Already 16 broadcasters are willing to participate next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Confirmations are preliminary and they can still withdraw before the last days of December. EBU will then publish the official list of participating countries and songs must be selected by mid-March.
After the final on last Saturday, a few broadcasters already confirmed their participation in 2013. List of them can be found below and more countries are expected to announce their decisions during the Summer.
- Albania
- Armenia
- Austria
- Belarus
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Ireland
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
There’s no any information on how they will select their representatives but for example Finland have confirmed that they will be using open competiton also in 2013.
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