US Edition35 Countries Will Compete in Next Year’s Eurovision Song Contest After 5 Countries Announce Boycott
- On Monday organizers announced a final lineup of 35 countries for the 2026 finale in Vienna in May, after Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain announced a boycott earlier this month.
- Despite reforms by the European Broadcasting Union , organizers decided to allow Israel to compete this month, despite allegations of vote manipulation and protests from broadcasters who announced the boycott.
- Three countries—Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania—will return after skipping recent editions, and the contest draws more than 100 million viewers annually.
- Experts say the boycott ahead of the show's 70th anniversary amounts to one of the biggest crises Eurovision has faced amid funding pressures and social media competition.
- Last week non-binary singer Nemo of Switzerland announced plans to return the trophy, while Israeli officials welcomed most EBU member broadcasters' support for their right to compete.
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Eurovision 2026 confirms list of countries still taking part despite boycott
The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have confirmed the 35 countries still taking part in the 2026 event. Last week, Iceland became the fifth country to withdraw after Israel was cleared to take part despite the war in Gaza. Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands had previously announced they were boycotting the 2026 contest. A number of former performers, including the 2024 winner, Nemo, have handed back their trophies in respons…
After the dispute over Israel's continued participation, the Eurovision Song Contest is probably the biggest test of its history. However, the competition has not only lost countries boycotting it in 2026. Some participants also return.
Several countries boycott the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna because of Israel's participation. The list of participants is therefore as short as it has been for about twenty years. But three countries also return.
A reduced edition 2026. Only thirty-five countries will participate in the Eurovision to be held next May Vienna in Austria. Five countries announced a boycott due to the participation of Israel, according to the official list of participants published Monday.This song contest has been shaken for several months by a controversy about Israel's participation due to the war in the Gaza Strip but also about accusations of irregularities in the votes…
Thirty-five countries will be participating in Eurovision in 2026, while five other countries will be boytcotting the contest because of Israel's participation.
Thirty-five countries will participate in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Vienna in May next year, organizers announced today. Five countries have announced they will boycott the contest due to Israel's participation, while Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova are returning after a few years of absence, foreign news agencies report.
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