Own Eurovision Song Contest 57

Own Eurovision Song Contest 57, often referred to as OESC #57, is the 57th edition of Own Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place in TBD, Cyprus, following the country's victory in the 56th edition with the song "Throne" by Andrew Lambrou. It was the first time Cyprus had hosted the contest.

Location
Further information on the host country: Cyprus

Host City
Coming soon

Venue
Coming soon

Semi-final Allocation Draw
Coming soon

Other countries
Eligibility for potential participation in the Own Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active OEBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. As in every edition, an invitation to all the members has been sent in order to confirm whether they will participate or not. The following list of countries declined to state their reasons as shown below.

Active members

 * ORF, the Austrian broadcaster confirmed country's participation, however they failed to submit an entry in time and was not present in the final list of participants.
 * The Czech broadcaster Česká televize failed to release a statement regarding their participation in this edition. However the head of delegation later announced that a return in the next edition edition was not ruled out.
 * Estonian Public Broadcasting responsible for country's participation in the contest didn't respond to the invitation that was sent by the OEBU, thus not being present in the final list of participants.
 * The head of delegation stated that the country would withdraw from the contest due to them leaving the position. A return in the next edition is not ruled out as a new HoD is expected to be hired by then.
 * Despite earlier confirming participation, Israel announced they will take a one-edition break, with a return expected in the next edition.
 * After being confirmed for the contest when the list of participants was announced, their broadcaster was unable to submit an entry by the deadline and were forced to withdraw, despite being directly qualified to the grand final.
 * The delegation responsible for country's participation in the contest didn't respond to the invitation that was sent by the OEBU, thus not being present in the final list of participants.

Associate members

 * The Åland Islander population is glad to return to the contest after being robbed of their rightful spot in the contest. The HoD is very upset the Åland Islands does not get a full membership and can not borrow from Sweden or Finland even though more populous countries like all of the countries that are allowed to borrow but in the end better something than nothing and the Åland Islands does not have a complete lack of talent.
 * The Manx broadcaster Isle of Man Television applied for OEBU membership, and wished to enter Isle of Man into the contest after an increase of interest from local artists. So far the broadcaster is just an associate broadcaster but is hopeful to enter the contest in the future.
 * The head of delegation announced their decision to join the Associate Broadcasters list, citing "high public interest" and "in desperate need of more income from TV licenses" as the main reasons.