List of Withdrawn Songs

Over the 60 years of the Eurovision Song Contest, there have been quite a few songs that were selected or chosen but never made it to the contest. There are many reasons for this to happen, such as the broadcaster/artist withdrawing before the contest started, disagreements with the song, rule breaking, and more.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the circumstances surrounding the cancellation of the 2020 contest and the further ineligibility for the following year, all 41 songs from that edition will not be classified as withdrawn and will continue to be archived on the Wiki.

List of Withdrawn Songs

Year	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Notes
1963	Spain	José Guardiola	Nubes de colores	Spanish	Replaced with Algo prodigioso
1967	Italy	Claudio Villa	Non pensare a me	Italian	Replaced as it had been released too early
1968	Norway	Odd Børre	Jag har aldri vært så glad i no'en som deg	Norwegian	The song's title would've been the longest in Eurovision history. It was also accused of plagiarism due to it sounding allegedly similar to Cliff Richard's song Summer Holiday
	Spain	Joan Manuel Serrat	La La La	Catalan	Originally, the winning song of Eurovision 1968, was set to be performed by Joan Manuel Serrat but he demanded to sing it in Catalan. The Franco dictatorship would not allow this and insisted that the entry should be Performed in Spanish, official Language of all Territories of Spain, One week before the contest, Massiel was asked to replace Joan as representative at the Eurovision, because regional languages were repressed under Franco regime
1974	France	Dani	La vie à 25 ans	French	Withdrawn due to President Pompidou's funeral
	Malta	Enzo Guzman	Paci Fid Dinja (Peace To The World)	Maltese, English	Withdrawn due to lack of funds by the broadcaster
1976	Germany	Tony Marshall	Der Star	German	Disqualified as it had been previously performed in public
	Malta	Enzo Guzman	Sing Your Song, Country Boy	English	The Maltese broadcaster did not have the necessary funds to participate
1978	Greece	Anna Vissi	Mr Nobel	Greek	ERT did not like the song
1979	Türkiye	Maria Rita Epik & 21.Peron	Seviyorum	Turkish	Withdrawn due to pressure from Arab nations due to the 1979 contest being held in Israel
1980	Israel	Ha'achim ve Ha'achayot	Pizmon Chozer	Hebrew	Withdrawn due to IBA not wanting to host the 1980 contest and the Israeli government turned down a request to extend the IBA budget. Moreover, the date that was eventually set for the 1980 contest by the European Broadcasting Union coincided with Israel's Day of Remembrance for their casualties of war
1982	Greece	Thermis Adamantidis	Sarantapente Kopelles	Greek	Withdrawn a few weeks before the contest by ERT
1984	Israel	Ilanit	Balalaika	Hebrew	Withdrawn by EBU
1987	Sweden	Lotta Engberg	Fyra Bugg och en Coca Cola	Swedish	Resubmitted with new lyrics and title due to the rule regarding the use of brand names
1988	Cyprus	Yiannis Demetriou	Thimame (San to rock 'n' roll)	Greek	Disqualified because it was a re-work of a song from the 1984 Cypriot final
1990	Austria	Duett	Das Beste	German	Disqualified as it had been previously entered in the German heats in 1988
1992	Switzerland	Geraldine Olivier	Soleil, Soleil	German	Withdrawn due to being entered for the National Final to the wrong Swiss broadcaster
1999	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hari Mata Hari	Starac i more	Bosnian	Withdrawn as it had been released by a Finnish artist in 1995
	Germany	Corinna May	Hör' den Kindern einfach zu	German	Withdrawn as it was released by another artist in 1997
2002	Lithuania	B'Avarija	We All	English	Withdrawn after it was revealed a Lithuanian version had been released in 2001
2003	Serbia and Montenegro	Toše Proeski	Čija Si	Serbian	Withdrawn after the EBU decided to cut back on the number of competing countries in 2003
2005	Belarus	Angelica Agurbash	Boys and Girls	English	Replaced due to negative feedback from the public
	Lebanon	Aline Lahoud	Quand tout s'enfuit	French	Withdrawn due to Israel's participation
2006	France	Virginie Pouchain	Vous, c'est nous	French	Withdrawn by the composer
	Serbia and Montenegro	No Name	Moja ljubavi	Montenegrin	Withdrawn due to the scandal which took place during the national final where juries voted based on the performers' nationalities, which have occured since Serbia and Montenegro returned to Eurovision in 2004.
2009	Hungary	Márk Zentai	If You Wanna Party	English	Previously released in Sweden in 2005 with different lyrics.
	Hungary	Katya Tompos	Magányos Csónak	Hungarian	Tompos was unable to balance her acting career with her Eurovision participation.
	Georgia	Stephane & 3G	We Don't Wanna Put In	English	Rejected by the EBU for making political statements
2010	Belarus	3+2	Far Away	English	Replaced due to negative feedback from the public
	Ukraine	Vasyl Lazarovich	I love you...	English, Ukrainian	Withdrawn due to negative feedback. NTU later started the process from scratch
	Ukraine	Alyosha	To Be Free	English	Disqualified as it had previously been performed in public. Instead of searching for a new artist, NTU allowed Alyosha to go to Eurovision with a new song.
2011	Belarus	Anastasiya Vinnikova	I am Belarussian	English	Disqualified for previous performance in public before the cut-off date
2012	Italy	Nina Zilli	Per Sempre	Italian	Won Sanremo 2012, but RAI changed the entry at the last minute
	Belarus	Alyona Lanskaya	All my life	English	Disqualified due to accusations of vote-fixing
	San Marino	Valentina Monetta	Facebook Uh Oh Oh	English	Re-written as The Social Network Song due to the rule regarding the use of brand names
2013	North Macedonia	Lozano & Esma	Imperija	Macedonian	Replaced due to poor feedback from the public
	Belarus	Alyona Lanskaya	Rhythm Of Love	English
	Bulgaria	Elitsa & Stoyan	Kismet	Bulgarian	Replaced due to copyright allegations
2014	Belarus	TEO	Cheesecake	English	Resubmitted to the EBU with new lyrics (the original contained references to Google Maps, which is a violation of the rule regarding the use of brand names)
2015	Albania	Elhaida Dani	Diell	Albanian	Withdrawn by the composer
	Germany	Andreas Kummert	Heart of Stone	English	Andreas declined the ticket to Vienna, saying he wasn't ready
2016	Malta	Ira Losco	Chameleon	English	Won the Maltese final, but was decided to replace it with a new song
	Italy	Stadio	Un giorno mi dirai	Italian	Won Sanremo 2016, but declined the offer to go to Stockholm as the contest conflicted with a planned tour
	Albania	Eneda Tarifa	Përrallë	Albanian	The broadcaster and Eneda decided to change the song into English
	Romania	Ovidiu Anton	Moment of Silence	English	Withdrawn by the EBU less than 3 weeks before the contest due to outstanding financial debts owed by TVR
2017	Russia	Yulia Samoilova	Flame is Burning	English	Ukraine issued a travel ban against Samoilova, barring her from entering the country. Russia withdrew as a result
2019	Ukraine	MARUV	Siren Song	English	Maruv refused to give into the demands of the broadcaster's contract. Ukraine withdrew as a result of not being able to find a replacement act
2021	Belarus	Galasy ZMesta	Ya Nauchu Tebya (I'll Teach You)	Russian	Rejected by the EBU for violating the rule against making political statements. Belarus was disqualified from the 2021 contest after the intended replacement entry was also rejected on the same grounds
2022	Ukraine	Alina Pash	Tini zabutykh predkiv	Ukrainian, English	Withdrew over a controversy regarding forged travel documents
	Malta	Emma Muscat	Out of Sight	English	Won the Maltese final, but the broadcaster decided to replace it with a new song