Countries

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Never participated as an independent country, however participated as part of the United Kingdom]] There have been a total of 55 participants at the contest.

Borrowing Rules
Several countries are granted the special permission to "borrow" artists from other countries. This means that they are allowed to select artists from a certain other country to represent them at the contest. This permission is granted to countries that are either too small to provide their own artists, or have certain cultural relations to other countries. Borrowing rules are only granted to countries that have participated in the contest before, meaning countries that have never participated, but may fit certain borrowing rules, will not be listed here. The following countries can borrow artists from other countries: