Fantasia Contest 24

The Fantasia Contest 24 will be the twenty-fourth edition of the Fantasia Contest. It will likely take place in Taslana, after their victory in the twenty-third edition.

Format
The competition consisted of three semi-finals and a final. The countries with the highest score in each semi-final qualified to participate in the final, alongside the big five, the countries that were in the top 5 in the previous edition.

Other countries
To be eligible to participate in the Fantasia Contest, a country is required to be an active member of the Fantasia Broadcasting Association (FBA). The FBA issued an invitation to all active members of the FBA to participate in the contest.

Active FBA members

 * : On January 15th 2021, Ka'a and Kehbe announced that they would take a break from the contest, citing lack of public interest, poorly received results, the hosting of the World Darts Championship and the redistribution of funds to upcoming music shows as the reasons of their withdrawal. A return in the future has not been ruled out but seems unlikely as of now.
 * : Sylvan failed to submit a valid entry in time and was fined and forced to withdraw from the edition by the FBA.
 * A total of five countries announced their permanent withdrawal from the competition, all citing various reasons for their withdrawals with a general lack of interest for the contest being one of the common reasons. These countries are: