# List of countries in the Eurovision Young Musicians

Broadcasters from forty-three countries have participated in the Eurovision Young Musicians since it started in 1982, with winners coming from twelve of those countries. This biennial classical music competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is held between members of the union, who participate representing their countries. Broadcasters send to the competition one young talented musician aged 12 to 21 that performs a piece of classical music of their choice accompanied by the event's orchestra, and a jury, composed of international experts, decides the top 3 participants.
Participation in the contest is primarily open to all broadcasters with active EBU membership, with only one entrant per country allowed in any given year. To become an active member of the EBU, a broadcaster has to be from a country which is covered by the European Broadcasting Area –that is not limited only to the continent of Europe–, or is a member state of the Council of Europe. Thus, eligibility is not determined by geographic inclusion within Europe, despite the "Euro" in "Eurovision", nor does it have a direct connection with the European Union.

## Participants

The Eurovision Young Musicians, inspired by the success of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, is a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European musicians that are 18 years old or younger. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians took place in Manchester, United Kingdom on 11 May 1982 and six countries took part. Germany's Markus Pawlik won the contest, with France and Switzerland placing second and third respectively. The 2020 contest was cancelled, so it will be excluded from the table below.
Listed are all the countries that have ever taken part in the competition, alongside the year in which they made their debut:
Table key :
| † | Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not appear in the most recent contest, or will not appear in the upcoming contest |
| ◇ | Ineligible – countries whose broadcasters have been suspended from the European Broadcasting Union and are therefore ineligible to participate |
| ‡ | Former – countries which previously participated but no longer exist |
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Debut year | Latest entry | Entries | Finals | Times qualified | Latest final | Wins | Latest win |
| Albania † | RTSH | 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Armenia | AMPTV | 2012 | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1/1 | 2024 | 0 | N/A |
| Austria | ORF | 1982 | 2024 | 20 | 15 | 12/16 | 2024 | 6 | 2024 |
| Belarus ◇ | BTRC | 2010 | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 2/2 | 2012 | 0 | N/A |
| Belgium | VRT (Dutch) RTBF (French) | 1986 | 2024 | 11 | 3 | 2/10 | 2024 | 0 | N/A |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina † | BHRT | 2012 | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Bulgaria † | BNT | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Croatia † | HRT | 1994 | 2022 | 12 | 5 | 4/11 | 2022 | 0 | N/A |
| Cyprus † | CyBC | 1988 | 2010 | 11 | 0 | 0/11 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Czech Republic | ČT | 2002 | 2024 | 9 | 6 | 5/7 | 2024 | 1 | 2022 |
| Denmark † | DR | 1986 | 2002 | 6 | 2 | 2/6 | 1994 | 0 | N/A |
| Estonia † | ERR | 1994 | 2018 | 7 | 3 | 3/7 | 2004 | 0 | N/A |
| Finland † | Yle | 1984 | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 7/12 | 2008 | 0 | N/A |
| France | TF1 (1982) France 3 (1984–2000) France Télévisions (2022–) Radio France (2022) | 1982 | 2024 | 11 | 7 | 4/6 | 2024 | 1 | 1986 |
| Georgia † | GPB | 2012 | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Germany | ZDF (1982–2004) WDR (ARD) (2008–) | 1982 | 2024 | 20 | 13 | 10/16 | 2024 | 2 | 1996 |
| Greece † | ERT | 1990 | 2018 | 12 | 3 | 3/12 | 2014 | 1 | 2008 |
| Hungary † | MTVA | 1992 | 2018 | 6 | 5 | 5/6 | 2018 | 0 | N/A |
| Ireland † | RTÉ | 1986 | 2000 | 8 | 0 | 0/8 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Israel † | IBA (1986) IPBC (2018) | 1986 | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0/2 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Italy † | RAI | 1986 | 2002 | 4 | 1 | 1/4 | 1988 | 0 | N/A |
| Latvia † | LTV | 1994 | 2002 | 5 | 3 | 3/5 | 1998 | 0 | N/A |
| Lithuania † | LRT | 1994 | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Malta † | PBS | 2014 | 2018 | 3 | 2 | 2/3 | 2016 | 0 | N/A |
| Moldova † | TRM | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 2014 | 0 | N/A |
| Netherlands † | NOS (1984–1990, 2000–2004) NPS (2006–2010) NTR (2012–2014) | 1984 | 2014 | 13 | 5 | 4/13 | 2014 | 2 | 1990 |
| North Macedonia† | MKRTV | 1994 | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Norway | NRK | 1982 | 2024 | 20 | 14 | 12/17 | 2024 | 1 | 2012 |
| Poland | TVP | 1992 | 2024 | 16 | 10 | 9/14 | 2024 | 3 | 2016 |
| Portugal † | RTP | 1990 | 2014 | 6 | 1 | 1/6 | 2014 | 0 | N/A |
| Romania † | TVR | 2002 | 2010 | 5 | 1 | 1/5 | 2006 | 0 | N/A |
| Russia ◇ | VGTRK | 1994 | 2018 | 9 | 6 | 6/9 | 2018 | 1 | 2018 |
| San Marino † | SMRTV | 2016 | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 2016 | 0 | N/A |
| Serbia | RTS | 2008 | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1/2 | 2024 | 0 | N/A |
| Serbia and Montenegro ‡ | UJRT | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Slovakia † | STV | 1998 | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 1998 | 0 | N/A |
| Slovenia † | RTV SLO | 1994 | 2018 | 13 | 7 | 7/13 | 2018 | 1 | 2010 |
| Spain † | TVE (1988–2000) RTVE (2018) | 1988 | 2018 | 8 | 1 | 1/8 | 1992 | 0 | N/A |
| Sweden | SVT | 1986 | 2024 | 17 | 6 | 5/16 | 2024 | 1 | 2006 |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR | 1982 | 2024 | 14 | 7 | 5/10 | 2024 | 0 | N/A |
| Turkey † | TRT | 2000 | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Ukraine † | NTU | 2008 | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0/2 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| United Kingdom † | BBC | 1982 | 2018 | 16 | 10 | 8/14 | 2008 | 1 | 1994 |
| Yugoslavia ‡ | JRT | 1986 | 1992 | 4 | 1 | 1/4 | 1986 | 0 | N/A |

### Other EBU members

The following countries have broadcasters eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Musicians, but have yet to make their debut at the contest.
* Algeria – ENTV, ENRS, TDA
* Andorra – RTVA
* Azerbaijan – İTV
* Czechoslovakia – ČST (1991–1992, dissolved)
* Egypt – ERTU
* Iceland – RÚV
* Jordan – JRTV
* Lebanon – TL
* Libya – LJBC (1982–2011), LNC (2011–present)
* Luxembourg – CLT, ERSL
* Monaco – TMC
* Montenegro – RTCG
* Morocco – SNRT
* Tunisia – ERTT
* Vatican City – RV

## Participating countries in the decades

The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Musicians was held in 1982.
Table key :
| # | Debutant | The country made its debut during the decade. |
| 1 | Winner | The country won the contest. |
| 2 | Second place | The country was ranked second. |
| 3 | Third place | The country was ranked third. |
| X | Remaining places | The country placed from fourth to last in the final. |
| † | Non-qualified for the final | The country did not qualify for the final. (1986–2018) |
| W | Disqualified or withdrawn | The country was to participate in the contest, but was disqualified or withdrew. |
| C | Cancelled | The contest was cancelled after the announcement of participating countries. (2020) |
| U | Upcoming | The country has confirmed participation for the next contest, however, the contest has yet to take place. |
| | No entry | The country did not enter the contest. |

### 1980s

1982–1988 :
| Country | 1982 | 1984 | 1986 | 1988 |
| Austria # | Х | Х | † | 1 |
| Belgium # | | | † | † |
| Cyprus # | | | | † |
| Denmark # | | | † | † |
| Finland # | | 2 | 3 | X |
| France # | 2 | Х | 1 | † |
| Germany # | 1 | Х | † | X |
| Ireland # | | | † | † |
| Israel # | | | † | |
| Italy # | | | † | 3 |
| Netherlands # | | 1 | † | † |
| Norway # | Х | | † | 2 |
| Portugal | | | W | |
| Spain # | | | | † |
| Sweden # | | | † | † |
| Switzerland # | 3 | X | 2 | † |
| United Kingdom # | Х | 3 | X | X |
| Yugoslavia # | | | X | † |

### 1990s

1990–1998 :
| Country | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 |
| Austria | Х | Х | † | 2 | 1 |
| Belgium | 3 | 3 | † | † | |
| Croatia # | | | † | | 2 |
| Cyprus | † | † | † | † | † |
| Denmark | † | Х | Х | | |
| Estonia # | | | X | 3 | † |
| Finland | † | Х | Х | † | Х |
| France | Х | † | † | X | |
| Germany | 2 | † | † | 1 | † |
| Greece # | † | | † | † | † |
| Hungary # | | † | X | | |
| Ireland | † | † | † | † | † |
| Italy | † | | | | |
| Latvia # | | | 2 | Х | Х |
| Lithuania # | | | † | | |
| Macedonia # | | | † | | |
| Netherlands | 1 | † | | | |
| Norway | † | Х | † | Х | † |
| Poland # | | 1 | † | X | † |
| Portugal # | † | † | † | † | † |
| Russia # | | | † | † | |
| Slovakia # | | | | | X |
| Slovenia # | | | † | † | X |
| Spain | † | 2 | † | † | † |
| Sweden | † | † | 3 | | X |
| Switzerland | † | † | Х | Х | † |
| United Kingdom | † | Х | 1 | † | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | † | † | | | |

### 2000s

2000–2008 :
| Country | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 |
| Albania | | | W | | |
| Austria | X | 1 | 1 | Х | † |
| Belgium | † | | † | † | |
| Bulgaria # | | | | † | |
| Croatia | † | † | † | † | † |
| Cyprus | † | † | † | † | † |
| Czech Republic # | † | X | | † | |
| Denmark | † | † | | | |
| Estonia | † | † | X | | |
| Finland | 2 | † | † | † | 2 |
| France | X | | | | |
| Germany | † | X | 2 | | † |
| Greece | † | X | † | † | 1 |
| Hungary | X | | | | |
| Ireland | † | | | | |
| Italy | | † | | | |
| Latvia | † | † | | | |
| Netherlands | X | † | † | † | X |
| Norway | X | † | X | 2 | 3 |
| Poland | 1 | X | X | † | † |
| Romania # | | † | † | X | † |
| Russia | 3 | † | 3 | 3 | X |
| Serbia # | | | | | † |
| Serbia and Montenegro # | | | | † | |
| Slovenia | † | 3 | † | † | X |
| Spain | † | | | | |
| Sweden | † | † | † | 1 | † |
| Switzerland | † | † | X | X | |
| Turkey # | † | | | | |
| Ukraine # | | | | | † |
| United Kingdom | † | 2 | † | X | X |

### 2010s

2010–2018 :
| Country | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 |
| Albania # | | | | | † |
| Armenia # | | 3 | | | |
| Austria | † | Х | 1 | 3 | |
| Belarus # | X | X | | | |
| Belgium | | | | | † |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina # | | † | | | |
| Croatia | X | † | X | X | † |
| Cyprus | † | | | | |
| Czech Republic | † | X | X | 2 | X |
| Estonia | | | | | † |
| Georgia # | | † | | | |
| Germany | X | X | X | X | X |
| Greece | † | † | X | | † |
| Hungary | | | 3 | X | X |
| Israel | | | | | † |
| Malta # | | | X | X | † |
| Moldova # | | | X | | |
| Netherlands | † | † | X | | |
| Norway | 2 | 1 | X | X | X |
| Poland | X | X | X | 1 | † |
| Portugal | | | X | | |
| Romania | † | | | | |
| Russia | 3 | | | | 1 |
| San Marino # | | | | X | † |
| Slovenia | 1 | † | 2 | X | 2 |
| Spain | | | | | † |
| Sweden | † | | X | X | † |
| Ukraine | | † | | | |
| United Kingdom | † | | | | † |

### 2020s

2020s :
| Country | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 |
| Armenia | | | X |
| Austria | | X | 1 |
| Belgium | | X | X |
| Croatia | C | X | |
| Czech Republic | C | 1 | X |
| Estonia | C | | |
| France | | X | X |
| Germany | C | 2 | 3 |
| Greece | C | | |
| Malta | C | | |
| Norway | C | 3 | X |
| Poland | C | X | X |
| Serbia | | | X |
| Slovenia | C | | |
| Sweden | C | X | 2 |
| Switzerland | | | X |
| Ukraine | C | | |

## Broadcast in non-participating countries

| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Year(s) |
| Australia | Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) | 1986 |
| Australia | Un­known | 2004 |
| Canada | TV5 Québec Canada | 1992, 1998 |
| Canada | Un­known | 2004 |
| Iceland | Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) | 1996, 2002, 2008–2012 |

## List of winners
### By contest

| Year | Date | Host City | Countries | Winner | Performer | Instrument | Piece |
| 1982 | 11 May | Manchester | 6 | Germany | Markus Pawlik | Piano | Piano Concerto No.1 by Felix Mendelssohn |
| 1984 | 22 May | Geneva | 7 | Netherlands | Isabelle van Keulen | Violin | Violin concert no. 5 op. 37 by Henri Vieuxtemps |
| 1986 | 27 May | Copenhagen | 15 | France | Sandrine Lazarides | Piano | Piano Concerto E flat by Franz Liszt |
| 1988 | 31 May | Amsterdam | 16 | Austria | Julian Rachlin | Violin | Concerto for violin and orchestra in d, op.22 by Henryk Wieniawski |
| 1990 | 29 May | Vienna | 18 | Netherlands | Niek van Oosterum [nl] | Piano | Concert for Piano and Orchestra a-minor op. 16, 1 Mov. by Edvard Grieg |
| 1992 | 9 June | Brussels | 18 | Poland | Bartłomiej Nizioł | Violin | Concerto for violin and orchestra in d major op. 77 by Johannes Brahms |
| 1994 | 14 June | Warsaw | 24 | United Kingdom | Natalie Clein | Cello | Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85, part I by Edward Elgar |
| 1996 | 12 June | Lisbon | 22 | Germany | Julia Fischer | Violin | Havanaise in E major, op. 83 by Camille Saint-Saëns |
| 1998 | 4 June | Vienna | 18 | Austria | Lidia Baich [de] | Violin | Violin Concerto no. 5, 1st Mov. by Henri Vieuxtemps |
| 2000 | 15 June | Bergen | 24 | Poland | Stanisław Drzewiecki | Piano | Piano Concerto in E minor, op. 11, 3rd movement by Frederic Chopin |
| 2002 | 19 June | Berlin | 20 | Austria | Dalibor Karvay | Violin | Carmen Fantasie by Franz Waxman |
| 2004 | 27 May | Lucerne | 17 | Austria | Alexandra Soumm | Violin | Violin Concerto No.1 (1st Movement) by Niccolò Paganini |
| 2006 | 12 May | Vienna | 18 | Sweden | Andreas Brantelid | Cello | Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 1st movement by Joseph Haydn |
| 2008 | 9 May | Vienna | 16 | Greece | Dionysis Grammenos [el] | Clarinet | Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, 4th movement by Jean Françaix |
| 2010 | 14 May | Vienna | 15 | Slovenia | Eva Nina Kozmus | Flute | Concerto for flute, III. mov. Allegro scherzando by Jacques Ibert |
| 2012 | 11 May | Vienna | 14 | Norway | Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad [no] | Viola | Viola concerto, 2 & 3 mov. by Béla Bartók |
| 2014 | 31 May | Cologne | 14 | Austria | Ziyu He | Violin | 2. Violinkonzert by Béla Bartók |
| 2016 | 3 September | Cologne | 11 | Poland | Łukasz Dyczko [pl] | Saxophone | Rhapsody pour Saxophone alto by André Waignein |
| 2018 | 23 August | Edinburgh | 18 | Russia | Ivan Bessonov | Piano | 3rd mvt from Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| 2022 | 23 July | Montpellier | 9 | Czech Republic | Daniel Matejča | Violin | 3rd and 4th mvt Violin Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich |
| 2024 | 17 August | Bodø | 11 | Austria | Leonhard Baumgartner | Violin | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, 1st movement by Henri Vieuxtemps |

### By country

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.
| Country | | | | Total | Years won |
| Austria | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 198819982002200420142024 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 199220002016 |
| Germany | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 19821996 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19841990 |
| Norway | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2012 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2010 |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1994 |
| France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1986 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2022 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2018 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2006 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2008 |
| Finland | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |