EUROVISION 2016: 43 COUNTRIES WILL PARTICIPATE

EUROVISION 2016: 43 COUNTRIES WILL PARTICIPATE

During the last couple of days some countries have been added to the Eurovision 2016 list of participants. Bulgaria has confirmed that it will indeed be returning to Eurovision in 2016. And not only Bulgaria but Croatia as well.

And FINALLY it’s now official that 43 countries will participate in Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm next year. This matches the record number of countries we saw back in 2011 and 2008. In addition to 39 of the 40 countries that took part in Vienna, 2016 will see the return of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Croatia. As all of you Iberian Eurofans already know, Portugal withdrew from next year’s contest. The special 60th anniversary guest Australia will be back for the second time.

The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) has released the list of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest participating countries today. A total of 43 countries will compete in Stockholm.

43 countries will compete in the 2 semi-finals scheduled to be held on 10 and 12 May. A total of  26 countries will compete in the grand final on 14 May. The BIG 5 countries which are Spain, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany plus Sweden , the host country, are automatically qualified to compete in the grand final.

Semi-finalists

Albania Armenia Australia
Austria Azerbaijan Belarus
Belgium Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria
Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic
Denmark   Estonia   Finland
FYR Macedonia Georgia   Greece
Hungary   Iceland   Ireland
Israel   Latvia   Lithuania
Malta   Moldova   Montenegro
Norway   Poland   Romania
Russia   San Marino   Serbia
Slovenia   Switzerland   The Netherlands
Ukraine

Finalists (Big 5 +Host country)

France Germany  Italy
Spain Sweden  United Kingdom

 

SOURCE: WIWIBLOGGS

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George Michail

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