| Retrica Song Contest 5 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final date | 2019 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Germany |
| Host broadcaster | NDR |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 24 |
| Debuting countries |  Czech Republic Luxembourg Poland Portugal Scotland Spain Ukraine United States
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| Returning countries |  Austria
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| Withdrawing countries |  Armenia Belarus Estonia Kazakhstan Liberland
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite countries. |
| Retrica Song Contest | |
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The Retrica Song Contest 5 will be the fifth edition of the Retrica Song Contest.
Format[]
On 12 December 2018, the CCU announced that the United States would debut in the fifth edition, as the associate country of the edition. The CCU also stated that should the US achieve a top three placement, they would have a chance to defend their entry, otherwise a new country would be chosen.
However, the CCU later stated that due to broadcaster disengagements, that the United States could be replaced by interested broadcaster SBS from Australia, as reported. The CCU later stated that such were only rumors and that United States would remain the foreign participating country of the edition.
Location[]
Participating countries[]
| No. | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
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| Austria
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German | |||||
 Belgium
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German | |||||
 Croatia
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| Czech Republic
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German | |||||
 Denmark
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Laban | "Kold som is" | Danish | |||
 England
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The Verve | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | English | |||
 France
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French | |||||
 Germany
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Lucilectric | "Mädchen" | German | |||
 Iceland
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 Ireland
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English | |||||
 Latvia
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| Luxembourg
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German | |||||
 Netherlands
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2 Unlimited | "No Limit" | English | |||
| Poland
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| Portugal
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 Norway
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 Russia
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Ruki Vverh! | "Pesenka" | Russian | |||
 San Marino
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Italian | |||||
| Scotland
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English | |||||
| Spain
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Spanish | |||||
 Sweden
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Pernilla Wahlgren | "Svindlande affärer" | Swedish | |||
 Switzerland
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German | |||||
| Ukraine
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| United States
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English |
Other countries[]
Eligibility for potential participation in the Retrica Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active CCU membership, or a special invitation from the CCU as was the case with Australia, South Africa and South Korea in Country Contest in the past. It is currently unknown whether the CCU issue invitations of participation to all 56 active members like they do for the Country Contest.
Active CCU members[]
Kosovo – On 20 December 2018, RTK stated that they were not interested in debuting in the current edition, but would pursue future editions.- Liechtenstein – On 17 December 2018, 1FLTV expressed interest in participating, but later ruled it out due to participation fees.
