A record high 43 countries will participate in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, equalling the total set in 2008 and 2011. The list includes Romania and Portugal who are returning to the competition after a year’s absence. The 62nd Contest will be organised by the European Broadcasting Union and Ukrainian national broadcaster NTU following Jamala’s win with 1944 earlier this year in Stockholm.
Australia is set to make a third appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest. Earlier this year Dami Im finished second with her song The Sound of Silence and in 2015 Guy Sebastian took fifth place in …read more
Source: Public Radio of Armenia