Eurovision 2023: National broadcaster participation window closing today!

The national broadcasters from the countries having an active EBU membership, have a deadline until today (15/9), in order to confirm their participation in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

We might not know the city at United Kingdom that we are going to travel to for Eurovision 2023 yet, but today is the deadline for the national broadcasters-EBU members to confirm their participation in the contest.

Until October 11th, according to the rules, the possibility of withdrawal is provided without the imposition of a fine. From this date on, the broadcasters that applied for participating and are willing to withdraw, are going to face the imposition of a fine, which is varying, depending on the time of withdrawal (before or after the semi-finals draw etc.).

31 countries, with one way or another, have announced their will to participate in Eurovision 2023. Among them there’s Greece, and Cyprus too. Those countries are:

• Albania
• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Malta
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• The Netherlands
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom

The number from the countries above is expected to grow, because nine countries that participated in this year’s contest, haven’t clarified their intentions yet. Those are:

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• North Macedonia
• Slovenia

There’s always a chance, although slight, for a country to return or for another one to debut. The participating countries and their exact number will be confirmed through EBU’s official announcement. The respective announcement for Eurovision 2022 was made on October 20th.