Here is a post where you can find which countries have confirmed their participation in next years contest. The list will be updating every day, as more countries announcing their decision.
Confirmed Participation:
- Albania ๐ฆ๐ฑ
- Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ
- Australia ๐ฆ๐บ
- Austria ๐ฆ๐น
- Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ
- Belarus ๐ง๐พ
- Belgium ๐ง๐ช
Bulgaria ๐ง๐ฌ– Withdraw- Croatia ๐ญ๐ท
- Cyprus ๐จ๐พ
- Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ
- Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ
- Estonia ๐ช๐ช
- Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
- France ๐ซ๐ท
- Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช
- Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
- Greece ๐ฌ๐ท
- Hungary ๐ญ๐บ
- Iceland ๐ฎ๐ธ
- Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
- Israel๐ฎ๐ฑ
- Italy ๐ฎ๐น
- Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป
- Lithuania ๐ฑ๐น
- Malta ๐ฒ๐น
- Moldova ๐ฒ๐ฉ
- Montenegro ๐ฒ๐ช
- Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
- Norway ๐ณ๐ด
- Poland ๐ต๐ฑ
- Portugal ๐ต๐น
- Romania ๐ท๐ด
- Russia ๐ท๐บ
- San Marino ๐ธ๐ฒ
- Serbia ๐ท๐ธ
- Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ
- Spain ๐ช๐ธ
- Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
- Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
- Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ
- United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง
Not Participating:
- Andorra ๐ฆ๐ฉ
- Bosnia & Herzegovina ๐ง๐ฆ
- Bulgaria
๐ง๐ฌ - Luxembourg ๐ฑ๐บ
- Monaco ๐ฒ๐จ
- Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
- Turkey ๐น๐ท
There are also three potential debuting countries, but probably they won’t do it this year. First of all, Kosovo wants to participate, but the public broadcaster isn’t an EBU member. The same situation is with Lichtenstein, as the only broadcaster of the country isn’t publicly owned, therefore is not an EBU member. Last but not least, Kazachstan. The country will debut in the Junior edition of the contest this year. It seems like there’s a possibility for 2019 debut. However, the EBU said, early this summer, that the invitation was solely by the reference group of the Junior edition.
What do you think about the participating countries? Do you believe that we see any country debuting this year? Write your thoughts on the comment box below.
