The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) has released the list of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest participating countries today. A total of 41 countries will compete in Turin.

36 countries will compete in the 2 semi-finals scheduled to be held on 10 and 12 May. A total of 25 countries will compete in the grand final on 14 May.

The Big 5 countries (Spain, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany) are automatically qualified to compete in the grand final. Hence 20/36 countries will proceed from the semi-finals to the grand final and join the Big 5 .

Montenegro and Armenia will be returning to the competition next year and joining the 39 countries which partook in the competition in 2021. Hence 41 nations will be battling for the coveted Eurovision trophy in Turin next year.

Participating countries

1. Albania
2. Armenia
3. Australia
4. Austria
5. Azerbaijan
6. Belgium
7. Bulgaria
8. Croatia
9. Cyprus
10. Czech Republic
11. Denmark
12. Estonia
13. Finland
14. France
15. Germany
16. Georgia
17. Greece
18. Iceland
19. Ireland
20. Israel
21. Italy
22. Latvia
23. Lithuania
24. Malta
25. Moldova
26. Montenegro
27. The Netherlands
28. North Macedonia
29. Norway
30. Poland
31. Portugal
32. Romania
33. Russia
34. San Marino
35. Serbia
36. Slovenia
37. Spain
38. Sweden
39. Switzerland
40. Ukraine
41. United Kingdom

The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held on 10, 12 and 14 May at the Pala Olimpico in Turin, Italy.