The 41 countries competing in Eurovision 2022 have been confirmed

Tonight the Eurovision Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that 41 countries will be competing in next year's Contest.

After a year's break, Montenegro and Armenia will be returning to the Contest!

Australia is of course one of the 41 nations competing, with the 'Eurovision - Australian Decides 2022' national final to be held on February 26 in the Gold Coast.

The countries competing are:

• Albania

• Armenia

• Australia

• Austria

• Azerbaijan

• Belgium

• Bulgaria

• Croatia

• Cyprus

• Czech Republic

• Denmark

• Estonia

• Finland

• France

• Germany

• Georgia

• Greece

• Iceland

• Ireland

• Israel

• Italy

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Malta

• Moldova

• Montenegro

• The Netherlands

• North Macedonia

• Norway

• Poland

• Portugal

• Romania

• Russia

• San Marino

• Serbia

• Slovenia

• Spain

• Sweden

• Switzerland

• Ukraine

• United Kingdom

The 41 countries will see two semi-finals, with the five big nations and host Italy going straight through to the Grand Final.

Eurovision will take place on 10, 12 and 14 May 2022 in Turin, Italy.