ROAD TO BURGAS
Follow verified national-final formats, submission windows and internal selections as broadcasters choose their entries for Burgas.
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DR accepts songs for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix until 25 October 2026. Eight songs are planned for the live final at Sydbank Arena in Kolding on 13 February 2027.
ERR opened Eesti Laul 2027 submissions on 4 September. Song submissions closed on 8 October at 12:00 Estonian time; a blind preliminary jury will select 12 finalists. Preliminary results are due by 29 October, the final lineup and songs by 27 November, and the live final is scheduled for 30 January 2027.
Luxembourg will select its 2027 entry live from Rockhal in Belval. The artist-only registration window closed on 20 September 2026, while songwriters and artists with a song can still submit compositions until 29 October. Auditions are planned for October before a pairing workshop helps connect performers and songs.
ERT opened submissions for Sing for Greece 2027 on 22 September. Entries are accepted until 1 November at 23:59 local time, with the national-selection format again built around two Semi-Finals and a Grand Final.
Suspilne has officially confirmed Ukraine for Eurovision 2027 and opened Vidbir applications from 15 September through 2 November. Up to 12 acts will reach the longlist; at least six will advance after auditions, with one additional finalist chosen by an audience ranking vote. The full finalist list is due by 22 January and the winner will be selected in February 2027.
SBS has confirmed that its Eurovision 2027 Song Portal will accept artist registrations and original songs from 17 October to 7 November 2026. The broadcaster will select the Australian entry internally; a submission does not guarantee selection. Songs must run no longer than three minutes, have at least one Australian citizen among the writers and must not have been publicly released or performed, in whole or in part, before 1 September 2026.
LRT has opened entries for EUROVIZIJA.LT 2027 until 11 November. At least 30 songs will advance to four Semi-Finals on 18, 19, 25 and 26 January, followed by the Grand Final on 20 February. The winner will be decided by an online audience vote combined with an international jury.
TVP opened submissions on 1 October and will accept entries until 15 November at 23:59 local time. Up to 20 performers will be invited to live auditions in Warsaw on 17 December, after which seven to ten finalists will advance to a televised public final in the first two months of 2027.
HRT has confirmed Croatia for Eurovision 2027 and opened Dora submissions from 28 September to 29 November. A professional jury will select 24 competing songs plus four reserves, with Dora 2027 taking place in February and the winner representing Croatia in Burgas.
Yle received 481 songs for UMK27 and has selected seven competing artists. The lineup will be revealed live on 13 January, songs and videos will follow one per weekday from 14–22 January, and the final takes place at Nokia Arena in Tampere on 20 February. Tickets for the final and dress rehearsal were reserved in record time.
LTV received 125 songs for Supernova 2027 before submissions closed on 1 October. A jury is now selecting the finalists, which are due to be revealed by the end of November. The one-night final takes place at Xiaomi Arena in Riga on 6 February and ends with a three-song superfinal.
SVT received a record 4,077 songs for Melodifestivalen 2027 and will select 30 entries. Oscar Zia and Björn Kjellman host a six-show tour running from Karlstad on 6 February to the final at Strawberry Arena in Stockholm on 13 March.
Sanremo 2027 begins on 16 February and will include a special Eurovision-focused night as part of the process for finding Italy's entry for Burgas.
San Marino Song Contest holds two 20-song Semi-Finals on 3 and 4 March, followed by a 20-song final on 6 March. Ten finalists will be internally selected by SMRTV and ten will qualify through the Semi-Finals.
ORF accepted applications from artists, bands and musical projects until 18 September 2026. An internal ORF expert jury will choose the Austrian act, with selected candidates potentially invited to further talks or castings.
Canada is officially confirmed for its Eurovision debut. CBC/Radio-Canada accepted artist submissions from 31 August to 9 September, then plans an autumn shortlist, online public vote and music-industry jury review before developing the song with the chosen artist.
SWR is returning to the national-final format. The application window for professional acts and songwriters closed on 21 September 2026; the live final is expected in February 2027.
NRK's song-submission window for Melodi Grand Prix 2027 closed at midnight on 31 August 2026. The live-show date, venue, lineup and final format are still pending.
SRG accepted songs from 20 August to 7 September 2026. The internal process is supported by national and international expert and fan juries, with the artist and song planned for announcement at the beginning of 2027.
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