Participants

[LakZaNokte]

Meh, nothing can surprise me anymore (after turkey :?).
Ofc, i hope san marino will be there, i'm all for that "the more the merrier" thing

We have to be realistic here. Every1 knew that next year will be a tough one. We all knew it even before we had the winner of this year
Things may seem a bit off now but srsly, that was expected :?

 

[Terence]

Won't be surprised if San Marino do a Monaco and pull out after 3/4 attempts... sadly, chances for them to qualify are always minimal, by default

 

[DanielLuis]

Won't be surprised if San Marino do a Monaco and pull out after 3/4 attempts... sadly, chances for them to qualify are always minimal, by default

To be honest SM was not that far away from qualifying this past two years, and the entries werent that great.

 

[A-lister]

To be honest SM was not that far away from qualifying this past two years, and the entries werent that great.

Exactly, taking into account that they are and how bad their entries have been, it's surprising they did as good as they did even.

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

Confirmed - it's 39!

 

[A-lister]

Confirmed - it's 39!

Confirmed where?

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

Confirmed where?

Eurovision's Facebook page and eurovision.tv

 

[A-lister]

Eurovision's Facebook page and eurovision.tv

I see...

So folks, it's confirmed that the list above is the final one. 39 countries will participate in Eurovision 2013 in Malmö, Sweden.

There will be no record year in 2013 as many of us hoped, on contrary ESC 2013 will be rather small

comes back, while , , & drops out. stays out yet another year after withdrawing in 2011 while , , , are still not wanting to comeback. haven't got accepted by EBU yet, otherwise we might have had them in 2013 aswell, same goes for .

Let's hope, even with a smaller ESC, that it will be a great one nevertheless.

 

[alca]

Out of all these countries that are out, I'm extremely sad about !

 

[Sim]

So that means we will have the smallest semi (16) ever

 

[A-lister]

So that means we will have the smallest semi (16) ever

It seems so On the other hand, it would mean more chances to qualify

 

[Sim]

It seems so On the other hand, it would mean more chances to qualify

A country like mine needs that

 

[A-lister]

A country like mine needs that

A country like yours need a good entry first and foremost (no offense mate )

 

[DanielLuis]

I have a feeling an unexpected country will win this year. The cances for that are far greater now.

 

[QwaarJet]

Considering the financial climate, losing 4 countries and gaining 1 is pretty good going. We should be grateful we even have this many.

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

Fantastic we're under 40, shame it couldn't be a few more less too but oh well can't complain.

 

[BGN]

I have a feeling an unexpected country will win this year. The cances for that are far greater now.

WE are this country...but first we have to jump over our dead zone - the semis

 

[Matt]

Same number as we had in 2010 for Oslo. It's a sucky number cause it's uneven so one semi will have 16 songs and the other 17...

 

[Quent91]

I have a feeling an unexpected country will win this year. The cances for that are far greater now.

That could be France...

 

[dezbee2008]

Same number as we had in 2010 for Oslo. It's a sucky number cause it's uneven so one semi will have 16 songs and the other 17...

Yep. Last time we had 39 countries (2010), there were 17 in each semi, but that was only because Italy wasn't there (Big 4 and Norway, w/ 34 in the semis). Now, we have the Big 5 and the host in the finals, but uneven semis.