The Eurovision song contest announced the names of the 42 countries that will participate in the upcoming competition in Tel Aviv. The countries are:
Albania
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
FYR Macedonia
Germany
Georgia
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom