The Song 2

The Song 2 will be the second edition of the The Song. The contest will be hosted in Italy, following the country's victory at the first edition in Dublin, Ireland, with the song "Hard To Say Goodbye", performed by RONDÉ.

Provisional list of participating countries
As of 12th June 2022, the following countries have publicly confirmed their intentions to participate in the second edition:

Other countries


Countries that are active members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are also eligible to participate in The Song. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members have been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined stating their reasons as shown below.

Active EBU members

 * After the fiasco of the first edition, the Estonian Broadcaster ERR, showed interest to debut in the second edition of the contest.
 * The microstate announced that they plan to keep the same selection system as in the first edition. On 10th June 2022 the country announced some of the possible candidates. The Luxembourgish Delegation didn't make any announcement of confirmation.

Associate EBU members

 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand: The Television New Zealand (NVZL) asked from the EBU to invite them to the contest. The first edition was a really succesful show in the TV of New Zealand. The EBU left the discussion open for the future.

EBU non-members

 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands: Faroese publication Portal reported that Kringvarp Føroya (KVF) had applied for active EBU membership, a requisite for participation in the contest. However, it was rejected due to the islands' membership of the Danish Realm. Faroese Education Minister Bjørn Kalsø supported participation, saying "the justification so far has been that the countries have to be acknowledged by the United Nations as independent in order to participate. But there is no doubt that we could easily overstep those barriers, if we’re absolutely determined to reach this goal … it is completely up to Kringvarpið … to renew the application regularly, and show the EBU that the Faroe Islands are an equal match to other countries when it comes to participation in the Eurovision Song Contest."