Last week’s news highlight in the Eurovision world was surely the revelation of THE list:

41 countries have confirmed their participation in the upcoming edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.

These are the participating countries – and their plans for 2022!

• Albania: Not confirmed, but “Festivali i Këngës” is expected to be used as the national final again.
• Armenia: No information yet
• Australia: National final “Australia Decides” – 26 February 2022
• Austria: No information yet
• Azerbaijan: No information yet
• Belgium: Artist confirmed: Jérémie Makiese
• Bulgaria: No information yet
• Croatia: National final “Dora” – date not known yet
• Cyprus: No information yet
• Czech Republic: Online selection “Eurovision Song CZ” – December 2021
• Denmark: National final “Melodi Grand Prix” – 5 March 2022
• Estonia: National final “Eesti Laul” – 12 February 2021 (first show on 20 November)
• Finland: National final “Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu” – 26 February 2022
• France: National final – name and date not known yet
• Georgia: No information yet
• Germany: No information yet
• Greece: No information yet
• Iceland: National final – “Söngvakeppnin” – 5 March 2022 (first show on 19 February)
• Ireland: National final – “The Late Late Show Special” – date not known yet
• Israel: “X Factor” – January 2022 (first show on 30 October)
• Italy: “Sanremo” – 5 February 2022 (first show on 1 February)
• Latvia: National final – “Supernova” – date not known yet
• Lithuania: National final – “Pabandom iš naujo” – date not known yet
• Malta: National final – “MESC” – dates not known yet
• Moldova: No information yet
• Montenegro: No information yet
• Netherlands: Internal selection
• North Macedonia: No information yet
• Norway: National final – “Melodi Grand Prix” – 19 February 2022 (first show on 15 January)
• Poland: No information yet
• Portugal: National final – “Festival da Canção” – March 2022
• Romania: No information yet
• Russia: No information yet
• San Marino: Artist selection – “Una Voce per San Marino” – 19 February 2022
• Serbia: National final – name and date not known yet
• Slovenia: National final – “EMA” – date not known yet
• Spain: National final – “Benidorm Fest” – January 2022
• Sweden: National final – “Melodifestivalen” – 12 March 2022 (first show on 5 February)
• Switzerland: No information yet
• Ukraine: National final – name and date not known yet
• United Kingdom: Considering the latest news, a new collaboration with TaP Music, we expect an internal selection.

We’re delighted to see so many national finals this year, and we can’t wait to enjoy them together with our chat community – and welcome the non-winning songs into our SongHunt 2022!