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National selection refer to the process in which a participant broadcaster of the annual Eurovision Song Contest select the song and artist(s) that will represent its country in the contest.[1]
The two principal ways for broadcasters to select their entries are open selections (national finals) and closed selections (internal selections).[1] Since the introduction of semi-finals in the 2004 contest – due to the extensive amount of participants – and the rule of the "Big Five" countries (applied to the broadcasters from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom),[2][3] a wide range of broadcasters have often alternated between national finals and internal selections based on final placing at the previous contests.