The Song 3

The Song 3 will be the third edition of the The Song. The contest will be hosted in Cyprus, following the country's victory at the second edition in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with the song "Ónira", performed by Evangelia.

Pre-Qualification
The European Broadcaster Union (EBU) announced that the limit of entries for each edition would be the 46 participants. Because of the amount of confirmations the EBU created a pre-qualification round that takes place every edition before the actual contest. Two countries every edition qualify from the pre-qualification round to the semi-finals while the others are eliminated. This edition the participating countries of the pre-qualification round were Belarus, Hungary, Latvia, Lebanon, Malta, San Marino and Slovenia.

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.

Disqualification of the Russian entry
On 23 July 2022, the Russian broadcaster announced that Katya Zamolodchikova would represent Russia with the song "Ding Dong!" featuring a guest appearance from Trixie Mattel, however, moments later the EBU announced that the entry was disqualified due to the song being a homage to Ukrainian singer LOBODA's song "Boom boom", featuring vocals from PHARAOH.

Withdrawal of new entry
A few hours later on 23 July 2022, it was announced that Yulianna Karaulova would instead represent the Russian nation with her song "No.1". On 24 July, it was announced that Karaulova would be withdrawn as the official Russian entry and a new national selection would be held to determine the entrant. Karaulova will compete in the selection with her intended entry.