List of countries in the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest

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Graph showing the number of participating countries in the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest from #1 to #10

Thirty-nine countries have participated in the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest since it started in 2018. Of these, nine have won the contest. The contest, organised by the Mediterranean Broadcasting Union (MBU), is held between members of the Union. Broadcasters from different countries submit songs to the event and cast votes to determine the most popular in the competition.

Participants

The following table lists the countries that have participated in the contest at least once. Shading indicates countries that have withdrawn from the contest. All information is as of the 9th edition.

Table key
†	Inactive	Countries who have participated in the past, but did not participate in the most recent contest.
‡	Former	Former participants that are no longer members of the MBU or not eligible to compete.

Country	Debut edition	Latest entry	Entries	Wins	Broadcaster(s)
Albania	#1	#10	9	1	RTSH
Algeria	#3	#10	7	0	Canal Algérie
Andorra	#4	#10	6	0	RTVA
Austria	#4	#10	5	0	ORF
Bosnia and Herzegovina	#3	#10	7	0	BHRT
Bulgaria	#3	#10	7	0	BNT
Croatia	#1	#10	8	0	HRT
Cyprus	#1	#10	10	1	CyBC
Egypt †	#4	#9	5	0	ERTU
France	#1	#10	10	0	France Télévisions
Gibraltar	#2	#10	9	0	GBC
Greece	#1	#10	10	2	ERT
Hungary	#4	#10	6	0	Duna TV
Iraq †	#7	#9	3	0	Al Sharqiya
Israel	#3	#10	7	0	KAN
Italy	#1	#10	10	0	RAI
Jordan †	#4	#9	3	0	JRTV
Kosovo	#1	#10	9	1	RTK
Lebanon	#1	#10	7	1	LBCI
Libya	#4	#10	5	0	LNC
Liechtenstein	#3	#10	8	0	1 FL TV
Malta	#1	#10	9	1	TVM
Moldova †	#6	#9	4	0	TRM
Monaco	#4	#10	7	1	TMC
Montenegro †	#3	#9	7	0	RTCG
Morocco	#1	#10	8	0	2M TV
North Macedonia	#2	#10	7	0	MRT
Palestine	#10	#10	1	0	PBC
Portugal	#1	#10	10	0	RTP
Romania	#1	#10	10	0	TVR
San Marino	#1	#10	10	0	SMRTV
Serbia	#3	#10	8	0	RTS
Slovenia	#4	#10	7	0	RTV SLO
Spain	#1	#10	9	1	RTVE
Switzerland	#4	#10	7	0	SRG SSR
Syria	#1	#10	8	1	ORTAS
Tunisia	#4	#10	5	0	ERTT
Turkey	#2	#10	9	0	TRT
Vatican City ‡	#3	#9	7	0	VR

Participating countries by editions

Table key
#	Debutant	The country made its debut during the decade.
1	Winner	The country won the contest.
2	Second place	The country was ranked second.
3	Third place	The country was ranked third.
X	Remaining places	The country placed from fourth to second last.
◁	Last place	The country was ranked last.
†	Non-qualified for the final	The country did not qualify for the final (#4–).
W	Disqualified or withdrawn	The country was to participate in the contest, but was disqualified or withdrew.
U	Undetermined	The country has confirmed participation for the next contest, however, the contest has yet to take place.
	No entry	The country did not enter the contest.

First decade

First decade
Country	#01	#02	#03	#04	#05	#06	#07	#08	#09	#10
Albania #	X	X	W	1	X	3	X	X	X	2
Algeria #			X	†	X	X	†		2	X
Andorra #				3	X	X	X	X		†
Austria #				X			X	†	†	X
Bosnia and Herzegovina #			X	†	†	X		†	†	X
Bulgaria #	W		X	X	†	X	X		X	X
Croatia #	X		X	X	†	2	X	X		†
Cyprus #	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1
Egypt #				X	◁	X	X		X
France #	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gibraltar #		2	2	X	†	X	X	X	X	†
Greece #	1	X	X	X	X	X	1	3	X	X
Hungary #				†	X	†		X	X	†
Iraq #							X	X	X
Israel #			X	†	X		X	X	X	X
Italy #	2	3	X	X	3	X	X	X	X	X
Jordan #				†		X			†
Kosovo #	X	X	◁	X	1	X	W	X	†	X
Lebanon #	X			X	†	†	W	1	X	X
Libya #				†		X		X	3	X
Liechtenstein #			X	X	X	†	X	X	X	X
Malta #	◁	X	1	X	X	X		X	◁	X
Moldova #						X	†	X	X
Monaco #				†	X	1	X	2	X	X
Montenegro #			X	†	X	†	X	X	†
Morocco #	X		X	†	X		◁	X	†	◁
North Macedonia #		X	X	X	†	X			†	†
Palestine #										X
Portugal #	3	◁	X	X	X	†	X	X	X	X
Romania #	X	X	3	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
San Marino #	X	X	X	◁	X	X	3	X	X	X
Serbia #			X	2	X	X	X	X	X	3
Slovenia #				X	X	†	X	X	X	†
Spain #	X	1	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Switzerland #				X	X	†	2	◁	†	†
Syria #	X	X	X	†	2	X			1	X
Tunisia #				X		†	†		X	X
Turkey #		X	X	X	X	X	X	†	†	X
Vatican City #			X	X	X	◁	X	†	†

Mediterraneanvision Ranking of Nations

Main article: Mediterraneanvision Ranking of Nations

This ranking was introduced to present each country's recent results in the contest. It works very similarly to the FIFA World Rankings.

Top 20 rankings as of the 9th edition
Rank	Change	Country	Points
1		Greece	536
2		Monaco	524
3		Romania	487
4	3	San Marino	477
5	1	Albania	420
6	16	Libya	419
7	1	Cyprus	414
8	6	Portugal	371
9	26	Syria	366
10	5	France	352
11	2	Italy	350
12	12	Israel	348
13	1	Gibraltar	339
14	5	Slovenia	321
15	17	Hungary	313
16	4	Moldova	298
17	16	Algeria	297
18	5	Egypt	293
19	3	Montenegro	285
20	9	Lebanon	283
*Change from the 8th edition
See complete rankings

Unsuccessful attempts to participate

There have been several unsuccessful attempts to participate in the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest. For broadcasters to participate, they must be a member of the EBU and register their intention to compete before the deadline specified in the rules of that year's event. Each participating broadcaster pays a fee towards the organisation of the contest. Should a country withdraw from the contest after the deadline, they will still need to pay these fees, and may also incur a fine or temporary ban.

Georgia

Georgia applied for MBU membership during the seventh edition in an attempt to participate in the contest. They were rejected without further comment from the MBU.

They later pushed for membership again alongside Ukraine during the ninth edition, arguing that Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania participating in the contest should allow them as Black Sea nations to compete. The MBU held a vote and narrowly rejected it, stating that the question of their membership "will be looked at again in a future edition".

Mauritania

Mauritania pushed for MBU membership during the eleventh edition, arguing that the nation should be eligible to do so due to being a member of the Union for the Mediterranean from the side of the Mediterranean Partner countries. The broadcaster stated that should it be able to achieve full membership, it would attempt to debut in the 11th edition of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest. Under the current MBU rules, being a member of the Union for the Mediterranean does not determine full membership.

Northern Cyprus

See also: Cyprus

Northern Cyprus first tried to gain MBU membership in the fourth edition in an attempt to debut in the contest. They were immediately rejected. They made another attempt after the fifth edition, but the MBU stated that "Cyprus will continue to participate as a whole."

Russia

Russia showed interest in the contest during the third edition. They applied to join the MBU, but they were ultimately rejected. Russia has since only become an associate member of the MBU.

Saudi Arabia

Like Russia, Saudi Arabia showed interest in the contest during the third edition. Their MBU application was also rejected. The nation made another attempt to participate in the eleventh edition, but was once again rejected.

Ukraine

Ukraine pushed for membership alongside Georgia during the ninth edition, arguing that Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania participating in the contest should allow them as Black Sea nations to compete. The MBU held a vote and narrowly rejected it, stating that the question of their membership "will be looked at again in a future edition".

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