2013 | Despina Olympiou | "An me thimasai" (Aν με θυμάσαι) | Greek  | Failed to qualify  | 15  | 11
2015 | John Karayiannis | "One Thing I Should Have Done"  | English  | 22  | 11  | 6  | 87
2016 | Minus One | "Alter Ego"  | English  | 21  | 96  | 8  | 164
2017 | Hovig | "Gravity"  | English  | 21  | 68  | 5  | 164
2018 | Eleni Foureira | "Fuego"  | English  | 2  | 436  | 2  | 262
2019 | Tamta | "Replay"  | English  | 13  | 109  | 9  | 149
2020 | Sandro | "Running"  | English  | Contest cancelled[b] X
2021 | Elena Tsagrinou | "El Diablo"  | English  | 16  | 94  | 6  | 170
2022 | Andromache | "Ela" (Έλα) | English, Greek  | Failed to qualify  | 12  | 63
2023 | Andrew Lambrou | "Break a Broken Heart"  | English  | 12  | 126  | 7  | 94
2024 | Silia Kapsis | "Liar"  | English  | 15  | 78  | 6  | 67
2025 | Theo Evan[7] | TBA † | Upcoming †

## Awards

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### Marcel Bezençon Awards

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Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards

Year  | Category  | Song  | Composer(s)
lyrics (l) / music (m) | Performer  | Final  | Points  | Host city  | Ref.

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2004 | Composer Award  | "Stronger Every Minute"  | Mike Konnaris (m & l)  | Lisa Andreas | 5  | 170  |  Istanbul |

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2018 | Artistic Award[c] | "Fuego"  | Alex Papaconstantinou, Geraldo Sandell,
Viktor Svensson, Anderz Wrethov Didrick  | Eleni Foureira | 2  | 436  |  Lisbon |

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## Related involvement

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### Conductors

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Year  | Conductor[d] | Notes  | Ref.

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1981 |  Michael Rozakis  |  | [10]
1982 |  Martyn Ford  |
1983 |  Michael Rozakis  |
1984 |  Pierre Cao | [e]
1985 |  Charis Andreadis  | [f]
1986 |  Martyn Ford  |
1987 |  Jo Carlier  | [g]
1988 |  John Themis | [h]
1989 |  Charis Andreadis  |
1990 |  Stanko Selak  | [i] | [11]
1991 |  Alexander Kirov Zografov |
1992 | George Theophanous |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 | Stavros Lantsias  |
1997 |
1998 | Costas Cacogiannis  |

### Heads of delegation

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Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers and backing vocalists, among others.[12]

Year  | Head of delegation  | Ref.

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1999 | Marios Skordis  |

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2003 | Marios Skordis  |

[14]

2005 | Tasos Trifonos  |

[15]

2007-present  | Evi Papamichael  |

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### Commentators and spokespersons

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Year  | Television commentator  | Radio commentator  | Spokesperson  | Ref.

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1974 | Unknown | Did not participate | [20]
1975 – 1980 | No broadcast |
1981 | Fryni Papadopoulou | Neophytos Taliotis | Anna Partelidou |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 | Pavlos Pavlou |
1985 | Themis Themistokleous |
1986 | Themis Themistokleous | Fryni Papadopoulou |
1987 | Themis Themistokleous |
1988 | Daphne Bokota (for ERT and RIK) | No radio broadcast | Did not participate |
1989 | Neophytos Taliotis | Pavlos Pavlou | Anna Partelidou |
1990 |
1991 | Evi Papamichael[19] |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 | Andreas Iakovidis  |
1996 | Marios Skordis |
1997 |
1998 | Marina Maleni |
1999 |
2000 | Loukas Hamatsos |
2001 | No radio broadcast | Did not participate |
2002 | Pavlos Pavlou | Melani Steliou |
2003 | Loukas Hamatsos[21] |
2004 | No radio broadcast |
2005 | Melani Steliou |
2006 | Constantinos Christoforou |
2007 | Vaso Komninou | Giannis Haralambous |
2008 | Melina Karageorgiou | Hristina Marouhou |
2009 | Nathan Morley | Sophia Paraskeva |
2010 | Christina Metaxa |
2011 | No radio broadcast | Loukas Hamatsos |
2012 |
2013 | Melina Karageorgiou |
2014 | No radio broadcast | Did not participate |
2015 | Melina Karageorgiou | Loukas Hamatsos |
2016 |
2017 | Tasos Tryfonos and Christiana Artemiou | Tasos Tryfonos and Christiana Artemiou | John Karayiannis |
2018 | Costas Constantinou and Vaso Komninou | No radio broadcast | Hovig |

[22][23]

2019 | Evridiki and Tasos Trifonos |

[24][25]

2021 | Louis Patsalides | Loukas Hamatsos |

[26]

2022 | Melina Karageorgiou and Alexandros Taramountas |

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2023 |

[28]

2024 | Melina Karageorgiou and Hovig  |

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### Stage directors

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| Year  | Stage director  | Ref.

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2005 | Fotis Nikolaou  |

[31]

2008 | Fotis Nikolaou  |

[32]

2009 | Fotis Nikolaou  |

[33]

2011 | Fotis Nikolaou  |

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2012 | Apollon Papatheoharis  |

[35]

2013 | Maria Liraraki  |

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2016 | Sacha Jean-Baptiste  |

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2017 | Charis Savva  |

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2018 | Sacha Jean-Baptiste  |

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2019 | Sacha Jean-Baptiste  |

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~~2020~~ | ~~Marvin Dietmann~~ |

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2021 | Marvin Dietmann  |

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2022 | Marvin Dietmann and Dan Shipton  |

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2023 | Marvin Dietmann and Ross Nicholson  |

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### Costume designers

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Year  | Costume designers  | Ref.

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2005 | Doukas Hatzidoukas  |

[45]

2006 | Marios Savvidis  |

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2013 | Dionisis Kolpodinos  |

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2016 | Andreas Zannetidis  |

[48]

2018 | Vrettos Vrettakos  |

[49]

2019 | Alexandre Katsaiti  |

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2021 | Celia Kritharioti |

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2022 | Stelios Koudounaris  |

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## Photo gallery

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* Alex Panayi in Dublin (1995)

* Lisa Andreas in Istanbul (2004)

* Evridiki in Helsinki (2007)

* Evdokia Kadí in Belgrade (2008)

* Christina Metaxa in Moscow (2009)

* Jon Lilygreen and the Islanders in Oslo (2010)

* Despina Olympiou in Malmö (2013)

* Giannis Karagiannis in Vienna (2015)

* Minus One in Stockholm (2016)

* Hovig in Kyiv (2017)

* Eleni Foureira in Lisbon (2018)

* Tamta in Tel Aviv (2019)

* Elena Tsagrinou in Rotterdam (2021)

* Andromache in Turin (2022)

* Andrew Lambrou in Liverpool (2023)

* Silia Kapsis in Malmö (2024)

## See also

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* Cyprus in the Eurovision Young Musicians
* Cyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

## Notes

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1. ^ According to the then-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the Grand Final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
2. ^ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. ^ Voted by previous winners.
4. ^ All conductors are of Greek-Cypriot nationality unless otherwise noted.
5. ^ Host conductor; according to performer Andy Paul, he originally intended to have co-arranger Les Vandyke conduct the entry, only for CyBC to refuse to pay his fee.
6. ^ Also conducted the Greek entry.
7. ^ Host conductor
8. ^ Prior to "Thimame"'s disqualification, the intention was to have Themis conduct and, additionally, play the guitar solo.
9. ^ Host conductor; several television commentators erroneously stated that the song's composer and co-arranger, John Vickers, was the conductor. He was one of the backing musicians at the Eurovision final.

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## External links

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* National Final Cyprus
* Points to and from Cyprus eurovisioncovers.co.uk
* Music.net.cy \- Cyprus National Finals 2010 (in Greek)

* v
* t
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Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation|

* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* ~~1988~~
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Artists|

* Ivi Adamou
* Alexia
* Haris Anastasiou
* Lisa Andreas
* Andromache
* Annet Artani
* Constantinos Christoforou
* Stelios Constantas
* ~~Yiannis Dimitrou~~
* Elpida
* Theo Evan
* Evridiki
* Eleni Foureira
* Michael Hajiyanni
* Hovig
* Island
* The Islanders
* Evdokia Kadi
* Silia Kapsis
* John Karayiannis
* Hara and Andreas Konstantinou
* Andrew Lambrou
* Jon Lilygreen
* Marlain
* Christina Metaxa
* Minus One
* Christos Mylordos
* Despina Olympiou
* One
* Alexandros Panayi
* Elena Patroklou
* Andy Paul
* Fani Polymeri
* ~~Sandro~~
* Yiannis Savvidakis
* Stavros and Constantina
* Tamta
* Elena Tsagrinou
* Anna Vissi
* Lia Vissi
* Voice
* Zymboulakis and Van Beke

Songs|

* "Alter Ego"
* "An me thimasai"
* "Anna Maria Lena"
* "Apopse as vrethoume"
* "Aspro mavro"
* "Break a Broken Heart"
* "Comme ci, comme ça"
* "El Diablo"
* "Ela"
* "Ela Ela (Come Baby)"
* "Feeling Alive"
* "Femme Fatale"
* "Firefly"
* "Fuego"
* "Genesis"
* "Gimme"
* "Gravity"
* "I agapi akoma zi"
* "Ime anthropos ki ego"
* "La La Love"
* "Liar"
* "Life Looks Better in Spring"
* "Mana mou"
* "Mi stamatas"
* "Milas poli"
* "Monika"
* "Mono i agapi"
* "Mono gia mas"
* "Nomiza"
* "One Thing I Should Have Done"
* "Replay"
* ~~"Running"~~
* "San aggelos s'agapisa"
* "SOS"
* "Sti fotia"
* "Stronger Every Minute"
* "Teriazoume"
* "Tha'nai erotas"
* ~~" Thimame"~~
* "To katalava arga"
* "Tora zo"
* "Why Angels Cry"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Cyprus did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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* Discography

Contests|

* 1956
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* 2015
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* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Countries|

| Active|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

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Inactive|

* Andorra
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Hungary
* Monaco
* Morocco
* North Macedonia
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Turkey

Ineligible|

* Belarus
* Russia

Former|

* Serbia and Montenegro
* Yugoslavia

Debut attempts|

* Lebanon
* Liechtenstein
* Tunisia

Relations|

* Armenia–Azerbaijan
* Russia–Ukraine

National
selections|

| Current|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Norway
* Portugal
* Serbia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Ukraine

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Former|

* Australia
* Georgia
* Geostar
* The Voice Georgia
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Israel
* Israel Song Festival
* Kdam Eurovision
* The X Factor Israel
* Malta
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Poland
* Krajowe Eliminacje
* Szansa na Sukces
* Russia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

Other awards|

* Marcel Bezençon Awards
* OGAE
* OGAE Second Chance Contest
* Barbara Dex Award (1997–2021)
* You're a Vision Award (2022–)

Special shows|

| EBU|

* Eurovision Song Contest Previews
* Songs of Europe (1981)
* Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (1993)
* Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest (2005)
* Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits (2015)
* EurovisionAgain (2020–2021)
* Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light (2020)

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National|

* Die Grand Prix Hitliste (2006)
* Het Grote Songfestivalfeest (2019, 2022–)
* Der kleine Song Contest (2020)
* ESC 2020 – das deutsche Finale (2020)
* Eurovision: Come Together (2020)
* Sveriges 12:a (2020)

* Category

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz series

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