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National participation in the contest

Monaco has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 24 times since its debut in The country's only win in the contest came in , when Séverine performed "Un banc, un arbre, une rue". As a result, Monaco was expected to host the contest in , but it ultimately declined. Monaco is the only microstate to have won the contest to date. Monaco finished last at its first contest in 1959 before achieving three top three results in the 1960s. Two of these were achieved by François Deguelt, who finished third in and second in Romuald also finished third in Severine's victory in 1971 was the first of five top four results in eight years. The others were achieved by Romuald (who returned to place fourth in ), Mary Christy who was third in , Michèle Torr, fourth in and Caline and Olivier Toussaint who were fourth in After participating in , Monaco was absent from the contest for 25 years. Monaco is the only country to have internally selected all of its participants. While some countries organise televised national finals, it is believed that TMC does not have enough funding to organise national finals. Monaco returned to the contest for three years from to but failed to qualify for the final on all three occasions. The Monégasque broadcaster then withdrew from the contest, stating that regional voting patterns in the contest have effectively given Monaco no chance of qualifying for the final.

Monaco participated in the contest 21 times between its debut in 1959 and 1979. Afterwards the country withdrew from the contest for financial reasons and lack of interest. It only returned in 2004, 25 years after its last participation. It withdrew again in 2007, after failing to qualify for the final for three consecutive years. Monaco won the contest in with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", performed by Séverine. The Monégasque victory is rather rare in the history of Eurovision as neither the songwriter, the singer, nor musical director were from the country they represented, something which was also the case with four of 's five victories. Séverine furthermore declared to journalists that she had never set foot in Monaco, forgetting that the song's music video was filmed there. Séverine's producer was dishonest with her and stole her prize, thus she never got paid for her victory, even after suing him. Nevertheless, the singer is still a great fan of the contest. Monaco's next best placing is second place, which it has achieved once in It has placed third three times, in , and ; and last twice, in and Monaco is among the eight countries which finished last on their first participation, the others being , , , , , the and .

Monaco is the only country that has won the contest but has never organised it. After winning in 1971, the country planned to organise the as an open air show, setting the date in June rather than early spring. However, due to a lack of funding, Télé Monte Carlo sought help from the French public broadcaster, ORTF, which accepted to organise the contest. Because TMC wanted the contest to be held in Monaco while ORTF wanted it in France, negotiations never came through. Because of this, Monaco deferred the decision to the EBU. The EBU asked Spain and Germany, which respectively finished second and third at the 1971 contest, but both countries declined to host the 1972 contest. It was eventually organised by the BBC in Edinburgh. TMC had announced that it was possible Monaco would return to the contest in 2009 after a two year absence, following talks with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), as well as new voting measures implemented in the contest that year. Despite this, Monaco did not compete in Moscow in 2009. The EBU announced they would work harder to bring Monaco back into the contest in alongside other lapsed participants. The former head of the Monégasque delegation Philippe Boscagli accused certain countries of geopolitical voting, alleging the existence of Eastern European, Nordic and Old European voting blocs, henceforth hindering Monaco's chances for qualification. With regards to the non qualification of the Monégasque entry in 2006, "La Coco Dance", he claimed that the audience voted more for the show than the song. Furthermore, TMC is now part of the TF1 Group, the leading private broadcaster in France, and is now available everywhere in France. TMC programs no longer revolve around the principality. As TF1 Group is the biggest competitor to the French public channels, it is unlikely that TMC would again broadcast the contest. When TMC did so between 2004 and 2006, its audience was much smaller than the one of the French public channel. In those years, it was the government and the municipality of Monaco who chose the contestant and funded the delegation, while it is usually the responsibility of a broadcaster or a producer.

On 22 November 2021, L'Observateur de Monaco reported that 100,000 Euros have been allocated towards "initiating the application of the Principality to the Eurovision 2023 competition" in the state budget for 2022. Monaco’s potential return to the contest would have required co operation between the Monégasque government and broadcaster TMC which is owned by France's TF1 Group, however, in December 2021, the Monégasque government announced the launch of a new national public broadcaster, TVMonaco, which would be fully owned by the government, opening up a possibility of Monaco returning to the contest under the sponsorship of the Monégasque government starting in However, the channel's launch was later delayed to 1 September 2023. Upon its launch, TVMonaco became a member of Monaco Media Diffusion, the broadcasting company which represents Monaco in the EBU, meaning that the country is, starting in 2024, once again eligible to participate in Eurovision events. However, TVMonaco decided against taking part in the The broadcaster's editor in chief, Frédéric Cauderlier, ascribed the decision to the tight deadline and to being forced to concentrate on other matters in the early stages of the launch. The broadcaster gained full independent EBU membership in late March 2024.

+ Heads of delegation Year Head of delegation Ref. (Reference) Philippe Boscagli

+ Conductors Year Conductor Ref. (Reference) Franck Pourcel Raymond Lefèvre Jean Claude Petit colspan="2" [[TMC (TV channel)Radio Monte Carlo rowspan="2" rowspan="12" [[TMC (TV channel) [[TMC (TV channel)Radio Monte Carlo Robert Beauvais Robert Beauvais rowspan="15" rowspan="3" Sophie Hecquet rowspan="5" – colspan="2" TMC Monte Carlo fr Anne Allegrini Bernard Montiel and fr Bernard Montiel and fr Églantine Éméyé – colspan="2"