Under the official rules released on 24 November 2011 , the number of participants in the final was raised to 26 , including the host nation , the " Big Five " , and the ten qualifiers from each semi-final . This was the second time in the Eurovision Song Contest that 26 countries were in the final , the first being the 2003 Contest
2003 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Eurovision Song Contest 2012