Lebanon

Lebanon debuted in the 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 and  editions and didn't return until the. Lebanon continued to participate until the, where despite selecting Haifa Wehbe with the song "MJK", the country was disqualified due to a supposed scandal with their delegation at the time.

Upon its return in the with a new delegation, Lebanon achieved its first victory scoring 377 points with the song "Almost Lover" performed by Shirin and the country went on to host the  in Beirut.

Two editions later in the, 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.