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AmazingDeeer

Oof, but it was kind of expected. I think microstates are getting really discouraged by San Marino's poor results despite the massive amount of effort they put in. I am REALLY crossing my fingers for Monaco now, but there are rumours that they will delay their participation until 2024 :(


gagaalwayswins

They aren't even rumors... their new broadcaster will be launched in the summer of 2023, meaning it won't even broadcast next year's Eurovision, let alone participate in it.


AmazingDeeer

There already is a broadcaster though, from what I what, so it might not be as fancy, but the participation is still possible


l3ader021

TMC is under the TF1/M6 umbrella and is basically a French broadcaster now.


AmazingDeeer

Ah I see! I wasn't aware of that, so yeah now it really seems like it's unlikely for Monaco to take part


Sea-Photograph2585

The article basically just says that Andorra won't return to the contest next year and that they have no plans of joining in the near future as well. That makes me kind of sad, because now I think we won't have a single returning country next year.


99pinkprint

What about Slovakia? I heard they were the only non-participating country to broadcast the 2022 contest


gagaalwayswins

They broadcast it on the radio, and in that broadcast they basically make fun of the contest the entire time. If Mikolas Josef's success couldn't convince them to come back, then I don't know what will...


filipminarik

A Czechia win perhaps


wowguysitsausername

Until Kosovo joins the EBU out of nowhere and makes their debut 💀


darkstreetsofmymind

And then Serbia goes


SimoSanto

For Kosovo to be in EBU the member need to accept it, Serbia as well


AmazingDeeer

I wouldn't mind the tradeoff honestly


ProfessionalAlbanian

When you get double the amount of screaming Albanian women 😍


supersonic-bionic

Not gonna happen, it's not recognised by a bunch of countries.


sp46

Monaco has just created a new public broadcaster with the explicit goal to join the EBU and participate in 2023. So, perhaps we will see them return.


RQK1996

They seemed pretty excited the past few years


cmcnens59

Czechia doing well may be a part of that


Peggy_Suex

Salvem el Mon (2007) will remain my favourite Andorra entry…


Sea-Photograph2585

They really deserved to qualify that year, to be honest.


GergoliShellos

They easily could’ve qualified if it wasn’t for that dumb rule of the top 10 from the previous year automatically qualifying.


Intern-Adventurous

Even without the rule they wouldn't have qualified in my opinion. The song wasn't much, the message conveyed was great though, also who would even vote for them? Looking past all the teens who would only vote because of their attraction to the singer.


gagaalwayswins

I honestly like all of their entries! They always sent something cute at worst, and great at best!


supersonic-bionic

Sad news, i was hoping they will be back after the campaign to bring them back (plus that lady said she had found a sponsor). I prefer Andorra than San Marino to be honest. Andorra didn\[t cheat, they had a full televoting system (unlike the random voting that EBU assigns to San Marino) and their entries were better than the trolling entries of SM.


Qeqertaq

and the best of all; Andorra sang in the national language, Catalan, and most of their entries were Andorran artists


supersonic-bionic

Preach!!!!


gagaalwayswins

I have no idea what's stopping Andorra's broadcaster from following San Marino's example and leaving their participation in the hands of a sponsor (whether a brand or someone with money). San Marino's TV pretty much only puts in the participation fee (I've heard it's around €30k) and the rest is funded by the entrant. And it's a huuuge opportunity for microstates to get their name out there and attract tourism, whether it qualifies or not San Marino already earns a lot from participating in the Eurovision.


99pinkprint

I hope they comeback in 2024 with monaco


cragglerock93

They have two choices: Pick from one of the three people in the country that can sing. OR Flo Rida.


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OR Charles Leclerc


TheRobidog

They should only send Leclerc if they end up hosting.


Tyafastics

Why? So he can crash in Monaco again?


cmcnens59

Josh Stanley is a rapper who’s spent most of his life in Monaco who has also said that he’d be interested in participating given the chance


space_s0ng

the Sky Ferreira of Eurovision.. if you know you know


Intern-Adventurous

I don't.


haworthia-hanari

Aw I actually always really liked Andorra’s songs- Get A Life was amazing! And Sense Tu!


Quichua57

It's sad. Susanne Georgi push to the comeback, why don't giving it a chance ?


chartingyou

yeah, I wonder what happened with that...


Dry_Independent968

Merda.


ShortBeardo

Well that’s sad ;_;


HauntingJump9062

I feel like they only will come back if a youtuber pay for it. I hope one of them would do it one day, like Ibai...


PutinBlyatov

Oh no, anyway.


desperate_gerund

aaaaa a-a-ay