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The looking glass · updated 3 October 2026

2027

🇧🇬 Burgas · Arena Burgas

Semi-final 1 11 MaySemi-final 2 13 MayFinal 15 MayFinals usually start at 21:00 CEST

191days to the final
31countries confirmed
0songs chosen
30 Jannext final: 🇪🇪 Eesti Laul

The road to Burgas

National selections
  1. 30 Jan 🇪🇪 Estonia · Eesti Laul Final
  2. 30 Jan 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · Luxembourg Song Contest Final
  3. 6 Feb 🇱🇻 Latvia · Supernova Final
  4. 13 Feb 🇩🇰 Denmark · Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Final
  5. 19 Feb 🇮🇹 Italy · Sanremo Music Festival 2027 Final
  6. 20 Feb 🇫🇮 Finland · Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu Final
  7. 20 Feb 🇱🇹 Lithuania · Eurovizija.LT Final
  8. 6 Mar 🇸🇲 San Marino · San Marino Song Contest Final
  9. 13 Mar 🇸🇪 Sweden · Melodifestivalen Final

Date to come

🇦🇱 Albania Festivali i Këngës, December 2026 · 🇭🇷 Croatia Dora, February · 🇩🇪 Germany national final, February · 🇺🇦 Ukraine Vidbir, February

Chosen behind closed doors

🇦🇹 Austria

National final, no date yet

🇬🇷 Greece Sing for Greece · 🇮🇱 Israel HaKokhav HaBa · 🇲🇹 Malta Malta Eurovision Song Contest · 🇳🇴 Norway Melodi Grand Prix · 🇵🇱 Poland

Method not announced

🇦🇺 Australia · 🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 🇨🇦 Canada · 🇨🇾 Cyprus · 🇬🇪 Georgia · 🇲🇪 Montenegro · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇲🇰 North Macedonia · 🇷🇴 Romania · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Where it'll happen

Arena Burgas
Fan illustration of a Eurovision arena Stage with LED wall, runway to a B-stage, standing floor, seated tiers, green room with the flags of the confirmed countries, and commentary booths. Not the real floor plan of Arena Burgas. B-stage Green room 🇦🇱 🇦🇺 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇨🇦 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇬🇪 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇮🇱 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇱🇺 🇲🇹 🇲🇪 🇳🇱 🇲🇰 🇳🇴 🇵🇱 🇷🇴 🇸🇲 🇸🇪 🇨🇭 🇺🇦 Commentary BURGAS 2027 Main stage Seated tiers
Fan illustration: our idea of an arena night, not the real layout of Arena Burgas.

Arena Burgas, Burgas

Who's in

31 confirmed

Form shows each country's last five entries, newest first: final place, SF for a semi-final exit.

  1. 🇦🇱

    Festivali i Këngës, December 2026

    1. 13 ’26
    2. 8 ’25
    3. SF ’24
    4. 22 ’23
    5. SF ’22

    No wins yet · qualifies 57%

  2. 🇦🇺

    Selection method TBA

    1. 4 ’26
    2. SF ’25
    3. SF ’24
    4. 9 ’23
    5. 15 ’22

    No wins yet · qualifies 70%

  3. 🇦🇹

    Internal selection

    1. 24 ’26
    2. 1 ’25
    3. 24 ’24
    4. 15 ’23
    5. SF ’22

    3 wins (last 2025) · qualifies 56%

  4. 🇧🇪

    Selection method TBA

    1. 21 ’26
    2. SF ’25
    3. SF ’24
    4. 7 ’23
    5. 19 ’22

    1 win (last 1986) · qualifies 45%

  5. 🇧🇬
    Bulgaria Host · champion

    Selection method TBA

    1. 1 ’26
    2. SF ’22
    3. 11 ’21
    4. – ’20
    5. 14 ’18

    1 win (last 2026) · qualifies 40%

  6. 🇨🇦
    Canada Debut

    Selection method TBA · TBD 2026

    1. No previous entries
  7. 🇭🇷

    Dora, February

    1. 15 ’26
    2. SF ’25
    3. 2 ’24
    4. 13 ’23
    5. SF ’22

    No wins yet · qualifies 50%

  8. 🇨🇾

    Selection method TBA

    1. 19 ’26
    2. SF ’25
    3. 15 ’24
    4. 12 ’23
    5. SF ’22

    No wins yet · qualifies 62%

  9. 🇩🇰

    Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, 13 Feb

    1. 7 ’26
    2. 23 ’25
    3. SF ’24
    4. SF ’23
    5. SF ’22

    3 wins (last 2013) · qualifies 57%

  10. 🇪🇪

    Eesti Laul, 30 Jan

    1. SF ’26
    2. 3 ’25
    3. 20 ’24
    4. 8 ’23
    5. 13 ’22

    1 win (last 2001) · qualifies 52%

  11. 🇫🇮

    Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, 20 Feb

    1. 6 ’26
    2. 11 ’25
    3. 19 ’24
    4. 2 ’23
    5. 21 ’22

    1 win (last 2006) · qualifies 64%

  12. 🇬🇪

    Selection method TBA

    1. SF ’26
    2. SF ’25
    3. 21 ’24
    4. SF ’23
    5. SF ’22

    No wins yet · qualifies 44%

  13. 🇩🇪

    National final, February

    1. 23 ’26
    2. 15 ’25
    3. 12 ’24
    4. 26 ’23
    5. 25 ’22

    2 wins (last 2010)

  14. 🇬🇷

    Sing for Greece

    1. 10 ’26
    2. 6 ’25
    3. 11 ’24
    4. SF ’23
    5. 8 ’22

    1 win (last 2005) · qualifies 85%

  15. 🇮🇱

    HaKokhav HaBa

    1. 2 ’26
    2. 2 ’25
    3. 5 ’24
    4. 3 ’23
    5. SF ’22

    4 wins (last 2018) · qualifies 62%

  16. 🇮🇹

    Sanremo Music Festival 2027, 19 Feb

    1. 5 ’26
    2. 5 ’25
    3. 7 ’24
    4. 4 ’23
    5. 6 ’22

    3 wins (last 2021)

  17. 🇱🇻

    Supernova, 6 Feb

    1. SF ’26
    2. 13 ’25
    3. 16 ’24
    4. SF ’23
    5. SF ’22

    1 win (last 2002) · qualifies 33%

  18. 🇱🇹

    Eurovizija.LT, 20 Feb

    1. 22 ’26
    2. 16 ’25
    3. 14 ’24
    4. 11 ’23
    5. 14 ’22

    No wins yet · qualifies 67%

  19. 🇱🇺

    Luxembourg Song Contest, 30 Jan

    1. SF ’26
    2. 22 ’25
    3. 13 ’24
    4. 20 ’93
    5. 21 ’92

    5 wins (last 1983) · qualifies 67%

  20. 🇲🇹

    Malta Eurovision Song Contest

    1. 18 ’26
    2. 17 ’25
    3. SF ’24
    4. SF ’23
    5. SF ’22

    No wins yet · qualifies 52%

  21. 🇲🇪

    Selection method TBA

    1. SF ’26
    2. SF ’25
    3. SF ’22
    4. SF ’19
    5. SF ’18

    No wins yet · qualifies 14%

  22. 🇳🇱
    Netherlands Back after 1

    Selection method TBA

    1. 12 ’25
    2. · ’24
    3. SF ’23
    4. 11 ’22
    5. 23 ’21

    5 wins (last 2019) · qualifies 52%

  23. 🇲🇰
    North Macedonia Back after 4

    Selection method TBA

    1. SF ’22
    2. SF ’21
    3. – ’20
    4. 7 ’19
    5. SF ’18

    No wins yet · qualifies 32%

  24. 🇳🇴

    Melodi Grand Prix

    1. 14 ’26
    2. 18 ’25
    3. 25 ’24
    4. 5 ’23
    5. 10 ’22

    3 wins (last 2009) · qualifies 84%

  25. 🇵🇱

    National final · TBD January or February 2027

    1. 12 ’26
    2. 14 ’25
    3. SF ’24
    4. 19 ’23
    5. 12 ’22

    No wins yet · qualifies 50%

  26. 🇷🇴

    Selection method TBA

    1. 3 ’26
    2. SF ’23
    3. 18 ’22
    4. SF ’21
    5. – ’20

    No wins yet · qualifies 71%

  27. 🇸🇲

    San Marino Song Contest, 6 Mar

    1. SF ’26
    2. 26 ’25
    3. SF ’24
    4. SF ’23
    5. SF ’22

    No wins yet · qualifies 25%

  28. 🇸🇪

    Melodifestivalen, 13 Mar

    1. 20 ’26
    2. 4 ’25
    3. 9 ’24
    4. 1 ’23
    5. 4 ’22

    7 wins (last 2023) · qualifies 94%

  29. 🇨🇭

    Selection method TBA

    1. SF ’26
    2. 10 ’25
    3. 1 ’24
    4. 20 ’23
    5. 17 ’22

    3 wins (last 2024) · qualifies 43%

  30. 🇺🇦

    Vidbir, February

    1. 9 ’26
    2. 9 ’25
    3. 3 ’24
    4. 6 ’23
    5. 1 ’22

    3 wins (last 2022) · qualifies 100%

  31. 🇬🇧

    Selection method TBA

    1. 25 ’26
    2. 19 ’25
    3. 18 ’24
    4. 25 ’23
    5. 2 ’22

    5 wins (last 1997)

Comings & goings

vs 2026

First time ever

🇨🇦 Canada: On 1 July, the EBU confirmed that CBC/Radio-Canada would debut in the contest for Canada in 2027.

Other countries

EBU member broadcasters in Andorra and Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU. The following countries' broadcasters or other figures have released statements regarding the 2027 contest without confirming participation:

Other countries

Czechia – On 30 September 2026, Czech media outlet Aktuálně reported that broadcaster ČT had decided not to participate in 2027 due to budget cuts. An official confirmation is pending.

Other countries

Hungary – Duna Média stated in September that its acting CEO, András Horváth, had negotiated for a reduction in participation fees and extension of the application deadline to 7 December. Hungary last took part in 2019.

Other countries

Moldova – On 1 October, TRM stated that it had been granted an extension of the application deadline, adding that the decision would be made by the broadcaster's newly appointed CEO and that the announcement would be made in the following days.

Boycotts due to Israeli participation

Broadcasters from Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain opted not to take part in the 2026 contest to protest Israel's participation in the context of the Gaza war. In an interview with Variety that was published on 1 July 2026, contest director Martin Green stated that a vote on whether or not to permit Israel's participation in 2027 would not be held. The Israeli broadcaster Kan confirmed its intention to participate in Bulgaria on 12 July.

Boycotts due to Israeli participation

As of September 2026, three of the five boycotting broadcasters from 2026, Iceland's RÚV, Ireland's RTÉ, and the Netherlands' AVROTROS, have confirmed they will continue to do so in 2027. In the case of the Netherlands, NPO, the umbrella organisation of the Dutch public broadcasting system, announced on 23 September that it would take over responsibility for Dutch participation. Additionally, Slovenia's RTVSLO has not formally ruled out participation. On 22 September, José Pablo López, chairman of Spain's RTVE, stated before the Cortes Generales committee overseeing RTVE that he would propose to the broadcaster's board of directors to maintain its absence from the contest.

What history says

Precedent, not prediction

Singing at home

Hosts have won their own contest 6 times in 70 finals, and on average finish 41% of the way down the scoreboard.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria brings 16 entries, 1 win and a best of 1st.

Defending the title

Of 72 winners, 5 won again the next year and 29 made the top five. On average they finished 43% of the way down.

  1. 2025→2026 🇦🇹 Austria 24th
  2. 2024→2025 🇨🇭 Switzerland 10th
  3. 2023→2024 🇸🇪 Sweden 9th
  4. 2022→2023 🇺🇦 Ukraine 6th
  5. 2021→2022 🇮🇹 Italy 6th

First-timers

Debut entries finish on average 52% of the way down; 7 of 14 debutants in the semi-final era qualified. The best starts:

  1. “Molitva”🇷🇸 Serbia · debut in 2007 1
  2. “To nie ja!”🇵🇱 Poland · debut in 1994 2
  3. “Lane moje”◌ Serbia and Montenegro · debut in 2004 2
  4. “My Star”🇱🇻 Latvia · debut in 2000 3

Rule changes

EBU, 2027

On 12 August 2026, the EBU published a preliminary summary of the rules for the 2027 contest. Among the most notable changes, the minimum age for contestants was raised to 18 on the day of their first rehearsal, instead of 16 as had been the case since 1990, in order to protect 16 and 17-year-olds from excess pressure associated with taking part in the contest, and further measures are implemented to limit excessive use of pre-recorded backing vocals. Aftonbladet reported the following day, citing a letter by the EBU to its members, that additional proposed changes include moving public voting online entirely and requiring viewers to vote for more than one entry.