Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is open to members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), of which Andorra has been a member since 2002 through Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA). Interest in Andorran participation in the contest was first raised in 2003, when the country's then-head of government Marc Forné Molné indicated his agreement for the country to enter the contest, seeing it as a way to raise their profile at a reasonable cost. Andorra Televisió subsequently broadcast live as a passive participant, a prerequisite step for participation in the following year's event under the rules of the contest in place at the time. RTVA later confirmed their intent to submit an entry for the , with backing from the Andorran government and an assurance that the Catalan language would be represented in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time.