Belgium will stay in Eurovision and will call for changes within the EBU

Published 2026-10-27

Belgium's public broadcaster has confirmed that the country will continue to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. In addition, the broadcaster has explained that it wants to keep supporting and pushing for the necessary changes within the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organisation that runs the contest.

The EBU is an association of public television and radio broadcasters from Europe and other countries around the Mediterranean and North Africa. Each year, this organisation coordinates the most-watched music festival on the continent. For that reason, the decisions taken within the EBU affect all the broadcasters that take part, including Televisión Española (TVE), which is also part of the contest.

In recent months, the festival has been at the centre of a debate about how it operates and about the participation of some countries. Several broadcasters have called for greater transparency and clear rules for making decisions. The Belgian broadcaster has made it clear that its position is not to leave the competition, but to work from within to improve how the event is organised.

For Spanish audiences, Eurovision is a very important event every spring, with large audiences on television and social media. Belgium's decision shows that, for now, most broadcasters want to keep the festival and negotiate changes rather than leave it. It remains to be seen which reforms will be approved in the coming months.

Sources: Eurovision-Spain

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