Lebanon

Lebanon debuted in the first edition of the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest. The Lebanese broadcaster, LBCI, has been in charge of the country's participation since the first edition. The broadcaster has selected most of their entries internally but has also used a national final.

History
Lebanon was one of the 15 countries that took part in the first edition. The first Lebanese entry in the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest was Yasmine Hamdan with the song "Balad". The song placed 14th with 53 points.

The country was absent from the second and third editions and didn't return until the fourth edition. Lebanon continued to participate until the seventh edition, where despite selecting Haifa Wehbe with the song "MJK", the country was disqualified due to a scandal with the head of delegation at the time.

Upon its return in the eighth edition with a new head of delegation, Lebanon achieved its first victory scoring 377 points with the song "Almost Lover" performed by Shirin.

Three editions later in the eleventh edition, the broadcaster selected global superstar Shakira with her song "Whenever, Wherever" to represent the nation where she placed second with 283 points – 2 points behind winning country Romania.