La selezione dei partecipanti all’Eurovision Song Contest spetta alle emittenti televisive competenti dei singoli stati. A loro spetta la scelta del metodo di selezione: una selezione interna (quindi cantante e/o brano vengono scelti dall’emittente stessa), come accade solitamente per San Marino o Australia, oppure può organizzare un festival musicale (il pubblico sceglie un vincitore che viene invitato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest), come accade in Norvegia (Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), Svezia (Melodifestivalen), Italia (Festival di Sanremo), Grecia (Ellinikós Telikós) e molti altri. Il vincitore dell’eventuale festival però non è obbligato a partecipare all’Eurovision Song Contest né tanto meno è obbligato ad esibirsi con la canzone vincitrice, ad esempio Iva Zanicchi ha vinto il Festival di Sanremo nel 1969, in coppia con Bobby Solo, con la canzone “Zingara”, ma all’Eurovision Song Contest si presentò da sola con il brano “Due grosse lacrime bianche”. Con il tempo buona parte delle emittenti sta abbandonando la selezione interna in favore del festival musicale.

I partecipanti non devono obbligatoriamente avere vincoli di nazionalità (ad esempio nel 1988 la Svizzera vinse con la cantante canadese Céline Dion) e le canzoni non hanno restrizioni riguardanti la lingua (anche se nelle prime edizioni vigeva un obbligo di cantare in una delle lingue ufficiali del proprio paese).

L’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 sarà la 70ª edizione dell’annuale concorso canoro. Il concorso si svolgerà presso la Wiener Stadthalle a Vienna, in Austria, dal 12 al 16 maggio 2026, in seguito alla vittoria di JJ con la canzone “Wasted Love” nell’edizione precedente; sarà la terza edizione a svolgersi nella capitale austriaca, dopo quelle del 1967 e 2015. Il concorso si articolerà, come dal 2008, in due semifinali e una finale.

Il 28 giugno 2025 sono stati annunciati i membri dello staff organizzativo dell’evento: Michael Krön (già produttore del campionato europeo di calcio 2024) sarà il produttore esecutivo dell’evento, mentre la regia sarà affidata a Stefan Zechner (capo delegazione dell’Austria all’Eurovision Song Contest). Ad essi si aggiungono Daniel Hack come direttore artistico, Christine Tichy come produttore tecnico, Oliver Lingens come responsabile dell’evento, Iris Keutter come responsabile delle finanze e Martin Szerencsi come responsabile legale.

Il 16 dicembre 2025 è stata presentata la scenografia, curata dal tedesco Florian Wieder (già ideatore di altre otto scenografie della manifestazione). Il palcoscenico, ispirato al movimento della secessione viennese, è evidenziato da un enorme struttura centrale a LED che viene circondato da un arco di luci e da una struttura elaborata rialzata.

Il 29 gennaio 2026, sono stati annunciati i conduttori dell’evento: la cantante, presentatrice e imprenditrice austriaca Victoria Swarovski e l’attore, sceneggiatore e presentatore austriaco Michael Ostrowski.

Il sistema di voto del concorso è stato nuovamente modificato, riprendendo in parte il modello adottato fino all’edizione 2022: durante le semifinali sarà reintrodotto il voto delle giurie nazionali, che si affiancherà al televoto per determinare i paesi finalisti, 10 per ogni semifinale; il medesimo meccanismo sarà applicato anche per la serata finale. La composizione delle giurie nazionali verrà ampliata da cinque a sette membri, con l’obbligo di includere due giurati di età compresa tra i 18 e i 25 anni e prevedendo una gamma più estesa di qualifiche professionali rispetto alle edizioni precedenti. Per quanto riguarda il televoto, il numero massimo di voti esprimibili da ciascuna utenza tramite pagamento online è stato ridotto da 20 a 10. È inoltre stato introdotto un nuovo regolamento volto a vietare alle emittenti partecipanti l’impiego di “campagne promozionali sproporzionate”, in particolare quelle condotte da terze parti, come governi locali o aziende pubblicitarie.

Come già avviene dall’edizione 2023, lo slogan è ‘United by Music’. Il 18 agosto 2025, in occasione della 70ª edizione della manifestazione europea, l’EBU-UER ha presentato una nuova versione grafica del logo ufficiale. Nello stesso giorno è stato svelato anche il logo specifico dell’edizione, costituito dal numero 70, in cui lo zero è stilizzato a forma di cuore per richiamare l’emblema principale del concorso, denominato Chameleon Heart.

Dopo la vittoria austriaca all’edizione 2025, ospitata dalla città svizzera di Basilea, la delegazione austriaca ha espresso l’interesse dell’emittente pubblica ÖRF a organizzare la manifestazione musicale. A stretto giro ha seguito l’interesse a ospitare l’evento di diverse città tra cui Ebreichsdorf (Comer City), Graz (Stadthalle Graz), Innsbruck (Olympiahalle), Linz-Wels (Messe Wels), Oberwart (Messe Inform), Sankt Pölten (VAZ) e Vienna (Wiener Stadthalle). Le città di Klagenfurt e Salisburgo, invece, hanno annunciato che non avrebbero preso parte al bando, entrambe citando gli alti costi relativi all’organizzazione del concorso.

Il 2 giugno 2025 l’ÖRF ha annunciato e presentato il bando per ospitare la manifestazione, tramite il quale tutte le città interessate avrebbero potuto presentare ufficialmente la propria candidatura entro il successivo 4 luglio. Le prime città a confermare le proprie candidature per ospitare l’evento sono state Vienna e Linz-Wels, seguite da Innsbruck, mentre Ebreichsdorf e Oberwart hanno ritirato le loro candidature poiché non rispettavano i criteri per ospitare l’evento. Il successivo 27 giugno anche Graz ritirò la sua candidatura citando gli alti costi relativi all’organizzazione. Il 1º luglio la candidatura congiunta Linz-Wels è stata successivamente ritirata, dopo che una valutazione tecnica dell’infrastruttura ha fatto emergere che essa non rispettava i requisiti per ospitare l’evento.

Il 20 agosto 2025, sul canale YouTube ufficiale della manifestazione canora, è stato confermato che la sede dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 sarebbe stata la Wiener Stadthalle di Vienna.

Articolazione del processo. Il processo di selezione della scelta si è articolato nel seguente modo: le città interessate prenderanno visione dei criteri fondamentali per ospitare la manifestazione; alle stesse città saranno poi concesse quattro settimane per preparare i propri piani e progetti per ospitare l’evento; nel mese di luglio l’emittente organizzatrice valuterà le candidature in base ai criteri fondamentali; entro la metà di luglio l’emittente organizzatrice visiterà le città selezionate e i progetti preparati saranno inviati all’Unione europea di radiodiffusione che decentrerà, di concerto con le emittenti organizzatrici ed entro il mese di agosto, la città ospitante.

Criteri fondamentali: la sede deve essere al coperto, dotata di aria condizionata secondo gli standard vigenti, e inoltre ben perimetrabile; la sede deve avere una capacità al 70% della capienza massima compresa tra gli 8 000 e i 10 000 spettatori; la sede deve essere dotata di un’area principale che consenta la realizzazione di un allestimento di alto livello con altezze disponibili di almeno 18 metri, buone capacità di carico sul tetto e facile accesso al carico; la sede deve essere disponibile per sei settimane prima dell’evento, le due settimane dello show e quella successiva per il disallestimento; la sede deve avere a disposizione una vicina sala stampa che possa accogliere almeno 1 000 giornalisti; la sede deve avere aree a raso e di facile accesso, contigue e integrate nel perimetro dell’infrastruttura per il supporto tecnico-logistico di 5 000 metri quadrati; la città deve avere a disposizione oltre 2 000 camere d’albergo nelle aree contigue all’evento; la città deve avere un aeroporto internazionale lontano non più di un’ora e mezza dalla sede dell’evento.

Eurovision Song Contest 2025 ← Eurovision Song Contest 2026 → Eurovision Song Contest 2027

Eurovision Song Contest 2026 – Participation summaries by country

All participants • First Semi-Final • Second Semi-Final • Grand Final

• 1. Bulgaria • 2. Azerbaijan • 3. Romania • 4.🇱🇺 Luxembourg • 5.🇨🇿 Czechia • 6.🇦🇲 Armenia • 7. Switzerland • 8. Cyprus • 9.🇱🇻 Latvia • 10.🇩🇰 Denmark • 11.🇦🇺 Australia • 12. Ukraine • 13.🇦🇱 Albania • 14.🇲🇹 Malta • 15. Norway

Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Bulgarian National Television (BNT)
• Country: Bulgaria
• National selection – Selection process: Natsionalnata selektsiya 2026 (Natsionalna Selektsiya za Evroviziya 2026, Националната селекция 2026) 
• Selection date(s): Artist: Semi-final: 24 January 2026, 20:00 – 23:00 CET; Final: 31 January 2026, 20:00 – 22:21 CET Ι Song: 28 February 2026, 20:00 – 21:50 CET
• Host venue: BNT, Studio 1, Sofia
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): Georgi Lyubenov (Георги Любенов), Boryana Gramatikova (Боряна Граматикова), Vladimira Ilieva (Владимира Илиева) (backstage)
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: Artist: Semifinal: 5-member jury (1-5 points to each artist), Online voting (15, 14, 13, …, 1 points) (15 artists performed a previously released song of theirs, 8 artists qualified for the Artist Selection Final on 31 January); Final: 5-member jury (1-5 points to each artist), Online voting (8, 7, 6, …, 1 points) (8 artists perform a previously released song (different song than in the previous show), The artist with the highest points will represent Bulgaria at Eurovision 2026) Ι Song: 50% 10-member jury (3, 2, 1 points), 50% Online voting (3, 2, 1 points)
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Dara
• Selection song: “Bangaranga”
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Anne Judith Wik, Cristian Tarcea, Darina Yotova, Dimitris Kontopoulos Ι Lyricist: Anne Judith Wik, Cristian Tarcea, Darina Yotova, Dimitris Kontopoulos
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 1º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Internal selection 2022 ← Natsionalnata selektsiya 2026 → Natsionalnata selektsiya 2027

Bulgaria is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Bangaranga”, written by Anne Judith Wik, Cristian Tarcea, Darina Yotova and Dimitris Kontopoulos, and performed by Yotova under her stage name Dara. The Bulgarian participating broadcaster, Bulgarian National Television (BNT), organised Natsionalnata selektsiya in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Bulgaria fourteen times since its first entry in 2005. Its best result in the contest was second, which it achieved in 2017 with the song “Beautiful Mess” performed by Kristian Kostov. To this point, it had achieved another two top five placings at the contest: in 2007 when “Water” performed by Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov placed fifth and in 2016 when “If Love Was a Crime” performed by Poli Genova placed fourth. In 2022, Bulgaria failed to qualify for the final with the song “Intention” performed by Intelligent Music Project.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, BNT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has used various methods to select its entry in the past, including the national final Bŭlgarskata pesen v „Evroviziya” between 2005 and 2013 (used only to select the song in 2010 and 2013, with the artists internally selected), as well as full internal selections between 2016 and 2018, in 2021 and 2022. Bulgaria did not participate in the contest in 2014, 2015, 2019, and between 2023 and 2025; its most recent absence was originally motivated by financial constraints. On 31 October 2025, BNT announced it would return to the contest in 2026.^[4] The following day, Fakti.bg reported that the broadcaster would have organized a national final to select its entry for the contest; the organization of a national final was confirmed on 18 November 2025, but it was not specified whether it would concern only the artist or both the artist and the song.

Before Eurovision.

Natsionalnata selektsiya2026. Natsionalnata selektsiya (Националната селекция) was the national final format developed by BNT in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The event took place at BNT Studio 1 in Sofia, on the 31 January and 28 February 2026, to determine the artist and song respectively. All shows, which was broadcast on BNT 1, as well as online via the broadcaster’s website bnt.bg, was hosted by Georgi Lyubenov and Boryana Gramatikova, with Vladimira Ilieva serving as backstage host.

Format. The selection of the Bulgarian Eurovision entry took place over two stages. The first stage was the artist selection, which consisted of two televised shows on 24 and 31 January 2026, and involved 15 competing acts performing their own previous songs. In the first show, all 15 artists competed and eight acts were selected to advance to the second show based on the combination of votes from the public and a five-member expert jury. Each juror awarded a score from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) to each artist, while the public vote awarded a set of points from 1 (lowest) to 15 (highest). Initially, seven artists that had the highest number of points were supposed to advance, but due to a tie between two acts, both were selected to proceed. In the second show, the eight remaining artists were voted upon by the combination of the public vote and five-member expert jury in order to select the winning artist. Each juror awarded a score from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) to each artist, while the public vote awarded a set of points from 1 (lowest) to 8 (highest); the artist that had the highest number of combined points was declared the winner. The second stage was the song selection, which took place on 28 February 2026, which featured the winning artist performing three candidate songs. The winning song was selected via the 50/50 combination of votes from a public vote and a ten-member expert jury. Each juror awarded a score from 1 (lowest) to 3 (highest) to each song, and a set of points from 1 to 3 was distributed based on ranking of the combined scores. The public vote awarded an additional set of points from 1 to 3, and the song with the highest number of combined points was declared the winner. Viewers were able to cast a vote via BNT’s website during all shows.

Competing entries. On 18 November 2025, BNT signed an agreement with Prophon to jointly select the competing artists for the national final, with acts invited based on data provided by Prophon on the Top 40 ranking of the most played artists on digital platforms in Bulgaria over the preceding eight months. The 15 competing acts were selected by a panel consisting of representatives of BNT and Prophon, and announced on 30 December 2025.

Natsionalnata selektsiya participating artists 

DARA (Дара), Dara Ekimova (Дара Екимова), DIA, Elizabet, Fiki (Фики), Innerglow, Kerana and Kosmonavtite (Керана и космонавтите), Mihaela Marinova (Михаела Маринова), Mihaela Fileva (Михаела Филева), Molets (Молец), MONA, Preyah (Прея), Roksana (Роксана), VALL, Veniamin (Вениамин)

Artistn selection. The artist selection stage consisted of two shows that took place on 24 and 31 January 2026. In the first show, eight artists instead of seven qualified to the second show due to a tie between Roksana and Innerglow, following the combination of votes awarded by a public vote and a five-member jury panel. In the second show, Dara was selected as the winning artist by the combination of votes awarded by the public and jury. The jury consisted of Milen Mitev, Vasil Petrov, Toni Dimitrova, Rushi Vidinliev and Petar Dundakov in the first show, and Nina Nikolina, Lubo Kirov, Bogdana Karadocheva, Krisko and Victoria Chalkitis in the second show.

In addition to the competing artists, guest performers in the first show were former Bulgarian Eurovision entrants – Kristian Kostov (2017), Victoria Georgieva (2021) and Krisia Todorova (Junior 2014), while guest performers in the second show were Ivo Dimchev, Nevena Tsoneva, Eldar Gasimov (who won Eurovision for Azerbaijan in 2011 alongside Nigar Jamal), and Alis and Aidan (who would respectively represent Albania and Malta in 2026).

Show 1 – 24 January 2026

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Public vote		Total	Place
				Votes	Points
1	Kerana and Kosmonavtite (Керана и Космонавтите (Kerana i Kosmonavtite))	“Zhiva” (Жива)	23	5,291	10	33	6
2	Elizabet	“Nostalgiya” (Носталгия)	18	700	1	19	15
3	Molets (Молец)	“Veche znam” (Вече знам)	24	8,603	12	36	3
4	Dara Ekimova (Дара Екимова)	“Disham” (Дишам)	21	3,110	4	25	12
5	Dia	“Grekhove” (Грехове)	18	2,144	3	21	13
6	Mihaela Marinova (Михаела Маринова)	“Strah ot samota” (Страх от самота)	24	9,973	13	37	2
7	Preyah (Прея)	“MÓMA” (Мома)	24	5,557	11	35	4
8	Veniamin (Вениамин)	“Da buda tvoi” (Да бъда твой)	21	3,275	5	26	11
9	VALL	“Poslednata sulza” (Последната сълза)	19	937	2	21	13
10	Fiki (Фики)	“Rise Up” / “Я изгрей, Слънце” (Ya Izgrei, Slantse)	21	4,050	7	28	9
11	Mihaela Fileva (Михаела Филева)	“Prilivi i otlivi” (Приливи и отливи)	22	3,654	6	28	9
12	Mona	“Zhiva” (Жива)	19	15,506	15	34	5
13	Roksana (Роксана)	“Sae roma” /Ederlezi)	23	4,665	8	31	7
14	DARA	“Nishto poveche” (Нищо повече)	25	15,477	14	39	1
15	Innerglow	“Chained in Love”	22	5,003	9	31	7

Show 2 – 31 January 2026

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Public vote		Total	Place
				Votes	Points
1	Roksana (Роксана)	“Kalimanku denku” (Калиманку денку)	16	2,997	1	17	8
2	MONA	“Sila” (Сила)	17	18,211	6	23	3
3	Preyah (Прея)	“Edelvais” (Еделвайс)	18	5,677	3	21	5
4	Mihaela Marinova (Михаела Маринова)	“Under Pressure”	19	19,845	7	26	2
5	Molets (Молец (Molec) (Ft. Мистерията на българските гласове (The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices))	“Vyatura” (Вятъра)	17	9,952	4	21	6
6	Dara	“Thunder”	22	21,267	8	30	1
7	Innerglow	“Znak” (Знак)	16	3,743	2	18	7
8	Kerana and Kosmonavtite (Керана и Космонавтите, Kerana i Kosmonavtite)	“Nyama” (Няма)	18	10,104	5	23	4

Song selection. The song selection show took place on 28 February 2026, where the winning artist, Dara, performed three candidate songs. The winning song, “Bangaranga”, was selected by the 50/50 combination of votes awarded by a public vote and a ten-member jury panel. The jury consisted of Milen Mitev, Vasil Petrov, Toni Dimitrova, Rushi Vidinliev, Petar Dundakov, Nina Nikolina, Lubo Kirov, Bogdana Karadocheva, Krisko and Victoria Chalkitis.

In addition to the competing songs, guest performers were Bion, Rob Money, Bon-Bon (which represented Bulgaria in Junior Eurovision 2007), Deep Zone Project (which represented Bulgaria in 2008), Senhit (who represented San Marino in 2021 and would soon be selected to be their 2026 representative as well), and Eva Marija (who would represent Luxembourg in 2026).

Song selection – 28 February 2026

Draw	Song	Songwriter(s)	Jury		Public vote		Total	Place
			Votes	Points	Votes	Points
1	“This Is Me”	Alma Dowdall, Darina Yotova, Dimitris Kontopoulos, Sharon Vaughn	12	1	1,075	1	2	3
2	“Curse”	Dimitris Kontopoulos, Sharon Vaughn	18	2	1,422	2	4	2
3	“Bangaranga”	Anne Judith Wik, Cristian Tarcea, Darina Yotova, Dimitris Kontopoulos	30	3	19,119	3	6	1

(it) La prima edizione di Nacionalnata Selekcija (in cirillico: Националната Селекция) si è svolta dal 24 gennaio al 28 febbraio 2026 e ha selezionato il rappresentante della Bulgaria all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 a Vienna, in Austria. La vincitrice è stata Dara con Bangaranga.

Il 31 ottobre 2025 l’emittente Bălgarska Nacionalna Televizija (BNT) ha confermato la sua partecipazione all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026, la prima dopo il ritiro avvenuto dopo l’edizione del 2022. Dopo alcune speculazioni, il successivo 18 novembre ha annunciato l’utilizzo di una selezione nazionale, per la prima volta dal 2013, per la scelta del proprio rappresentante nazionale. La competizione è stata suddivisa in tre serate: due turni preliminari dedicati alla selezione dell’artista, che si sono tenuti presso gli studi televisivi della BNT a Sofia il 24 e il 31 gennaio 2026, e una serata finale per determinare il brano eurovisivo su tre possibili proposte, andato in onda il successivo 28 febbraio. I risultati sono stati determinati da un voto combinato di una giuria di esperti — suddivisa in due gruppi per ciascuna serata durante la selezione dell’artista, e successivamente riunita per la scelta del brano — e del voto del pubblico tramite televoto sul sito dell’emittente.

La giuria che ha votato nella prima e nella terza serata è stata composta da: Toni Dimitrova, cantante; Milen Mitev, direttore generale di BNR; Vasil Petrov, cantante; Petăr Dundako, paroliere; Ruši Vidinliev, cantante e attore.

La giuria che ha votato nella seconda serata e nella terza è stata composta da: Nina Nikolina, cantautrice e paroliera; Ljubo Kirov, cantante, musicista e imprenditore; Bogdana Karadočeva, cantante; Kristian “Krisko” Talev, rapper e cantante; Viktōria Chalkitī, cantante e insegnante di canto.

L’emittente BNT, in collaborazione con la Prophon, ha selezionato i quindici partecipanti basandosi sui risultati della classifica Top 40 degli artisti più trasmessi sulle piattaforme digitali negli ultimi otto mesi. La lista degli artisti in gara è stata rivelata il 30 dicembre 2025.

La selezione dell’artista si è svolta in due serate, il 24 ed il 31 gennaio 2026, e ha visto i 15 partecipanti sfidarsi per gli 8 posti destinati per la finalissima. Durante questa fase ciascuno degli artisti partecipanti doveva esibirsi su un pezzo della propria discografia, con il voto della giuria di esperti (ove ogni membro può esprimere un voto da uno a cinque) e del televoto che ha determinato il rappresentante nazionale.

La prima serata, che ha funto da semifinale, si è svolta il 24 gennaio 2026 presso gli studi televisivi della BNT a Sofia ed stata presentata da Georgi Ljubenov e Borjana Gramatikova, con Vladimira Ilieva come inviata nella green room. Durante la serata si sono esibiti come ospiti Kristian Kostov, Viktorija Georgieva e Krisija Todorova, rispettivamente rappresentati della Bulgaria all’Eurovision Song Contest 2017, 2021 e al Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Ad accedere alla fase finale sono stati Kerana & Kosmonavitite, i Molec, Preyah, Mihaela Marinova, Mona, Roksana, Dara e gli Innerglow; La seconda serata, che ha funto da finale, si è svolta il 31 gennaio 2026 presso gli studi televisivi della BNT a Sofia ed è stata presentata da Georgi Ljubenov e Borjana Gramatikova, con Vladimira Ilieva come inviata nella green room. Durante la serata si sono esibiti come ospiti Eldar Qasımov, Alis e Aidan, rispettivamente vincitore dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2011, e rappresentanti dell’Albania e Malta all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Il voto combinato della giuria d’esperti e del televoto ha determinato Dara come rappresentante della Bulgaria all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

La selezione del brano, andata in onda con il sottotitolo Izbor na pesen, si è svolta il 28 febbraio 2026 presso gli studi televisivi della BNT a Sofia ed è stata presentata da Georgi Ljubenov e Borjana Gramatikova, con Vladimira Ilieva come inviata nella green room. Durante la serata si è esibita come ospite Senhit, rappresentante di San Marino all’Eurovision Song Contest 2011, 2020 e 2021, dove ha cantato Freaky!. Il voto della giuria e del televoto ha determinato Bangaranga come brano vincitore della selezione.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Bulgaria was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.

The staging of Dara’s performance at the contest will be directed by Fredrik Rydman, who has previously done so for a number of entries, most notably Sweden in 2015, Finland in 2023 and Switzerland in 2024.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Bulgaria.

Points awarded to Bulgaria (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Bulgaria.

Points awarded by Bulgaria (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Bulgaria (Final).

Detailed voting by Bulgaria.

Detailed voting results from Bulgaria (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Bulgaria (Final).

 Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: İctimai Televiziya (İTV)
• Country:  Azerbaijan
• National selection – Selection process: Internal selection
• Selection date(s): Artist: 6 March 2026 Ι Song: 9 March 2026
• Host venue: 
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): 
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: 
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: JIVA (Jamila Hashimova, Cəmilə Həşimova)
• Selection song: “Just Go” (Sadəcə çıx)
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Fuad Javadov (Fuad Cavadovdur) Ι Lyricist: Fuad Javadov (Fuad Cavadovdur)
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 2º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Internal selection 2025 ← Internal selection 2026 → Internal selection 2027

Azerbaijan is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Just Go”, written by Fuad Javadov and performed by Jiva. The Azerbaijani participating broadcaster, İctimai Televiziya (İTV), internally selected its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, İctimai Televiziya (İTV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Azerbaijan seventeen times since its first entry in 2008. It had won the contest on one occasion in 2011 with the song “Running Scared” performed by Ell and Nikki. Since its debut in 2008, it had had a string of successful results, qualifying to the final in every contest until in 2018 when it failed to qualify with the song “X My Heart” performed by Aisel. It had placed in the top ten seven times, including a third-place result in 2009 with the song “Always” performed by AySel and Arash, and a second-place result in 2013 with the song “Hold Me” performed by Farid Mammadov. In 2025, it failed to qualify to the final with the song “Run with U” performed by Mamagama.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, İTV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2026 contest on 2 September 2025. İTV had used various methods to select its entry in the past, including internal selections of both the artist and song, as well as national finals to select its artist followed by an internal selection to determine the song. Between 2011 and 2013, İTV organized a national final titled Milli seçim turu to select the performer, song or both for Eurovision. In 2014, the broadcaster utilised an existing talent show format titled Böyük səhnə where the winning performer would subsequently be given an internally selected song. Since 2015, İTV had internally selected both the artist and song, a procedure which was continued for the selection of its 2026 entry.

Before Eurovision.

Internal selection 2026. On 15 December 2025, İTV announced that both the artist and song that would represent Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 would be selected internally. Their announcement called for interested artists and songwriters to submit their applications and entries to the broadcaster by 18 January 2026. Songwriters could be of any nationality. 186 submissions were received at the closing of the deadline, 107 of which were from local songwriters.^[4] 18 acts were selected to take part in an audition round, from which three proceeded to the final stage based on the decision of a jury panel and a focus group of international music and television industry experts. 

On 6 March 2026, İTV announced that Jiva, who won the third season of The Voice of Azerbaijan, would represent Azerbaijan. The song Jiva would be performing, “Just Go”, was written by Fuad Javadov and was presented on 9 March via the release of the official music video. 

(it) Interno; cantante annunciata il 6 marzo 2026, brano presentato il 9 marzo 2026.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Azerbaijan was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Azerbaijan.

Points awarded to Azerbaijan (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Azerbaijan.

Points awarded by Azerbaijan (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Azerbaijan (Final).

Detailed voting by Azerbaijan.

Detailed voting results from Azerbaijan (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Azerbaijan (Final).

Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Televiziunea Română (TVR)
• Country: Romania
• National selection – Selection process: Selecția națională 2026
• Selection date(s): 4 March 2026, 19:00 – 21:50 CET
• Host venue: TVR Studio 3, Bucharest
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): Daniel Nuță, Giulia Nahmany, Alexandra Gavrilă (backstage), Iulian Selea (backstage), Răzvan Petre (backstage), Laura Fronoiu (public), Marius Popa (public)
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: 100% jury
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Alexandra Căpitănescu
• Selection song: “Choke Me” (Sufocă-mă)
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Alexandra Căpitănescu, Călin-Alexandru Grăjdan, Elvis Silitră, Ștefan Condrea Ι Lyricist: Alexandra Căpitănescu, Călin-Alexandru Grăjdan, Elvis Silitră, Ștefan Condrea
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 3º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Selecția Națională 2023 ← Selecția națională 2026 → Selecția națională 2027

Romania is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Choke Me”, written by Alexandra Căpitănescu, Călin-Alexandru Grăjdan, Elvis Silitră and Ștefan Condrea, and performed by Căpitănescu herself. The Romanian participating broadcaster, Televiziunea Română (TVR), organised the national final Selecția națională 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, Televiziunea Română (TVR) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Romania twenty-three times since its first entry in 1994. Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, had been third place, achieved on two occasions: in 2005 with the song “Let Me Try” performed by Luminița Anghel and Sistem and in 2010 with the song “Playing with Fire” performed by Paula Seling and Ovi. The country had never failed to qualify for the final until 2018, after which it experienced a decline in results and only qualified once in five participations. In 2023, “D.G.T. (Off and On)” performed by Theodor Andrei failed to qualify for the final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TVR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had consistently selected its entry through the format Selecția națională, consisting of televised finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. Romania did not participate in the contest in 2024 and 2025 due to financial difficulties. In April 2025, the general director of TVR, Dan Turturică, stated the country would return once the relationship between TVR and local music producers is “reset”. TVR confirmed its intention to take part in the 2026 contest on 30 October 2025, announcing in January 2026 that Selecția națională would be held again to select its entry.

Before Eurovision.

Selecția națională2026. Selecția națională2026 was the national final format developed by TVR in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The competition consisted of a semi-final phase and a final, and was held between 9 February and 4 March 2026 at the TVR studios in Bucharest. Both phases were broadcast online via the streaming platform tvrplus.ro, with the final also aired on TVR 1 and TVR Info. All broadcasts were also avalaible with optional interpretation in Romanian Sign Language by Andreea Darie, Lena Dermengiu and Marieta Negru.

Format. The selection took place in four stages: the received entries were first assessed by an expert committee on 5 and 6 February 2026; 68 of them (later reduced to 67) were selected to be performed at a semi-final, where the selected artists performed their songs in front of a jury over three days on 9, 10 and 11 February 2026 as part of a series of sessions titled Atelier deschis Eurovision 2026 (“Eurovision 2026 open workshop”), after which ten finalists were selected and announced on 12 February 2026 during the evening broadcast of the news program Telejurnal; as part of an online wildcard round, two additional finalists (originally planned to be one) were selected from among five artists who did not advance from the previous phase based on the number of views of their semi-final performances on YouTube and were announced on 15 February 2026; at the final, which was held on 4 March 2026, the winner was determined exclusively by a jury vote.

The jury for the competition was composed of singer Andreea Bălan, composer Andrei Tudor, music producers Marius Dia and Cristian “Monoir” Tarcea, and journalists Elena Popa, Doru Ionescu and Cristian Marica Rădoi.

Competing entries. On 14 January 2026, TVR published the rules of the competition, opening a window for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 2 February. Each submission was subject to a fee of 500 lei (€98). At the end of the submission period, 101 entries had been received.

On 6 February 2026, the list of the 68 artists and songs participating in the semi-final was released by TVR. Among the selected competing artists were Ciro de Luca and Wrs, who represented Romania in 2007 (as part of the group Todomondo) and 2022 respectively, as well as Dya, who represented Romania in the 2006 junior contest as part of the group New Star Music. Zya appeared on the original list released by TVR but withdrew on 9 February.

Results of the semi-final – 12 February 2026 

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Result
Adriana Moraru	“Get Your Freak Out”	Adriana Moraru	Eliminated
Alejandro Zandes and Emil Rengle	“Bailando solo“	Alejandro Fernandez-Holt, Bogdan Samoilenco, Emil Rengle, George Radu, Teodor Humă, Tudor Gomeajă	Finalist
Alex Maxim	“Do Do Dance”	Alex Maxim, Antonius Buzatu, Claudiu Bulete	Eliminated
Alex Tuga and Amary	“1 2 3 – Un deux troi“	Alexandru Gabriel Tudor, Ionuț Catană	Eliminated
Alexa and Aria Moon	“Iele“	Alexandra Crăescu, Ana-Maria Ștefan, Daniel Antonescu, Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu	Online wildcard
Alexandra Căpitănescu	“Choke Me”	Alexandra Căpitănescu, Călin-Alexandru Grăjdan, Elvis Silitră, Ștefan Condrea	Finalist
Alexandra Ungureanu	“TikTok Tastic”	Andrew Edward William Gray, Clive Lukover	Eliminated
Alin Stoica	“Iubește-mă pe mine“	Aurelian Dincă	Eliminated
Alina Amon	“Grand prix“	Alina Amon	Eliminated
Ana Maria Moldovan	“Aripi să zbor“	Ana Maria Codruța Moldovan	Eliminated
Anais Vacariu	“Cer divin“	Anais Vacariu	Eliminated
Andreea Bănică	“Marinero“	Theea-Eliza-Ioana Miculescu	Eliminated
Andreea D [Elena Andreea Dorobanțu] and Sandro Machado	“Chiquita bonita (favorita)“	Andreea Elena Dorobanțu Păduraru, Silviu Marian Păduraru	Eliminated
Andreea Vîlcan	“Fete cu batic“	Alex-Lucian Cioată, Andreea Pavel-Vîlcan, Daniel Baciu-Antonescu	Eliminated
Andrew Rope	“Home”	Alexandru-Ioan Mereuță, Mihai-Andrei Ropotă, Petru Bîrlădeanu	Eliminated
Anna Michael	“Get Nasty”	Anamaria Mihali	Eliminated
Antonio Pican	“Humans”	Cezar-Alexandru Gună, Costel-Pavel Dominteanu, Ioan-Antonio Pican	Online wildcard
Bby Mario	“Ándale“	Eduard Mario Tudor	Eliminated
Bella Santiago (Resciebelle “Bella” Barrios Santiago)	“Romania Queen”	Alexandru Luft, Resciebelle Barrios Santiago	Eliminated
Beni Mihai	“Angels”	Beniamin Mihai	Eliminated
Bianca Tilici	“Keep Fighting”	Bastian Voelkel, Bianca Ana Maria Tilici, Bjarke Sørensen	Eliminated
Bogdan Medvedi	“Broken Heart”	Sebastian Gabriel Tudor	Online wildcard
Brian Left	“Videogame”	Javi Leon	Eliminated
Ciro de Luca	“Ti amo (u ie ah aha)”	Ciro de Luca Bossa	Eliminated
Cristina Ene	“Different Flags, Same Dreams”	Cristina Ene	Eliminated
Dan (Dan Cociș)	“Wear My Ring”	Dan Cociș	Eliminated
Dayana	“Butterfly”	Daniel Antonescu, Diana Sturza, Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu	Eliminated
Direcția 5 (Marian Ionescu, Cristi Enache, Nicu Damalan, Carmin Ionescu, Răzvan Gheorghiu)	“Două povești“	Dinu Olărașu, Marian Ionescu	Eliminated
Dya (Ioana Diana Prepeliță)	“Thunder”	Emma White, Kjetil Mørland, Oscar Air	Eliminated
Edward Maya (Eduard Marian Ilie), LavBbe and Costi (Constantin “Costi” Ioniță)	“Everybody Needs Somebody”	Constantin Ioniță, Lavinia-Anamaria Călin, Olaf Stephen Blackwood, Orville Richard Burrell	Finalist
Emy Alupei (Emilia Andreea Alupei)	“Tili Bom”	Andra Brebu, Bianca Dragomir, Cristian-Ștefan Prăjescu	Finalist
Hold On	“My Medicine”	Ioan Bîgea, Vlad Arsene	Eliminated
Hvnds	“Dor“	Alexandru-Florin Hălmăgean, Cătălin-Ionuț Maftei, Radu-Ionuț Cîmpeanu	Finalist
Impact (Cristina Haios, Gabriel Bălan (Mayer Vira))	“Bengalo”	Claudiu-Rareș Timiș, Marius-Alexandru Mirică, Silvia-Cristina Bălan	Online wildcard
ImstillFranci	“Serenade”	Alexander Zuckowski, Daniel Joseph Healy, Ștefania Francesca Aurelia Hojda	Eliminated
Ioana Muntianu, Octav Ioan and Cezar Cazanoi	“Du-mă, dor“	Cezar Cazanoi, Ioana Muntianu	Eliminated
Joshua	“Help Me Stop the Time”	Alexandru Voican, Lajos Levente Simon, Rareș-Marius Bereș, Zsolt-Attila Török	Eliminated
Kadjavsi	“Heavensground”	Nikita Andrei Dembinski	Eliminated
Kame	“Cântă, Românie!“	Maria Bîrsan	Eliminated
Kony Band	“Încă o zi“	Cornel-Valentin Oprea, Elena-Mălina Paraschiv	Eliminated
Liloa	“In the Matrix of Your Eyes”	Joël Grignard, Olesea Cegodari	Eliminated
Mara Berechet	“Beyond the Sun”	David Andrei Burlacu, Ionuț Adrian Radu, Ionuț Silivestru, Virginia Maxim	Eliminated
Marcus	“Self Control”	Andrei Mihai, Dan Healy, Lucian Naste, Marcus Mureșan	Eliminated
Mihai Cosmescu	“Crawl Back Down”	Mihai Cosmescu	Eliminated
Mikayla	“Breathing”	Andrew-Heydon Terinte, Cezar-Alexandru Gună, Maria Catrinel Ciornei, Mikayla Julianna Kachur	Eliminated
Missed Call	“Take Care of My Soul”	Alexandru Cherecheș, Cosmin Gafițescu, Radu Săndulescu, Răzvan Nica	Eliminated
Mizantrop	“Trădător“	Aris Nichi, Ioan-Tudor Gavrilă, Rareș Mihăilă	Eliminated
Monica Odagiu	“Fereastră pentru un orb“	Ionuț Adrian Radu, Lazăr Cercel	Finalist
Olivia Addams (Adriana Livia Opriș)	“Croco”	Adriana Livia Opriș, Diana Maria Șerban, Ioana-Diana Hrișcă, Octavian Ioachim Petre	Finalist
Patricia Thomits	“Bonsoir amore“	Elvin Dandel	Eliminated
Paula Leahu	“Warrior Pose”	Abigail Hercules, Paula Leahu, Robbe Ghysen, Shalini Kumar	Eliminated
Razi	“Hello Darling”	Andra-Cristiana Herța, Anhelina Antoniuk, Mihai Mirea, Răzvan-Cristian Drăgan, Vitalii Tsymbal	Eliminated
Robert Lukian	“Fire to the Lies”	Albin Håkan Ljung, Lucian Albert Victor Nagy, Robert Claudio Lukian	Finalist
Romeo Zaharia	“Forever Yours”	Arnar Astradsson, Evangelos Doukoutselis	Eliminated
Ruxit	“Besame mucho“	Maria-Ruxandra Tomulesei, Mity-Roberto-Răzvan Tanu	Eliminated
Save	“Rollin’ (Let Them Know)”	Ramzi Emile Khuri, Stelian Savu	Eliminated
Silvia Tache	“Almost There”	Silvia Tache	Eliminated
Stremi	“Lelele”	Alexandru Stremițeanu, Eduard Ungureanu	Eliminated
Taylor	“A Brand New Day”	Adrian Marius Ionescu, Codruț Valentin Croitoru	Eliminated
The Twins	“Think of You”	Eric McCallaghan, Linda Persson, Ylva Persson	Eliminated
Tianno	“My Game”	Mircea Prusan, Virgil Dulceanu	Eliminated
Trupa Othello	“Soarele și luna“	Florentin Milcof	Eliminated
Ukka	“Confidence”	Daniel Florin Sfichi, Elena Daria Cojocaru	Eliminated
Vanu	“Therapy Enemy”	Andrei Dragu, Cristian-Ștefan Prăjescu, Eberhard-Cristian Papp, Floris-Răzvan Alexa, Nicolae-Bogdan Stănică, Ross Thomas William Woodhouse, Șerban-Ionuț Georgescu, Theodor-Ștefan Scrioșteanu	Finalist
Wrs (Andrei-Ionuț Ursu)	“All the Way”	Andrei Ursu, Costel-Pavel Dominteanu	Online wildcard
Yguana	“Happy Birthday”	Cristian-Ștefan Prăjescu, Ioana-Diana Hrișcă	Finalist
Zya[a]	“Cu a mea“	Izabela Bădiță, Oana Dumitrache	Withdrawn
Zya[a]	“Ghost”	Monica Cherecheș	Eliminated

Online wildcard – 15 February 2026

Artist	Song	Result
Alexa and Aria Moon	“Iele“	Eliminated
Antonio Pican	“Humans”	Finalist
Bogdan Medvedi	“Broken Heart”	Eliminated
Impact	“Bengalo”	Eliminated
Wrs	“All the Way”	Finalist

Final. The final took place on 4 March 2026. The show was hosted by Giulia Nahmany and Daniel Nuță, with Laura Fronoiu and Marius Popa hosting segments from the audience, and Alexandra Gavrilă, Iulian Selea and Răzvan Petre hosting backstage segments. In addition to the competing entries, juror Andreea Bălan also performed as an interval act.

Final – 4 March 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Emy Alupei	“Tili Bom”	53	5
2	Robert Lukian	“Fire to the Lies”	53	4
3	Vanu	“Therapy Enemy”	19	11
4	Edward Maya, LavBbe and Costi (Eduard Ilie Marian, Lavinia-Anamaria Călin, Constantin Ioniță)	“Everybody Needs Somebody”	16	12
5	Yguana (Ioana-Diana Hrișcă)	“Happy Birthday”	31	9
6	Hvnds (Alexandru-Florin Hălmăgean, Radu Ionuţ Cîmpeanu, Cătălin Ionuț Maftei)	“Dor” (Yearning)	69	2
7	Antonio Pican (Ioan Antonio Pican)	“Humans”	24	10
8	WRS (Andrei Ursu)	“All the Way” (Până la capăt)	49	6
9	Olivia Addams (Adriana Livia Opriș)	“Croco”	35	8
10	Monica Odagiu	“Fereastră pentru un orb” (Window for a Blind Man)	49	7
11	Alexandra Căpitănescu	“Choke Me”	82	1
12	Alejandro Zandes and Emil Rengle (Alejandro Fernandez-Holt, Emil Rengle)	“Bailando solo” (Dancing alone)	66	3

Detailed jury votes.

Detailed jury votes 

R/O	Song	Juror							Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	“Tili Bom”	8	8	5	8	4	8	12	53
2	“Fire to the Lies”	5	11	9	7	5	10	6	53
3	“Therapy Enemy”	1	5	4	1	3	3	2	19
4	“Everybody Needs Somebody”	7	2	1	3	1	1	1	16
5	“Happy Birthday”	2	4	7	5	2	7	4	31
6	“Dor“	10	9	11	10	11	11	7	69
7	“Humans”	4	3	3	2	7	2	3	24
8	“All the Way”	9	1	6	11	8	6	8	49
9	“Croco”	3	7	2	4	6	4	9	35
10	“Fereastră pentru un orb“	6	10	8	6	9	5	5	49
11	“Choke Me”	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	82
12	“Bailando solo“	12	6	10	9	10	9	10	66

(it) La ventisettesima edizione di Selecția Națională si è svolta il 4 marzo 2026 e ha selezionato il rappresentante della Romania all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 a Vienna, in Austria. La vincitrice è stata Alexandra Căpitănescu con Choke Me.

Il 30 ottobre 2025 l’emittente Televiziunea Română (TVR) ha confermato la sua partecipazione all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026, la prima dopo il ritiro avvenuto in seguito all’edizione del 2023.^[1][2] Il 14 gennaio 2026 l’emittente ha annunciato il ritorno di Selecția Națională per la scelta del proprio rappresentante nazionale. Nello stesso giorno, è stata data la possibilità agli aspiranti partecipanti di inviare i propri inediti entro il 2 febbraio successivo. Per la prima volta nella storia del concorso è stata prevista anche una tassa di partecipazione di 500 lei per ogni proposta presentata. La competizione è stata suddivisa in quattro fasi. Tra le 101 proposte ricevute, il 5 e 6 febbraio 2026 una commissione di esperti ha selezionato 68 artisti che hanno avuto accesso alle semifinali online. Queste si sono svolte come un workshop, durante il quale gli artisti si sono esibiti davanti alla giuria dal 9 all’11 febbraio 2026. Al termine delle tre giornate sono stati decisi i dieci finalisti, a cui si sono aggiunte due wild card assegnate tra cinque possibili candidati. L’evento si è svolto in un’unica serata il successivo 4 marzo, durante la quale 12 finalisti si sono contesi l’opportunità di rappresentare la Romania all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026, ove il solo voto della giuria degli esperti ha determinato il risultato della serata. In caso di parità di punteggio tra due o più brani, l’esito finale sarebbe stato determinato dal numero di visualizzazioni registrate sulla playlist ufficiale creata dall’emittente sul proprio canale YouTube.

La giuria di esperti sarà composta da: Andreea Bălan, cantante; Andrie Tudor, compositore, pianista e direttore d’orchestra; Cristian Marica Rădoi, giornalista e caporedattore di Radio România Cultural; Cristian “Monoir” Tarcea, produttore discografico; Doru Ionescu, giornalista musicale; Elena Popa, giornalista e creatrice di contenuti digitali; Marius Dia, compositore e produttore musicale.

TVR, con l’ausilio di una giuria tecnica, ha selezionato le 68 proposte (scese poi a 67 a causa di un ritiro) partecipanti alle semifinali online tra le 101 proposte ricevute. Al termine delle semifinali online, che si sono svolte presso gli studi televisivi di TVR, sono stati selezionati i 10 artisti che parteciperanno alla finale televisiva, annunciati il 12 febbraio 2026.

Dal 12 al 15 febbraio 2026 sarà aperta una votazione online per la scelta di un ulteriore finalista tra i cinque candidati classificatisi dall’undicesimo al quindicesimo posto nelle semifinali online. La votazione si svolgerà sul canale YouTube dell’emittente TVR; l’artista che riceverà il maggior numero di visualizzazioni avrà il diritto di accedere alla finale in qualità di undicesimo finalista. Il 15 febbraio 2026 l’emittente ha annunciato Antonio Pican e WRS come vincitori della preselezione, pertanto alla finale prenderanno parte dodici artisti anziché dei dieci inizialmente annunciati; La finale si è svolta il 4 marzo 2026 presso gli studi televisivi di TVR a Bucarest ed è stata presentata da Giulia Nahmany e Daniel Nuță. L’ordine d’esibizione è stato reso noto il 2 marzo 2026. Durante l’intervallo si è esibita Andreea Bălan con un medley della sua discografia. Il voto delle giuria ha proclamato Alexandra Căpitănescu con Choke Me vincitrice della selezione.

Controversy. “Choke Me” drew controversy for its title and subject matter, with the phrase “choke me,” repeated thirty times in the song, being criticized for glamorising strangulation and sexual violence. Campaigners against sexual violence have described the song as “reckless and dangerous,” drawing specific focus on the lyrics “I want you to choke me” and “make my lungs explode”. Claire McGlynn, a professor at Durham University, claimed that the song was “playing fast and loose with young women’s lives”; In defense, Căpitănescu argued that the song’s message was metaphorical and representative being overwhelmed by emotion and self-doubt.

On 18 March, TVR released a statement further defending Căpitănescu and the song, stating that the song’s stage concept was intended to “highlight the metaphorical nature” and “exclude any literal interpretation of the lyrics.”

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Romania was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.

Notes

• [a]  Despite the homonymy, the songs are performed by different artists.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Romania.

Points awarded to Romania (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Romania.

Points awarded by Romania (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Romania (Final).

Detailed voting by Romania.

Detailed voting results from Romania (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Romania (Final).

🇱🇺 Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: RTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL)
• Country: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
• National selection – Selection process: Luxembourg Song Contest 2026
• Selection date(s): 24 January 2026, 20:00 – 23:05 CET
• Host venue: Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): Hana Sofia Lopes, Loïc Juchem, Raoul Roos
• Participants – Number of entries: 8
• Number of finalists: 8
• Vote – Voting system: 50% public voting, 50% international jury
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Eva Marija (Eva Marija Kavaš Puc)
• Selection song: “Mother Nature”
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Eva Marija Kavaš Puc, Julie Aagaard ‘Kill J’, Maria Broberg (Maria Mathea), Thomas Stengaard Ι Lyricist: Eva Marija Kavaš Puc, Julie Aagaard, Maria Broberg, Thomas Stengaard
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 4º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 ← Luxembourg Song Contest 2026 → Luxembourg Song Contest 2027

Luxembourg is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Mother Nature”, written by Eva Marija Kavaš Puc, Julie Aagaard, Maria Broberg and Thomas Stengaard, and performed by Eva Marija herself. The Luxembourgish participating broadcaster, RTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL), organised the Luxembourg Song Contest 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, RTL Lëtzebuerg (RTL), formerly as Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Luxembourg 39 times since debuting in its first edition of 1956. It had won the contest on five occasions: in 1961 with “Nous les amoureux” performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in 1965 with “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” performed by France Gall, in 1972 with “Après toi” performed by Vicky Leandros, in 1973 with “Tu te reconnaîtras” performed by Anne-Marie David, and in 1983 with “Si la vie est cadeau” performed by Corinne Hermès. Following a 31-year absence, Luxembourg under RTL returned to the contest in 2024 where it qualified to the final and placed 13th with the song “Fighter” performed by Tali. It also qualified to the final in 2025 and placed 22nd with the song “La poupée monte le son” performed by Laura Thorn.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTL organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2026 contest on 10 June 2025. CLT had selected its entries by using both national finals and internal selections in the past, with RTL organising the Luxembourg Song Contest national final to select its entry since 2024. Along with its 2026 participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that it would again select its entry through the Luxembourg Song Contest.

Before Eurovision.

Luxembourg Song Contest 2026. Luxembourg Song Contest 2026 was the competition organised by RTL to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The competition featured eight acts and took place on 24 January 2026 at the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette. It was hosted by Hana Sofia Lopes, Loïc Juchem, and Raoul Roos.

Format.

Competing entries. On 4 July 2025, RTL opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their applications in one or more of three categories: the first for performers with a song, the second for performers without a song, and the third for songwriters. Artists were required to be at least 18 years old by 24 January 2026 and have Luxembourg nationality, have lived in Luxembourg for three consecutive years, or have a strong link with the Luxembourg cultural scene, and were able to submit up to three entries each. Songwriters could be of any nationality. The application deadline for the second and third categories concluded on 3 August 2025, while the application deadline for the first category concluded on 21 September 2025. A songwriting camp organised by Rocklab took place at the Rockhal between 6 and 10 June 2025 where 45 local and international artists, songwriters and producers created songs for the competition. 83 entries were received by the end of the deadline, of which 23 came from performers who applied for the first category.

Auditions were held on 24 and 25 October 2025 at the RTL City in Kirchberg where an international jury panel evaluated the songs and shortlisted 15 entries for a final audition round on 26 October 2025, where the eight finalists were selected. The international jury panel consisted of Karin Gunnarsson (contest producer for Melodifestivalen in Sweden), Gísli Berg (executive producer of Söngvakeppnin in Iceland), Paul Jordan (British Eurovision expert), Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal (French lyricist), and Elsie Bay (Norwegian singer-songwriter). The eight participating acts were announced on 30 October 2025, including Luzac who competed in the 2025 edition of the Luxembourg Song Contest.

Final audition round artists – 26 October 2025 

Andrew the Martian, Ayumi Motta, Daryss, Eva Marija, Hugo One, Irem, Leonardo Domingues, Luzac, Mäna, Mirko Buljan and Marilù Bossio, Patrícia Venâncio, Ricardo Vieira, ShiroKuro, Steve Castile, Vivi Air

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Andrew the Martian (André Baptista)	“I’m the Martian”	André Baptista, Rūdolfs Budze, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman, Ynke Dingenen
Daryss (Daria Sokova)	“Melusina”	Alexandre Finkin, Antoine Barrau, Boban Apostolov, Daria Sokova
Eva Marija (Eva Marija Kavaš Puc)	“Mother Nature”	Eva Marija Kavaš Puc, Julie Aagaard, Maria Broberg, Thomas Stengaard
Hugo One (Hugo Dejean)	“Born Again”	Albin Fredy Ljungqvist, Edson Pires Domingos, Emil Adler Lei, Hugo Dejean
Irem (Irem Sosay)	“Bad Decisions (Hush Hush)”	Irem Sosay, Maria Broberg, Remy Cooper
Luzac (Lucas Zagdoudi)	“Prison dorée” (Golden Prison)	Lucas Zagdoudi, Sam Ray, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman, Ynke Dingenen
ShiroKuro (Nathanaël Paulis, Louis Comblin, Matias Pollicino)	“Eye to Eye”	Louis Comblin, Matias Pollicino, Nathanaël Paulis
Steve Castile (Steve Calçada)	“Sweet Tooth”	Abi F Jones, Simon Davis, Steve Castile

Final. The final took place on 24 January 2026. In addition to the competing entries, guest performers included former Eurovision entrants Sandra Kim (winner for Belgium in 1986), Væb (Iceland 2025), JJ (winner for Austria in 2025), and Laura Thorn (Luxembourg 2025).

Final – 24 January 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Rankings		Place
			Jury	Public
1	Steve Castile	“Sweet Tooth”	2	3	2
2	Luzac	“Prison dorée“	5	5	7
3	Daryss	“Melusina”	4	7	5
4	ShiroKuro	“Eye to Eye”	3	6	4
5	Andrew the Martian	“I’m the Martian”	8	8	8
6	Hugo One	“Born Again”	6	4	6
7	Eva Marija	“Mother Nature”	1	1	1
8	Irem	“Bad Decisions (Hush Hush)”	7	2	3

Superfinal – 24 January 2026

Artist	Song	Jury	Public	Total	Place
Steve Castile	“Sweet Tooth”	80	56	136	2
Eva Marija	“Mother Nature”	94	128	222	1
Irem	“Bad Decisions (Hush Hush)”	66	56	122	3

Detailed international jury votes (Superfinal).

Detailed international jury votes (Superfinal)

Song	Greece	Italy	Lithuania	Norway	Serbia	Czechia	Austria	United Kingdom	Total
“Sweet Tooth”	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	8	80
“Mother Nature”	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	94
“Bad Decisions (Hush Hush)”	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	66
International jury spokespersons
Greece – Victoria Chalkitis (Βικτώρια Χαλκίτη), Italy – Maurizio Filardo, Lithuania – Monika Marija (Monika Marija Paulauskaitė), Norway – Iris Severine Mikalsen, Serbia – Zejna Murkić (Зејна Муркић), Czechia – Eliška Mrázová (Elis Mraz), Austria –PÆNDA, United Kingdom – Adele Roberts

(it) La terza edizione del Luxembourg Song Contest si è svolta il 24 gennaio 2026 presso il Rockhal di Esch-sur-Alzette e ha selezionato il rappresentante del Lussemburgo all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 a Vienna, in Austria. La vincitrice è stata Eva Marija con Mother Nature.

Il 10 giugno 2025, l’emittente Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL) ha confermato la partecipazione del Lussemburgo all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Dal 6 al 10 giugno 2025, si è svolto un laboratorio musicale dove artisti e compositori nazionali sono stati invitati a prendere parte in modo tale da scrivere i brani che avrebbero preso parte alla terza edizione del Luxembourg Song Contest. Oltre a ciò, dal 4 luglio al 21 settembre è stata data la possibilità ad altri artisti interessati di inviare i propri inediti, con la condizione che gli artisti partecipanti fossero cittadini o residenti permanenti in Lussemburgo, oltre a possedere un forte legame culturale con la scena musicale nazionale. L’evento si svolgerà in un’unica serata presso la Rockhal di Esch-sur-Alzette, e vedrà 8 artisti sfidarsi per la possibilità di rappresentare il Granducato all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Diversamente dall’edizione precedente, viene ripristinata la votazione a più fasi: una combinazione di 8 giurie internazionali da 5 membri ciascuna e il voto del pubblico, che potrà esprimere la propria preferenza attraverso una piattaforma online apposita, decreterà i primi 3 classificati nella prima fase, dopo l’azzeramento dei voti precedenti essi si esibiranno nuovamente e saranno votati dal medesimo sistema, decretando il vincitore nel secondo round.

L’emittente RTL, con l’ausilio di una giuria tecnica internazionale composta da Elsie Bay, Paul Jordan, Gísli Berg, Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal e Karin Gunnarsson, ha selezionato gli 8 partecipanti tra le 83 proposte provenienti dai 54 candidati chiamati a prendere parte alle audizioni dal vivo svoltasi il 24 e il 25 ottobre 2025, i quali sono stati resi noti il successivo 30 ottobre. I relativi brani sono stati presentati l’11 dicembre 2025.

La finale si è tenuta il 24 gennaio 2026 presso il Rockhal di Esch-sur-Alzette. L’ordine d’uscita è stato reso noto poco prima dell’inizio della competizione. JJ, vincitore dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2025, ha aperto la serata esibendosi con Wasted Love, seguita da Laura Thorn, vincitrice dell’edizione precedente e rappresentante del Lussemburgo all’Eurovision Song Contest 2025, che ha cantato La poupée monte le son. Durante l’Interval Act si sono esibiti Sandra Kim (vincitrice dell’Eurovision Song Contest 1986) con J’aime la vie, un esibizione degli otto artisti partecipanti con Arcade (brano vincitore dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2019), Laura Thorn con l’inedito Not on Me, JJ con l’inedito Shapeshifter ed, infine, i MariKo con il singolo Ah Jo. In seguito alla somma delle votazioni Steve Castille, Eva Marija e Irem hanno avuto accesso alla superfinale, dove il voto della giuria e il televoto hanno proclamato Eva Marija con Mother Nature vincitrice della manifestazione.

Controversy. On 28 January 2026, RTL revealed it was consulting with multiple parties, including the EBU and SACEM, regarding claims that “Mother Nature” is plagiarised from the 2015 song “Keeping Your Head Up” by Birdy. However, it was cleared for participation.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Luxembourg was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Luxembourg.

Points awarded to Luxembourg (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Luxembourg.

Points awarded by Luxembourg (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Luxembourg (Final).

Detailed voting by Luxembourg.

Detailed voting results from Luxembourg (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Luxembourg (Final).

🇨🇿 Czechia in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Czech Television (ČT)
• Country: 🇨🇿 Czechia
• National selection – Selection process: Internal selection
• Selection date(s): Artist: 8 March 2026 ; Song: 11 March 2026
• Host venue: 
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): 
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: 
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Daniel Žižka
• Selection song: “CROSSROADS”
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Daniel Žižka, Viliam Béreš Ι Lyricist: Daniel Žižka, Viliam Béreš
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 5º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Internal selection 2025 ← Internal selection 2026 → Internal selection 2027

The Czech Republic, presented as Czechia, is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Crossroads”, written by Daniel Žižka and Viliam Béreš, and performed by Žižka himself, with his last name stylised without diacritics. The Czech participating broadcaster, Czech Television (ČT), internally selected its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to  the 2026 contest, Czech Television (ČT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing the Czech Republic, presented as Czechia since 2023, thirteen times since its first entry in 2007. Its best result in the contest was sixth, achieved in 2018 with the song “Lie to Me” performed by Mikolas Josef. It competed in the contest on three consecutive occasions between 2007 and 2009 without qualifying to the final, after which ČT withdrew between 2010 and 2014, citing low viewing figures and poor results as reasons for its absence. Since returning to the contest in 2015, the Czech Republic has thus far managed to qualify for the final on five occasions. In 2025, “Kiss Kiss Goodbye” performed by Adonxs failed to qualify for the final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ČT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had used both national finals and internal selections to select its entries in the past. Between 2018 to 2020, and between 2022 and 2024, the national final format ESCZ (formerly titled Eurovision Song CZ) was used as the selection method, while in 2021 and 2025, the Czech entry was internally selected. ČT confirmed its intention to participate in the 2026 contest on 3 September 2025, announcing that it would continue to internally select its entry.

Before Eurovision.

Internal selection 2026. ČT announced in September 2025 that the Czech entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 would be selected internally. Artists and composers were able to submit their proposals to the broadcaster between 3 September 2025 and 19 October 2025. At least one of the main performers was required to either have Czech citizenship, be based in the Czech Republic, or be active on the Czech music scene. Songwriters of any nationality were able to submit songs, and were not required to indicate a performer for their song, who would be selected afterwards. The broadcaster received over 260 submissions at the closing of the deadline, and it was announced in December 2025 that eight entries had been shortlisted and reviewed by an international jury of music professionals, a demoscopic jury, and a jury composed of representatives from the Czech delegation.

On 8 March 2026, “Crossroads” performed by Daniel Zizka was announced by ČT as the Czech entry for the 2026 contest. The song was written by Zizka himself together with Viliam Béreš, and was presented to the public on 11 March alongside an accompanying music video.

(it) Interno; cantante e brano annunciati l’8 marzo 2026, brano presentato l’11 marzo 2026. 

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Czechia was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Czech Republic.

Points awarded to Czech Republic (Semi-final 2).Points aw

arded by Czech Republic.

Points awarded by Czech Republic (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Czech Republic (Final).

Detailed voting by Czech Republic.

Detailed voting results from Czech Republic (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Czech Republic (Final).

🇦🇲 Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV)
• Country: 🇦🇲 Armenia
• National selection – Selection process: Internal selection 
• Selection date(s): 11 March 2026
• Host venue: 
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): 
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: 
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: SIMÓN (Simon Hovhannisyan,  Սիմոն Հովհաննիսյան)
• Selection song: “Paloma rumba” (Պալոմա Ռումբա)
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: David Tserunyan, Eva Voskanyan, Lilit Navasardyan (Լիլիթ Նավասարդյան, Դավիթ Ծերունյան, Եվա Ոսկանյան), Roza Kostandyan (Ռոզա Կոստանդյան; Rosa Linn, Ռոզա Լին) Ι Lyricist: David Tserunyan, Eva Voskanyan, Lilit Navasardyan (Լիլիթ Նավասարդյան, Դավիթ Ծերունյան, Եվա Ոսկանյան), Roza Kostandyan (Ռոզա Կոստանդյան; Rosa Linn, Ռոզա Լին)
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 6º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Depi Evratesil 2025 (Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ, Towards Eurovision) ← Internal selection 2026 → Internal selection 2027

Armenia is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Paloma rumba“, written by David Tserunyan, Eva Voskanyan, Lilit Navasardyan and Roza Kostandyan, and performed by Simón. The Armenian participating broadcaster, Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV), internally selected its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Armenia seventeen times since its first entry in 2006. Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been fourth place, achieved on two occasions: in 2008 with the song “Qélé, Qélé” performed by Sirusho and in 2014 with the song “Not Alone” performed by Aram Mp3. It has also failed to qualify to the final on three occasions, namely in 2011, 2018, and 2019. AMPTV briefly withdrew from the contest on two occasions: in 2012 due to long-standing tensions with then-host country Azerbaijan, and in 2021 due to social and political crises in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. In 2025, “Survivor” performed by Parg placed 20th in the final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, AMPTV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. It had used various methods to select its entry in the past, such as internal selections and a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. In 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2025, the national final Depi Evratesil was organised. AMPTV confirmed its intention to participate in the 2026 contest on 15 December 2025.

Before Eurovision.

Internal selection 2026. On 9 March 2026, Armenian media outlet Hraparak reported that Simon Hovhannisyan had been internally selected to represent the country in the 2026 contest; he had finished runner-up in the 2025 edition of Depi Evratesil with the song “Ay paparey bye”. This was confirmed by AMPTV two days later alongside the release of his competing entry, “Paloma rumba“, which was co-written by Rosa Linn, who represented Armenia in 2022.

(it) Interno; cantante e brano annunciati l’11 marzo 2026.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Armenia was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Armenia.

Points awarded to Armenia (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Armenia.

Points awarded by Armenia (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Armenia (Final).

Detailed voting by Armenia.

Detailed voting results from Armenia (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Armenia (Final).

 Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
• Country:  Switzerland
• National selection – Selection process: Internal selection
• Selection date(s): Artist: 20 January 2026; Song: 11 March 2026
• Host venue: 
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): 
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: 
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Veronica Fusaro
• Selection song: “Alice”
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Charlie McClean, Veronica Fusaro Ι Lyricist: Charlie McClean, Veronica Fusaro
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 7º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: x ← x → x

Switzerland will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Alice”, written by Charlie McClean and Veronica Fusaro, and performed by Fusaro herself. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), internally selected its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Switzerland sixty-five times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in 1956. It won that first edition of the contest with the song “Refrain” performed by Lys Assia. Its second victory was achieved in 1988 with “Ne partez pas sans moi” performed by Canadian singer Céline Dion. Switzerland won the contest for the third time in 2024, with “The Code” performed by Nemo. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the contest in 2004, Switzerland has thus far managed to qualify to the final on ten occasions, five of them being all the contests it participated in since 2019, which included three top five results. As hosts in 2025, Switzerland placed 10th with “Voyage” performed by Zoë Më.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SRG SSR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had opted for both national finals and internal selections to select its entries throughout the years, sticking to the internal selection method since 2019. SRG SSR confirmed its intention to participate at the 2026 contest on 2 June 2025, later announcing that it would again use an internal selection to determine its entry.

Before Eurovision.

Internal selection 2026. Between 10 and 12 June 2025, the annual SUISA songwriting camp took place in Maur, Zurich; the songs composed in the event are usually submitted to SRG SSR as potential Eurovision entries.

SRG SSR opened a submission period between 4 and 25 August 2025 for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. Artists and songwriters of any nationality were able to submit songs, with priority given to Swiss nationals or residents. At the closing of the window, 493 entries had been submitted. Submissions were assessed in various rounds by a Swiss public panel, an international public panel, and a 25-member international expert jury; the public panels consisted of Swiss and international audience members, while the international jury consisted of former national jurors for their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest. The announcement of the artist took place on 20 January 2026, with Veronica Fusaro, while the song was revealed and released on 11 March; it was “Alice”, as Blick had unofficially confirmed shortly before the broadcaster’s announcement.

(it) Interno; cantante annunciata il 20 gennaio 2026, brano presentato l’11 marzo 2026. 

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Switzerland was scheduled for the first half of the second semi-final.

The staging of Veronica Fusaro’s performance at the contest will be directed by Fredrik Rydman, who has previously done so for a number of entries, most notably Sweden in 2015, Finland in 2023 and Switzerland in 2024.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Switzerland.

Points awarded to Switzerland (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Switzerland.

Points awarded by Switzerland (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Switzerland (Final).

Detailed voting by Switzerland.

Detailed voting results from Switzerland (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Switzerland (Final).

 Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
• Country:  Cyprus
• National selection – Selection process: Internal selection
• Selection date(s): Artist: 6 November 2025; Song: 8 February 2026
• Host venue: 
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): 
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: 
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Antigoni (Αντιγόνη; Antigoni Buxton, Αντιγόνη Μπάξτον)
• Selection song: “JALLA” (Τζ’ Άλλα; Κι άλλα, More)
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Antigoni Buxton, Charalambous Kallona, Connor Mullally-Knight, Demetris Nikolaou, Klejdi Lupa, Paris Kalpos, Trey Qua (Αντιγόνη Μπάξτον, Χαραλάμπους Καλλονά, Κόνορ Μάλαλι-Νάϊτ, Δημήτρης Νικολάου, Κλέιντι Λούπα, Πάρης Κάλπος, Τρέι Κουά) Ι Lyricist: Antigoni Buxton, Charalambous Kallona, Connor Mullally-Knight, Demetris Nikolaou, Klejdi Lupa, Paris Kalpos, Trey Qua (Αντιγόνη Μπάξτον, Χαραλάμπους Καλλονά, Κόνορ Μάλαλι-Νάϊτ, Δημήτρης Νικολάου, Κλέιντι Λούπα, Πάρης Κάλπος, Τρέι Κουά) 
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 8º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Internal selection 2025 ← Internal selection 2026 → Internal selection 2027

Cyprus is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Jalla”, written by Antigoni Buxton, Charalambous Kallona, Connor Mullally-Knight, Demetris Nikolaou, Klejdi Lupa, Paris Kalpos and Trey Qua, and performed by Antigoni herself. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), internally selected its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Cyprus forty-one times since its debut in the 1981 contest. Its best result in the contest was second, achieved in 2018 with “Fuego” performed by Eleni Foureira. Before that, its best placing was fifth, achieved three times: in 1982 with the song “Mono i agapi” performed by Anna Vissi, in 1997 with “Mana mou” performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and in 2004 with “Stronger Every Minute” performed by Lisa Andreas. Its least successful result was last place, achieved in 1986 with “Tora zo” by Elpida, receiving only four points in total; however, its worst finish in terms of points received was when it placed second to last in 1999 with “Tha’ne erotas” by Marlain Angelidou, receiving only two points. After returning to the contest in 2015 following a one-year absence due to the impact of the 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis and the broadcaster’s budget restrictions, it has failed to qualify on two occasions, including in 2025, with “Shh” performed by Theo Evan.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, CyBC organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. It had used various methods to select its entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. Since 2016, the broadcaster had opted to select the entry internally without input from the public.

Before Eurovision.

Internal selection 2026. On 6 November 2025, CyBC announced that British-Cypriot singer Antigoni would represent Cyprus in Vienna. The selection of Antigoni as the Cypriot entrant consisted of two parts: the first involved the votes of a five-member jury panel from nine potential artists proposed by Greek record labels, and the second involved an online questionnaire posted via the broadcaster’s website cybc.cy between 30 October and 6 November 2025, during which the public could express their opinion on the artists and its participation in general. Prior to the announcement, it was reported that among the other proposed artists were Evangelia, Giorgos Perris, Good Job Nicky, Josephine, Katerina Stikoudi, Mikay, Nina Mazani and Sophia Patsalides (who represented Cyprus in the 2014 junior contest).

The Cypriot contest song, “Jalla”, was written by Antigoni together with Charalambous Kallona, Connor Mullally-Knight, Demetris Nikolaou, Klejdi Lupa, Paris Kalpos and Trey Qua, and was presented to the public on 8 February 2026 during the CyBC evening news broadcast. The official preview video for the song, directed by Bodega Visuals, was released on the same day via the broadcaster’s website cybc.cy and the Eurovision Song Contest’s official YouTube channel.

Promotion. To promote “Jalla” before the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, Buxton performed as an interval act at Sing for Greece 2026, the Greek national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

(it) Interno; cantante annunciata il 6 novembre 2025, brano presentato l’8 febbraio 2026.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Cyprus was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Cyprus.

Points awarded to Cyprus (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Cyprus.

Points awarded by Cyprus (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Cyprus (Final).

Detailed voting by Cyprus.

Detailed voting results from Cyprus (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Cyprus (Final).

🇱🇻 Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Public Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM)
• Country: 🇱🇻 Latvia
• National selection – Selection process: Supernova 2026
• Selection date(s): First Semi-final / Pirmais pusfināls: 31 January 2026, 20:10 – 22:18 CET; Second Semi-Final / Otrais pusfināls: 7 Februarry 2026, 20:10 – 22:13 CET; Finale / Fināls: 14 February 2026, 20:10 – 22:18 CET
• Host venue: Riga Film Studio, Riga
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): Lauris Reiniks, Ketija Šēnberga, Māra Sleja
• Participants – Number of entries: 24 (124)
• Number of finalists: 10
• Vote – Voting system: Semifinals: 50% jury, 50% public voting (12 acts competed in semi-final 1, 5 acts qualified for the final / 12 acts competed in semi-final 2, 5 acts qualified for the final); Finals: 50% Jury, 50% Public voting
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Atvara (Liene Stūrmane)
• Selection song: “Ēnā” (In the shade)
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Jānis Jačmenkins, Liene Stūrmane Ι Lyricist: Jānis Jačmenkins, Liene Stūrmane
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 9º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Supernova 2025 ← Supernova 2026 → Supernova 2027

Latvia is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Ēnā“, written by Jānis Jačmenkins and Liene Stūrmane, and performed by Stūrmane herself under her stage name Atvara. The Latvian participating broadcaster, Public Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM), organised the national final Supernova 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) until 2024, and Public Broadcasting of Latvia (LSM) since 2025, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Latvia 25 times since its first entry in 2000. It won the contest once in 2002 with the song “I Wanna” performed by Marie N. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it was able to qualify for the final between 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2014, it failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive years before managing to qualify to the final in 2015 and 2016. Having once again failed to qualify to the final for six consecutive contests between 2017 and 2023, it managed to qualify to the final in 2024 with the song “Hollow” performed by Dons, placing 16th with a score of 64 points, and once again in 2025 with the song “Bur man laimi” performed by Tautumeitas, placing 13th with a score of 158 points.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, LSM organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2026 contest on 1 August 2025. Since their debut in 2000 until 2012, LTV had organised the selection show Eirodziesma, which was rebranded and retooled as Dziesma in 2013 and 2014. Since 2015, LTV and LSM have organised the Supernova national final in order to select its entry. Along with its participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that it would again organise Supernova in order to select its entry for 2026.

Before Eurovision.

Supernova 2026. Supernova 2026 was the eleventh edition of the national final format used to select Latvia’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition commenced on 31 January 2026 and concluded with a final on 14 February 2026. All shows took place at the Riga Film Studio in Riga, and were hosted by Ketija Šēnberga, Lauris Reiniks and Māra Sleja. The competition was broadcast on LTV1, online via the streaming platform Replay.lv, the broadcaster’s official website lsm.lv, and via radio on Latvijas Radio 5 with commentary by Mārtiņš Pabērzis.

Format. The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. The two semi-finals, held on 31 January and 7 February 2026, each featured twelve competing entries from which the top five advanced to the final. The final, held on 14 February 2026, selected the Latvian entry for Vienna from the remaining ten entries. Results during the semi-final and final shows will be determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. Viewers will be able to vote via SMS and online through the official LSM website.

Competing entries. On 1 August 2025, LSM opened a song submission window for artists to apply, with the deadline set for 1 October 2025. Performers were required to be Latvian nationals or permanent residents of Latvia, while songwriters and producers could be from any country. Additionally, a songwriting camp was held in Riga between 25 and 28 August 2025 in order to create songs to be submitted for the competition. At the end of the submission period, 124 entries had been received. The twenty-four competing artists and songs were selected by a jury composed of representatives of the Latvian music, event and television industry, as well as foreign professionals, and were announced on 20 November 2025 on the programme Rīta Panorāma, broadcast on LTV1.

Among the selected competing artists are Robert Ox, who represented Latvia in 2022 as a member of Citi Zēni, and Amanda Bašmakova, who represented Latvia in Junior Eurovision 2011 as a member of Elpo.

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Agnesse (Agnese Stengrevica)	“Oh My My” (Ak mans, mans)	Agnese Stengrevica, Jākobs Markmans, Gilberts Gauči
Aivo Oskis	“Walking Out” (Iziet)	Aivo Oskis, Teemu Juhani Skutnabb-Javanainen
Antra Stafecka [Antra Stafecka-Niedra]	“Divejāda” (Dual)	Ingars Viļums, Antra Stafecka
Atvara (Liene Stūrmane)	“Ēnā” (In the shadow)	Liene Stūrmane (Atvara), Jānis Jačmenkins
Blurie (Renārs Dagilis)	“Lovin’ Always Gets Me Down” (Mīlestība vienmēr mani nomāc)	Renārs Dagilis
Daba (Deniels Bērziņš)	“Panic Attack” (Panikas lēkme)	Deniels Bērziņš, Santa Paula Mata, Tomašs Kamiņskis
De Mantra (Liene Leitāne, Madara Martinkena)	“Let Them” (Atlaid viņus)	Liene Leitāne, Madara Martinkena
Edvards Strazdiņš	“I Ain’t Got the Guts” (Man nav drosmes)	Edvards Strazdiņš
Elpo (Amanda Bašmakova, Mārtiņš Makreckis)	“Blakus” (Beside / (By your) Side)	Amanda Bašmakova, Mārtiņš Makreckis
Emilija (Emilija Bērziņa)	“All We Ever Had” (Viss, kas mums ir bijis)	Emilija Bērziņa, Povels Olsons
Honey Blue (Santa Paula Mata, Antons Kulagins, Karīna Aurora Paņina, Andrejs Ļevskojs, Dominiks Levuškāns)	“Blue Disco” (Zilais Disko)	Santa Paula Mata, Antons Kulagins, Karīna Aurora Paņina, Dominiks Levuškāns, Andrejs Ļevskojs
Ivo Grīsniņš-Grīslis	“Home” (Mājas)	Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis
Jānis Rugājs	“Smoke” (Dūmi)	Elads Lahmanijs, Kjersti Slīvlends, Jānis Rugājs
Kautkaili (Didzis Bardovskis, Krists Krūskops, Kristīne Pāže)	“Te un tagad” (Here and now)	Kristīne Pāže, Didzis Bardovskis, Krists Krūskops
Kristīne Megija	“Insanity” (Neprāts)	Daina Laima
Krisy (Kristiāna Skrudupa)	“Take It” (Ņem to)	Kristiāna Skrudupa, Andis Ansons, Bens Pīns
Legzdina (Elīza Legzdiņa)	“Ribbon” (Lente)	Elīza Legzdiņa un Bens Dankerlijs
Miks Galvanovskis	“Cruel Angel” (Nežēlīgais enģelis)	Miks Galvanovskis, Lenss Vouts, Ričards Bulavs
Nolark	“Different Places” (Citas vietās)	Ralfs Plešs, Kārlis Daudziņš, Matīss Daudziņš
Papīra lidmašīnas (Rihards Bērziņš, Juris Ludženieks, Gunārs Toms Narbuts, Reinis Briģis, Edgars Raila)	“You’re My Saviour” (Tu esi mans glābējs)	Juris Ludženieks, Rihards Bērziņš
Paula (Paula Dundere)	“Dejot vien” (Only dancing / Just dancing)	Paula Dundere, Jēkabs Kalmanis
Robert Ox (Roberts Memmēns)	“Ravin’ at the Taj Mahal” (Sajūsmināties pie Tadžmahāla)	Roberts Memmēns, Marija Malmstorma, Emma Gale
Tikasha Sakama (Nansija Garkalne)	“#010126 Coda” (#010126 Code)	Nansija Garkalne
Vēstnieks (Rūdolfs Macats)	“Vai tas ir kāds brīnums?” (Is it some kind of a miracle?)	Rūdolfs Macats

Semi-finals. The semi-finals took place on 31 January and 7 February 2026. In each semi-final, twelve acts competed and the top five entries qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the Latvian public.

Semi-final 1 – 31 January 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Result
1	Antra Stafecka	“Divejāda“	Eliminated
2	Tikasha Sakama	“#010126 Coda”	Advanced
3	Elpo	“Blakus”	Advanced
4	Agnesse	“Oh My My”	Eliminated
5	Emilija	“All We Ever Had”	Advanced
6	Blurie	“Lovin’ Always Gets Me Down”	Eliminated
7	Aivo Oskis	“Walking Out”	Eliminated
8	Daba	“Panic Attack”	Eliminated
9	Kautkaili	“Te un tagad“	Advanced
10	De Mantra	“Let Them”	Advanced
11	Honey Blue	“Blue Disco”	Eliminated
12	Ivo Grīsniņš Grīslis	“Home”	Eliminated

Semi-final 2 – 7 February 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Result
1	Jānis Rugājs	“Smoke”	Eliminated
2	Paula	“Dejot vien“	Eliminated
3	Edvards Strazdiņš	“I Ain’t Got the Guts”	Eliminated
4	Kristīne Megija	“Insanity”	Eliminated
5	Nolark	“Different Places”	Eliminated
6	Miks Galvanovskis	“Cruel Angel”	Advanced
7	Legzdina	“Ribbon”	Advanced
8	Papīra lidmašīnas	“You’re My Saviour”	Eliminated
9	Atvara	“Ēnā“	Advanced
10	Krisy	“Take It”	Advanced
11	Vēstnieks	“Vai tas ir kāds brīnums?“	Eliminated
12	Robert Ox	“Ravin’ at the Taj Mahal”	Advanced

Final. The final took place on 14 February 2026 where the ten entries that qualified from the semi-final competed. The song with the highest number of votes based on the combination of votes from a jury panel and the public, “Ēnā” by Atvara, was declared the winner. In addition to the competing entries, guest performers included 2023 Latvian entrants Sudden Lights and Estonian singer Noëp.

Final – 14 February 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Jury rank	Public vote		Place
				Percentage	Rank
1	De Mantra	“Let Them”	10	3.35%	6	8
2	Elpo	“Blakus”	6	2.32%	8	7
3	Krisy	“Take It”	8	1.86%	10	10
4	Kautkaili	“Te un tagad“	2	26.84%	2	2
5	Legzdina	“Ribbon”	9	2.12%	9	9
6	Emilija	“All We Ever Had”	3	14.93%	3	3
7	Atvara	“Ēnā“	1	27.67%	1	1
8	Robert Ox	“Ravin’ at the Taj Mahal”	4	9.42%	4	4
9	Tikasha Sakama	“#010126 Coda”	5	2.84%	7	6
10	Miks Galvanovskis	“Cruel Angel”	7	8.65%	5	5

Ratings.

Viewing figures by show

Show	Air date	Viewership	Avg. rating (%)
Semi-final 1	31 January 2026	153,200	9.5%
Semi-final 2	7 February 2026	124,900	7.7%
Final	14 February 2026	157,700	9.8%

(it) L’undicesima edizione di Supernova si è svolta dal 31 gennaio al 14 febbraio 2026 presso il Riga Film Studio a Riga e ha selezionato il rappresentante della Lettonia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 a Vienna, in Austria. La vincitrice è stata Atvara con Ēnā.

Il 1° agosto 2025 l’emittente radiotelevisiva pubblica Latvijas Sabiedriskais Medijs (LSM) ha confermato la partecipazione della Lettonia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026, annunciando inoltre l’organizzazione dell’11ª edizione di Supernova per selezionare il proprio rappresentante. A partire dallo stesso giorno è stata data la possibilità agli aspiranti partecipanti di inviare i propri inediti fino al successivo 1º ottobre, a condizione che fossero cittadini lettoni o residenti in Lettonia. Compositori, autori e produttori stranieri potevano partecipare solo se detenevano meno del 49% dei diritti sul brano. Per la prima volta dal 2019, l’evento si è articolato in tre serate presso il Riga Film Studio, nella capitale lettone: le due semifinali, entrambe composte da 12 partecipanti, si sono tenute il 31 gennaio e il 7 febbraio 2026, mentre la finale, alla quale hanno avuto accesso i 10 artisti qualificati, ha avuto luogo il seguente 14 febbraio. Il voto combinato di giuria e televoto ha determinato i risultati di tutte le serate. L’emittente poteva inoltre assegnare una wild card a un undicesimo finalista.

L’emittente LSM, con l’ausilio di una giuria tecnica internazionale composta da rappresentanti dell’industria musicale e televisiva, ha selezionato i 24 partecipanti tra le 124 proposte ricevute. L’elenco degli artisti in gara è stato annunciato il 20 novembre 2025, accompagnato da brevi estratti delle rispettive canzoni. Le versioni integrali dei brani sono state pubblicate a partire dal 4 dicembre. Tra i concorrenti di questa edizione figurano Robert Ox, che ha precedentemente rappresentato il paese all’Eurovision Song Contest 2022 come parte dei Citi Zēni, e Amanda Bašmakova (membro degli Elpo), che ha rappresentato la nazione al Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

Le semifinali si sono svolte in due serate, il 31 gennaio e il 7 febbraio 2026, e hanno visto competere 12 partecipanti ciascuna per i 10 posti destinati alla finale (11 in caso di wild card). La divisione delle semifinali è stata resa nota il 23 dicembre 2025. La prima semifinale si è svolta il 31 gennaio 2026 presso il Riga Film Studio a Riga. L’ordine d’esibizione è stato reso noto il 26 gennaio 2026. Ad accedere alla finale sono stati Tikasha Sakama, gli Elpo, Emilija, i Kautkaili e le De Mantra; La seconda semifinale si è svolta il 7 febbraio 2026 presso il Riga Film Studio a Riga. L’ordine d’esibizione è stato reso noto il 2 febbraio 2026. Ad accedere alla finale sono stati Miks Galvanovskis, Legzdina, Atvara, Krisy e Robert Ox; La finale si è svolta il 14 febbraio 2026 presso il Riga Film Studio a Riga. L’ordine d’esibizione è stato reso noto il 13 febbraio 2026. La serata è stata aperta dall’orchestra Sinfonietta Rīga che si è esibita con un medley di tutte le proposte eurovisive della Lettonia alla manifestazione europea. Il voto combinato di giuria e televoto ha proclamato Atvara con Ēnā vincitrice della manifestazione.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Latvia was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Latvia.

Points awarded to Latvia (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Latvia.

Points awarded by Latvia (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Latvia (Final).

Detailed voting by Latvia.

Detailed voting results from Latvia (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Latvia (Final).

🇩🇰 Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)
• Country: 🇩🇰 Denmark
• National selection – Selection process: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix2026
• Selection date(s): 14 February 2026, 20:00 – 22:18 CET
• Host venue: Arena Nord, Frederikshavn
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): Sara Bro, Alex Høgh Andersen
• Participants – Number of entries: 8
• Number of finalists: 8
• Vote – Voting system: Jury (50%), public vote (50%)
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Søren Torpegaard Lund
• Selection song: “Før vi går hjem” (Before We Go Home)
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Clara Sofie Fabricius, Søren Torpegaard Lund, Thomas Meilstrup, Valdemar Littauer Bendixen Ι Lyricist: Clara Sofie Fabricius, Søren Torpegaard Lund, Thomas Meilstrup, Valdemar Littauer Bendixen
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 10º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 ← Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 → Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2027

Denmark is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Før vi går hjem”, written by Clara Sofie Fabricius, Søren Torpegaard Lund, Thomas Meilstrup and Valdemar Littauer Bendixen, and performed by Torpegaard Lund himself. The Danish participating broadcaster, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), organised the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Denmark fifty-two times since its first entry in 1957. It had won the contest, to this point, on three occasions: in 1963 with the song “Dansevise” performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann, in 2000 with the song “Fly on the Wings of Love” performed by Olsen Brothers, and in 2013 with the song “Only Teardrops” performed by Emmelie de Forest. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it had failed to qualify to the final eight times. In 2025, “Hallucination” performed by Sissal qualified Denmark to the final for the first time since 2019, ultimately placing 23rd.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, DR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. DR confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2026 contest on 23 May 2025. The broadcaster had selected all of its Eurovision entries thus far through the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. On 11 June 2025, DR announced that Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 would be organised in order to select its entry for 2026.

Before Eurovision.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026. Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 was the 56th edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the music competition that selects Denmark’s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 14 February 2026 at the Arena Nord in Frederikshavn, hosted by Sara Bro and Alex Høgh Andersen, and broadcast on DR1 as well as streamed online at DRTV. The show was also broadcast in the Faroe Islands on KvF as well as streamed online at kvf.fo. The national final was watched by 784,000 viewers in Denmark.

Format. Eight songs competed in one show where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top three songs based on the combination of votes from a public vote and a 20-member jury panel qualified to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was determined again by the votes of the jury and public. The jury panel was composed of 10 international members and 10 Danish members, while viewers were able to vote via SMS or a mobile application specifically designed for the competition. Viewers using the app were provided with three free votes for each song per round.

International jury members 

Germany: Felix Rachow,  Sweden: Amanda Karlsson,   Switzerland: Melisa Kaymaz,  United Kingdom: Emma Millen,  Australia: Lachlan Woods,  France: Benjamin Léveque,  Bulgaria: Vasil Ivanov,  Romania: Alexandru Busa,  Finland: Teija Käärmekoski,  Austria: Michael Peterseil

Competing entries. DR opened a submission period between 2 July and 2 November 2025. At least one of the lyricists, composers or artists must be a citizen of Denmark, the Faroe Islands or Greenland, or have a strong connection to Denmark in order to qualify to compete. The broadcaster also invited industry representatives and record companies to submit entries. A selection committee of industry professionals alongside several Danish and international focus groups selected eight songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster. DR held a press meet and greet at the Koncerthuset in Copenhagen on 22 January 2026, where the competing artists and songs were officially presented. Among the competing artists was Sissal, who represented Denmark in 2025. The two returning DMGP entrants are Sander Sanchez, who competed in 2020, and Søren Torpegaard Lund, who competed in 2023.

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Emil Otto (Emil Otto Daugaard)	“Copenhagen Noir”	Emil Otto Daugaard, Joachim Ersgaard, Marcus Winther-John
Ericka Jane (Ericka Jane Pedersen)	“Death of Me” (Min død)	Daniel Scheffmann, Ericka Jane Pedersen, Johannes Bruun, Ole Bjørn Sørensen
Lasse Skriver (lasse Vincent Skriver)	“Roaring Heart”	August Møller Fogh, Karl-Frederik Reichhardt, Lasse Skriver, Thomas Baxter
Late Runner (Asger Tarpgaard, Tanja Forsberg Simonsen)	“Can U Feel It?”	Asger Tarpgaard, Christian Vagn, Jesper Mortensen, Tanja Simonsen
Myrkur (Amalie Bruun)	“Touch My Love and Die”	Amalie Bruun, Søren Mikkelsen
Sander Sanchez	“Two Spirits”	Lise Cabble, Marcus Winther-John, Rasmus Rex, Sander Sanchez
Sissal (Sissal Jóhanna Norðberg Niclasen)	“Infinity” (Uendelighed)	Christopher Rohde-Frisk, Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Malte Johansen, Sissal Jóhanna Norðberg Niclasen
Søren Torpegaard Lund	“Før vi går hjem” (Before We Go Home)	Clara Sofie Fabricius, Søren Torpegaard Lund, Thomas Meilstrup, Valdemar Littauer Bendixen

Final. The final took place on 14 February 2026. In the first round of voting, the top three advanced to a superfinal based on the votes of a 20-member jury (50%) and a public vote (50%). In the superfinal, the winner, “Før vi går hjem” performed by Søren Torpegaard Lund, was selected by the public and jury vote.^[9][19] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Annika Aakjær and Sofie1998 performed as interval acts.

Final – 14 February 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Result
1	Sander Sanchez	“Two Spirits”	Eliminated
2	Late Runner	“Can U Feel It?”	Eliminated
3	Søren Torpegaard Lund	“Før vi går hjem“	Advanced
4	Sissal	“Infinity”	Advanced
5	Emil Otto	“Copenhagen Noir”	Eliminated
6	Myrkur	“Touch My Love and Die”	Eliminated
7	Lasse Skriver	“Roaring Heart”	Eliminated
8	Ericka Jane	“Death of Me”	Advanced

Superfinal – 14 February 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Søren Torpegaard Lund	“Før vi går hjem“	19	20	39	1
2	Sissal	“Infinity”	17	13	30	3
3	Ericka Jane	“Death of Me”	14	17	31	2

(it) La cinquantaseiesima edizione del Dansk Melodi Grand Prix si è svolta il 14 febbraio 2026 presso l’Arena Nord di Frederikshavn e ha selezionato il rappresentante della Danimarca all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 a Vienna, in Austria. Il vincitore è stato Søren Torpegaard Lund con Før vi går hjem. 

Il 23 maggio 2025 l’emittente radiotelevisiva pubblica Danmarks Radio (DR) ha confermato la partecipazione della Danimarca all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 e l’organizzazione della cinquantaseiesima edizione del Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, competizione musicale tradizionalmente utilizzata per la scelta del rappresentante nazionale. A partire dal 2 luglio 2026, l’emittente ha dato la possibilità agli aspiranti partecipanti di inviare i propri brani entro il successivo 2 novembre, con la condizione che almeno uno tra compositori, autori o interpreti fosse cittadino danese o avesse un forte legame con la Danimarca; come da tradizione, la partecipazione è stata estesa anche agli abitanti membri del Regno di Danimarca (Isole Fær Øer e Groenlandia). L’evento si è tenuto in un’unica serata il 14 febbraio 2026 presso l’Arena Nord di Frederikshavn, e ha visto otto partecipanti contendersi l’opportunità di rappresentare la Danimarca all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Il vincitore è stato determinato attraverso una combinazione di voto della giuria tecnica e televoto.

Gli otto finalisti, selezionati da una commissione di esperti tra le candidature ricevute, sono stati rivelati il 2 gennaio 2026 durante una conferenza stampa presso il DR Byen di Copenaghen. Tra i concorrenti figura Sissal, vincitrice dell’edizione precedente e rappresentante della Danimarca all’Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

La finale si è tenuta il 14 febbraio 2026 presso l’Arena Nord di Frederikshavn ed è stata presentata da Sara Bro e Alex Høgh Andersen. L’ordine d’uscita è stato reso noto il 4 febbraio 2026. In seguito alla somma delle votazioni Søren Torpegaard Lund, Sissal ed Ericka Jane hanno avuto accesso alla superfinale, dove la giuria e il televoto hanno proclamato Søren Torpegaard Lund con Før vi går hjem vincitore della manifestazione.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Denmark was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Denmark.

Points awarded to Denmark (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Denmark.

Points awarded by Denmark (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Denmark (Final).

Detailed voting by Denmark.

Detailed voting results from Denmark (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Denmark (Final).

🇦🇺 Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest.

 Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne)
• Country:  Ukraine
• National selection – Selection process:Vidbir 2026 (Natsionalnyi vidbir (Національний відбір, National selection)
• Selection date(s): 7 February 2026, 18:00 – 21:30 CET
• Host venue: 
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): Timur Miroshnychenko, Lesia Nikitiuk
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: 50% jury, 50% public voting
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Leléka (Viktoria Leléka, Вікторія Лелека))
• Selection song: “Ridnym” (Рідним, To loved ones)
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Adama Cefalu, Jakob Hegner, Viktoriia Leleka, Yaroslav Dzhus Ι Lyricist: Adama Cefalu, Jakob Hegner, Viktoriia Leleka, Yaroslav Dzhus
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 12º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Vidbir 2025 ← Vidbir 2026 → Vidbir 2027

Ukraine is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Ridnym“, written by Adama Cefalu, Jakob Hegner, Viktoriia Leleka and Yaroslav Dzhus, and performed by Leleka under her stage name Leléka. The Ukrainian participating broadcaster, Suspilne, organised the national final Vidbir 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) until 2016, and Suspilne since 2017, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Ukraine 20 times since NTU’s first entry in 2003.^[2] It had won the contest on three occasions: in 2004 with the song “Wild Dances” performed by Ruslana, in 2016 with “1944” by Jamala, and in 2022 with the song “Stefania” performed by Kalush Orchestra. It had been the runner-up in the contest on two occasions: in 2007 with the song “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” performed by Verka Serduchka and in 2008 with the song “Shady Lady” performed by Ani Lorak. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Ukraine had managed to qualify to final in every contest it participated in thus far. Its least successful result had been 24th place, which was achieved in 2017 with the song “Time” performed by O.Torvald. In 2025, “Bird of Pray” performed by Ziferblat placed ninth.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, Suspilne organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Suspilne confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2026 contest on 25 August 2025 In the past, the broadcaster had alternated between both internal selections and national finals in order to select its entry. Between 2022 and 2024, Suspilne had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. The method is expected to be continued to select its 2026 entry.

Before Eurovision. Vidbir 2026 was the tenth edition of Vidbir, the national final to select the Ukrainian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The competition took place on 7 February 2026

Vidbir 2026.

Format. The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Ukrainian Eurovision entry will take place over three stages. In the first stage, artists and songwriters had the opportunity to apply for the competition through an online submission form. 15 acts were longlisted and announced on 24 November 2025. The second stage involved the longlisted artists attending a scheduled audition, during which nine acts were selected and announced on 3 December 2025. An additional act was selected from an online selection via the Diia mobile application. The third stage is the final, which will take place on 7 February 2026 and will feature the ten acts vying to represent Ukraine in Vienna, with the results based on the 50/50 combination of votes from the public (via Diia) and a five-member jury panel (a larger one than in previous editions), with each juror assessing a different aspect of the performances while formulating their scores.

The jury panel that will vote during the show consists of:

• Ruslana (Руслана) – singer, winner of the 2004 contest
• Zlata Ognevich (Злата Оґнєвіч) – singer-songwriter, represented Ukraine in 2013
• Yevhen Filatov (Євген Філатов) – singer and composer
• Vitaliy Drozdov (Віталій Дроздов) – general producer of TAVR Media Radio Holding
• Kostyantyn Tomilchenko (Костянтин Томільченко) – choreographer

Competing entries. Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries via an online submission form which accepted entries between 3 September 2025 and 27 October 2025. Only artists that had not performed in events organized by/located in the territory of “the aggressor state” or illegally entered the territories of Crimea since 15 March 2014 and Belarus since 24 February 2022, respectively, were allowed to apply for the competition, and songs performed in the “language of the aggressor state” were prohibited. Jamala, who won the 2016 contest for Ukraine, was assigned as the new music producer of the competition and was the lead in reviewing the 451 received submissions. 15 entries were longlisted, of which their artists were announced on 24 November 2025. Auditions were held on 26 November 2025 where nine entries were shortlisted to compete in the national final. On 3 December 2025, the nine selected competing acts were announced. The online selection, featuring the six non-qualifying entries from the auditions, was held between 8 and 13 January 2026. The winner, Khayat, was announced on 13 January.

Among the competing artists were Monokate, who had represented Ukraine in 2021 as part of Go_A, and Jerry Heil, who had represented Ukraine in 2024 alongside Alyona Alyona. Olena Usenko, a member of the Elliens, had represented Ukraine in Junior Eurovision 2021.

Longlisted artists 

Anstay, Jerry Heil (Джеррі Гейл), Гурт «Karyotype» (Каріотайп), Khayat (Хайат), LAUD, Leléka, Marta Adamchuk (Марта Адамчук), Гурт «MOLODI» (Молоді), Mon Fia, Monokate (Монокейт), Mr. Vel, OKS (Окс), Гурт «ЩукаРиба» (ShchukaRybа), Гурт «The Elliens», Valeriya Force

Online wildcard – 13 January 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Votes	Place
1	Khayat (Хайат)	“Hertsy” (Герци)	Andrii Khaiat, Aniel Arin	91,758	1
2	Гурт «Karyotype»	“DNA” (ДНК)	Danylo Kuka	36,354	4
3	Mon Fia	“Do You Hear Me?” (Ти мене чуєш?)	Hannes Volz, Michael Fischer, Sofiia Semeniuk	49,004	2
4	Anstay	“By the Way” (До речі)	Anastasiia Palamar, Leonid Zvarych	29,929	6
5	Marta Adamchuk (Марта Адамчук)	“Silvered Pines” (Срібні сосни)	Iryna Zuienok, Marta Adamchuk, Oleksandra Makarovska, Volodymyr Sharykov	43,494	3
6	OKS (Віталій Ігорович Окс)	“Say It All” (Скажи все)	Ivan Klymenko, Kateryna Medvedieva, Serhii Yermolaiev, Stanislav Chornyi, Vitalii Oks	32,621	5

Vidbir 2026 participating entries

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Jerry Heil (Дже́ррі Гейл; Yana Oleksandrivna Shemaieva, Яна Олександрівна Шемаєва)	“Catharticus (Prayer)” (Катарсис (Молитва))	Denys Sokolov, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Yana Shemaieva
Khayat (Хайат, Andrii Oleksandrovych Khaiat, Андрій Олександрович Хайат; Andrii Skalkovich)	“Hertsy” (Герци, Hertz)	Andrii Khaiat, Aniel Arin
Laud (Vladyslav Karashchuk, Владислав Андрійович Каращук)	“Lightkeeper” (Хранитель Світла)	Diana Tomniuk, DredLock, Vladyslav Karashchuk
Leléka (Viktoria Leléka, Вікторія Лелека))	“Ridnym” (Рідним, To loved ones)	Adama Cefalu, Jakob Hegner,Viktoriia Leleka, Yaroslav Dzhus
Molodi (Молоді; Kyrylo Rohovyi, Ivan Stepanishchev; Кирила Рогового, Івана Степаніщева)	“Legends” (Легенди)	Anton Chilibi, Iryna Batiuk, Ivan Stepanishchev, Kyrylo Rohovyi, Mykyta Leontiev
Monokate (Монокейт: Kateryna Anatoliivna Pavlenko, Катерина Анатоліївна Павленко)	“Tut” (ТYT / Ти тут, Tut, Here)	Artem Yefimov, Kateryna Pavlenko
Mr. Vel (Valerii Myroshnychenko)	“Do or Done” (Або ти, або тебе)	Aniel Arin, Valerii Miroshnychenko
ShchukaRybа (Гурт «ЩукаРиба», Yaryna Sizyk, Denys Ivaniv, Stepan Andrushchenko, Yaroslav Tatarchenko, Yuliana Debopre, Toni Stenko)	“Moia zemlia” (Моя земля, My Land)	Daria Lisich, Yaroslav Tatarchenko
The Elliens (Гурт «The Elliens»: Mykyta Fedorov, Olena Usenko, Stanislav Khmel, Artur Marishchuk)	“Crawling Whispers” (Повзучі шепоти / Повзучий Шепіт)	Aniel Arin, Mykyta Fyodorov, Olena Usenko, Stanyslav Khmel
Valeriya Force (Valeriya Simulik)	“Open Our Hearts” (Відкриваємо наші серця / Відкрити наші серця)	Valeriia Simulik, Vinny Venditto

Final. The final took place on 7 February 2026. In addition to the competing entries, guest performers included former Ukrainian Eurovision entrants Ziferblat (2025), Zlata Ognevich (2013), Tvorchi (2023), and Jamala, as well as Satoshi, who would represent Moldova in 2026, and Svitlana Tarabarova with three former Ukrainian Junior Eurovision participants: Anastasia Dymyd (2023), Artem Kotenko (2024), and Sofiia Nersesian (2025).

Final – 7 February 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Jury	Public vote				Total	Place
				Diia
					SMS	Total	Points
1	Valeriya Force	“Open Our Hearts”	4	7,928	643	8,571	2	6	9
2	Molodi	“Legends”	2	12,400	1,115	13,515	4	6	8
3	Monokate	“Tut“	6	11,963	939	12,902	3	9	6
4	The Elliens	“Crawling Whispers”	1	14,363	1,640	16,003	5	6	7
5	Laud	“Lightkeeper”	9	35,189	2,674	37,863	9	18	2
6	Leléka	“Ridnym“	10	54,830	5,220	60,050	10	20	1
7	Mr. Vel	“Do or Done”	7	15,809	1,713	17,522	6	13	4
8	Khayat	“Hertsy“	5	17,144	1,863	19,007	7	12	5
9	Jerry Heil	“Catharticus (Prayer)”	8	33,034	2,687	35,721	8	16	3
10	ShchukaRybа	“Moia zemlia“	3	5,731	715	6,446	1	4	10

(it) La decima edizione di Vidbir si è svolta il 7 febbraio 2026 e ha selezionato il rappresentante dell’Ucraina all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 a Vienna, in Austria. La vincitrice è stata Leléka con Ridnym. 

Il 25 agosto 2025, l’emittente pubblica Nacional’na Suspil’na Teleradiokompanija Ukraïny (Suspil’ne) ha confermato la partecipazione dell’Ucraina all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026, insieme all’organizzazione della decima edizione di Vidbir per selezionare il proprio rappresentante. Il successivo 2 settembre è stato annunciato che Jamala, vincitrice dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2016 e giudice del programma dal 2017, è stata nominata produttrice musicale dell’edizione; Herman Njenov, invece, è stato riconfermato direttore artistico la settimana seguente. A partire dal 3 settembre, l’emittente ha dato la possibilità agli aspiranti partecipanti di inviare i propri brani entro il successivo 27 ottobre, a condizione che questi non fossero stati proposti contemporaneamente ad altre selezioni nazionali. Oltre a ciò, gli artisti partecipanti non devono essersi esibiti in Bielorussia o Russia dall’inizio del conflitto russo-ucraino né aver fatto ingresso in Crimea illegalmente, ed è loro implicitamente vietato utilizzare la lingua russa nella composizione del brano. Tuttavia, il 16 ottobre 2025, tali regole avrebbero portato alla presentazione di un reclamo ufficiale da parte del management di Ol’ha Poljakova (che si è esibita in Russia fino al 2015); il reclamo è stato successivamente respinto dall’emittente ucraina, che ha ribadito la volontà di non essere rappresentata in contesti internazionali da artisti che hanno svolto attività nello stato “Stato aggressore” durante il periodo di guerra. L’evento avrà luogo in un’unica serata il 7 febbraio 2026, durante la quale 10 concorrenti si contenderanno l’opportunità di rappresentare l’Ucraina all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026. I risultati saranno decretati da una combinazione di voto della giuria e televoto.

La giuria di esperti sarà composta da: Ruslana, vincitrice dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2004; Zlata Ohnjevič, rappresentate dell’Ucraina all’Eurovision Song Contest 2013; Jevhen Filatov, cantante e paroliere; Vitalij Drozdov, produttore generale di TVAR Media e direttore di Radio HitFM; Kostjantyn Tomil’čenko, coregrafo, direttore e produttore televisivo.

Suspil’ne ha selezionato dapprima i 15 artisti con le canzoni migliori tra le 451 proposte provenienti dai 392 artisti candidati (di cui 313 solisti e 79 gruppi), che sono stati annunciati il 24 novembre 2025. Tra questi, attraverso una seconda scrematura basata su un’audizione dal vivo, sono stati selezionati i primi nove finalisti, annunciati il 3 dicembre 2025. I titoli dei brani sono stati annunciati il 7 gennaio 2026, mentre la loro pubblicazione è avvenuta il successivo 15 gennaio. Tra i concorrenti di questa edizione figurano Jerry Heil, che ha precedentemente rappresentato il paese all’Eurovision Song Contest 2024 insieme ad Al’ona Al’ona, Monokate (al secolo Kateryna Pavlenko), che ha partecipato all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020 e 2021 come parte dei Go_A, ed Olena Usenko (membro di The Elliens), che ha rappresentato la nazione al Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021. 

Dall’8 al 13 gennaio 2026 è stata aperta una votazione online per la scelta di un ulteriore finalista fra i 6 candidati scartati dalla scrematura finale, ove il vincitore avrà la possibilità di partecipare alla finale come decimo finalista. L’ordine d’esibizione dei candidati è stato reso noto il 18 dicembre 2025, mentre l’elenco dei brani è stato presentato il 7 gennaio 2026. Khayat è stato annunciato come vincitore del voto online e, di conseguenza, 10º finalista di Vidbir.

La finale si è svolta il 7 febbraio 2026 a Kiev. L’ordine d’uscita è stato reso noto il 15 gennaio 2026. La serata è stata aperta dai Ziferblat, vincitori dell’edizione precedente e rappresentanti dell’Ucraina all’Eurovision Song Contest 2025, che si sono esibiti con Bird of Pray. Durante l’intervallo, invece, si sono esibiti Tarabarova con Anastasija Dymyd, Artem Kotenko e Sofija Nersesjan (rispettivamente rappresentanti dell’Ucraina al Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023, 2024 e 2025) con un medley dei loro brani eurovisivi, Zlata Ohnjevič e i Tvorchi (rispettivamente rappresentanti dell’Ucraina all’Eurovision Song Contest 2013 e 2023) con un medley di One Day e Bonfire, Jamala (vincitrice dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2016) con 1944 ed infine, Satoshi (rappresentante della Moldavia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026) che ha cantato Viva, Moldova!. Leléka è stata proclamata vincitrice della serata trionfando sia nel televoto che nel voto della giuria.

Vincitore Vidbir 2026: Leléka con Ridnym; Podio – secondo classificato Vidbir 2026: Laud con Lightkeeper; Podio – terzo classificato Vidbir 2026: Jerry Heil con Catharticus (Prayer); Premio della Critica “Radio Promin'”: Laud con Lightkeeper; Premio OGAE Ukraine: Jerry Heil con Catharticus (Prayer).

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Ukraine was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Ukraine.

Points awarded to Ukraine (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Ukraine.

Points awarded by Ukraine (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Ukraine (Final).

Detailed voting by Ukraine.

Detailed voting results from Ukraine (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Ukraine (Final).

🇦🇱 Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH)
• Country: 🇦🇱 Albania
• National selection – Selection process: Festivali i Këngës 64 (Festivali i 64-t i Këngës)
• Selection date(s): Semi-final 1 / Nata e Parë: 17 December 2025, 21:00 – 23:30 CET; Semi-final 2 / Nata e Dytë: 17 December 2025, 21:00 – 23:20 CET; Semi-final 3 (Nata e Tretë – Nata e nostalgjisë / Nostalgia night): 19 December  2025, 21:00 – 00:00 CET; Final / Nata Finale: 20 December 2025, 21:00 – 00:45 CET
• Host venue: Palace of Congresses (Pallati i Kongreseve), Tirana, Albania
• Production – Executive producer: Belioza Çoku
• Artistic director: Elhaida Dani
• Presenter(s): Arilena Ara, Salsano Rrapi
• Participants – Number of entries: 28 ^[a]
• Number of finalists: 23
• Vote – Voting system: Semi-final: 100% jury (14 acts performed in semi-final 1: 5 Newcomers, 9 Pre-qualified; 14 acts performed in semi-final 2: 5 Newcomers, 9 Pre-qualified); Nostalgia night: The 18 pre-qualified artists performed covers together with acclaimed Albanian guest artists; Final: 50% jury, 50% televoting
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: Alis (Alis Kallaçi)
• Selection song: “Nân” ()
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Alis Kallaçi, Desara Gjini Ι Lyricist: Alis Kallaçi, Desara Gjini
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 13º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Festivali i Këngës 63 ← Festivali i Këngës 64 → Festivali i Këngës 65

Albania is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Nân”, written by Alis Kallaçi and Desara Gjini, and performed by Alis himself. The Albanian participating broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), selected its entry through its national selection competition Festivali i Këngës.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Albania 21 times since its first entry in 2004. Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, had been fifth place, which was achieved in 2012 with the song “Suus” performed by Rona Nishliu. It accomplished its second-highest placement wat its first appearance in 2004, with the song “The Image of You” performed by Anjeza Shahini, finishing seventh. During its tenure in the contest, the nation failed to qualify for the final eight times. At the prior year’s contest, it qualified to the final, after placing second in the semi-final with the song “Zjerm” performed by Shkodra Elektronike.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTSH broadcasts the event in Albania and organises Festivali i Këngës, an annual music competition which has been consistently used as its national selection format for the contest since its 2004 debut. On 10 June 2025, RTSH confirmed its intention to participate in the 2026 contest, and that Festivali i Këngës would select its entry

Before Eurovision.

The Albanian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was selected during the 64th edition of Festivali i Këngës, an annual music competition in Albania organised by RTSH at the Palace of Congresses in Tirana. The event took place between 17 and 20 December 2025 and was hosted by Arilena Ara and Salsano Rrapi. The broadcaster opened an application period for interested artists and composers to submit their applications on 1 September 2025, lasting until 30 September 2025, and ultimately selected 28 contestants.

Festivali i Këngës 64. Festivali i Këngës 64 was the 64th edition of the annual Albanian music competition Festivali i Këngës, organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH). It was held between 17 and 20 December 2025 at the Palace of Congresses in Tirana and was hosted by Arilena Ara and Salsano Rrapi. The winner of the competition, Alis with “Nân“, will represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Format. The 64th edition of Festivali i Këngës consisted of two semi-finals on 17 and 18 December 2025, a “nostalgia night” on 19 December 2025 and a final on 20 December 2025.

In July 2025, it was announced that Elhaida Dani – who won Festivali i Këngës 53 – would serve as the artistic director, repeating her function from the previous edition, where she was widely credited with enhancing the quality of the shows. Belioza Çoku was announced as the executive producer in October 2025, while Arilena Ara – who won Festivali i Këngës 58 – and comedian Salsano Rrapi were named the hosts in December 2025.

Broadcasters Andri Xhahu and Antoneta Koçi hosted a special Post Festivali broadcast after each of the shows.

Voting structure. A seven-member jury voted to determine the five newcomers advancing to the final from the qualifying phase, announced at the end of the third night, as well as half of the result of the final, with the remaining half decided by the televote, which also accepted votes from Kosovo. A worldwide online vote officially designated as the “diaspora vote” was originally planned to complement the domestic televote for the second year in a row, but was withheld on the first day of the festival in order to “guarantee transparency”.

The members of the jury were Anila Basha, Belinda Budini, Bleona Qereti, Olen Çezari, Rame Lahaj, Valentin Veizi and Zef Çoba.

Competing entries / Contestants. RTSH opened an application period for interested artists and composers on 1 September 2025, with applications open until 30 September; as a novelty, songs created with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence were immediately discarded in order to “preserve the authenticity” of the festival. A total of 28 artists appeared on the list of selected competing acts, which was published on 13 October. On 22 November, Egzon Pireci announced his withdrawal from the contest due to “personal reasons”; Lynx was designated as his replacement and announced as a competitor three days later. The genres and titles of the entries were revealed in batches between 21 and 28 October, with the songs eventually released on 1 December.

Key: ¹ Withdrawn ² Replacement entry

Festivali i Këngës 64 established artists

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
2 Farm	“Valle mbi hi” (Dance on the ashes)	2 Farm
Alis (Alis Kallaçi)	“Nân” (Mother)	Alis Kallaçi, Desara Gjini
Egzon Piereci ¹	“Thirrëm“	Aida Baraku, Armend Rexhepagiqi, Nexhat Mujovi, Wirusi
Enxhi Nasufi	“Dritë” (Light)	Enxhi Nasufi, Kledi Bahiti
Erik Lloshi	“Dy pika dashuri” (Two drops of love)	Erik Lloshi, Flamur Shehu
Evi Reçi	“Kodi i jetës” (Code of life)	Enis Mullaj, Eriona Rushiti
Fifi and Tiri Gjoci (Filloreta Raçi, Tiri Gjoci)	“Rri” (Stay)	Filloreta Raçi, Tiri Gjoci
Frensi (Frensi Revania)	“Tresh” (Trio)	Inis Neziri, Panda
Gerta Mahmutaj	“Në krahët e tu” (In your arms)	Gerta Mahmutaj, Kledi Bahiti, Petro Xhori
Gresa Gjocera and Bledi Kaso	“Busulla e zemrës” (Compass of the heart)	Jeris Kaso, Pandi Laço
Inis Neziri	“Ta kam fal” (I have given you)	Engli Versal, Inis Neziri, Ledio Dara
Kamela Islamaj	“Pa pretendime” (Without pretensions)	Gjergj Kaçinari, Megi Hasani
Kleansa Susaj	“Hije” (Shadow)	Aldo Marku, Kleansa Susaj
Luna Çausholli	“Pa kufij” (Without borders)	Ermira Çausholli, Kledi Bahiti, Luna Çausholli
Lorenc Hasrama	“Lamtumirë” (Farewell)	Erjon Lleshi, Lorenc Hasrama
Lynx (Aurel Gjini, Eno Gjoni, Aleksandos Braho, Mario Mancelli) ²	“Nuk kthehem pas” (I’m not going back)	Lynx
Rezarta Smaja	“Balukeprera“	Sokol Marsi
Sara Kapo	“Të dua shumë” (I love you very much)	Sara Kapo, Tomorr Kuçi
Vedat Ademi	“Kur fjala mbaron” (When the word is ending)	Afërdita Saracini Kelmendi, Xhevdet Gashi

Festivali i Këngës 64 newcomers

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Endri Kaçaçi	“Si unë” (Like me)	Endri Kaçaçi, Irkenc Hyka
Erand Sojli	“Të kam në fron” (I have you on the throne)	Erand Sojli
Ghiti (Margerita Shllaku)	“Okej!” (Okay!)	Beatriçe Gjergji, Marcello Maria Batelli
Kimi (Freskim Rama)	“Prapë dielli del” (The sun is rising again)	Danny Kenny, Kimi, Skip
Malvina Likaj	“Përtej shpirtit” (Beyond the soul)	Klodian Qafoku, Malvina Likaj
Rigersa Loka	“Albanian Heart”	Aidan Baraku, Darko Dimitrov
Savjana Vjerdha	“Dimër për dimër e vjeshtë për vjeshtë” (Winter for winter and autumn for autumn) [b]	Ilir Dangellia, Ilirian Zhupa
Sheila (Sheila Haxhiraj)	“Zemra e tokës” (Heart of the Earth)	Marko Polo, Sheila Haxhiraj
Sihana Haxhnikaj	“Horizont” (Horizon)	Eriona Rushiti, Florent Boshnjaku
Threex (Erta Maria Xhavara, Laura Xhavara, Dea Xhavara)	“Vite” (Years)	Marsel Gunga, Threex

Shows.

Semi-finals. The semi-finals took place on 17 and 18 December 2025 at 21:00 CET. Kroni Pula, who represented Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025, featured as a special guest in semi-final 1.

Key: ¹ Did not qualify ² Qualified ³ Automatic qualifier

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Semi-final 2 – 18 December 2025

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Savjana Vjerdha ²	“Dimër për dimër e vjeshtë për vjeshtë“
2	2 Farm ³	“Valle mbi hi“
3	Gerta Mahmutaj ³	“Në krahët e tu“
4	Sihana Haxhnikaj ¹	“Horizont“
5	Luna Çausholli ³	“Pa kufij“
6	Erik Lloshi ³	“Dy pika dashuri“
7	Frensi ³	“Tresh“
8	Malvina Likaj ¹	“Përtej shpirtit“
9	Vedat Ademi ³	“Kur fjala mbaron“
10	Kamela Islamaj ³	“Pa pretendime“
11	Threex ¹	“Vite“
12	Endri Kaçaçi ²	“Si unë“
13	Fifi and Tiri Gjoci ³	“Rri“
14	Evi Reçi ³	“Kodi i jetës“

Nostalgia night – 19 December 2025

Draw	Artist	Guest artist	Song
1	Alis	Anxhela Peristeri	“Jon“
2	Sara Kapo	Eneda Tarifa	“Vajzat e fshatit tim“
3	Lynx	Altin Goci	“Me ty kaq pranë“
4	Rezarta Smaja	Sidrit Bejleri	“Lule të bukura sjell pranvera“
5	Luna Çausholli	Kelly	“Ende ka shpresë“
6	Kleansa Susaj	Gili	“Xixëllonjë“
7	Erik Lloshi	Mateus Frroku	“Djaloshi dhe shiu“
8	Gresa Gjocera and Bledi Kaso	Elton Deda	“Nuk kërkoj tjetër njeri“
9	Lorenc Hasrama	Vesa Luma	“Shiu“
10	Evi Reçi	Kastriot Tusha	“Këputa një gjethe dafine“
11	Enxhi Nasufi	Vikena Kamenica	“Flakë e borë“
12	Gerta Mahmutaj	Kleiti Mahmutaj	“Valsi i lumturisë“
13	Frensi	Rosela Gjylbegu	“Në moshën e rinisë“
14	2 Farm	Kozma Dushi	“Bardhësi“
15	Inis Neziri	Jonida Maliqi	“Jetoj“
16	Vedat Ademi	Teuta Kurti	“Ti nuk më meriton“
17	Kamela Islamaj	Orgesa Zaimi	“Sot jam 20 vjeç“
18	Fifi and Tiri Gjoci	Young Zerka	“Jehon“

Final. The final took place on 20 December 2025 at 21:00 CET. Tommy Cash, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, featured as a special guest.

Final – 20 December 2025

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Gerta Mahmutaj	“Në krahët e tu“	0	7	7	16
2	Lynx	“Nuk kthehem pas“	0	0	0	20
3	Frensi	“Tresh“	22	0	22	11
4	Evi Reçi	“Kodi i jetës“	0	0	0	20
5	Rezarta Smaja	“Balukeprera“	15	0	15	13
6	Rigersa Loka	“Albanian Heart”	5	0	5	17
7	Vedat Ademi	“Kur fjala mbaron“	42	21	63	5
8	Erik Lloshi	“Dy pika dashuri“	4	0	4	18
9	Kleansa Susaj	“Hije“	0	0	0	20
10	Sara Kapo	“Të dua shumë“	6	49	55	6
11	Sheila	“Zemra e tokës“	65	28	93	3
12	Savjana Vjerdha	“Dimër për dimër e vjeshtë për vjeshtë“	11	0	11	14
13	2 Farm	“Valle mbi hi“	10	42	52	8
14	Kamela Islamaj	“Pa pretendime“	4	0	4	18
15	Gresa Gjocera and Bledi Kaso	“Busulla e zemrës“	0	0	0	20
16	Inis Neziri	“Ta kam fal“	32	70	102	2
17	Lorenc Hasrama	“Lamtumirë“	10	0	10	15
18	Endri Kaçaçi	“Si unë“	40	14	54	7
19	Luna Çausholli	“Pa kufij“	1	35	36	9
20	Alis	“Nân“	68	84	152	1
21	Ghiti	“Okej!“	17	0	17	12
22	Enxhi Nasufi	“Dritë“	25	0	25	10
23	Fifi and Tiri Gjoci	“Rri“	29	56	85	4

Detailed jury votes.

Detailed jury votes 

Draw	Song	B. Budini	V. Veizi	A. Basha	Z. Çoba	O. Çezari	B. Qereti	R. Lahaj	Total
1	“Në krahët e tu“								0
2	“Nuk kthehem pas“								0
3	“Tresh“		4			10	8		22
4	“Kodi i jetës“								0
5	“Balukeprera“				8			7	15
6	“Albanian Heart”				2	3			5
7	“Kur fjala mbaron“	7	10	10	10			5	42
8	“Dy pika dashuri“						4		4
9	“Hije“								0
10	“Të dua shumë“					4	1	1	6
11	“Zemra e tokës“	10	6	8	7	12	12	10	65
12	“Dimër për dimër e vjeshtë për vjeshtë“			4	5			2	11
13	“Valle mbi hi“		1	7			2		10
14	“Pa pretendime“	3			1				4
15	“Busulla e zemrës“								0
16	“Ta kam fal“	8	5			6	7	6	32
17	“Lamtumirë“			6	4				10
18	“Si unë“	5	8	2	6	1	10	8	40
19	“Pa kufij“	1							1
20	“Nân“	12	12	12	12	8		12	68
21	“Okej!“	2	2	1	3	2	3	4	17
22	“Dritë“	4	3	5		5	5	3	25
23	“Rri“	6	7	3		7	6		29

Notes.

• [a] Including 18 established artists and 10 newcomers.
• [b] Originally titled “ID”.

(it) La sessantaquattresima edizione del Festivali i Këngës si è svolta dal 17 al 20 dicembre 2025 presso il Palazzo dei Congressi di Tirana e ha selezionato il rappresentante dell’Albania all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 a Vienna, in Austria. Il vincitore è stato Alis con Nân.

L’emittente albanese Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) ha confermato la partecipazione dell’Albania all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 il 10 giugno 2025, annunciando inoltre l’organizzazione della 64ª edizione del Festivali i Këngës per selezionare il proprio rappresentante. Il successivo 19 luglio Elhaida Dani, vincitrice della 53ª edizione del Festivali i Këngës e rappresentante nazionale all’Eurovision Song Contest 2015, è stata riconfermata come direttrice artistica della kermesse per il secondo anno consecutivo. Dal 1º al 30 settembre 2025 l’emittente ha dato la possibilità agli aspiranti partecipanti di inviare i propri brani. Il festival è stato articolato in quattro spettacoli: tre semifinali trasmesse dal vivo e la finale, che si sono svolte dal 17 al 20 dicembre 2025. Il vincitore della manifestazione è stato determinato dal voto combinato della giuria d’esperti e dal televoto (rappresentato dal voto telefonico proveniente dai cittadini dell’Albania e del Kosovo). Un voto online internazionale proveniente dai membri della diaspora albanese era stato originariamente pianificato per essere integrato assieme al televoto telefonico per il secondo anno consecutivo, ma è stato scartato per garantire maggiore la trasparenza durante le votazioni.

La giuria di esperti è stata composta da: Belina Budini, presidente della Facoltà di Lettere, Scienze della Formazione e Arti Liberali presso l’Università Europea di Tirana; Valentin Veizi, compositore; Anila Basha, giornalista; Zef Çoba, compositore; Olen Çezari, violinista; Bleona Qereti, cantante; Ramë Lahaj, tenore.

I ventotto partecipanti sono stati selezionati da una giuria interna, guidata dalla direttrice artistica Elhaida Dani, fra le oltre 100 proposte ricevute, e sono stati resi noti il 13 ottobre 2025; i titoli dei brani e i relativi compositori sono stati invece presentati ciclicamente dal 20 al 28 ottobre 2025. Tutti i brani sono stati pubblicati il successivo 1º dicembre. Il 21 novembre 2025 Egzon Pireci ha annunciato, attraverso il proprio profilo Instagram, il ritiro dalla competizione per motivi personali; è stato successivamente sostituito dai Lynx con il brano Nuk kthehem pas. 

Le semifinali sono state trasmesse il 17, 18 e 19 dicembre 2025 alle ore 21:00 (CET) e sono state presentate da Arilena Ara e Salsano Rrapi. Durante le prime due semifinali gli artisti, 14 per serata, hanno presentato una versione orchestrale del loro brano, mentre nella terza semifinale, dedicata alle cover, gli artisti della categoria “Campioni” si sono esibiti con un pezzo scelto da loro facente parte della storia del Festivali i Këngës, in duetto con interpreti ospiti. L’ordine d’esibizione delle prime due semifinali è stato annunciato il 10 dicembre 2025. Durante le semifinali si è svolta inoltre la gara della categoria “Emergenti”: nel corso della prime due semifinali sono stati eliminati cinque artisti; La finale è stata trasmessa il 20 dicembre 2025 alle ore 21:00 (CET) ed è stata presentata da Arilena Ara e Salsano Rrapi. Le votazioni per il televoto, limitate esclusivamente ad Albania e Kosovo, sono state aperte immediatamente dopo la conclusione della terza semifinale. Alis è stato proclamato vincitore della serata trionfando sia nel televoto che nel voto della giuria.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Albania was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Albania.

Points awarded to Albania (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Albania.

Points awarded by Albania (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Albania (Final).

Detailed voting by Albania.

Detailed voting results from Albania (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Albania (Final).

• Participating broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Services (PBS)
• Country: 🇲🇹 Malta
• National selection – Selection process: Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 – MESC 2026
• Selection date(s): Semi-final: 15 January 2026, 20:50 – 01:08 CET; Final: 17 January 2026, 21:15 – 01:20 CET
• Host venue: Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre, Ta’ Qali
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): Destiny Chukunyere, Gaia Cauchi, Keane Cutajar
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: Semi-final: Jury, Public Voting; Final: 50% jury, 50% public
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: AIDAN (Aidan Cassar)
• Selection song: “Bella” (Sabiħa)
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Aidan Cassar, Joep van den Boom, Sarah Bonnici  Ι Lyricist: Aidan Cassar, Joep van den Boom, Sarah Bonnici
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 14º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 ← Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 → Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2027

Malta is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Bella“, written by Aidan Cassar, Joep van den Boom and Sarah Bonnici, and performed by Aidan himself. The Maltese participating broadcaster, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), organised the national final Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 to select its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, the Maltese Broadcasting Authority (MBA) until 1975, and the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) since 1991, have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Malta thirty-seven times since MBA’s first entry in 1971. MBA briefly competed in the contest in the 1970s before withdrawing for sixteen years, while PBS competed in every contest since their return in 1991. Their best placing in the contest so far is second, which it achieved on two occasions; 2002 with the song “7th Wonder” performed by Ira Losco, and in 2005 with the song “Angel” performed by Chiara. In 2025, “Serving” performed by Miriana Conte qualified to the final and placed 17th.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, PBS organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2026 contest on 29 May 2025. Since 2022, PBS has selected its entry through a national final procedure called Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC), a method that will be continued for its 2026 participation.

Before Eurovision.

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was the national final format developed by PBS to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The competition consisted of a semi-final and final held on 15 and 17 January 2026, respectively, at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre in Ta’ Qali. Both shows were hosted by Keane Cutajar, Destiny Chukunyere (who won Junior Eurovision 2015 and represented Malta in Eurovision 2021) and Gaia Cauchi (who won Junior Eurovision 2013). The competition was broadcast live on TVM as well as on TVM+ with Maltese sign language interpretation and lyrics, as well as on the broadcaster’s streaming service TVMi. The final was also broadcast on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.

Format. The competition consisted of eighteen songs competing in the semi-final on 15 January 2026 where the top twelve entries qualified to compete in the final on 17 January 2026. Ten judges and the public via televoting evaluated the songs during the shows, both of which had an equal stake (50%) in the final result. Ties in the final results were broken based on the entry which received the higher score from the public. The ten members of the jury that evaluated the entries during the semi-final and final consisted of:

• Kevin Abela (Malta) – Orchestrator, arranger and director
• Andreas Anastasiou (Cyprus) – International relations officer of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
• Joseph Chetcuti (Malta) – Television producer, musician and lawyer
• Russell Davies (United Kingdom) – Organiser of the London Eurovision Party
• Ramona Depares (Malta) – Journalist and cultural critic
• Elaine Falzon (Malta) – Cultural manager
• Felix Häring (Germany) – Member of OGAE Germany
• Ersin Parlak (Turkey) – Assistant of the Sammarinese delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest
• Ozzy Lino (Malta) – Singer-songwriter
• Alexia Souferi (Greece) – International television and media executive at Antenna Group

Competing entries. Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 17 and 23 November 2025. Songwriters from any nationality were able to submit songs as long as the artist (at least half of the lead vocalists for groups or duos) and one of the songwriters per entry were Maltese or possessed Maltese citizenship. A songwriting camp called the MESC Music Exchange Camp was held between 15 and 24 June 2025 in order to create songs to be submitted for the competition, with up to 80 songs eventually created in the camp. 18 semi-finalist entries were selected and announced during a special programme aired on TVM, hosted by Daniel Testa (who represented Malta in Junior Eurovision 2008) and Ylenia Spiteri, on 1 December 2025.

Artist	Song	Songwriters
Adria Twins (Celine Muscat, Shaian Muscat)	“Nerġa’ Nqum” (I rise again)	Joe Julian Farrugia, Shaun Farrugia
Aidan ( Aidan Cassar)	“Bella” (Sabiħa)	Aidan Cassar, Joep van den Boom, Sarah Bonnici
Chess Galea	“Shout It Out” (Għajjatha)	Chess Galea, Hannah Dorman, Niklas Rosström, Remy Borsboom
Denise (Denise Meciega)	“Trophy” (Trofew)	Denise Mercieca, Linnea Deb, Marcus Winther-John, Owen Vos
Ema (Emma Vella)	“Achikuku (Don’t Think About It)” (Achikuku (Taħsibx Dwarha))	Ema Vella, Emil Calleja Bayliss, Matthew Caruana, Peter Borg
Franklin Calleja	“Guide You Home”	Cyprian Cassar, Franklin Calleja
Janice Mangion	“Univers” (Universe)	Cyprian Cassar, Emil Calleja Bayliss, Mark Scicluna
Kelsie Borg	“Let a Girl Breathe” (Ħalli Tfajla Tieħu Nifs)	Gusten Dahlqvist, Jean Paul Borg, Linnea Gawell
Kelsy Attard	“Perfectly Broken” (Imkissra perfettament)	Kelsey Attard, Melanie Wehbe, Rasmus Rex Wester Findinge, Sarah Bonnici
Kurt Anthony	“On the Borderline”	Edward Abela, Joe Romano, Kelly Rose Moncado
Liston (Liston Bongailas)	“Mela” (So)	Daniel Borg, Liston Bongailas
Mark Anthony Bartolo	“Mumenti Sbieħ“	Mark Anthony Bartolo, Matthew Caruana, Ronald Janeček, Silje Montsko Blandkjenn
Matt Blxck (Matthew Caruana)	“Ejja Lejja Ħdejja ‘l Hawn (The Flute)” (Come to me, by me, Here / Come To Me Near Me Here (The Flute); Ejja ħdejja lejja ‘l hawn (Il-Flawt))	Audun Agnar Guldbrandsen, Matthew Caruana, Matthew James Borg
Matthew Cilia and the AfterParty	“Brutality Mentality” (Brutalità, Mentalità)	Daniel Dalli, David Depasquale, Joshua Max Wunderlich, Linnea Gawell, Matthew Cilia
Mychael Bartolo Chircop	“My Sweet Angel” (L-Anġlu Ħlejju Tiegħi)	Klinsmann Coleiro, Matthew Caruana, Mychael Bartolo Chircop, Remy Borsboom
Nathan Psaila	“Ganador” (Winner)	Nathan Psaila, Tchiah Ommar, Tobi Verheij, Ynke Dingenen
Rhiannon Micallef	“Hold Myself Up”	Kaya Campbell, Natalie Misova, Noah Timman, Rhiannon Micallef
Stefan Galea (Stefan Paul Galea)	“Pose” (Poża)	Owen Vos, Stefan Galea, Tchiah Ommar, Ynke Dingenen

Semi-Final. The semi-final took place on 15 January 2026. Eighteen songs competed for twelve qualifying spots in the final. The running order was announced on 13 January 2026. The interval act of the show featured performances by Gaia Cauchi, Tommy Cash, who represented Estonia in 2025, the Mużika Mużika 2025 winner Jamie Cardona, and musician Ivan Grech.

Semi-final – 15 January 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Result
1	Aidan	“Bella“	Advanced
2	Ema	“Achikuku (Don’t Think About It)”	Advanced
3	Chess Galea	“Shout It Out”	Eliminated
4	Liston	“Mela“	Eliminated
5	Franklin Calleja	“Guide You Home”	Advanced
6	Kelsy Attard	“Perfectly Broken”	Eliminated
7	Matthew Cilia and the AfterParty	“Brutality Mentality”	Advanced
8	Mark Anthony Bartolo	“Mumenti Sbieħ“	Advanced
9	Denise	“Trophy”	Advanced
10	Kurt Anthony	“On the Borderline”	Eliminated
11	Rhiannon Micallef	“Hold Myself Up”	Eliminated
12	Stefan Galea	“Pose”	Eliminated
13	Matt Blxck	“Ejja Lejja Ħdejja ‘l Hawn (The Flute)”	Advanced
14	Adria Twins	“Nerġa’ Nqum“	Advanced
15	Kelsie Borg	“Let a Girl Breathe”	Advanced
16	Mychael Bartolo Chircop	“My Sweet Angel”	Advanced
17	Janice Mangion	“Univers“	Advanced
18	Nathan Psaila	“Ganador“	Advanced

Final. The final took place on 17 January 2026. The twelve entries that qualified from the semi-final were performed again and the 50/50 combination of votes of a ten-member jury panel and the results of public televoting determined the winner. The interval act of the show featured performances by Destiny Chukunyere, Eliza Borg, who represented Malta in Junior Eurovision 2025, Baby Lasagna, who represented Croatia in 2024, Miriana Conte, who represented Malta in 2025, and the band Scream Daisy. After the votes from the jury panel and televote were combined, “Bella” performed by Aidan was the winner.

Final – 17 January 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Janice Mangion	“Univers“	23	11	34	10
2	Kelsie Borg	“Let a Girl Breathe”	14	17	31	11
3	Matt Blxck	“Ejja Lejja Ħdejja ‘l Hawn (The Flute)”	68	200	268	2
4	Denise	“Trophy”	45	26	71	6
5	Nathan Psaila	“Ganador“	15	23	38	9
6	Ema	“Achikuku (Don’t Think About It)”	52	12	64	7
7	Franklin Calleja	“Guide You Home”	31	12	43	8
8	Mychael Bartolo Chircop	“My Sweet Angel”	67	69	136	3
9	Mark Anthony Bartolo	“Mumenti Sbieħ“	75	12	87	4
10	Aidan	“Bella“	113	170	283	1
11	Matthew Cilia and the AfterParty	“Brutality Mentality”	70	14	84	5
12	Adria Twins	“Nerġa’ Nqum“	7	14	21	12

Detailed jury votes.

Detailed jury votes

R/O	Song	K. Abela	A. Anastasiou	J. Chetcuti	R. Davies	R. Depares	E. Falzon	F. Häring	E. Parlak	O. Lino	A. Souferi	Total
1	“Univers“	2	2	1	3	4	3	6		2		23
2	“Let a Girl Breathe”					2		4		6	2	14
3	“Ejja Lejja Ħdejja ‘l Hawn (The Flute)”	4	7	8	7	8	8	12	5	3	6	68
4	“Trophy”	5	5	4	4	5	4	10	1	4	3	45
5	“Ganador“	3	1	2	1				2	1	5	15
6	“Achikuku (Don’t Think About It)”	6	3	3	8	3	5	7	8	8	1	52
7	“Guide You Home”	1	4	5	6	1	1	2	7		4	31
8	“My Sweet Angel”	8	6	10	2	7	10	3	6	5	10	67
9	“Mumenti Sbieħ“	10	10	6	10	6	6		10	10	7	75
10	“Bella“	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	12	12	12	113
11	“Brutality Mentality”	7	8	7	5	10	7	8	3	7	8	70
12	“Nerġa’ Nqum“						2	1	4			7

Viewing figures by show

Show	Date	Viewership	Share (%)
Semi-final	15 January 2026	185,000	85%
Final	17 January 2026	275,000	90%

(it) La tredicesima edizione di Malta Eurovision Song Contest si è svolta dal 15 al 17 gennaio 2026 e ha selezionato il rappresentante di Malta all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 a Vienna, in Austria. Il vincitore è stato Aidan con Bella.

Il 29 maggio 2025 l’emittente maltese Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) ha confermato la partecipazione dell’isola all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026, annunciando al contempo l’organizzazione della 13ª edizione di Malta Eurovision Song Contest per selezionare il proprio rappresentante.

Tra il 15 e il 24 giugno compositori e parolieri maltesi ed europei hanno preso parte a un laboratorio musicale dedicato alla creazione dei brani destinati alla competizione.^[1] Successivamente, dal 17 al 23 novembre gli artisti interessati hanno potuto inviare i propri inediti, a condizione che fossero cittadini maltesi o residenti a Malta (almeno la metà nei gruppi musicali) e che ogni canzone avesse almeno un autore con cittadinanza maltese. Come accade dal 2022, una clausola ha impedito a Miriana Conte, vincitrice dell’edizione precedente e rappresentante dell’isola all’Eurovision Song Contest 2025, di partecipare al festival, onde evitare che lo stesso artista venga scelto per due anni consecutivi. A differenza dell’edizione precedente, il concorso si è tenuto in due serate: nella semifinale del 15 gennaio 2026, 18 concorrenti si sono sfidati per accedere alla finale del 17 gennaio, alla quale hanno partecipato solo 12 artisti. Il voto combinato di giuria e televoto ha determinato i risultati di entrambe le serate. Il 1º dicembre 2025 sono stati presentati i 18 artisti partecipanti e i titoli dei relativi brani, accompagnati da brevi estratti audio di ciascuna canzone. 

La semifinale si è svolta il 15 gennaio 2026 presso il Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre di Ta’ Qali. L’ordine di uscita è stato reso noto il 13 gennaio 2026. La serata è stata aperta da un medley, ove tutti i partecipanti si sono esibiti con un brano vincitore dell’Eurovision Song Contest, per poi terminare la performance con una rivisitazione di Wasted Love, brano vincitore dell’edizione 2025. Durante l’intervallo si sono esibiti come ospiti Gaia Cauchi, rappresentante dell’isola al Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013, nonché co-presentatrice della serata, con The Start e Tama, successivamente Ivan Grech & Band con Picture on the Wall/Second Hand Dream/Show Me How to Love You, Jamie Cardona con Stajna konna aħna/Mandy/Għall-Ħarġa e, infine, Tommy Cash, rappresentante dell’Estonia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2025, con OK/Espresso macchiato/Untz Untz. Ad accedere alla finale sono stati Aidan, Ema, Franklin Calleja, Matthew & The AfterParty, Mark Anthony Bartolo, Denise, Matt Blxck, le Adria Twins, Kelsie Borg, Mychael Bartolo Chircop, Janice Mangion e Nathan Psaila.

La finale si è tenuta il 17 gennaio 2026 presso il Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre di Ta’ Qali. L’ordine di uscita è stato reso noto il 16 gennaio 2026. Durante l’intervallo si sono esibiti come ospiti Destiny, rappresentante dell’isola al Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 e all’Eurovision Song Contest 2020 e 2021, Out of Me/Je me casse/All of My Love/Not My Soul/I Believe, le cui ultime due assieme ad Eliza Borg, rappresentante dell’isola all’Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Successivamente si sono esibiti gli Scream Daisy e Baby Lasagna, rappresentante della Croazia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2024, con Biggie Boom Boom/Rim Tim Tagi Dim, ed infine, Miriana Conte, vincitrice dell’edizione precedente e rappresentante dell’isola all’Eurovision Song Contest 2025, con Għajjejt (i8)/Napoletana/That Kind of Man/Serving Kant. A vincere il voto della giuria e del televoto sono stati rispettivamente Aidan e Matt Blxck; una volta sommati i punteggi il primo è stato proclamato vincitore della manifestazione, superando di 15 punti di distacco il secondo classificato.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Malta was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Malta.

Points awarded to Malta (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Malta.

Points awarded by Malta (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Malta (Final).

Detailed voting by Malta.

Detailed voting results from Malta (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Malta (Final).

 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest.

• Participating broadcaster: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK)
• Country:  Norway
• National selection – Selection process: Melodi Grand Prix2026
• Selection date(s): 28 February 2026, 19:45 – 21:45 CET
• Host venue: Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
• Production – Executive producer: 
• Artistic director: 
• Presenter(s): Marte Stokstad, Markus Neby, Ronny Brede Aase
• Participants – Number of entries: 
• Number of finalists: 
• Vote – Voting system: 40% international jury, 60% public voting
• Competing entry – Selection entrant: JONAS LOVV (Jonas Lovv Hellesøy)
• Selection song: “YA YA YA”
• Selected songwriter(s): Composer: Jonas Lovv Hellesøy, Sondre Skaftun Ι Lyricist: Jonas Lovv Hellesøy, Sondre Skaftun
• Final performance – Placement: 
• Semi-final result: 15º SF 2: Qualified (xth, xxx points)
• Final result: xº FI: xrd, xxx points
• Participation chronology: Melodi Grand Prix 2025 ← Melodi Grand Prix 2026 → Melodi Grand Prix 2027

Norway is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Ya Ya Ya”, written by Jonas Lovv Hellesøy and Sondre Skaftun, and perfomed by Jonas Lovv himself. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background. Prior to the 2026 contest, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Norway sixty-four times since its first entry in 1960. It had won the contest on three occasions: in 1985 with the song “La det swinge” performed by Bobbysocks!, in 1995 with the song “Nocturne” performed by Secret Garden, and in 2009 with the song “Fairytale” performed by Alexander Rybak. Norway also had the two dubious distinctions of having finished last in the Eurovision final more than any other country and for having received nul points (zero points) four times, the latter being a record shared with Austria. The country had finished last eleven times and had failed to score a point during four contests. Following the introduction of semi-finals for 2004, Norway has finished in the top ten ten times.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, NRK organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has traditionally organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix, which has selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in all but one of its participation. NRK confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest on 19 June 2025, and announced on 20 June the organization of Melodi Grand Prix 2026 in order to select its 2026 entry.

Before Eurovision. 

Melodi Grand Prix 2026. Melodi Grand Prix 2026 was the 64th edition of the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix (MGP), which selected Norway’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The show took place on 28 February 2026 at the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer, hosted by Ronny Brede Aase, Marte Stokstad and Markus Neby.

Format. The competition consisted of two stages. The first stage was a radio selection titled MGP-cupen (“MGP cup”), which took place between 20 and 26 January 2026 during the NRK P1 programme Nitimen. Eight songs competed over three rounds of duels and the winning entry qualified to the second stage, which was the final, on 28 February 2026, joining the eight pre-qualified finalists. The results of MGP-cupen were determined exclusively by public online voting through NRK’s official website nrk.no.

Competing entries. A submission period was opened by NRK between 20 June and 1 September 2025. Each song had to have at least one Norwegian songwriter, and each songwriter could submit a maximum of three songs. In addition to the public call for submissions, NRK directly invited certain artists and composers to submit songs. At the close of the deadline, approximately 1,500 submissions were received. A total of 16 songs were selected for the competition by the newly assigned MGP music producer Tarjei Strøm: eight songs for MGP-cupen and an additional eight songs that qualified directly for the final. The directly qualified competing acts and songs were revealed on 19 January 2026 during a press conference at NRK’s studio 1, presented by Ronny Brede Aase, Marte Stokstad and Markus Neby, while the acts competing in MGP-cupen were revealed on 20 January 2026. Due to Israel’s participation in Eurovision amidst the Gaza war, Ylvis withdrew prior to the announcement of the participants despite having been selected to compete. Among the competing artists were Alexander Rybak, who won the 2009 contest for Norway and represented the country again in 2018, and Emmy, who represented Ireland in 2025.

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Alexander Rybak (Alexander Igorevich Rybak; Alyaksandr Iharavich Rybak, Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак))	“Rise”	Alexander Rybak
Aranja (Aranja Gharib)	“Pyjamas Song”	Aranja Gharib, Christopher Scott Simmons, Ola Frøyen, Sonia Maselik
Emma [Emma Gunnarsen]	“Northern Lights” (Nordlyset)	Andreas Lindbergh, Emma Gunnarsen (eMMa), Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
Emmy (Emmy Kristine Guttulsrud Kristiansen)	“Sykt fin“	Andreas Johansson, Ben Adams, Emmy Kristine Guttulsrud Kristiansen
Gothminister feat. Thomas Jenssen (Bjørn Alexander Brem, Glenn Nilsen)	“The Spell”	Bjørn Alexander Brem
Hedda Mae (Hedda Aalvik Grønhaug)	“Snap Back”	Benjamin Giørtz, Dag Holtan-Hartwig, Glen Roberts, Halvor Folstad, Hedda Grønhaug
Jonas Lovv (Jonas Lovv Hellesøy)	“Ya Ya Ya”	Jonas Lovv Hellesøy, Sondre Skaftun
Leonardo Amor (Leonardo Jr. Amorsolo)	“Prayer” (Bøn)	Ådne Perry Kjellstadli, Adrian Søfteland Midtgard, Leonardo Amorsolo, Lillian Slåbakk, Mathias Nilsen
Mileo (Miles Curtis Sesselmann)	“Frankenstein”	Audun Agnar Guldbrandsen, Farida Louise Bolseth Benounis, Miles Curtis Sesselmann
Raylee (Raylee Charlotte Kristiansen)	“Where Did Your Friend Go”	Celine Solemsløkk Helgemo, Emma Gale, Raylee Charlotte Kristiansen, Steven Rodriguez
Sander Silva and Victorjus	“Fritt fall“	Sander Gran, Stine Øen, Torjus Fluge Fornes, Trym Olstad
Silke (Silje Montsko Blandkjenn)	“Forevermore” (For alltid)	Audun Agnar Guldbrandsen, Hannah Theuma, Patrik Jean, Silje Montsko Blandkjenn
Skrellex (Kai Thomas Ryen Larsen)	“Into the Wild”	Camilo Fernández, Kai Thomas Ryen Larsen, Michael James Down, Primož Poglajen, Will Taylor
Storm [Leo Davadi Sundli]	“Lullaby” (Vuggevise)	Erlend Torheim, Jonas Wesetrud Hansen, Leo Davadi Sundli (STORM), Martin Stenstad Selen, Nora Eklo
Thomas Jenssen	“Smalltown”	Carl-Henrik Wahl, Jakob Mihoubi, Rudy Daouk, Simon Peyron, Thomas Jenssen
Vika Anonymous	“Har du itte vørri på toten før?“	Chris Tsika Kabala, Gustav Fredholm, Jørgen Ulsrud, Kjersti Sleveland, Torgeir Ryssevik

MGP-cupen (Duelldeltakere). MGP-cupen took place between 20 and 26 January 2026 and consisted of three rounds of public voting. The first round featured four daily duels between 20 and 24 January 2026 and the winners of the duels proceeded to the second round. The second round featured two daily duels on 24 and 25 January 2026 and the winners of each duel proceeded to the last round on 26 January 2026, where the winner will proceed to the final.

On 25 January 2026, Sander Silva and Victorjus announced their withdrawal from the competition, also citing Israel’s participation in Eurovision amidst the Gaza war as the reason.

First round – 20–23 January 2026

Duel	Date	Artist	Song	Result
I	20 January	Skrellex	“Into the Wild”	Advanced
		Emmy	“Sykt fin“	Eliminated
II	21 January	Gothminister	“The Spell”	Advanced
		Vika Anonymous	“Har du itte vørri på toten før?“	Eliminated
III	22 January	Aranja	“Pyjamas Song”	Eliminated
		Sander Silva and Victorjus	“Fritt fall“	Advanced
IV	23 January	Raylee	“Where Did Your Friend Go”	Advanced
		Thomas Jenssen	“Smalltown”	Eliminated

Second round – 24–25 January 2026

Duel	Date	Artist	Song	Result
I	24 January	Skrellex	“Into the Wild”	Advanced
		Gothminister	“The Spell”	Eliminated
II	25 January	Sander Silva and Victorjus	“Fritt fall“	Withdrew
		Raylee	“Where Did Your Friend Go”	Advanced

Final round – 26 January 2026

Artist	Song	Result
Raylee	“Where Did Your Friend Go”	Eliminated
Skrellex	“Into the Wild”	Advanced

Final. Eight pre-qualified entries and the winner of MGP-cupen competed in the final, held on 28 February 2026.

Final – 28 February 2026

R/O	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Skrellex	“Into the Wild”	15	30	45	7
2	Hedda Mae	“Snap Back”	11	4	15	8
3	Storm	“Lullaby”	14	36	50	6
4	Mileo	“Frankenstein”	54	35	89	4
5	Silke	“Forevermore”	0	4	4	9
6	Alexander Rybak	“Rise”	66	126	192	2
7	Emma	“Northern Lights”	28	99	127	3
8	Leonardo Amor	“Prayer”	60	13	73	5
9	Jonas Lovv	“Ya Ya Ya”	96	169	265	1

Detailed international jury votes.

Detailed international jury votes

R/O	Song	Switzerland	Sweden	Armenia	United Kingdom	Estonia	Croatia	Belgium	Denmark	Total
1	“Into the Wild”	4			1	1	1	2	6	15
2	“Snap Back”	2	1	2	2	2			2	11
3	“Lullaby”		2	4	4		2	1	1	14
4	“Frankenstein”	10	8	6	10	6	4	10		54
5	“Forevermore”									0
6	“Rise”	6	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	66
7	“Northern Lights”	1	6	1		4	6	6	4	28
8	“Prayer”	8	4	10	6	10	10	4	8	60
9	“Ya Ya Ya”	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	96

International jury members and spokespersons.

International jury members and spokespersons 

Country	Jury members
Armenia	Anush Ter-Ghukasyan, Arthur Manukyan, David Tserunyan (jury leader), Lilit Navasardyan, Pargev Vardanyan (spokesperson)
Belgium	Elia Rose, Jean-Luc Fonck, Jonatan Cerrada Moreno (spokesperson), Lou Vanden Abeelen, Michaël De Lil (jury leader)
Croatia	Luka Grgić, Maja Tokic, Robert Urlic, Tomislav Stengl (jury leader), Zlata Mück Sušec (spokesperson)
Denmark	Anders Ugilt Andersen, Bryan Rice, Molly Plank (jury leader and spokesperson), Ralf Richardt Strøbech, Tilde Vinther
Estonia	Alice Aleksandridi, Karl Killing, Mihkel Sirelpuu, Riin Vann (jury leader and spokesperson)
Sweden	Malin Wiklund, Mathias Bridfelt, Natalie Carrion (jury leader and spokesperson), Natasha Azarmi, Robert Sehlberg
Switzerland	Adrian Graf, Gian Rosen, Leonie Meier, Nadine Schärer, Nina Mathys (jury leader and spokesperson)
United Kingdom	Andrew Cartmell (jury leader), Curtis Thewlis, Lindsay Dracass (spokesperson), Robin Wallington, Tim Woodcock

(it) La sessantaquattresima edizione del Melodi Grand Prix si è svolta il 28 febbraio 2026 presso la Håkons Hall di Lillehammer e ha selezionato il rappresentante della Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026 a Vienna, in Austria. Il vincitore è stato Jonas Lovv con Ya Ya Ya.

Il 19 giugno 2025 l’emittente radiotelevisiva pubblica Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) ha confermato la partecipazione della Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026, annunciando inoltre l’organizzazione della 64ª edizione del Melodi Grand Prix; a partire dal giorno seguente l’emittente ha dato la possibilità agli aspiranti autori di inviare i propri brani entro il 1º settembre, con la condizione che almeno uno dei compositori fosse cittadino norvegese. L’evento si è svolta in un’unica serata il 28 febbraio 2026 presso la Håkons Hall di Lillehammer e ha visto 9 partecipanti (di cui uno selezionato attraverso una preselezione online) contendersi l’opportunità di rappresentare la Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2026. I risultati sono stati decisi da una combinazione di 10 giurie internazionali da 5 membri ciascuna e voto del pubblico, con un peso rispettivamente del 40% e del 60% sul risultato.

I primi otto partecipanti, selezionati da una commissione guidata dal direttore artisitco Tarej Strøm fra le oltre 1500 proposte ricevute, sono stati annunciati il 19 gennaio 2026. Tutti i brani sono stati presentati a partire dal successivo 26 gennaio. Tra i concorrenti figura Alexander Rybak, vincitore dell’Eurovision Song Contest 2009 e rappresentante nazionale anche nell’edizione 2018. Originariamente anche il duo Ylvis avrebbe dovuto prendere parte alla competizione, ma hanno comunicato il loro ritiro dopo che è stata confermata la presenza di Israele alla manifestazione europea. Data l’impossibilità di trovare un sostituto in tempo, la competizione ha avuto 9 finalisti anziché dei 10 inizialmente pianificati.

Dal 20 al 26 gennaio 2026 sarà aperta una votazione online, strutturata come un torneo a duelli che si svolgerà all’interno del programma radiofonico Nitimen, tra otto candidati scelti dall’emittente, ove il vincitore avrà la possibilità di partecipare alla finale in qualità di nono finalista. Gli otto candidati e la divisione dei duelli sono stati annunciati il 20 gennaio 2026. Il 25 gennaio 2026 si sarebbe dovuto svolgere il duello tra Raylee e il duo Sander Silva & Victorijus per determinare il secondo super-finalista della pre-selezione; Tuttavia, nel medesimo giorno, il duo Sander Silva & Victorijus ha annunciato il proprio ritiro dalla selezione come segno di protesta per la presenza di Israele alla manifestazione europea, e Raylee è stata qualificata automaticamente al duello finale. Il successivo 27 gennaio, Skrellex è stata annunciata vincitrice della pre-selezione online e, di conseguenza, 9ª finalista del Melodi Grand Prix.

La finale si è tenuta il 28 febbraio 2026 presso la Håkons Hall di Lillehammer ed è stata presentata da Markus Neby, Marte Stokstad e Ronny Brede Aase. L’ordine d’esibizione è stato reso noto il 25 febbraio 2026. Durante l’intervallo si è esibito Kyle Alessandro, vincitore dell’edizione precedente e rappresentante della Norvegia all’Eurovision Song Contest 2025, che ha cantato una versione rivisitata di Lighter. Jonas Lovv è stato proclamato vincitore trionfando sia nel televoto che nel voto della giuria.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the “Big Four” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Norway was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.

Semi-final.

Voting.

Points awarded to Denmark.

Points awarded to Denmark (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Denmark.

Points awarded by Denmark (Semi-final 2).

Points awarded by Denmark (Final).

Detailed voting by Denmark.

Detailed voting results from Denmark (Semi-final 2).

Detailed voting results by Denmark (Final).