The European Broadcasting Union has released the list of nations to compete at Eurovision 2022. The line-up sees Montenegro and Armenia return to the contest.
Here are the competing nations and their broadcasters:
- Albania (RTSH)
- Armenia (ARMTV)
- Australia (SBS)
- Austria (ORF)
- Azerbaijan (Ictimai)
- Belgium (RTBF)
- Bulgaria (BNT)
- Croatia (HRT)
- Cyprus (CyBC)
- Czech Republic (ČT)
- Denmark (DR)
- Estonia (ERR)
- Finland (Yle)
- France (FT)
- Georgia (GPB)
- Germany (ARD/NDR)
- Greece (ERT)
- Iceland (RÚV)
- Ireland (RTÉ)
- Israel (IPBC/KAN)
- Italy (RAI)
- Latvia (LTV)
- Lithuania (LRT)
- Malta (PBS)
- Moldova (TRM)
- Montenegro (RTCG)
- The Netherlands (AVROTROS)
- North Macedonia (MRT)
- Norway (NRK)
- Poland (TVP)
- Portugal (RTP)
- Romania (TVR)
- Russia (VGTRK)
- San Marino (SMRTV)
- Serbia (RTS)
- Slovenia (RTVSLO)
- Spain (TVE)
- Sweden (SVT)
- Switzerland (SRG SSR)
- Ukraine (UA:PBC)
- United Kingdom (BBC)
Martin Österdahl, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, shared his thoughts,
‘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.’
Eurovision 2022 will take place in Torino. Catch up on the host city announcement here.