It’s been confirmed that 36 countries will be participating in the 71st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which is due to take place in Burgas, Bulgaria. The number of confirmed countries for the upcoming edition of the competition has increased by one after 35 countries competed in Eurovision 2026.
Who will be participating in Burgas?
Canada will be making their anticipated debut in the contest, after obtaining full membership in the EBU. North Macedonia will be returning to the competition, with MRT last competing in 2022. The Netherlands, led by the NPO were also due to return, taking over as the broadcaster from AVROTROS after boycotting the competition in 2026, and forfeiting participation duties in the contest. However due to “insufficient support” from the broadcasting network, the NPO reversed their decision.
As a result, the participating countries and their respective broadcasters are as follows:
| 🇦🇱 Albania | RTSH |
| 🇦🇲 Armenia | AMPTV |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | SBS |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | ORF |
| 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | ITV |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | VRT |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (Host) | BNT |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | CBC/Radio-Canada |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | CyBC |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | DR |
| 🇪🇪 Estonia | ERR |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | Yle |
| 🇫🇷 France | Frances Télévisions |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | GPB |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | SWR |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | ERT |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | KAN |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | RAI |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | LSM |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | LRT |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | RTL |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | PBS |
| 🇲🇪 Monetenegro | RTCG |
| 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | MRT |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | NRK |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | TVP |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | RTP |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | TVR |
| 🇸🇲 San Marino | SMRTV |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | SVT |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | Suspilne |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | BBC |
In total, 31 countries will compete in the two semi-finals, which will take place on May 11th and 13th.
With the confirmation of the number of countries that will be participating in the upcoming competition, we also saw some of the participating countries, who have been silent about their participation in the upcoming edition until now. Details of the Semi-Final allocation and the Semi-Final in which the Automatic Qualifiers will be airing and voting will be revealed at a later date.
The story of Eurovision 2027 so far
The journey to the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest kicked off immediately following DARA’s victory in Vienna, when Bulgaria’s BNT accepted the rights to host the 71st edition of the contest. Four cities have submitted a bid to host Eurovision 2027, and they are Burgas, Plovdiv, Sofia and Varna. Burgas and Sofia were shortlisted, with Burgas winning the right to host the 71st edition of the competition.
In addition to the reveal of the host city, it was also revealed that Arena Burgas will be the venue for next year’s competition, as well as the official dates for your calendars, which are as follows:
- Semi-Final One: Tuesday 11th May
- Semi-Final Two: Thursday 13th May
- Grand Final: Saturday 15th May
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News Source: EBU
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