Here is our second round-up ahead of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. Some more countries countries have let us know about their plans for 2013, and the number of participants announced now stands at 29. With 15 countries still waiting with any announcement, the maximum number of countries in Malmö would seem to be 43. We have tried to get as much information for this list as possible at this stage, and contacted most delegations directly for details.

There is a link to the corresponding Esctoday articles where we have some information. We will be updating the list as more details become available. Of course no country has yet been able to register at EBU officially and any of them can still change their minds until the EBU deadline, usually in December.

We shall concentrate on the 49 currently existing countries that have so far taken part at least once in the Eurovision Song Contest. There have been no indications that another one of the active members of the European Broadcasting Union EBU would want to join the contest. There are neither any new EBU members this year, and the next time EBU will consider new active members in January will be too late for 2013. So under current Eurovision Song Contest rules it is very unlikely that a new country could enter the contest in Malmö.

Definitely planning to participate at this stage:

• Albania – Festival i këngës in 20 to 22 December 2012
• Armenia
• Austria 
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium (RTBF)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Denmark – Danish Melodi Grand Prix final TBC
• Estonia – Eesti laul final 2 March 2013
• Finland – Uuden musiikin kilpailu final 9 February 2013
• Georgia
• Germany 
• Hungary
• Iceland – Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins final 9 February 2013
• Ireland
• Israel – national final Jan-Feb 2013
• Lithuania – selection shows start in Oct 2012
• Malta
• Moldova
• Netherlands
• Norway – Melodi Grand Prix final 9 February 2013
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Sweden – Melodifestivalen final 9 March 2013
• Switzerland – Die grosse Entscheidungsshow 15 December 2012
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom  

 

The following countries are still expected to participate, but final confirmation or independent verification has not been   received from these countries by esctoday.com. Many countries will still be waiting for the formal invitation from EBU, as well as the preliminary budget. Also, the rehearsal schedule and how many days each country will need to stay in the host city will be important information, before cash-strapped broadcasters for example can decide. And some have just not yet wanted to make their plans officially public.

 

• Cyprus
• France
• Greece
• Italy
• Latvia
• FYR Macedonia
• Montenegro
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania (newspaper reports not confirmed by TVR)
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Turkey

Not participating

 

• Andorra
• Czech Republic
• Luxembourg
• Monaco
• Morocco