Only one of the 35 countries participating in the international song contest "Eurovision 2026," which will be held in Vienna, the capital of Austria, has not yet determined its representative - Armenia.
Medianews.az reports that Azerbaijan will send Camila Hashimova to the contest. This is the country's 18th attempt. In 2008, Elnur Huseynov and Samir Javadzade placed 8th, in 2009 Aysel Teymurzade and Arash placed 3rd, in 2010 Safura Alizade placed 5th, in 2011 Nigar Jamal and Eldar Gasimov placed 1st, in 2012 Sabina Babayeva placed 4th, in 2013 Farid Mammadov placed 2nd, in 2014 Dilara Kazimova placed 22nd, in 2015 Elnur Huseynov placed 12th, in 2016 Samra Rahimli placed 17th, in 2017 Diana Hajiyeva placed 14th, in 2019 Chingiz Mustafayev placed 8th, in 2021 Samira Efendi placed 20th, and in 2022 Nadir Rustamli placed 16th.
In 2018 Aysel Mammadova, in 2023 Tural and Turan Bagmanov, in 2024 Fakhri Ismayilov and Ilkin Dovletov, and in 2025 the group "Mamaqama" did not pass the semifinals.
In the first semifinal of "Eurovision 2026" (May 12), Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Croatia, Israel, Sweden, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Greece will compete, and in the second semifinal (May 14), Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Armenia, Switzerland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Romania, Ukraine will compete.
From each semifinal, 10 places qualify for the final. Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy will join the competition in the final (May 16).
The Eurovision contest, a project of the European Broadcasting Union involving public broadcasters, has had 7 wins by Ireland and Sweden since 1956, 5 wins by the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom, 4 wins by Israel, 3 wins by Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Austria, Norway, and Ukraine, 2 wins by Spain and Germany, and 1 win each by Monaco, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Latvia, Turkey, Greece, Finland, Serbia, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Portugal.