Draft:Eurovision Song Contest 2026

The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is expected to be the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will be organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the national broadcaster of the designated host country, expected to coincide with the winning country of the 2025 edition. The contest is expected to take place in May 2026.

Provisional list of participating countries
Eligibility for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest via the Eurovision network. The EBU issues an invitation to participate in the contest to all active members.

no country has confirmed their intention to take part in the contest.

EBU members

 * – On 18 July 2024, the Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) published the rules for their national final for the 2025 contest, Pesma za Evroviziju '25 (PzE '25). Amongst them is a rule stating that the winner of PzE '25 has to hand over the PzE '26 trophy to that edition's winner, that is, to Serbia's representative at Eurovision 2026.
 * – On 9 March 2024, Mario Galunič, editor at RTVSLO, drafted a document, with one of the points being a plan to return to selecting Slovene entries for Eurovision through the national final Evrovizijska Melodija from 2025 until 2028.