The Song 4

The Song 4 will be the fourth edition of the The Song. The contest will be hosted in Italy, following the country's victory at the third edition in Nicosia, Cyprus, with the song "Guess Who's Back", performed by Il Tre.

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. The EBU announced the change of the format in the pre-qualification round during the third edition, from this edition and on eight countries every edition qualify from the pre-qualification round to the semi-finals while the others are eliminated.

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.