Eurovision 2027 Countries: Who's In and Who's Out?

Eurovision 2027 is beginning to take shape, with 22 countries already signalling their intention to compete in Burgas – including debuting Canada and returning North Macedonia. But several familiar faces remain undecided, while the Netherlands has already said no.

The Eurovision 2027 countries list is starting to fill up – but don’t laminate your scorecards just yet, babes.

The European Broadcasting Union has not yet published the final official line-up for next year’s Contest, which will take place in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 11, 13 and 15 May 2027.

However, 22 countries have so far confirmed or publicly expressed their intention to take part.

Which countries have confirmed for Eurovision 2027?

The countries currently expected to compete are:

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

And there are two particularly fabulous additions to watch.

Canada will make its Eurovision debut, becoming the first new country to join the Contest since Australia in 2015. CBC/Radio-Canada became a full EBU member earlier this year, making the country eligible to compete.

Meanwhile, North Macedonia is returning after missing Eurovision 2026.

Welcome back, hun.

The Netherlands says no – again

The clearest withdrawal so far comes from the Netherlands.

Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS announced on 24 August that it will not participate in Eurovision 2027, continuing the boycott it began in 2026.

The broadcaster said Eurovision could no longer be considered sufficiently neutral while a participating country remains involved in a large-scale military conflict, citing the humanitarian situation in Gaza, restrictions on press freedom and concerns over Israel’s continued participation.

AVROTROS also said the EBU’s recently announced rule changes had not gone far enough to address its concerns.

There is, however, a small Eurovision-sized asterisk.

AVROTROS has handed responsibility for Dutch participation back to the wider public broadcasting organisation NPO, and the EBU has said it will explore whether another Dutch broadcaster could participate.

So the Netherlands may not be completely dead and buried just yet – but AVROTROS is definitely out.

What about Spain, Ireland, Iceland and Slovenia?

And here’s where things get spicy.

Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Slovenia and the Netherlands all boycotted Eurovision 2026 over Israel’s participation.

Of those five, only the Netherlands has now formally announced that its usual Eurovision broadcaster will stay away in 2027.

Spain has not appeared among the countries currently expected to participate. RTVE said in August that it continues to support the boycott position regarding Israel’s participation in the next Contest.

Ireland remains officially undecided. RTÉ has said it is reviewing the EBU’s changes and will make a decision on Eurovision 2027 “in due course”. Ireland withdrew in 2026 over Israel’s participation and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Iceland is also undecided. RÚV confirmed on 24 August that its board had not yet reached a decision, with further discussions expected later in the year.

Slovenia, meanwhile, has yet to confirm a return after joining the 2026 boycott.

In other words: four very noticeable question marks remain.

Another 15 countries are still pending

There are also 15 countries that competed in Eurovision 2026 but have not yet announced their plans for 2027:

Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, France, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia and Ukraine.

Importantly, that does not mean they are withdrawing.

For most of these countries, it simply means their broadcasters have not yet publicly confirmed participation.

Broadcasters have until around mid-October to submit their applications, so expect plenty more “we’re coming to Burgas!” announcements over the next few weeks.

Eurovision 2027 could still look very different

For now, the picture is therefore pretty simple:

22 countries are currently in, Canada is debuting, North Macedonia is back, the Netherlands’ usual broadcaster is out, and a large group of broadcasters still need to make their decisions.

But perhaps the biggest question remains what Spain, Ireland, Iceland and Slovenia will do.

Their 2026 boycott represented one of the biggest political ruptures in Eurovision’s recent history, and Israel is currently among the countries expected to compete again in Burgas.

So yes, babes.

The songs haven’t even been chosen yet and Eurovision 2027 already has drama.

Would we expect anything less?