Your Love Song Contest 8

The Youro Song Contest 8 will be the eight edition of the Youro Song Contest. The winner of the seventh edition might be the host country of the 8th edition.

Semi-final allocation draw
The participating countries have been split into five pots based on their overall performance at previous editions of the contest. The 5th pot usually consists of newcomers.

The pots will be updated after the results of the final of the7th edition.

Voting

 * All competing countries are obliged to vote in their own semi final. Failing to do so will result in a disqualification of the entry and risk to lose their spot in the final.
 * The automically qualified countries were assigned one semi final they are obliged to vote in.
 * The competing countries are free to broadcast and vote in the other semi final if they wish to do so. Their votes will be counted towards with the international jury along with the votes from the finalists.
 * There will be 11 qualifiers from each semi final. The top 10 will qualify directly, while the 11th qualifier will be the highest ranked country by the international jury that did not finish in the top 10.

Provisional list of participating countries

 * The following countries have confirmed participation in the upcoming edition:

Other countries
Eligibility for potential participation in the Youro Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active YBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. The YBU will issue an invitation of participation in the contest to all active members. The following countries that competed in the 7th edition are yet to confirm their participation:


 * - Announced on 8 January 2017 that they might compete again in the 8th edition, but the participation will be decided after the semi finals have ended.