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Forty-eight countries have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since it started in 1956. Of these, twenty-four have won the Contest. Some, such as Germany and the United Kingdom, have entered on all but a handful of occasions; Morocco, on the other hand, only entered once. Two countries, Tunisia and Lebanon, have attempted to enter the Contest but withdrawn before making a debut. Liechtenstein, a country without an EBU-member television service, tried unsuccessfully to enter in 1969 and 1974.

Participation in the Contest is open to all member broadcasters of the European Broadcasting Union. Eligibility to participate is not determined by geographic position in Europe, despite the "Euro" in "Eurovision", nor has it anything to do with the European Union. Israel, a Middle Eastern country, has been involved since 1973.

The number of countries participating each year has steadily grown over the years, from seven in 1956 to over 20 in the late 1980s. In 1993 there were 25 countries participating in the competition, including—for the first time—Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia, entering independently due to the break-up of the former Yugoslavia.

Participants

Country	Debut year	Number of entries	Wins	Broadcaster(s)
Albania	2004	4	0	RTSH
Andorra	2004	4	0	RTVA
Armenia	2006	2	0	AMPTV
Austria	1957	43	1	ORF
Belarus	2004	4	0	BTRC
Belgium	1956	48	1	VRT (Flemish) RTBF (French)^[1]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1993	13	0	BHRT
Bulgaria	2005	3	0	BNT
Croatia	1993	15	0	HRT
Cyprus	1981	25	0	CyBC
Czech Republic	2007	1	0	ČT
Denmark	1957	36	2	DR
Estonia	1994	13	1	ERR
Finland	1961	41	1	YLE
France	1956	49	5	TF1 (1956–1981) France 2 (1983–1998) France 3 (1999–)
FYR Macedonia	1998	7	0	MKRTV
Georgia	2007	1	0	GPB
Germany	1956	51	1	NDR (ARD)
Greece	1974	28	1	ERT
Hungary	1994	6	0	MTV
Iceland	1986	20	0	RÚV
Ireland	1965	41	7	RTÉ
Israel	1973	30	3	IBA
Italy	1956	37	2	RAI
Latvia	2000	8	1	LTV
Lithuania	1994	8	0	LRT
Luxembourg	1956	38	5	CLT
Malta	1971	19	0	PBS
Moldova	2005	3	0	TRM
Monaco	1959	24	1	TMC
Montenegro	2007	1	0	RTCG
Morocco	1980	1	0	TVM
Netherlands	1956	45	4	NOS
Norway	1960	46	2	NRK
Poland	1994	12	0	TVP
Portugal	1964	41	0	RTP
Romania	1994	9	0	TVR
Russia	1994	12	0	RTR (1994, 1996) C1R (1995, 1997–2007)
Serbia	2007	1	1	RTS
Serbia and Montenegro^[2]	1992	3	0	RTS/RTCG
Slovakia	1994	3	0	STV
Slovenia	1993	13	0	RTV SLO
Spain	1961	47	2	TVE
Sweden	1958	47	4	SR (1958–1979) SVT (1980–)
Switzerland	1956	46	2	SF DRS
Turkey	1975	29	1	TRT
Ukraine	2003	5	1	NTU
United Kingdom	1957	50	5	BBC
Yugoslavia	1961	26	1	JRT

Withdrawn countries

Country	Intended Debut Year
Lebanon	2005
Tunisia	1977

Unsuccessful attempts to participate

Country	Intended Debut Year	Notes
Liechtenstein	1969 and 1974	The country does not have a national broadcaster and is therefore ineligible to enter the Eurovision Song Contest.

Non-participants

Footnotes

^ VRT and RTBF alternate responsibilities for the Contest. VRT, however, is Belgium's sole representative in the Junior Contest.
^ Although covering the same area and representing the same broadcasters, Serbia & Montenegro was referred to as "Yugoslavia" in 1992.

References

[1] VRT and RTBF alternate responsibilities for the Contest. VRT, however, is Belgium's sole representative in the Junior Contest.

[2] Although covering the same area and representing the same broadcasters, Serbia & Montenegro was referred to as "Yugoslavia" in 1992.

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