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Participating countries
On 28 September 2016, it was confirmed that seventeen countries would take part in the contest. is returning after a, is returning after a  and  is returning to the contest after a record. and both withdrew from the competition after two contests, and  withdrew after competing in the past three editions. TVM, the television network operated by the Maltese national broadcaster PBS, initially expected that a total of eighteen countries would participate in the 2016 contest.