 Thirty @-@ seven countries participated in the 2014 Contest . Bulgarian broadcaster Bulgarian National Television ( BNT ) , Croatian broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija ( HRT ) , Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ( CyBC ) and Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia ( RTS ) withdrew from the 2014 contest . Other absent countries that previously have participated are Andorra , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Czech Republic , Luxembourg , Monaco , Morocco , Slovakia and Turkey . Portugal have also in the past withdrew from the contest . Poland returned after last participating in 2011 . 
