section_path: Members/Associate members
section_name: Associate members
paragraph_text: Associate members
  
  Any group or organisation from an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) member country, which provides a radio or television service outside of the European Broadcasting Area, is permitted to submit applications to the EBU for Associate Membership.
  
  It is also noted by the EBU that any broadcaster that is granted Associate Member status does not gain access into Eurovision events – notable exceptions being those from Australia, who have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2015 and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest between 2015 and 2019; Canada, who participated in the Eurovision Young Dancers between 1987 and 1989; and Kazakhstan, who participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest between 2018 and 2022 – all of which were individually invited.
  
  The list of Associate Members of EBU comprised the following 32 broadcasting companies from 21 countries as of December 2023.