North Macedonia and Montenegro refused to participate next year.
In the Eurovision Song Contest , which will be held by Great Britain on behalf of Ukraine in 2023, 37 countries will take part, 31 of them will compete in the semi-finals for a place in the Grand Final, reports the European Broadcasting Union.
The final of the competition will be 10 participants from each semi-final. The representatives of the “Big Five” countries: France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Great Britain, as well as Ukraine, which won the competition this year, automatically go to the finals.
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The semi-finals of the competition will be held on May 9 and 11, and the final on May 13.
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We remind you that North Macedonia and Montenegro refused to participate in the competition next year. This is related to the size of the membership fee that member countries have to pay. After the removal of Russia, which unleashed a war on our country, this contribution increased.
