Withdrawn entries / Brani ritirati o squalificati – This list presents all the cases when a country withdrew or was disqualified from the contest.
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.] 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.
- 1956 |
United Kingdom | Denis Lotis & The Keynotes / Shirley Abicair | “Ev’rybody falls in love with someone” / “Little Ship” | English |
- 1960 |
France | Marcel Amont | “Tom Pillibi” () | French |
- 1961 |
Sweden | Siw Malmkvist | “April April” () | Swedish |
- 1962 |
Denmark | Gitte Hænning | “Jeg Snakker med mig Selv” () | Danish |
- 1963 |
Spain | José Guardiola | “Nubes de colores” () | Spanish |
- 1963 |
Finland | Marjatta Leppänen | “Muistojeni laulu” (The song of my memories) | Finnish |
- 1965 |
Finland | Marjatta Leppänen | “Iltaisin” (In the evening) | Finnish |
- 1967 |
Italy | Claudio Villa| “Non pensare a me” () | Italian | Disq.
- 1968 |
Norway | Odd Børre| “ Jag har aldri vært så glad i no’en som deg” () | Italian | Ret.
- 1968 |
Spain | Joan Manuel Serrat | “La la la” () | Spanish-Catalan |
- 1970 |
Portugal | Sérgio Borges | “Onde Vais Rio Que Eu Canto” () | Portuguese |
- 1971 |
Belgium | Nicole & Hugo | “Goeiemorgen, morgen” () | Dutch |
- 1972 |
Israel | Ilanit (אילנית) | “Chayekha ve chayai” (שינית את חיי) | Hebrew |
- 1974 |
France | Dani | “La vie à 25 ans” (That old familiar feeling) | French | Ret. The President of France died / Morte del presidente francese Georges Pompidou
- 1974 |
Malta | Enzo Gusman | “Paċi fid-dinja” () | Maltese | Lack of funding / Mancanza di fondi da parte dell’emittente Public Broadcasting Services
- 1976 |
Malta | Enzo Gusman | “Sing Your Song, Country Boy” () | English | Lack of funding / Mancanza di fondi da parte dell’emittente Public Broadcasting Services
- 1976 |
Germany | Tony Marshall | “Der Star” (Joue ta vie) | German | Disq.
- 1976 |
Liechtenstein | Biggi Bachmann | “My Little Cowboy” () | English | No national broadcaster / Mancanza di un’emittente nazionale
- 1976 |
Tunisia | No artist or song selected
- 1979 |
Turkey | Maria Rita Epik & 21. Peron | “Seviyorum” (I love you) | Turkish | Ret. Boycotted the host Israel under pressure from Arab states / Boicottò la partecipazione in Israele sotto la pressione degli stati arabi
- 1980 |
Israel | The Brothers and the Sisters (האחים והאחיות) | “Pizmon hozer” (פזמון חוזר) | Hebrew | Conflict with Israel’s Day of Remembrance / Data dell’evento in conflitto con lo Yom HaZikaron
- 1982 |
Greece | Themis Adamantidis (Θέμης Αδαμαντίδης) | “Sarantapente kopelies” (Σαρανταπέντε κοπελιές) | Greek| The song was previously released / Brano già precedentemente edito
- 1984 |
Israel | Ilanit (אילנית) | “Balalaika” (בלאלייקה) | Hebrew | Conflict with Israel’s Day of Remembrance / Data dell’evento in conflitto con lo Yom HaZikaron
- 1985 |
Yugoslavia | Zorica Kondža & Josip Genda | “Pokora” (Покора, Penance) | Croatian | Anniversary of the death of Josip Broz Tito
- 1986 |
Greece | Polina (Πωλίνα Μισαηλίδου) | “Wagon-lit” (Βαγκόν λι) | Greek | The contest was held the night before Orthodox Easter
- 1988 |
Cyprus| Giannis Demetriou & Scott Adams (Γιάννης Δημητρίου) | “Thimame / Thimame (San to rock ‘n’ roll)” (Θυμάμαι / Θυμάμαι (Σαν το ροκ-εν-ρολ)) | Greek | Disq. The song had previously competed in the preselection
- 1990 |
Malta | Mary Rose Mallia | “Our Little World of Yesterday” () | English | Maximum number of participants had already submitted
- 1990 |
Austria| Duett | “Das Beste” (I couldn’t imagine life without you) | German | Disq.
- 1992 |
Switzerland| Geraldine Olivier | “Soleil, soleil” (Soleil, Soleil) | German | Disq.
- 1999 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina| Hari Mata Hari | “Starac i more” (Sailing together) | Bosnian | Disq.
- 1999 |
Germany| Corinna May | “Hör’ den Kindern einfach zu” () | German | Disq.
- 2002|
Lituania| B’Avarija | “We all” (Mes čia!) | English | Disq.
- 2005 |
Lebanon | Aline Lahoud | “Quand tout s’enfuit” () | French | Ret. Lebanese law bans broadcast of Israeli content
- 2005 |
Belarus| Angelica Agurbash (Анжалікі Агурбаш) | “Boys and girls” () | English | Ret.
- 2006 |
Serbia and Montenegro | No Name| “Moja ljubavi” (Моја љубави) | Montenegrin | Ret. Nationalistic jury voting in the preselection
- 2006 |
France | Virginie Pouchain | “Vous, c’est nous” () | French | Ret.
- 2009 |
Georgia | Stephane & 3G (სტეფანე და 3G) | “We Don’t Wanna Put In” () | English | Ret. Politically inappropriate lyrics
- 2010 |
Belarus | 3+2 | “Far away” () | English | Ret.
- 2010 |
Ukarine | Vasyl Lazarovich ( Василь Лазарович) | “I love you…” () | French | Ret.
- 2011 |
Belarus | Anastasiya Vinnikova (Анастасия Винникова)| “I am Belarussian” (Born in Byelorussia) | English | Ret.
- 2012 |
Italy | Nina Zilli| “Per sempre” () | Italian| Ret.
- 2012 |
Belarus | Alyona Lanskaya (Алёна Ланская)| “All my life” () | English | Ret.
- 2012 |
Armenia | No artist or song selected
- 2013 |
FYRO Macedonia | Vlatko Lozanoski & Esma Redžepova (Влатко Лозаноски & Есма Реџепова)| “Imperija” (Империја) | Macedonian | Ret.
- 2013 |
Belarus | Alyona Lanskaya (Алёна Ланская)| “Rhythm of love” (Born in Byelorussia) | English | Ret.
- 2013 |
Bulgaria | Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov (Елица Тодорова & Стоян Янкулов)| “Kismet” () | Bulgarian | Ret.
- 2016 |
Romania | Ovidiu Anton | “Moment of Silence” () | English | Debts of the broadcaster
- 2017 |
Russia | Julia Samoylova (Юлия Самойлова)| “Flame Is Burning” () | English | The artist had a travel ban to the host Ukraine
- 2019 |
Ukraine | Maruv / MARUV | “Siren Song” (Пісня сирени) | English | Broadcaster could not reach an agreement with an artist to represent country / No artist or song selected
- 2019 |
Armenia | No artist or song selected
- 2020 |
Albania | Arilena Ara | “Fall from the Sky” (Shaj) | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Armenia | Athena Manoukian (Αθηνά Μανουκιάν; Աթենա Մանուկյան) | “Chains on You” | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Australia | Montaigne | “Don’t Break Me” | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Austria | Vincent Bueno | “Alive” (Lebendig) | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Azerbaijan | Efendi (Samira Azer gizi Efendiyeva, Samirə Azər qızı Əfəndiyeva; Samira Efendi) | “Cleopatra” (Kleopatra) | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Belarus | VAL (Гурт ВАЛ) | “Da vidna” (Да відна, Before dawn) | Belarusian | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Belgium | Hooverphonic | “Release Me” | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Bulgaria | VICTORIA (Victoria Georgieva, Виктория Георгиева) | “Tears Getting Sober” (Сълзите стават трезви) | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Croatia | Damir Kedžo | “Divlji vjetre” (Wild Wind) | Croatian | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Cyprus | Sandro | “Running” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Czech Republic | Benny Cristo | “Kemama” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Denmark | Ben & Tan | “YES” (Ja!) | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Estonia | Uku Suviste | “What Love Is” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Finland | Aksel () | “Looking Back” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
France | Tom Leeb | “Mon alliée (The Best in Me)” () | French, English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Georgia | Tornike Kipiani (თორნიკე ყიფიანი) | “Take Me as I Am” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Germany | Ben Dolic | “Violent Thing” (Brutales Ding) | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Greece | Stefania (Stefania Liberakakis, Στεφανία Λυμπερακάκη, Stefanía Lymperakáki) | “SUPERG!RL” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Iceland | Daði og Gagnamagnið | “Think About Things” (Gagnamagnið, The datavolume) | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Ireland | Lesley Roy | “Story of My Life” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Israel | Eden Alene (עדן אלנה; ኤደን አለነ, My beloved) | “Feker Libi” (ፍቅር ልቤ) | English, Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Italy | Diodato | “Fai rumore” () | Italian | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Latvia | Samanta Tīna | “Still Breathing” (Vēl elpoju) | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Lithuania | THE ROOP | “On Fire” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Malta | Destiny (Destiny Chukunyere) | “All of My Love” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Moldova | Natalia Gordienko | “Prison” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
The Netherlands | Jeangu Macrooy | “Grow” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
North Macedonia | Vasil (Vasil Garvanliev, Васил Гарванлиев) | “YOU” | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Norway | Ulrikke (Ulrikke Brandstorp) | “Attention” (Oppmerksomhet) | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Poland | Alicja (Alicja Szemplińska) | “Empires” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Portugal | Elisa | “Medo de sentir” (Afraid of feeling / Fear of feeling) | Portuguese | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Romania | ROXEN | “Alcohol You” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Russia | Little Big | “UNO” (Один, One) | English, Spanish | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
San Marino | Senhit | “Freaky!” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Serbia | Hurricane (Харикејн, Hurricane Girls) | “Hasta la vista” (Видимо се, See you later) | Serbian | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Slovenia | Ana Soklič | “Voda” (Water) | Slovene | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Spain | Blas Cantó | “Universo” (Universe) | Spanish | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Sweden | The Mamas | “Move” () | English | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Switzerland | Gjon’s Tears | “Répondez-moi” (Answer me, Antwortet mir) | French | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
Ukraine | Go_A (Ґоу_Ей) | “Solovey” (Соловей, Nightingale) | Ukrainian | Contest cancelled
- 2020 |
United Kingdom | James Newman | “My Last Breath” | English | Contest cancelled
- 2021 |
Belarus | Galasy ZMesta (Галасы ЗМеста) | “Ja nauču tebja (I’ll Teach You)” (Я научу тебя) | Russian | The political nature of the song / Testo con riferimenti politici
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 for the 2021 contest. As these songs have not been performed live in the competition they are not considered to be contest entries and are not counted in the running total of entries performed.
Country | Artist | Song | Language |
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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[al] |
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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 |
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Sandro | “Running” | English |
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Benny Cristo | “Kemama” | English |
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Ben & 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[b][d][e][g] |
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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 |
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Lesley Roy | “Story of My Life” | English |
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Eden Alene | “Feker Libi” (ፍቅር ልቤ) | English, Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic |
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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 |
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Roxen | “Alcohol You” | English |
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Little Big | “Uno” | English, Spanish |
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Senhit | “Freaky!” | English |
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Hurricane | “Hasta la vista” | Serbian[c][d] |
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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 |
Entries that failed to qualify – The 1993 and 1996 contests featured a pre-qualifying round. Unlike the semi-final system that has been in place since 2004, in which countries that do not advance past the semi-finals are still credited as having participated in the contest, countries that did not pass the pre-qualifying rounds in 1993 and 1996 have not been credited with having participated in the contests for those years.
Pre-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 pre-qualifying rounds but failed to progress to the main contest have not been credited with having participated in that year’s contest.
- 1993 |
Estonia | Janika Sillamaa | “Muretut meelt ja südametuld” () | Estonian | Did not qualify from Eastern European preselection (Kvalifikacija za Millstreet)
- 1993 |
Hungary | Andrea Szulák | “Árva reggel” () | Hungarian | Did not qualify from Eastern European preselection (Kvalifikacija za Millstreet)
- 1993 |
Romania | Dida Drăgan | “Nu pleca” () | Romanian | Did not qualify from Eastern European preselection (Kvalifikacija za Millstreet)
- 1993 |
Slovakia | Elán | “Amnestia na neveru” (Love addiction) | Slovak | Did not qualify from Eastern European preselection (Kvalifikacija za Millstreet)
- 1996 |
Denmark | Dorthe Andersen & Martin Loft | “Kun med dig” () | Danish | Did not qualify from audio preselection (Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Pre-Qualifying Round)
- 1996 |
FYRO Macedonia | Kaliopi (Калиопи Грил) | “Samo ti” ” (Само ти) | Macedonian | Did not qualify from audio preselection (Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Pre-Qualifying Round)
- 1996 |
Germany | Leon | “Planet of Blue (Blauer Planet)” () | German (English) | Did not qualify from audio preselection (Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Pre-Qualifying Round)
- 1996 |
Hungary | Gjon Delhusa | “Fortuna” () | Hungarian | Did not qualify from audio preselection (Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Pre-Qualifying Round)
- 1996 |
Israel| Galit Bell (גלית בל) | “Shalom olam” (שלום עולם) | Hebrew | Did not qualify from audio preselection (Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Pre-Qualifying Round)
- 1996 |
Romania | Monica Anghel & Sincron | “Rugă pentru pacea lumii” () | Romanian | Did not qualify from audio preselection (Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Pre-Qualifying Round)
- 1996 |
Russia | Andrey Kosinskiy (Андрей Косинский) | “Ya eta ya” (Я это я) | Danish | Did not qualify from audio preselection (Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Pre-Qualifying Round)