Pick a country from the list below for more information.

A-D	E-La	Li-R	S-Z
Albania	Estonia	Lithuania	San Marino
Andorra	Finland	Luxembourg	Serbia
Armenia	France	Malta	Serbia & Montenegro
Austria	FYR Macedonia	Moldova	Slovakia
Azerbaijan	Georgia	Monaco	Slovenia
Belarus	Germany	Montenegro	Spain
Belgium	Greece	Morocco	Sweden
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Hungary	Netherlands	Switzerland
Bulgaria	Iceland	Norway	Turkey
Croatia	Ireland	Poland	Ukraine
Cyprus	Israel	Portugal	United Kingdom
Czech Republic	Italy	Romania	Yugoslavia
Denmark	Latvia	Russia

Who can take part?

Eligible participants include all Active Members of the European Broadcasting Union. Active Members are those whose states fall within the European Broadcasting Area, or otherwise those who are members of the Council of Europe. The European Broadcasting Area is defined by the International Telecommunication Union.

Eligibility to participate is not determined by geographic inclusion within the continent of Europe, despite the 'Euro' in Eurovision - nor has it anything to do with the European Union. Israel, a Middle Eastern country has been taking part in the contest since 1973. In 1980, Morocco - a North African country - participated in the contest.