Withdrawn entries / Brani ritirati o squalificati – This list presents all the cases when a country withdrew or was disqualified from the contest.
Entries which failed to qualify (1956–2003). Qualifying competitions were held in advance of the 1993 and 1996 editions of the contest, as a measure to reduce the number of competing entries. In 1993 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet was held between seven new Eastern European countries competing for three places in the contest proper; in 1996 an audio-only competition was held for all interested participants, with Norway automatically qualified as host country and 29 additional countries competing for 22 places in the contest. Unlike the semi-final system in place since 2004, in which countries that do not advance from the semi-finals are still credited as having participated in the contest, countries which competed in these qualifying rounds but failed to progress to the main contest have not been credited with having participated in that year’s contest.
Country | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
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Janika Sillamaa | “Muretut meelt ja südametuld“ | Estonian |
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Andrea Szulák | “Árva reggel“ | Hungarian |
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Dida Drăgan | “Nu pleca“ | Romanian |
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Elán | “Amnestia na neveru“ | Slovak |
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Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft | “Kun med dig“ | Danish |
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Leon | “Planet of Blue” | German[b] |
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Gjon Delhusa | “Fortuna“ | Hungarian | Gjon Delhusa |
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Galit Bell | “Shalom Olam” (שלום עולם) | Hebrew |
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Kaliopi | “Samo ti” (Само ти) | Macedonian | Kaliopi Grill |
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Monica Anghel and Sincron | “Rugă pentru pacea lumii“ | Romanian |
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Andrey Kosinskiy | “Ya eto ya” (Я это я) | Russian |
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Withdrawn and disqualified entries (1956–2003). On a number of occasions entries into the contest have been prevented from competing at a late stage, either through withdrawal by the participating broadcaster or through disqualification by the European Broadcasting Union. The list below highlights cases where an entry for a given country had been planned in a particular year but which ultimately did not occur, either by withdrawal, disqualification or the cancellation of the contest.
On a number of occasions participation in the contest has been either suggested or attempted by countries which are ineligible due to a lack of a participating EBU member broadcaster, such as past media reports of interest by broadcasters in China, Kosovo, Liechtenstein and Qatar. Participation has also been suggested for a number of nations and territories whose participation is currently covered by another country. Potential entries from Wales and Scotland (currently countries of the United Kingdom) and the Faroe Islands (currently a territory of Denmark) have been reported, but are generally prevented due to the exclusive participation rights of the sovereign nation to which they belong.[114][115][116] Wales and Scotland have participated in other Eurovision events where the United Kingdom as a whole do not participate, including the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision Choir.
Year | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Reason | Ref(s) |
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1968 | ![]() |
Odd Børre | “Jeg har aldri vært så glad i noen som deg“ | Norwegian | Withdrawn | [119][120] |
Kirsti Sparboe | ||||||
1971 | ![]() |
Peter, Sue and Marc | “Légende de mon pays“ | French | Withdrawn | [121][122] |
1973 | ![]() |
No artist or song selected | Withdrawn | [123] | ||
1974 | ![]() |
Dani | “La Vie à vingt-cinq ans“ | French | Withdrawn | [50][119][124] |
1976 | ![]() |
Tony Marshall | “Der Star“ | German | Disqualified | [119][125] |
1977 | ![]() |
No artist or song selected | Withdrawn | [56][119][126] | ||
1979 | ![]() |
Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron | “Seviyorum“ | Turkish | Withdrawn | [60][119][127] |
1982 | ![]() |
Themis Adamantidis | “Sarantapente kopelies” (Σαρανταπέντε κοπελιές) | Greek | Disqualified | [66][119][128] |
1986 | ![]() |
Polina | “Wagon-lit” (Βαγκόν λι) | Greek | Withdrawn | [119][129] |
1988 | ![]() |
Yiannis Dimitrou | “Thimame” (Θυμάμαι) | Greek | Disqualified | [119][130] |
1990 | ![]() |
Duett | “Das Beste“ | German | Disqualified | [119][131] |
1992 | ![]() |
Géraldine Olivier | “Soleil, soleil“ | German | Disqualified | [132][133] |
1999 | ![]() |
Hari Mata Hari | “Starac i more“ | Bosnian | Disqualified | [119][134] |
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Corinna May | “Hör den Kindern einfach zu“ | German | Disqualified | [119][134][135] | |
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B’Avarija | “We All” | English | Disqualified | [119][136] |
Notes.
- a^ The full results of the first contest are unknown as only the winner was announced. The official Eurovision website lists all remaining entries as having placed second.
- b^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Contains words or phrases in English
- c^ a b c d e f g h i j Contains words or phrases in French
- d^ a b c d e f g Contains words or phrases in Italian
- e^ a b c d e f Contains words or phrases in Spanish
- f^ a b Contains words or phrases in Dutch
- g^ a b Contains words or phrases in Finnish
- h^ a b c d e Contains words or phrases in German
- i^ Contains words or phrases in Russian
- j^ Specifically Viennese German
- k^ a b Contains words or phrases in Hebrew
- l^ Contains words or phrases in Irish
- m^ Contains words or phrases in Norwegian
- n^ a b Contains words or phrases in Serbo-Croatian
- o^ Contains words or phrases in Swedish
- p^ Contains words or phrases in Northern Sami
- q^ Contains words or phrases in Ancient Greek
- r^ Specifically Vorarlbergisch, a High Alemannic dialect
- s^ Specifically Samogitian, a dialect spoken mostly in Samogitia
- t^ Contains words or phrases in Maltese
- u^ Jump up to:a b Contains words or phrases in Greek
- v^ Specifically Styrian, a Southern Bavarian dialect
Withdrawn and disqualified entries (2004–present). On a number of occasions, entries into the contest have been prevented from competing at a late stage, either through withdrawal by the participating broadcaster, or through disqualification or exclusion by the European Broadcasting Union. The list below highlights cases where an entry for a given country had been planned in a particular year but which ultimately did not occur, either by withdrawal, disqualification, exclusion or the cancellation of the contest.
On a number of occasions participation in the contest has been either suggested or attempted by countries which are ineligible due to a lack of a participating EBU member broadcaster, such as past media reports of interest by broadcasters in China, Kosovo, Liechtenstein and Qatar. Participation has also been suggested for a number of nations and territories whose participation is currently covered by another country. Potential entries from Wales and Scotland (currently countries of the United Kingdom) and the Faroe Islands (currently a territory of Denmark) have been reported, but are generally prevented due to the exclusive participation rights of the sovereign nation to which they belong. Wales and Scotland have participated in other Eurovision events where the United Kingdom as a whole do not participate, including the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision Choir.
In questa lista si trovano i nomi dei brani musicali che inizialmente dovevano prendere parte alla manifestazione musicale, ma che per vari motivi non lo fecero.
Year | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Reason | |
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2005 | ![]() |
Aline Lahoud | “Quand tout s’enfuit“ | French | Withdrawn | |
2006 | ![]() |
No Name | “Moja ljubavi” (Моја љубави) | Montenegrin | Withdrawn | |
2009 | ![]() |
Stephane and 3G | “We Don’t Wanna Put In” | English | Withdrawn | |
2011 | ![]() |
Anastasia Vinnikova | “I Am Belarusian” | English | Disqualified | |
2012 | ![]() |
No artist or song selected | Withdrawn | |||
2016 | ![]() |
Ovidiu Anton | “Moment of Silence” | English | Disqualified | |
2017 | ![]() |
Julia Samoylova | “Flame Is Burning” | English | Withdrawn | |
2019 | ![]() |
No artist or song selected[ao] | Withdrawn | |||
2021 | ![]() |
No artist or song selected | Withdrawn | |||
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Galasy ZMesta | “Ya nauchu tebya (I’ll Teach You)” (Я научу тебя) | Russian | Disqualified | ||
“Pesnya pro zaytsev (Song About Hares)” (Песня про зайцев) | Russian | |||||
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No artist or song selected | Excluded | |||
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Alina Pash | “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” | Ukrainian, English | Withdrawn |
Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was planned to be the 65th edition of the contest, however the contest was cancelled in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement released by the EBU following the cancellation confirmed that the entries chosen to compete in the 2020 contest would not be eligible to compete in 2021. As these songs were not performed live in the competition, they are not counted in the running total of entries performed.
Country | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
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Arilena Ara | “Fall from the Sky” | English |
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Athena Manoukian | “Chains on You” | English |
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Montaigne | “Don’t Break Me” | English |
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Vincent Bueno | “Alive” | English |
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Efendi | “Cleopatra” | English[ap] |
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VAL | “Da vidna” (Да відна) | Belarusian |
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Hooverphonic | “Release Me” | English |
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Victoria | “Tears Getting Sober” | English |
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Damir Kedžo | “Divlji vjetre“ | Croatian | Ante Pecotić |
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Sandro | “Running” | English |
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Benny Cristo | “Kemama” | English |
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Ben and Tan | “Yes” | English |
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Uku Suviste | “What Love Is” | English |
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Aksel | “Looking Back” | English |
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Tom Leeb | “Mon alliée (The Best in Me)” | French, English |
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Tornike Kipiani | “Take Me as I Am” | English[a][b][c][l] |
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Ben Dolic | “Violent Thing” | English |
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Stefania | “Supergirl” | English |
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Daði og Gagnamagnið | “Think About Things” | English | Daði Freyr |
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Lesley Roy | “Story of My Life” | English |
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Eden Alene | “Feker Libi” (ፍቅር ልቤ) | English, Amharic[s][ae] |
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Diodato | “Fai rumore“ | Italian |
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Samanta Tīna | “Still Breathing” | English |
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The Roop | “On Fire” | English |
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Destiny | “All of My Love” | English |
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Natalia Gordienko | “Prison” | English |
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Jeangu Macrooy | “Grow” | English |
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Vasil | “You” | English |
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Ulrikke | “Attention” | English |
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Alicja | “Empires” | English |
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Elisa | “Medo de sentir“ | Portuguese | Marta Carvalho |
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Roxen | “Alcohol You” | English |
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Little Big | “Uno“ | English, Spanish | Little Big |
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Senhit | “Freaky!” | English |
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Hurricane | “Hasta la vista“ | Serbian[b][i] |
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Ana Soklič | “Voda“ | Slovene |
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Blas Cantó | “Universo“ | Spanish |
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The Mamas | “Move” | English |
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Gjon’s Tears | “Répondez-moi“ | French |
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Go_A | “Solovey” (Соловей) | Ukrainian |
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James Newman | “My Last Breath” | English |
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Notes.
- a^ a b c d e f g h i j k Contains words or phrases in French
- b^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Contains words or phrases in Spanish
- c^ a b c d e f Contains words or phrases in German
- d^ a b Contains words or phrases in Czech
- e^ Contains words or phrases in Polish
- f^ a b c Contains words or phrases in Russian
- g^ Performance contains uncredited live vocals from O-Jay
- h^ Performed as a bilingual Turkish/English version in the final
- i^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Contains words or phrases in English
- j^ a b Contains words or phrases in Greek
- k^ The song also contained several nonsense words.
- l^ a b c d e f g Contains words or phrases in Italian
- m^ Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Billy Zver
- n^ Contains words or phrases in Albanian
- o^ Contains words or phrases in Bosnian
- p^ Contains words or phrases in Montenegrin
- q^ Specifically Mühlviertlerisch, a Central Bavarian dialect spoken in Upper Austria
- r^ Contains words or phrases in Serbo-Croatian
- s^ a b c Contains words or phrases in Arabic
- t^ a b Contains words or phrases in Azerbaijani
- u^ Contains words or phrases in Romani
- v^ a b Contains words or phrases in Turkish
- w^ Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Nina Žižić
- x^ a b Contains words or phrases in Latvian
- y^ Contains words or phrases in Pontic Greek
- z^ Contains words or phrases in Bulgarian
- aa^ Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Aleksander Walmann
- ab^ Contains words or phrases in Ancient Greek
- ac^ Contains words or phrases in Sanskrit
- ad^ a b Contains words or phrases in Lithuanian
- ae^ b c d Contains words or phrases in Hebrew
- af^ Contains words or phrases in Torlakian
- ag^ Contains words or phrases in Icelandic
- ah^ Contains words or phrases in Portuguese
- ai^ Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Isaura
- aj^ Contains words or phrases in Abkhaz
- ak^ Contains words or phrases in Danish
- al^ Contains words or phrases in Northern Sami
- am^ Performance contains uncredited live vocals from Flo Rida.
- an^ Contains words or phrases in Latin
- ao^ Maruv won the Ukrainian national final with “Siren Song” but refused to participate at Eurovision. The Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC approached the second- and third-placed artists but they also refused, leading to Ukraine withdrawing from the competition.
- ap^ Contains the Japanese mantra “Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō”