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

La Bulgaria ha debuttato all’Eurovision Song Contest nel 2005, partecipando quattordici volte e conquistando 5 finali. Non ha mai vinto finora la manifestazione e il miglior piazzamento ottenuto è stato un secondo posto nel 2017 da Kristian Kostov con “Beautiful Mess”.

Ha mancato la finale nove volte (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (, quando “Love Unlimited” di Sofi Marinova ha perso il decimo posto disponibile nella seconda semifinale a causa di uno spareggio con la Norvegia), 2013 e 2022), qualificandosi le rimanenti cinque (2007 (quinto posto con “Water” di Elitsa e Stoyan), 2016 (quarto posto con “If Love Was a Crime” di Poli Genova), 2017 (secondo posto con “Beautiful Mess” di Kristian Kostov), 2018 (quattordicesimo posto con “Bones” del supergruppo Equinox) e 2021 (undicesimo posto con “Growing Up Is Getting Old” di Victoria )) e non partecipando tra il 2014 e il 2015, 2019 e tra il 2023 e il 2025. Sorprendentemente, dopo un’assenza dal concorso dal 2023 al 2025, il paese torna per l’edizione 2026 del concorso.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the first half:

Bulgaria: DARA (Дара; Darina Nikolaeva Yotova, Дарина Николаева Йотова) – “Bangaranga” (Бангаранга) (Anne Judith Wik, Cristian Tarcea, Darina Yotova (DARA), Dimitris Kontopoulos). Language: English.

• Birth name: Darina Nikolaeva Yotova (Дарина Николаева Йотова)
• Also known as: DARA (Дара)
• Born / Origin: 9 September 1998 (age 27), Vana, Bulgaria
• Genres: Pop, R&B, Synthpop
• Occupations: ; Instrument: Vocals
• Years Active: 2015–present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Intelligent Music Project (2022) ◄ DARA (2026)►

Darina Nikolaeva Yotova (Дарина Николаева Йотова, born 9 September 1998), known mononymously as Dara (Дара), is a Bulgarian singer. She rose to prominence in 2015 after reaching the final in the Bulgarian edition of The X Factor (Екс Фактор). In 2016, she released her debut single “K’vo ne chu” (К’ВО НЕ ЧУ) under Virginia Records. She is set to represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Career.

2015–16: The X Factor. Born in Varna, in 2015 Yotova participated in the Bulgarian version of the reality show The X Factor where she finished third, with Bulgarian rapper Krisko being her mentor.

2016–present: Early career. Following her departure from The X Factor, Yotova signed a record deal with Bulgarian music label Virginia Records and adopted the stage name Dara. In the summer of 2016, she released her debut single “K’vo ne chu”, accompanied by a music video. A few weeks later, the single peaked the Bulgarian charts and a subsequent English version of the song by the name of “Onto You” was released on 29 September, directed towards an international audience.

On 12 March 2017, Dara released her second single entitled “Rodena takava”, also accompanied by a music video. A few months later, on 21 July, she made her first guest appearance on a single named “Nyama da si tragnesh s drug” by labelmates Plamen & Ivo alongside Bulgarian hip-hop duo Pavell and Venci Venc’. On 29 September, Dara’s third single “Nedei” was released on YouTube with an official music video. On 20 June 2018, Dara released her fourth single entitled “Vse na men”, along with a music video.

In early 2020, Dara starred in the TV show Kato dve kapki voda, the Bulgarian version of Your Face Sounds Familiar, finishing in third place in the final.

Since 2021, Dara has been a coach on The Voice of Bulgaria. In 2022, on the ninth season, Jacklyn Tarrakci, a member of Team Dara, won the competition. This made Dara the winning coach. In 2024, on the eleventh season, Dara’s artist Slaveya Ivanova won the competition, marking Dara’s second win in four seasons as a coach.

On 7 March 2022, Dara announced her debut album Rodena takava set to be released on 20 April 2022, accompanied with a live concert showcasing the album in Joy Station, Sofia.

In March 2023, Kai released “Rover”, a remake of Dara’s original “Mr. Rover”, with his solo album Rover. In the Spring of 2024 she participated in Dancing Stars, where she finished as the runner-up.

2026: Eurovision Song Contest. She is set to represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after winning the 2026 Bulgarian national final, Natsionalnata selektsiya, with 30 points. After considering withdrawing from the contest, she confirmed her participation.

Discography.

Dara discography
Studio albums	2
Singles	31
Music videos	21

Title	Details
Rodena takava	Released: 25 March 2022, Label: Virginia, Formats: Digital download, streaming
Adhdara	Released: 19 September 2025, Label: Virginia, Formats: Digital download, streaming

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		BUL Air.	BUL Dom. Air.
“K’vo ne chu“	2016	—	6	Rodena takava
“Rodena takava“	2017	—	1
“Nedei“		7	1
“Vse na men“	2018	9	2
“BTW (Bye Bye)” (with Livin R & Noisy)	2019	—	3
“Sosa maje” (with Virgo)		—	—
“Darbie”		7	1
“Hotel 5 zvezdi” (with Pavell & Venci Venc’)		—	—	Upgrade
“Ella Ella”		6	2	Rodena takava
“Ai Ai”	2020	3	1
“Mamacita“		—	—
“Cold as Ice”	2021	5	2
“Thunder”		1	1
“Call Me” (with Matteo)	2022	—	1	Non-album singles
“Mr. Rover”		—	4
“Veche nyama kak” (with Lubo Kirov)	2023	10	1	Tseluni me
“Boginya“		—	3	Non-album singles
“In My Head”		6	1
“Zaminavam“		—	1
“Nyama da mi lipsvash” (featuring Bobo)		10	2
“Samo moi“	2024	—	2
“Zmiya” (with Venci Venc’)		—	3
“Kradets na mechti“		8	1
“Nishto poveche“	2025	9	1	Adhdara
“Barbie & Ken” (with Virgo)		—	—	Sauce Kid 4
“Nito zvuk“		10	1	Adhdara
“Da ne mojem“		—	2
“Onche bonche“	2026	—	2
“Curse”		—	—	Non-album singles
“This Is Me”		—	—
“Bangaranga”		10	2
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		BUL Air.	BUL Dom. Air.
“Nyama da si tragnesh s drug” (Plamen & Ivo featuring Dara and Pavell & Venci Venc’)	2017	—	3	Non-album singles
“Sreshtu men” (Pavell & Venci Venc’ featuring Dara)	2018	—	—
“My Time” (Monoir featuring Dara)		4	1
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Year	Title	Director	Artist(s)
As main performer
2016	“K’vo ne chu”	Lyusi Ilarionov, Andrey Andreev
2017	“Rodena takava”	Lyusi Ilarionov, Georgi Markov
As featured performer
2017	“Nyama da si tragnesh s drug”	Lyusi Ilarionov, Georgi Markov	Plamen & Ivo featuring Dara, Pavell & Venci Venc’

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the first half:

• Country: Bulgaria
• Artist(s): DARA (Дара)
• Language: English
• English title: “Bangaranga” (Бангаранга)
• Realeased: 
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Anne Judith Wik, Cristian Tarcea, Darina Yotova, Dimitris Kontopoulos
• Lyricist(s): Anne Judith Wik, Cristian Tarcea, Darina Yotova, Dimitris Kontopoulos
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Intention” (2022) ◄ “Bangaranga” (2026) ► 

 

Lyrics “Bangaranga”:  English Ι Bulgarian

Come alive
Surrender to the blinding lights
No one’s gonna sleep tonight
Welcome to the riot

Come alive
Surrender to the blinding lights
No one’s gonna sleep tonight
Welcome to the riot

(I’m the bangaran) Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga
(I’m the bangaran) Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga
(I’m the bangaran) Blindin’ lights
Welcome to the riot
I’m the bangaran

(I am) I’m the bangaran

I’m an angel, I’m a demon, I’m a psycho for no reason
I’m a mover, I’m a teaser, I don’t follow, I’m the leader
Let me hype you, hype you up, let me hype you up, I’ma, I’ma
Let you get so hooked, I’ma leave you shook

Come alive
Surrender to the blinding lights
No one’s gonna sleep tonight
Welcome to the riot

(I’m the bangaran) Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga
(I’m the bangaran) Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga
(I’m the bangaran) Blindin’ lights
Welcome to the riot
(I, I, I, I) I’m the bangaran

(Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga, I’m the bangaran)
(Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga) I’m the bangaran
(Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga, I’m the bangaran
(Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga; I am) I’m the bangaran

Close to the edge I can feel it inside
Bodies on bodies and sparks ‘bout to fly
I, I, I’m ‘bout to lose my mind, mind

(I’m the bangaran) Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga
(I’m the bangaran) Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga
(I’m the bangaran, bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga) Blindin’ lights
(I’m the bangaran, bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga) Welcome to the riot

I’m a rebel (rebel), I’m a danger (danger)
I’m a mover (mover) for a freedom
Let me light you, light you up, let me light you up
Come on, let me pull you in ѕo deep, I’ma leave you weak

I’m the bangaran
(Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga, I’m the bangaran)
(Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga) I’m the bangaran
(Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga, I’m the bangaran)
(Bangaranga, bangaranga, bangaranga) I’m the bangarаn (Ooh)

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Цял живот
Предадена пред заслепяващите светлини
Никой няма да спи тази нощ
Добре дошли в бунта

Цял живот
Предадена на заслепяващите светлини
Никой няма да спи тази нощ
Добре дошли в бунта

(Аз съм бангара) Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга
(Аз съм бангара) Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга
(Аз съм бангара) Заслепяващи светлини
Добре дошли в бунта
Аз съм бангара

(Аз съм) Аз съм бангара

Аз съм ангел, аз съм демон, аз съм психо, безпричина
Аз съм водач, аз съм провокатор, аз не следвам, аз съм лидер
Нека те надъхам, те надъхам, нека те надъхам, аз ще, аз ще
Ще те хвана за куката, ще те оставя в шок

Цял живот
Предадена на заслепяващите светлини
Никой няма да спи тази нощ
Добре дошли в бунта

(Аз съм бангара) Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга
(Аз съм бангара) Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга
(Аз съм бангара) Заслепяващи светлини
Добре дошли в бунта
(Аз, Аз, Аз, Аз) Аз съм бангара

(Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга, аз съм бангара)
(Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга) Аз съм бангара
(Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга, аз съм бангара)
(Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга, Аз съм) Аз съм бангара

Близо до ръба, усещам го вътре в себе си
Тела върху тела и искри ще хвърчат
Аз, аз, аз съм на път да загубя ума си, ума си

(Аз съм бангара) Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга
(Аз съм бангара) Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга
(Аз съм бангара, бангаранга, бангаранга) Заслепяващи светлини
(Аз съм бангара, бангаранга, бангаранга) Добре дошли в бунта

Аз съм бунтарка (бунтарка), аз съм беда (беда)
Аз съм водач (водач) за свобода
Нека те разпаля, разпаля, нека те разпаля
Хайде, нека те вкарам надълбоко, ще те оставя безсилен

Аз съм бангара
(Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга, аз съм бангара)
(Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга) Аз съм бангара
(Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга, аз съм бангара)
(Бангаранга, бангаранга, бангаранга) Аз съм бангара

L’Azerbaigian ha debuttato all’Eurovision Song Contest nel 2008, partecipandovi senza interruzioni da allora (17 partecipazioni, conquistando 13 finali). Ha vinto la competizione una sola volta, nel 2011 con il brano “Running Scared” di Ell & Nikki (stabilendo il record per il punteggio medio più basso per una canzone vincitrice con il sistema di votazione a 12 punti, con 5,26 punti per paese), e pertanto ha organizzato l’edizione del 2012. Per ospitare l’edizione del 2012 fu scelta senza troppe cerimonie la capitale azera Baku e si optò per la costruzione di un nuovo edificio, la Baku Crystal Hall, nei pressi della piazza della bandiera statale. In un articolo del Daily Telegraph si stima che la televisione azera abbia speso circa 48 milioni di sterline britanniche. Inoltre questa edizione non fu estranea alle controversie riguardanti sia la costruzione della sede, per cui furono sfollati forzatamente diversi residenti e per presunte accuse di corruzione, che i delicati rapporti con l’Armenia, che scelse di ritirarsi polemicamente oltre il termine massimo consentito accusando la mancata garanzia per la sicurezza della delegazione armena.

Il paese ha ottenuto cinque piazzamenti consecutivi tra i primi cinque al concorso tra il 2009 e il 2013, classificandosi terzo (2009) e quinto (2010) prima della vittoria del 2011 e quarto (2012) e secondo (2013) dopo la vittoria. L’Azerbaigian ha mancato la finale in quattro occasioni, nel 2018, nel 2023, nel 2024 e nel 2025.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the first half:

Azerbaijan: JIVA (Jamila Hashimova, Cəmilə Həşimova) – “Just Go” (Sadəcə çıx) (Fuad Javadov). Language: English, Azerbaijani.

• Birth name: Jamila Hashimova (Cəmilə Həşimova)
• Also known as: JIVA 
• Born / Origin: 9 September 1982 (age 43), Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
• Genres: 
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter
• Years Active: 2003–present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Mamagama (2025) ◄ JIVA (2026)►

Jamila Hashimova (Azerbaijani: Cəmilə Həşimova; born 9 September 1982), known professionally as Jiva (stylized in all caps), is an Azerbaijani singer and songwriter. Jiva won the third season of “Səs Azərbaycan” / The Voice of Azerbaijan. Her repertoire includes pop, dance, and R&B, which she performs in Azerbaijani, Russian, and English. She will represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with her song “Just Go”.

Early life and education. Jamila Hashimova was born on 9 September 1982 in Moscow.

Career. Hashimova began her musical career in 2003. In 2011, she participated in the national selection rounds for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

In February 2025, Hashimova auditioned for the second season of The Voice of Azerbaijan. In the blind auditions, she earned chair turns from all four coaches. She chose to be on Team Röya. In May, she won the show with a televote percentage of 42.6%.

Hashimova participated in the Baku Autumn contest and in the Montreux Jazz Festival She also performed with the band Rast and, as a soloist, with the Hazz Band.

On 6 March 2026, İctimai Television announced that they had internally selected Hashimova, under the stage name Jiva, to represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. She was one of 18 acts were selected to take part in an audition round, from which she was one of three proceeded to the final stage based on the decision of a jury panel and a focus group.

Discography. Credits taken from Apple Music.

Singles.

Title	Year	Album
“Azaka אזעקה”	2021	Non-album singles
“Stop Crying”
“Hey Guy”
“Telefon Söhbəti”	2022
“Kəpənək” (with Cris Taylor)
“Yalan”	2023
“Rəqs Et”
“İsti Nəfəsin”	2025
“Just Go”	2026

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the first half:

• Country: Azerbaijan
• Artist(s): JIVA 
• Language: English
• English title: “Just Go” (Sadəcə çıx)
• Realeased: 
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Fuad Javadov (Fuad Cavadov)
• Lyricist(s): Fuad Javadov (Fuad Cavadov)
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Run with U” (2025) ◄ “Just Go” (2026) ► 

 

Lyrics “Just Go”:  English Ι Azerbaijani

I carried your love inside my heart each day
You said our fire would never fade away
Your name was my dream at night
Your name when I saw the light
Oh, I was yours all the way

But now I see through your disguise
The truth is burning in my eyes

Go, I don’t love you anymore
Go, without you I’ll shine
You know
I’ll erase you from my soul

Go, I don’t wanna see your face
Go, no more tears will ever flow
I’m begging you – just go

You said we’d be forever, side by side
You said our love would never die
But you fooled me once again
You played your little game
You burned the faith I had inside

Now every word feels like a lie
I’m done, I’m saying goodbye

Go, I don’t love you anymore
Go, without you I’ll shine
You know
I’ll erase you from my soul

Go, I don’t wanna see your face
Go, no more tears will ever flow
I’m begging you – juѕt go

Məni tərk et, yoruldum yalandan
Məni tərk et, bezmişəm bu oyundan
Məni tərk et, qurtulum bu alovdan
Məni tərk et, çıx mənim dünyamdаn

Go, go

I carried your love inside my heart each day
You said our fire would never fade away
Your name was my dream at night
Your name when I saw the light
Oh, I was yours all the way

But now I see through your disguise
The truth is burning in my eyes

Go, I don’t love you anymore
Go, without you I’ll shine
You know
I’ll erase you from my soul

Go, I don’t wanna see your face
Go, no more tears will ever flow
I’m begging you – just go

You said we’d be forever, side by side
You said our love would never die
But you fooled me once again
You played your little game
You burned the faith I had inside

Now every word feels like a lie
I’m done, I’m saying goodbye

Go, I don’t love you anymore
Go, without you I’ll shine
You know
I’ll erase you from my soul

Go, I don’t wanna see your face
Go, no more tears will ever flow
I’m begging you – just go

Leave me, I’m tired of the lies
Leave me, I’m fed up with this game
Leave me, I want to escape from thiѕ fire
Leаve me, get out of my world

Go, go

¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

Hər gün ürəyimdə daşıdım sənin sevgini
Deyirdim ki, alovumuz heç vaxt sönməyəcək
Adın gecələr yuxularımda idi
Adın işığı görəndə dilimdə idi, oh
Mən tamamilə sənə məxsus idim

Amma indi maskanın arxasını görürəm
Həqiqət gözlərimdə iki yerə bölündü

Get, artıq səni sevmirəm
Get, sənsiz də parlayacağam
Bilirsən
Səni ruhumdan siləcəyəm

Get, üzünü görmək istəmirəm
Get, artıq göz yaşlarım axmayacaq
Səndən yalvarıram, sadəcə get

Deyirdin ki, həmişə yan-yana olacağıq
Deyirdin ki, sevgimiz heç vaxt ölməyəcək
Amma yenə məni aldatdın
Kiçik oyununu oynadın
İçimdəki inamı yandırdın

İndi hər sözün yalan kimi səslənir
Bitdi, mən vidalaşıram

Get, artıq səni sevmirəm
Get, sənsiz də parlayacağam
Bilirsən
Səni ruhumdan siləcəyəm

Get, üzünü görmək istəmirəm
Get, artıq göz yaşlarım axmayacaq
Səndən yalvarıram, ѕadəcə get

Məni tərk et Yoruldum yalanından
Məni tərk et Bezmişəm bu oyundan
Məni tərk et Qurtulurum bu alovdan
Məni tərk et Çıx Mənim dünyamdаn

Get, get

La Romania ha debuttato all’Eurovision Song Contest nel 1994, dopo aver fallito la qualificazione nel 1993 arrivando ultima, nel 1996 non riesce a superare la preselezione, arrivando ancora ultima. Ha partecipato ben 23 volte e ha conquistato 19 finali. Come miglior risultato è arrivata due volte terza: nel 2005 con “Let Me Try” di Luminița Anghel & Sistem che ottenne il primo posto nella semifinale; nel 2010 con “Playing with Fire” di Paula Seling & Ovi, arrivata quarta nella seconda semifinale del concorso.

Nel 1993, l’anno prima della sua prima partecipazione, la Romania tentò di debuttare al concorso, ma si classificò ultima nelle qualificazioni. Dopo essere riuscita a entrare l’anno successivo, seguirono risultati deludenti fino al 2002, culminati in diverse retrocessioni. Con l’introduzione delle semifinali nel 2004, dopo le quali la Romania ha raggiunto la finale 14 volte,ha mancato la finale nel 2018, 2019, 2021 e 2023, quest’ultima edizione conclusasi senza punti. Dopo aver mancato le edizioni del 2024 e del 2025, il paese è pronto a tornare nel 2026.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the first half:

Romania: Alexandra Capitanescu – “Choke Me” (Sufocă-mă) (Călin Grajdan, Ștefan Condrea, Alexandra Căpitănescu, Silitră Elvis Claudiu). Language: English

• Birth name: Alexandra Căpitănescu
• Also known as: Alexandra Căpitănescu
• Born / Origin: 31 July 2003 (age 22), Galați, Romania
• Genres: 
• Occupations: Singer-songwriter
• Years Active: 2023-present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Theodor Andrei (2023) ◄ Alexandra Căpitănescu (2026)►

Alexandra Căpitănescu (born 31 July 2003) is a Romanian singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence by winning season 11 of Vocea României. She is set to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with “Choke Me”.

Career. In 2023, Căpitănescu competed in season 11 of Vocea României. She was declared the winner of that season.

Since January 2026 she is a temporary member of the Romanian Folk metal band E-an-na, replacing Roxana Amarandi.

On 6 February 2026, Televiziunea Română (TVR) announced that Căpitănescu was selected as one of the semi-finalists of Selecția națională 2026, the national final format developed by TVR in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. After advancing to the final, she won the competition on 4 March 2026.

Discography. Credits taken from Apple Music.

Extended plays.

Title	Details
Căpitanu’	Released: 5 April 2024, Label: Universal Music Romania,  Format: Digital download, streaming

Title	Year	Album
“Nu pot”	2023	Non-album singles
“A ta”	2024
“Arde”
“Tare” (with Majii)	2025
“Dilaila”
“Stea căzătoare”
“De sărbători”
“Choke Me”	2026

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the first half:

• Country: Romania
• Artist(s): Alexandra Căpitănescu
• Language: English
• English title: “Choke Me” (Sufocă-mă)
• Realeased: 13 February 2026
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Alexandra Căpitănescu, Călin-Alexandru Grăjdan, Elvis Silitră, Ștefan Condrea
• Lyricist(s): Alexandra Căpitănescu, Călin-Alexandru Grăjdan, Elvis Silitră, Ștefan Condrea
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “D.G.T. (Off and On)” (2023) ◄ “Choke Me” (2026) ► 

“Choke Me” is a song by Romanian singer Alexandra Căpitănescu. The song is set to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after winning the national final Selecția națională 2026.

Eurovision Song Contest. On 13 February, Căpitănescu was announced to be taking part in the Romanian national final Selecția națională with “Choke Me”. The song was released on the same day. On 2 March, the running order was made public, announcing that Căpitănescu would be performing eleventh out of twelve performers. After Selecția națională occurred on 4 March, it was revealed that Căpitănescu won the contest.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. During the allocation draw held on 12 January 2026, Romania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, competing in the first half of the show.

Controversy. The song 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.^[7] Campaigners against sexual violence have described the song as “reckless,” 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”; Căpitănescu defended her song by arguing 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.”

Lyrics “Choke Me”:  English Ι Romanian

Phantom
You feel like a phantom
Why do you wanna tame me?
It’s hard to breathe in
Do you feel me?

Do what I say
And don’t you ever betray me
You are here to obey me
Are you not?

All I need is your love
I want it to choke me, choke me, choke me
Born for you to control
I want you to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Love me, make my lungs explode like oh oh oh…
All I need is your love
I want it to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me

Choke me
Choke me
Choke me

Save me
Inside I’m blazin’
I want you to call me, call me, call me
Call, my body is begging

Do what I say
And don’t you ever betray me
You are here to obey me
Are you not?

All I need is your love
I want it to choke me, choke me, choke me
Born for you to control
I want you to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Love me, make my lungs explode like oh oh oh…
All I need is your love
I want it to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me

All I need is your love
I want it to choke me, choke me, choke me

Born for you to control
I want you to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Love me, make my lungs explode like oh oh oh…
All I need iѕ your love
I wаnt it to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me

¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

Fantomă
Te simți ca o fantomă
De ce vrei să mă îmblânzești?
E greu să respir
Mă simți?

Fă ce spun
Și să nu mă trădezi vreodată
Ești aici să mă asculți
Nu-i așa?

Tot ce am nevoie e iubirea ta
Vreau să mă sufoce, să mă sufoce, să mă sufoce
Născută pentru tine, ca să mă controlezi
Vreau să mă sufoci
S-s-s-sufocă-mă
S-s-s-sufocă-mă
Iubește-mă, fă-mi plămânii să explodeze
Tot ce am nevoie e iubirea ta
Vreau să mă sufoce
S-s-s-sufocă-mă
S-s-s-sufocă-mă

Sufocă-mă
Sufocă-mă
Sufocă-mă

Salvează-mă
Pe dinăuntru ard
Vreau să mă liniștești, să mă liniștești, să mă liniștești
Liniștește-mă, trupul meu imploră

Fă ce spun
Și să nu mă trădezi vreodată
Ești aici să mă asculți
Nu-i așa?

Tot ce am nevoie e iubirea ta
Vreau să mă sufoce, să mă sufoce, să mă sufoce
Născută pentru tine, ca să mă controlezi
Vreau să mă sufoci
S-s-s-sufocă-mă
S-s-s-sufocă-mă
Iubește-mă, fă-mi plămânii să explodeze
Tot ce am nevoie e iubirea ta
Vreau să mă sufoce
S-s-s-sufocă-mă
S-s-s-sufocă-mă

Tot ce am nevoie e iubirea ta
Vreau să mă sufoce, să mă sufoce, să mă sufoce

Născută pentru tine, ca să mă controlezi
Vreau să mă sufoci
S-s-s-sufocă-mă
S-s-s-sufocă-mă
Iubește-mă, fă-mi plămânii să explodeze
Tot ce am nevoie e iubirea ta
Vreаu să mă sufoce
S-s-s-sufocă-mă
S-s-s-ѕufocă-mă

Il Lussemburgo è tra i Paesi fondatori dell’Eurovision Song Contest ed vi ha partecipato dall’edizione del 1956 a quella del 1993, fatta eccezione per il 1959, e nuovamente a partire dal 2024 (ben 39 partecipazioni, conquistando 39 finali). Dopo essersi classificato tra gli ultimi sette paesi nel 1993, il Lussemburgo è stato retrocesso e gli è stato impedito di partecipare all’edizione del 1994. Il paese ha rifiutato di tornare al concorso nel 1995 e non ha fatto altre apparizioni nei successivi tre decenni. Il paese è tornato all’evento per la prima volta dopo 31 anni nel 2024.

Il paese ha vinto in cinque occasioni, ed è una dei Paesi di maggior successo nella storia del concorso e, dal 1973 al 1976 e dal 1983 al 1994, ha detenuto congiuntamente il record per il maggior numero di vittorie ottenute da un singolo paese: nel 1961 con Jean-Claude Pascal e la sua “Nous les amoureux”, nel 1965 con France Gall e la sua “Poupée de cire, poupée de son”, nel 1972 con Vicky Léandros e la sua “Après toi”, nel 1973 con Anne-Marie David e la sua “Tu te reconnaîtras” e nel 1983 con Corinne Hermès e la sua “Si la vie est cadeau”; conseguentemente ha organizzato le edizioni del 1962, 1966, 1973 e 1984, tutte nella città di Lussemburgo, rinunciando ad ospitare solamente l’edizione del 1974, tenutasi a Brighton, nel Regno Unito. Il Lussemburgo, nonostante la lunga assenza, resta tra i paesi di maggior successo tra i partecipanti alla manifestazione musicale in termini di vittorie.

Lussemburgo ha ottenuto due terzi posti, nel 1962 e nel 1986, e in totale si è classificato tra i primi cinque per 13 volte e tra i primi dieci per 19 volte. Le sorti del Lussemburgo nella competizione sono cambiate negli anni successivi: nelle ultime sette partecipazioni, tra gli anni ’80 e ’90, la nazione si è classificata quattro volte tra le ultime cinque, il che ha portato alla retrocessione e alla successiva esclusione dalla competizione nel 1993. Nel 2023 l’Unione europea di radiodiffusione (EBU-UER) ha annunciato il ritorno del Granducato all’Eurovision Song Contest in occasione dell’edizione del 2024, dopo un’assenza lunga 31 anni. Al suo ritorno nel 2024, il Lussemburgo si è qualificato dalle semifinali e ha concluso la finale al 13° posto. Si è qualificato nuovamente per la finale nel 2025, classificandosi al 22° posto.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the first half:

🇱🇺 Luxembourg: Eva Marija (Eva Marija Kavaš Puc) – “Mother Nature” (Eva Marija Kavaš Puc, Julie Aagaard, Maria Broberg, Thomas Stengaard). Language: English

• Birth name: Eva Marija Kavaš Puc
• Also known as: Eva Marija
• Born / Origin: 24 December 2005 (age 20), Luxembourg City, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
• Genres: 
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter, violinist; Instruments: Vocals, violin
• Years Active: 
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Laura Thorn (2025) ◄ Eva Marija (2026)►

Eva Marija Kavaš Puc (born 24 December 2005), known as Eva Marija, is a Luxembourgish singer-songwriter and violinist. She is set to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Mother Nature”.

Early life and education. Puc was born and raised in Luxembourg to Slovenian parents from Ljubljana and Beltinci, who emigrated to Luxembourg in 2003 for their work at European Union institutions. She attended the European School of Luxembourg II and continued her studies at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg, where she received a versatile musical education. As of 2026, she is in her final year studying songwriting at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London.

Career. On 30 October 2025, RTL Lëtzebuerg announced that Puc would participate in the Luxembourg Song Contest 2026 with the song “Mother Nature”. She won both the jury and public vote in the final on 24 January 2026. As a result, she won the right to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria.

Discography.

Singles.

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album or EP
		LUX
“When 2 Lovers Meet”	2021	—	Non-album singles
“Toxic Trait”	2023	—
“Time to Go”	2025	—
“Sweet Child”		—
“Mother Nature”		25
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the first half:

• Country: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
• Artist(s): Eva Marija
• Language: English
• English title: “Mother Nature”
• Realeased: 12 December 2025
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Eva Marija Kavaš Puc, Julie Aagaard, Maria Broberg, Thomas Stengaard
• Lyricist(s): Eva Marija Kavaš Puc, Julie Aagaard, Maria Broberg, Thomas Stengaard
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “La poupée monte le son” (2025) ◄ “Mother Nature” (2026) ► 

“Mother Nature” is a song by Luxembourgish singer-songwriter and violinist Eva Marija. It will represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after winning Luxembourg’s Eurovision national final, Luxembourg Song Contest 2026.

Eurovision Song Contest.

Luxembourg Song Contest 2026. On 30 October 2025, Eva Marija was announced as one of the 8 participants for Luxembourg Song Contest 2026. Her competing entry “Mother Nature” would later be released on 12 December 2025. The contest took place on 14 January 2026, where Marija was announced as one of the three finalists to the Super Final. After the voting segment took place, Marija ended up 1st in both the Jury vote and Public vote leading to her win and earning her the right to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026.  During the allocation draw held on 12 January 2026, Luxembourg was drawn to compete in the first half of the second semi-final on 14 May 2026.

Controversy. “Mother Nature” has drawn controversy as some people have pointed out similarities between it and “Keeping Your Head Up” by Birdy, with RTL consulting with partners about the issue. Jeff Spielmann, the Media Manager for Luxembourg in Eurovision told the newspaper: “It’s a fact that the song ‘Mother Nature’ was written last year by the composers together with the artist during the songwriting camp at the Rockhal, and that Birdy’s song in no way served as a template.” On 11 February 2026 the song was cleared for Eurovision participation. In a statement to L’Essentiel, Spielmann said: “Preparations for the contest in Austria are continuing as normal. We arrived at the conclusion that no other measures are needed at the moment. The current version will not change much. Therefore, there won’t be a new song.”

Charts. 

Chart performance for “Mother Nature”

Chart (2026)	Peak position
Luxembourg (Billboard)	25

Lyrics “Mother Nature”:  English

From the start
When all was fun and games
Wasn’t hard
But all good things can end

Back when I was younger
I planted a seed under the moonlight
And even when there’s thunder
I go back when I wonder, who am I?

From the ground to my skin
As I’m howling at the wind
Dig my roots in the mud
And I lean my head back
Let it out, let it in
Letting go of all my sins
Dig my roots in the mud
And I lean my head back

Mother Nature, she knows
Mother Nature, she knows
I know that
Mother Nature, she knows
Mother Nature, she knows

Mother Nature, she knows

See the leaves
How they grow back again
And I heal
And learn to love myself again

Even when there’s thunder
Oh I don’t have to wonder, who am I?

From the ground to my skin
As I’m howling at the wind
Dig my roots in the mud
And I lean my head back
Let it out, let it in
Letting go of all my sins
Dig my roots in the mud
And I lean my head back

Mother Nature, she knows
Mother Nature, she knows
I know that
Mother Nature, she knows
Mother Nature, she knows

Oh, oh, oh…
(Mother Nature, she knows)
Mmm…
Mother Nаture, she knowѕ

La Repubblica Ceca, presentata dall’edizione del 2023 come Cechia, partecipa all’Eurovision Song Contest dall’edizione 2007 (13 partecipazioni, conquistando 5 finali) e ha preso parte da allora ad ogni edizione fatta eccezione per una pausa durata dal 2010 al 2014.

Dopo aver ricevuto zero punti nella semifinale del concorso del 2009 e a causa della scarsa partecipazione del pubblico ceco, il Paese decise di ritirarsi dalla competizione.

Dal suo ritorno alla competizione nel 2015, ha preso parte a tutte le edizioni e il Paese si è qualificato per la finale in cinque delle ultime dieci edizioni a cui ha partecipato, ottenendo due piazzamenti tra i primi dieci: il sesto posto di Mikolas Josef nel 2018 e il decimo posto di Vesna nel 2023. Tra gli altri finalisti figurano Gabriela Gunčíková, che si è classificata 25ª nel 2016; Lake Malawi, che si è classificato 11ª nel 2019; e We Are Domi, che si è classificata 22ª nel 2022.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the first half:

🇨🇿 Czechia: Daniel Žižka – “CROSSROADS” (Křižovatky) (Daniel Žižka, Viliam Béreš – Daniel Žižka). Language: English.

• Birth name: Daniel Žižka
• Also known as: Daniel Žižka
• Born / Origin: 2002 (age 23–24), Pragye, Czech Republic
• Genres: Pop
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter, actor; Instrument: Vocals
• Years Active: 2023–present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: ADONXS (2025) ◄ Daniel Žižka (2026)►

Daniel Žižka (born 2002) is a Czech singer-songwriter and actor. He will represent the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Crossroads”.

Career. He was announced as the Czech representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Crossroads”. The selection of Žižka and the song, written together with Viliam Béreš, was determined by the combination of votes from an international jury of music professionals and a demoscopic jury composed of members from three countries following an audition round at the Czech Television studios, and was presented to the public on 11 March alongside an accompanying music video.

Discography – singles. Credits taken from Apple Music.

Title	Year	Album
“Pierrot” (with Barbora Mochowa)	2023	Non-album singles
“Talk”	2024
“23:23”	2025
“Never Felt Like Less”
“Crossroads”	2026

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the first half:

• Country: 🇨🇿 Czechia
• Artist(s): Daniel Žižka
• Language: English
• English title: “CROSSROADS” (Křižovatky)
• Realeased: 
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Daniel Žižka, Viliam Béreš
• Lyricist(s): Daniel Žižka, Viliam Béreš
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Kiss Kiss Goodbye” (2025) ◄ “CROSSROADS” (2026) ► 

Lyrics “CROSSROADS”:  English Ι Czech

Follow a voice unknown
Learn how to swim in open waters on your own
A jar hollow won’t reach the ocean floor
Where foreign fields and tangled strings unfold

Mother I’ll get lost without a map
There’s too many ways
Inside this vicious spider web
Crossroads
Patterns and exceptions interwoven

I’m amazed how well we get unwell
Then trade our pain for a metal frame
Oh, I gotta find what’s out there

Mother, I’ll get lost without a map
There’s too many ways
Inside this vicious spider web
Crossroads
Patterns and exceptions interwoven

We are creatures wired well for this space
We’re the human race
Oh, we try our best
To operate on pure love and rage
Ungrateful child in a golden cage
For Mother Earth
Man cannot change

Crossroаdѕ

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Následuj neznámý hlas
Nauč se plavat v otevřených vodách sám
Dutá nádoba nedosáhne na dno oceánu
Kde se rozprostírají cizí pole a zamotané provázky

Matko, bez mapy se ztratím
Je tu příliš mnoho cest
Uvnitř této zlé pavučiny
Křižovatky
Vzory a výjimky propletené

Jsem ohromen, jak dobře se nám daří být nemocní
Pak vyměníme svou bolest za kovový rám
Oh, musím zjistit, co je tam venku

Matko, bez mapy se ztratím
Je tu příliš mnoho cest
Uvnitř této zlé pavučiny
Křižovatky
Vzory a výjimky propletené

Jsme stvoření dobře přizpůsobená tomuto prostoru
Jsme lidská rasa
Oh, snažíme se ze všech sil
Fungovat na čisté lásce a vzteku
Nevděčné dítě ve zlaté kleci
Pro Matku Zemi
Člověk ѕe nemůže změnit

Křižovаtky

L’Armenia ha debuttato all’Eurovision Song Contest nel 2006, partecipandovi senza interruzioni fino al 2012 per poi riprendere dall’anno successivo (17 partecipazioni, conquistando 14 finali). Non ha mai vinto la competizione e ha raggiunto la top 10 in otto occasioni, con il miglior risultato ottenuto in due occasioni: i suoi risultati migliori sono il 4º posto ottenuto nel 2008 da Sirusho con “Qélé, qélé” e nel 2014 da Aram Mp3 con “Not Alone”.

La partecipazione viene curata dall’emittente televisiva statale Hayastani hanrayin herrustaynkerut’yun (ARMTV).

La nazione ha mancato la finale in 3 occasioni (2011, 2018 e 2019) e il ritiro del paese dal concorso del 2012 a causa di problemi di sicurezza nella città ospitante, Baku.

Nel 2021, ha annunciato il ritiro dalla manifestazione citando le forti crisi governative del paese a seguito alla guerra del Nagorno Karabakh del 2020, confermando il suo ritorno per l’edizione seguente.

Dal 2022 l’Armenia partecipa nuovamente ad Eurovision Song Contest, e si è qualificata per tutte le finali. 

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the first half:

🇦🇲 Armenia: SIMÓN (Simon Hovhannisyan, Սիմոն Հովհաննիսյան) – “Paloma rumba“ (Պալոմա Ռումբա) (Lilit Navasardyan (LI’LITH) – David Tserunyan, Eva Voskanyan, Roza Kostandyan (Rosa Linn)). Language: English.

• Birth name: Simon Hovhannisyan, Սիմոն Հովհաննիսյան
• Also known as: SIMÓN (Սիմոն)
• Born / Origin: 9 August 1994 (age 31), Hrazdan,🇦🇲 Armenia
• Genres: 
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter; Intrument: Vocals
• Years Active: 2025–present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: PARG (2025) ◄ SIMÓN (2026) ►

Simon Hovhannisyan (Սիմոն Հովհաննիսյան; born 9 August 1994), known mononymously as Simon and Simón, is an Armenian singer-songwriter and dancer. He will represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Paloma rumba“.

Biography. Hovhannisyan was born on 9 August 1994 in Hrazdan, Armenia, to a family of doctors. He studied economics at university; however, he did not pursue the field professionally, instead focusing on music and dance.

In February 2025, Simon was announced as a finalist of the 2025 edition of Depi Evratesil with the song “Ay paparey bye”. In the final, held on 16 February, he won both the international and national jury vote and placed fourth in the televote, finishing as the runner-up overall.

On 9 March 2026, Armenian media outlet Hraparak reported that he had been internally selected to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. This was confirmed by Armenian broadcaster AMPTV two days later with the release of Simón’s competing entry, “Paloma rumba“.

Discography. Credits taken from Apple Music.

Singles. 

Title	Year	Album
“Ay paparey bye” (Այ պապարեյ)	2025	Non-album singles
“Paranoia”
“Paloma Rumba”	2026

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the first half:

• Country: 🇦🇲 Armenia
• Artist(s): SIMÓN (Սիմոն)
• Language: English
• English title: “Paloma rumba” (Պալոմա Ռումբա)
• Realeased: 
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): David Tserunyan, Eva Voskanyan, Lilit Navasardyan, Roza Kostandyan
• Lyricist(s): David Tserunyan, Eva Voskanyan, Lilit Navasardyan, Roza Kostandyan
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Survivor” (2025) ◄ “Paloma rumba” (2026) ► 

 

Lyrics “Paloma rumba”:  English Ι Armenian

(Pa-la-la…)

Same old place, familiar faces
Copy paste my days (put on a smile and go on)
One last round of kissing the ground
And then I’ll be gone for good

Paloma Rumba, let’s go
Delete my number burn the phone

Take my chance to finally dance
Away from all the anger
Too much sweat and tears and regrets
‘Cause I don’t wanna talk about numbers all day long

Paloma Rumba, let’s go
Rock this, rock this
Delete my number burn the phone
Rock this, rock this

I’m not a machine, just stuck on a wage
In a rage, as a cage, with a badge, oh no
Can’t take no more, take no more
I’m done for sure, yeah (put on a smile and go on)

I’m not a robot, just playing the part
And I’m losing my heart, I’m falling apart
So watch me go, steal the show
Like a pro, yeah

This meeting could have been an email
Free coffee won’t keep me here man
Can’t do this anymore, already at the door

Paloma Rumba, let’s go
Rock this, rock this
Delete my number burn the phone
Rock this, rock this

You ole-ole-ole-ole-fa, Paloma Rumba
You ole-ole-ole-ole-fa, Paloma Rumba
(You ole-ole-ole-ole-fa, Paloma Rumba)
(You ole-ole-ole-ole-fa, Paloma Rumba)

Are you ready?
(Pa-la-lа…)
Rock this, rock thiѕ
Go
One more time

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(Պա-լա-լա…)

Նույն հին տեղը, ծանոթ դեմքեր
Օրերս կրկնում եմ (ժպիտ հագնեմ ու գնամ)
Վերջին անգամ հողը համբուրեմ
Ու հետո ընդմիշտ կգնամ

Պալոմա Ռումբա, եկ գնանք
Հեռախոսս ջնջիր, այրիր այն

Վերջապես ստանում եմ շանս պարելու
Բոլոր զայրույթներից հեռու
Չափից շատ քրտինք, արցունքներ ու զղջումներ
Քանի որ ամբողջ օրը թվերի մասին խոսել չեմ ուզում

Պալոմա Ռումբա, եկ գնանք
Թրենս անենք, թրենս անենք
Սրբիր իմ համարը, այրիր հեռախոսը
Թրենս անենք, թրենս անենք

Ես մեքենա չեմ, ուղղակի աշխատավարձի գերին եմ
Բարկացած, վանդակավոր, ոստիկան, օհ ոչ
Չեմ ուզում այլևս, չեմ ուզում այլևս
Ես վերջացրի, հաստատ, այո (ծիծաղիր ու գնա առաջ)

Ես ռոբոտ չեմ, ուղղակի խաղում եմ դերը
Եվ կորցնում եմ սիրտս, փլուզվում եմ
Ուրեմն նայիր, թե ինչպես կգնամ, կգողանամ ամբողջ շոուն
Ինչպես պրոֆեսիոնալ, այո

Այս հանդիպումը կարելի էր ուղարկել էլփոստով
Անվճար սուրճը ինձ այստեղ չի պահի, մարդ
Այս այլևս չեմ կարող անել, արդեն դռան մոտ եմ

Պալոմա Ռումբա, եկ գնանք
Թրենս արա, թրենս արա
Հեռացրու համարս, այրիր հեռախոսը
Թրենս արա, թրենս արա

Դու օլե-օլե-օլե-օլե-ֆա, Պալոմա Ռումբա
Դու օլե-օլե-օլե-օլե-ֆա, Պալոմա Ռումբա
(Դու օլե-օլե-օլե-օլե-ֆա, Պալոմա Ռումբա)
(Դու օլե-օլե-օլե-օլե-ֆա, Պալոմա Ռումբա)

Պատրաստ ե՞ս?
(Պա-լա-լա…)
Ռոք սա, ռոք սա
Գնա
Մեկ անգամ էլ

La Svizzera ha partecipato all’Eurovision Song Contest per la prima volta nel 1956, svoltasi nella città di Lugano. Da allora ha partecipato ben 65 volte, conquistando 54 finali, mancando solo quattro edizioni a causa di una retrocessione dovuta a scarsi risultati l’anno precedente: 1995, 1999, 2001 e 2003.

Il Paese ha vinto tre edizioni: nel 1956 con Lys Assia che ha cantato “Refrain”, 32 anni dopo nel 1988 con Céline Dion con “Ne partez pas sans moi” e 36 anni dopo, nel 2024 con Nemo con la canzone “The Code”. È una delle nazioni con il maggior numero di partecipazioni in assoluto (sono 4 le edizioni a cui non ha partecipato a causa degli scarsi risultati nelle edizioni precedenti).

“Refrain”, interpretata da Lys Assia, ha vinto la prima edizione del concorso nel 1956 per la Svizzera; la cantante è tornata a partecipare nel 1958 classificandosi seconda con “Giorgio”. La Svizzera si è classificata seconda con “T’en va pas” di Esther Ofarim (1963) e “Pas pour moi” di Daniela Simmons (1986), e terza con “Nous aurons demain” di Franca di Rienzo (1961) e “Amour on t’aime” di Arlette Zola (1982). “Moi, tout simplement” di Annie Cotton ha assicurato alla Svizzera il suo quindicesimo piazzamento tra i primi cinque, classificandosi terza nel 1993.

Dal 2004, quando fu introdotta la semifinale, al 2018, il Paese non è riuscito a raggiungere la finale in 11 delle 19 edizioni, classificandosi ultimo in semifinale in quattro occasioni. La Svizzera si è qualificata in finale solo quattro volte (2005, 2006, 2011, 2014), tuttavia a partire dal 2019 si è sempre qualificata per la finale.

La Svizzera è tornata nella top five dopo 26 anni con “She Got Me” di Luca Hänni, che si è classificata quarta nel 2019, ottenendo il suo sedicesimo piazzamento tra i primi cinque. A questo ha fatto seguito “Tout l’univers” di Gjon’s Tears, che si è classificata terza nel 2021, segnando il diciassettesimo piazzamento tra i primi cinque. La Svizzera ha vinto il concorso per la terza volta nel 2024 con “The Code” di Nemo. Il paese si è anche classificato ultimo in semifinale per quattro volte dal 2004, con “Celebrate” di Piero and the MusicStars (2004), “Il pleut de l’or” di Michael von der Heide (2010), “Time to Shine” di Mélanie René (2015) e “The Last of Our Kind” di Rykka (2016).

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the first half:

Switzerland: Veronica Fusaro – “Alice” (Charlie McClean, Veronica Fusaro). Language: English

• Birth name: Veronica Fusaro
• Also known as: Veronica Fusaro
• Born / Origin: 23 April 1997 (age 28), Thun, Switzerland
• Genres: Pop
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter
• Years Active: 2017–present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: (2025) ◄ x (2026)►

Veronica Fusaro (born 23 April 1997) is a Swiss singer and songwriter. Her debut album All the Colors of the Sky, released in 2023, reached the fifth position on the Swiss Hitparade. She will represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Biography. Born in Thun to an Italian father and a Swiss mother, in 2014, Fusaro took part in the second season of The Voice of Switzerland, broadcast on the German-language channel SRF 1. Her performance of “A Night like This” by Caro Emerald earned her the approval of Stefanie Heinzmann, who accepted her into her team. Her journey continued until the Knockout stage, where she was ultimately eliminated.

In 2016, she was awarded the Demo of the Year award by the Demotape Clinic association, an accolade that caught the attention of national radio station SRF 3, which subsequently named her Best Talent of the month of May 2016. In 2018, she performed at the annual Swiss Music Awards ceremony.

Fusaro rose to prominence in 2019 with the single “Rollercoaster” which, thanks also to the collaboration with the MX3 circuit, was promoted through the main radio stations of the Swiss Confederation. In the same year she also participated in the Glastonbury Festival, and was the opening artist for Mark Knopfler during the Nîmes Festival, in France. In 2023, coinciding with the release of her debut studio album All the Colors of the Sky, she received the Music Prize of the city of Thun.

On 20 January 2026, the Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR announced that it had internally selected Fusaro to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, which will take place in Vienna, Austria. Her entry for the contest, “Alice”, was presented on 11 March.

Discography.

Studio albums.

List of studio albums, with selected details

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		SWI
All the Colors of the Sky	Released: 20 January 2023 Label: Deepdive Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	5
Looking for Connection	Released: 24 October 2025 Label: Deepdive Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	12

List of EPs, with selected details

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		SWI
Lost in Thought	Released: 15 December 2017, Label: Deepdive Records, Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	—
Ice Cold	Released: 9 February 2018, Label: Deepdive Records, Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	16
Sunkissed	Released: 4 October 2019, Label: Deepdive Records, Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	84

List of singles as lead artist

Title	Year	Album
“Pluto”	2017	Lost in Thought
“Never Getting Down”		Ice Cold
“Better If I Go”
“Lost in Thought”		Lost in Thought
“Venom”	2018	Non-album single
“Lie To Me”	2019	Sunkissed
“Rollercoaster”
“Run My Mind”
“Beach”	2020	All the Colors of the Sky
“Fool”	2021
“Better with You”	2022
“Summer Lightning”
“Cry Me an Ocean”
“Wreck Me”
“A Modern Tale”	2023
“Slot Machine”	2024	Looking for Connection
“Jealousy”	2025
“No Rain No Tears”
“Gold Rush”
“Alice”	2026

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the first half:

• Country: Switzerland
• Artist(s): Veronica Fusaro
• Language: English
• English title: “Alice”
• Realeased: 
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Charlie McClean, Veronica Fusaro
• Lyricist(s): Charlie McClean, Veronica Fusaro
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “” (2025) ◄ “” (2026) ► 

 

Lyrics “Alice”:  English Ι French Ι German Ι Italian

Alice
Your pretty green eyes are magic
My precious prize, I’ve studied your ways
The way you behave
Can I spill my secrets to you?

Alice
Let me inside, I promise
I’ll be polite, no, I won’t make a mess
Why you looking so stressed?
Just let me talk to you

I’ve been watching you

I know you really, really love me, don’t lie
Know you gotta, gotta give it some time
So honey, don’t cry
Honey, don’t cry

Alice
Don’t you be scared, be honest
I live in your head, oh, I’m lonely too
This world’s been so cruel
I’ve been here waiting for you

Alice
Stop knocking on that door, don’t panic
Lay low on the floor, you’re safe in my arms
No, I’d never harm a hair on your head because

I’m in love with you

I know you really, really love me, don’t lie
Only gotta, gotta give it some time
So honey, don’t cry
Honey, don’t cry

‘Cause I know you really, really love me inside
Only gotta, gotta give it some time
So honey, don’t cry
Honey, don’t cry

Alice
The light in my life has vanished
Please open your eyes, why are you turning cold
From feather to ѕtone?
Baby, don’t leave me аlone

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Alice
Tes jolis yeux verts sont magiques
Mon précieux prix, j’ai étudié tes manières
La façon dont tu te comportes
Puis-je te confier mes secrets ?

Alice
Laisse-moi entrer, je te promets
Que je serai courtoise, non, je ne mettrai pas le bazar
Pourquoi as-tu l’air si stressée ?
Laisse-moi juste te parler

Je t’ai observée

Je sais que tu m’aimes vraiment, vraiment, ne mens pas
Je sais que tu dois, tu dois prendre ton temps
Alors, chérie, ne pleure pas
Chérie, ne pleure pas

Alice
N’aie pas peur, sois honnête
Je vis dans ta tête, oh moi aussi, je me sens seule
Ce monde a été si cruel
Je suis restée ici pour t’attendre

Alice
Cesse de frapper à cette porte, ne panique pas
Allonge-toi par terre, tu es en sécurité dans mes bras
Non, je ne te ferais jamais de mal car

Je suis amoureuse de toi

Je sais que tu m’aimes vraiment, vraiment, ne mens pas
Tu n’as qu’à, n’as qu’à prendre ton temps
Alors, chérie, ne pleure pas
Chérie, ne pleure pas

Car je sais que tu m’aimes vraiment, vraiment au fond
Tu n’as qu’à, n’as qu’à prendre ton temps
Alors, chérie, ne pleure pas
Chérie, ne pleure pas

Alice
La lumière de ma vie s’est éteinte
S’il te plaît, ouvre les yeux, pourquoi deviens-tu froide
De la plume à la pierre ?
Chérie, ne me laisse pаs ѕeule

¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

Alice
Deine schönen grünen Augen sind Magie
Mein kostbarer Schatz, ich habe deine Methoden studiert
Die Art, wie du dich verhältst
Kann ich dir meine Geheimnisse anvertrauen?

Alice
Lass mich hinein, ich verspreche
Ich werde höflich sein, ich werde keine Unordnung anrichten
Warum siehst du so gestresst aus?
Lass mich doch nur mit dir reden

Ich habe dich beobachtet

Ich weiß, dass du mich wirklich, wirklich liebst, lüge nicht
Ich weiß, dass du es nur etwas Zeit geben musst, musst
Also Liebling, weine nicht
Liebling, weine nicht

Alice
Hab keine Angst, sei ehrlich
Ich lebe in deinem Kopf, oh, ich bin auch einsam
Diese Welt ist so grausam gewesen
Ich habe hier auf dich gewartet

Alice
Hör auf, an diese Tür zu klopfen, keine Panik
Leg dich auf den Boden, in meinen Armen bist du sicher
Nein, ich würde dir niemals ein Haar krümmen, weil

Ich in dich verliebt bin

Ich weiß, dass du mich wirklich, wirklich liebst, lüge nicht
Du musst, musst es nur etwas Zeit geben
Also Liebling, weine nicht
Liebling, weine nicht

Ich weiß, dass du mich wirklich, wirklich liebst, im Inneren
Du musst, musst es nur etwas Zeit geben
Also Liebling, weine nicht
Liebling, weine nicht

Alice
Das Licht in meinem Leben ist verschwunden
Bitte öffne deine Augen, warum wirst du so kalt
Von Feder zu Stein?
Baby, lasѕ mich nicht аllein

¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

Alice
I tuoi begli occhi sono magici
Il mio prezioso premio, l’ho studiato alle tue maniere
Il modo in cui ti comporti
Posso rivelarti i miei segreti?

Alice
Fammi entrare, lo prometto
Sarò gentile, no, non incasinerò
Perché sembri così stressata?
Lascia solo che ti parli

Ti ho guardata

So che davvero, davvero mi ami, non mentire
So che devi, devi dargli del tempo
Quindi tesoro, non piangere
Tesoro, non piangere

Alice
Non essere spaventata, sii onesta
Vivo nella tua testa, oh, anch’io sono sola
Questo mondo è stato così crudele
Sono stata qui ad aspettarti

Alice
Smetti di bussare a quella porta, non panicare
Sdraiati sul pavimento, sel al sicuro tra le mie braccia
No, non toccherei mai un capello su quella tua testa perché

Sono innamorato di te

So che davvero, davvero mi ami, non mentire
So che devi, devi dargli del tempo
Quindi tesoro, non piangere
Tesoro, non piangere

Perché so che davvero, davvero mi ami dentro
Solo devi, devi dargli del tempo
Quindi tesoro, non piangere
Tesoro, non piangere

Alice
La luce nella mia vita è svanita
Per favore apri i tuoi occhi, perché stai diventando fredda
Da piuma a roccia
Amore, non lasciarmi ѕolа

Cipro ha debuttato all’Eurovision Song Contest 1981 e da allora è stato presente in quasi tutte le edizioni (41 partecipazioni, conquistando 33 finali), eccetto nel 1988 (quando la sua canzone fu esclusa), nel 2001 e nel 2014.

Cipro detiene il record per il maggior numero di edizioni del concorso senza mai vincere. Essendo gli unici due paesi di lingua greca, in quasi tutte le edizioni Cipro ha assegnato i 12 punti alla Grecia, che per altro ha quasi sempre fatto lo stesso nei confronti dell’isola.

La sua prima partecipazione fu con “Monika” del gruppo Island, che si classificò al sesto posto. Il miglior risultato nel contest, dopo tre storici quinti posti nel 1982, nel 1997 e nel 2004, è stato ottenuto nel 2018 dalla cantante albanese Eleni Foureira con la canzone “Fuego”, la quale, dopo aver superato con successo la prima semifinale, si è piazzata al secondo posto con 436 punti, il primo podio in finale sin dalla prima partecipazione dell’isola.

Tra il 2006 e il 2013, Cipro non è riuscita a qualificarsi per la fase finale per sei volte, prima di ritirarsi nel 2014. Ritorna nel 2015, e da allora il paese si è qualificato per la finale ogni anno, una serie positiva che è durata fino al 2022, quando non si è qualificato. Cipro è tornata in finale nel 2023 e nel 2024, ma non è riuscita a qualificarsi ancora una volta nel 2025.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the second half:

Cyprus: Antigoni (Antigoni Buxton, Αντιγόνη Μπάξτον) – “JALLA” (Τζ’ Άλλα / Κι Άλλα, More) (Antigoni Buxton, Claydee Lupa, Connor Mullally-Knight, Paris Kalpos, Trey Qua – Antigoni Buxton, Charalambous Kallona, Claydee Lupa, Connor Mullally-Knight, Demetris Nikolaou, Paris Kalpos, Trey Qua). Language: English, Greek

• Birth name: Antigoni Buxton (Αντιγόνη Μπάξτον)
• Also known as: Antigoni (Αντιγόνη)
• Born / Origin: 9 March 1996 (age 30), London, England
• Genres: Pop
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter; Instruments: Vocals
• Years Active: 
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Theo Evan (2025) ◄ Antigoni (2026)►

Antigoni Buxton (Greek: Αντιγόνη Μπάξτον; born 9 March 1996), known mononymously as Antigoni, is a British and Cypriot singer and songwriter. The daughter of television host Tonia Buxton, she competed on the eighth season of the reality show Love Island. She is set to represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Jalla”.

Discography.

Extended plays.

Title	Details
A1	Released: 19 April 2020, Label: Self-released, Formats: Digital download, streaming
Hexagon	Released: 15 September 2023, Label: Self-released, Formats: Digital download, streaming

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album or EP
		GRE Local	UK Digital	UK Sales
“2 Steps”	2019	—	—	—	A1
“Boosting”		—	—	—
“Is It Any Wonder?”	2020	—	—	—
“Way Too Much” (featuring Ebenezer)		—	—	—	Non-album singles
“Friends”		—	—	—
“Never Gonna Love” (solo or goddard. edit)		—	72	75
“This Ain’t Love”	2021	—	—	—
“Red Flag”	2022	—	—	—	Hexagon
“Hit List”		—	—	—
“You Can Have Him”		—	—	—
“Long Way Home”		—	—	—
“Messy” (with Zion Foster)	2023	—	—	—	Non-album single
“Nervous”		—	—	—	Hexagon
“Over”		—	—	—
“Meine“		—	—	—	Non-album singles
“R U Down?” (with IamLit)		—	—	—
“Lie Lie”	2024	—	—	—
“Habibi“	2025	—	—	—
“Sleeping Alone”		—	—	—
“Man Behind the Wall”		—	—	—
“Agapi” (featuring Leveraux and Teome)		—	—	—
“Jalla“	2026	23	—	—
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Title	Year	Album or EP
“Appetiser” (JyellowL featuring Antigoni)	2021	Non-album singles
“El helwa zahra” (Ahmed Saad featuring Antigoni)	2025

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the second half:

• Country: Cyprus
• Artist(s): Antigoni (Αντιγόνη)
• Language: English, Cypriot
• English title: “JALLA” (Τζ’ Άλλα / Κι Άλλα, More)
• Realeased: 8 February 2026
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Antigoni Buxton, Charalambous Kallona, Connor Mullally-Knight, Demetris Nikolaou, Klejdi Lupa, Paris Kalpos, Trey Qua
• Lyricist(s): Antigoni Buxton, Charalambous Kallona, Connor Mullally-Knight, Demetris Nikolaou, Klejdi Lupa, Paris Kalpos, Trey Qua
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Shh” (2025) ◄ “JALLA” (2026) ► 

“Jalla” (Τζ’ Άλλα, More) is a song by English-Cypriot singer-songwriter Antigoni. The song was released on 8 February 2026 through Minos EMI. It was written by Buxton herself, together with Charalambous Kallona, Connor Mullally-Knight, Demetris Nikolaou, Klejdi Lupa, Paris Kalpos, and Trey Qua. It will represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

The song debuted at number 23 on the Greek Local Singles chart.

Background and composition. “Jalla” was written by Antigoni Buxton with Charalambous Kallona, Connor Mullally-Knight, Demetris Nikolaou, Klejdi Lupa, Paris Kalpos, and Trey Qua. Kalpos, Lupa, Mullally-Knight, and Qua also produced the song. The title, “Jalla“, is a word from Cypriot meaning “more”. Nikolaou is credited with proposing the word “Jalla” (J’alla) as the Cypriot dialect term for the song during Antigoni’s suggestion to incorporate the dialect into the lyrics.

Musically, the song was described as “an up-tempo tune that merges traditional sounds with big-scale beats”. It was further described as a “Mediterranean summer-pop anthem” which uses traditional Cypriot instrumentation, including çifteli and lute. Lyrically, according to Buxton, the song is about “energy, passion, and striving for more in life”. She further added that the track was intended to reflect the “Cypriot spirit” while maintaining international appeal.

Release and music video. The song and its music video premiered on the Cypriot broadcaster’s main evening news bulletin on 8 February 2026. Following the initial broadcast, the music video was released on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest.^[4] It was disclosed by the CyBC Director General Thanasis Tsokos that the budget for the filming of the official music video, as well as the production expenses and promotional campaign costs, amounted to approximately €100,000, which was covered by Buxton’s music label, Minos EMI.

The music video was directed by Alexis “Bodega” Kostel and its filming took place at multiple Cypriot towns and villages. It was later revealed on the show With Love Christiana by the president of the Community Council of Lythrodontas, where the filming of the music video began, that around 200 to 250 residents were gathered to join the shooting. The outfits featured in the music video were designed by Cypriot designer Gregory Morfi.

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.She also participated at the Nordic Eurovision Party 2026 held at Rockerfeller in Oslo on 21 March 2026.

Reception. The song’s release was met with mixed critical reception. While many positive comments appeared online from the general audience, many were vocal against the song. On 10 February 2026, multiple known persons in the Cypriot cultural and media scene formally expressed their dissatisfaction with the song’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.^[15] In the letter sent to the president and members of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) management committee, they claimed that the song’s music video “did not accurately depict the Cypriot traditions and cultural image of Cyprus” while also claiming that the video clip “includes and legalises very dangerous unlawful road driving practises”, in reference to a scene in the music video where a group of youths are doing wheelies on motorcycles, without wearing helmets. 

In response to the letter, CyBC Director General Tsokos released a statement through the CyBC Corporate account on Facebook that same day. In the statement, he mentioned that the music video’s online reception is “warm and positive” and that the “reactions of experts and friends of the Eurovision Song Contest on social media are similarly positive”. He added any scenes that did not follow road safety principles “have been removed from the clip” and its revised version will be “reposted by the European Broadcasting Union”.

Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Internal selection. Cyprus’ broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), announced its intention to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on 14 August 2025, and later confirming an internal selection to select its 2026 entry. The selection of 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 between 30 October and 6 November 2025, during which the public could express their opinion on the artists and its participation in general. On 6 November 2025, CyBC announced that British-Cypriot singer Antigoni Buxton would represent Cyprus in Vienna.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. During the allocation draw held on 12 January 2026, Cyprus was assigned to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the latter half of the show.

For its Eurovision performance, the staging will be choreographed by Natalia Michael and Sacha Jean-Baptiste. 

Charts

Chart performance for “Jalla“

Chart (2026)	Peak position
Greece Local (IFPI)	23

Release dates and formats for “Jalla“

Region	Date	Format(s)	Version	Label
Various	8 February 2026	Digital download, streaming	Original	Minos EMI

Lyrics “JALLA”:  English, Cypriot Ι English Ι Greek

I’m dancing on the table, baby
Shake my hips to tsiftetéli
And they want jalla

Follow me into the music
Let’s dance the night away
I wanna play with the rhythm
Moving left, right and koúna to kormí sou
Shake your shoulders, hips too
Ticka – tacka, one, two
Let your body move

Hear the beat of the drum, got you feeling alive
Melody of the song, got you hypnotised
Getting lost in the rhythm, but it’s never enough
Might just have you falling in love
Oh, they want

Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
I’m dancing on the table, baby
Shake my hips to tsiftetéli
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla, jalla
Jalla, jalla, jalla

Opa, opa, éla, jalla
Opa, opa, éla, jalla

Kóri mou, kóri mou
Sastou tze fíame

Let them stare
If they watching, they got eyes for me
We don’t care
If they talking, as’tous na laloún
Enna ta poun, enna ta poun (ooh)
Jai as’tous na laloún
Enná ta poún, enná ta poun, poun, poun

Hear the beat of the drum, got you feeling alive
Melody of the song, got you hypnotized
Getting lost in the rhythm, but it’s never enough
Might just have you falling in love
Oh, they want

Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
I’m dancing on the table, baby
Shake my hips to tsiftetéli
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla, jalla
Jalla, jalla, jalla

Opa, opa, éla, jalla
Opa, opa, éla, jalla

Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
You want more? (pull up)

Jalla, jalla
Jalla, jalla
Jalla, jalla
Jalla
Jalla

They want jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
I’m dancing on the table, baby
Shake my hips to tѕiftetéli
Jalla, jalla, they wаnt

¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

I’m dancing on the table, baby
Shake my hips to τσιφτετέλι
And they want jalla

Follow me into the music
Let’s dance the night away
I wanna play with the rhythm
Moving left, right, and κούνα το κορμί σου
Shake your shoulders, hips too
Ticka-tacka, one, two
Let your body move

Hear the beat of the drum, got you feeling alive
Melody of the song, got you hypnotized
Getting lost in the rhythm, but it’s never enough
Might just have you falling in love
Oh, they want

Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
I’m dancing on the table, baby
Shake my hips to τσιφτετέλι
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla, jalla
Jalla, jalla, jalla

Όπα, όπα, έλα, jalla
Όπα, όπα, έλα, jalla

Κόρη μου, κόρη μου
Σάστου τζαι φύαμε

Let them stare
If they watching, they got eyes for me
We don’t care
If they talking, ας τους να λαλούνε
Εννά τα πούνε, εννά τα πούν (Woo)
Τζαι ας τους να λαλούν
Εννά τα πούνε, εννά τα πούν, πούν, πούν

Hear the beat of the drum, got you feeling alive
Melody of the song, got you hypnotized
Getting lost in the rhythm, but it’s never enough
Might just have you falling in love
Oh, they want

Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
I’m dancing on the table, baby
Shake my hips to τσιφτετέλι
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla, jalla
Jalla, jalla, jalla

Όπα, όπα, έλα, jalla
Όπα, όπα, έλα, jalla

Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
You want more? (pull up)

Jalla, jalla
Jalla, jalla
Jalla, jalla
Jalla
Jalla

They want jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
Jalla, jalla, they want jalla (jalla, jalla)
I’m dancing on the table, baby
Shake my hipѕ to τσιφτετέλι
Jalla, jalla, they wаnt

¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

Χορεύω πάνω στο τραπέζι, μωρό
Κουνώ τους γοφούς μου στο τσιφτετέλι
Και αυτοί θέλουν κι άλλα

Ακολούθησέ με στη μουσική
Ας χορέψουμε όλη νύχτα
Θέλω να παίξω με το ρυθμό
Να κουνιέμαι αριστερά, δεξιά και κούνα το κορμί σου
Κούνα τους ώμους σου, και τους γοφούς σου
Τίκα – τάκα, ένα, δύο
Άσε το σώμα σου να κουνηθεί

Άκου τον χτύπο του τυμπάνου, σε κάνει να νιώθεις ζωντανός
Η μελωδία του τραγουδιού, σε υπνωτίζει
Με το να χάνεσαι στον ρυθμό, μα ποτέ δεν είναι αρκετό
Μάλλον σε κάνει να ερωτεύεσαι
Ω, θέλουν

Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα (κι άλλα, κι άλλα)
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα (κι άλλα, κι άλλα)
Χορεύω πάνω στο τραπέζι, μωρό
Κουνώ τους γοφούς μου στο τσιφτετέλι
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, κι άλλα

Ώπα, ώπα, έλα, κι άλλα
Ώπα, ώπα, έλα, κι άλλα

Κόρη μου, κόρη μου
Ετοιμάσου και φύγαμε

Άσ’ τους να κοιτούν επίμονα
Αν βλέπουν, έχουν μάτια για εμένα
Δε μας νοιάζει
Αν μιλάνε, άσ’ τους να μιλούν
Θα τα πουν, θα τα πουν (ουυυ…)
Και άσ’ τους να λένε
Θα τα πουν, θα τα πουν, πουν, πουν

Άκου τον χτύπο του τυμπάνου, σε κάνει να νιώθεις ζωντανός
Η μελωδία του τραγουδιού, σε υπνωτίζει
Με το να χάνεσαι στον ρυθμό, μα ποτέ δεν είναι αρκετό
Μάλλον σε κάνει να ερωτεύεσαι
Ω, θέλουν

Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα (κι άλλα, κι άλλα)
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα (κι άλλα, κι άλλα)
Χορεύω πάνω στο τραπέζι, μωρό
Κουνώ τους γοφούς μου στο τσιφτετέλι
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, κι άλλα

Ώπα, ώπα, έλα, κι άλλα
Ώπα, ώπα, έλα, κι άλλα

Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα (κι άλλα, κι άλλα)
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα (κι άλλα, κι άλλα)
Θες κι άλλο; (Σταμάτα)

Κι άλλα, κι άλλα
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα
Κι άλλα
Κι άλλα

Θέλουν κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα (κι άλλα, κι άλλα)
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν κι άλλα (κι άλλα, κι άλλα)
Χορεύω πάνω στο τραπέζι, μωρό
Κουνώ τους γοφούς μου στο τσιφτετέλι
Κι άλλα, κι άλλα, θέλουν

La Lettonia ha debuttato all’Eurovision Song Contest nel 2000 (25 partecipazioni, conquistando 12 finali). Nel giro di pochissimi anni è riuscita ad ottenere prima un terzo posto con la canzone “My Star” del gruppo Brainstorm, e poi nel 2002 il primo posto, con la canzone “I Wanna” di Marie N, superando Malta di 12 punti; e dopo che era stata ripescata a causa dell’assenza del Portogallo.

La Lettonia è il secondo paese dell’ex Unione Sovietica a vincere il concorso. L’edizione del 2003 si tenne a Riga, capitale della Lettonia.

Il paese ottenne il suo terzo piazzamento nella top 10 nel 2005, quando “The War Is Not Over” di Walters e Kazha si classificò quinto.

Dal 2009, la Lettonia ha centrato la finale solo due volte, non riuscendo a qualificarsi dalle semifinali per sei anni consecutivi, arrivando ultima in tre occasioni: nel 2009, 2010 e 2013. La Lettonia si è qualificata per la finale per la prima volta dal 2008 all’edizione del 2015 con la canzone “Love Injected” di Aminata. Il suo sesto posto in finale è il quarto piazzamento nella top 10 per la Lettonia e il miglior risultato al concorso dal 2005. La Lettonia ha raggiunto la finale per la decima volta nel 2016. Dopo non essere riuscita a qualificarsi per la finale dal 2017 al 2023, è finalmente riuscita a qualificarsi per l’edizione del 2024 con “Hollow” di Dons, dopo 6 anni di eliminazioni in semifinale. La serie di qualificazioni è stata prolungata da Tautumeitas, la cui canzone “Bur man laimi” è diventata la prima canzone in lingua lettone a competere in una finale dell’Eurovision Song Contest.

La Lettonia ha il primato di essere arrivata ultima nelle semifinali dell’Eurovision Song Contest più di qualsiasi altro paese. Dalla sua introduzione nel 2004, la Lettonia è arrivata ultima in cinque semifinali, con “Probka” di Intars Busulis (2009), “What For?” di Aisha (2010), “Here We Go” di PeR (2013), “Line” di Triana Park (2017) e “The Moon Is Rising” di Samanta Tīna (2021).

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the second half:

🇱🇻 Latvia: Atvara (Liene Stūrmane) – “Ēnā” (In the shadow) (Liene Stūrmane, Jānis Jačmenkins). Language: Latvian

• Birth name: Liene Atvara
• Also known as: Atvara
• Born / Origin: 2 April 1993 (age 32), Liepāja, 🇱🇻 Latvia
• Genres: 
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter
• Years Active: 
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Tautumeitas (2025) ◄ Atvara (2026)►

Liene Stūrmane (born 2 April 1993), known professionally as Atvara, is a Latvian singer and songwriter. She will represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Ēnā”.

Early life and education. Originally from Liepāja, Stūrmane showed a strong inclination towards singing from early childhood, which is why her mother decided to enroll her in a music school. She later attended the Emīls Melngailis Secondary School in her hometown, where she studied conducting, and then continued her education at the Jāzeps Mediņš Secondary School in Riga, graduating with a specialization in jazz and pop singing.

Career. After completing her musical studies, Stūrmane became known on the small screen by participating, between 2012 and 2013, in some talent shows, such as Dziedošās ģimenes and Koru kari.

In 2017, Stūrmane took part in the first edition of X Faktors, the Latvian version of The X Factor, performing at the auditions with the songs One and Only by Adele and I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston. Despite receiving the judges’ appreciation, she did not qualify for the next stages of the program.

After working for some time as an English teacher, in 2019, Stūrmane enrolled at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Copenhagen, starting her career in marketing at the same time and collaborating over the years with various companies in the digital content sector, including the Latvian radio station Star FM.

Stūrmane’s official debut as a solo singer took place in June 2024 with the single “Pie manis tveries”, which debuted at number 9 on the Latvijas straumētāko singlu, exceeding 2 million views on TikTok and registering over a thousand uses in users’ videos. The song was later also included in the Latvian television series Nelūgtie viesi.

In February 2025, Stūrmane collaborated with Intars Busulis on the song “Vai drīkst kāpt dziļāk”, while the following month she made her debut as a presenter, alongside Mārtiņš Spuris in hosting the first edition of the GAMMA music awards.

During summer 2025, Stūrmane embarked on her first tour, with over 20 solo concerts across Latvia, which were sold out. Meanwhile, on 8 August she released the single “Dzīve mūs mētā”, which received extensive radio rotation and was selected among the 15 finalist songs of the annual Muzikālā banka award, ranking tenth in the final ranking; the song was included in her debut studio album, Vol.1 Vai dzirdi, kā brūces dzīst.

On 20 November 2025, Stūrmane was confirmed among the artists participating in the 11th edition of Supernova, the Latvian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song Ēnā. After advancing to the second semi-final, she won the final victory on 14 February 2026, thus acquiring the right to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria.

Discography. 

Studio albums.

Title	Details
Vol.1 Vai dzirdi, kā brūces dzīst	Released: 28 October 2025, Label: Atvara Records, Formats: Digital download, streaming

List of singles, with year, album and chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
		LAT Air.	LAT Dom. Air	LAT Stream	LAT Dom. Stream
“Pie manis tveries”	2024	—	—	—	9	Vol.1 Vai dzirdi, kā brūces dzīst
“Ja kāds jautātu”		—	—	—	—
“Pieskāros”		—	—	—	—
“Vai drīkst kāpt dziļāk” (with Intars Busulis)	2025	—	—	—	—
“Dzīve mūs mētā”		—	—	—	13
“Ēnā”		13	1	1	1	TBA
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the second half:

• Country: 🇱🇻 Latvia
• Artist(s): Atvara
• Language: Latvian
• English title: “Ēnā” (In the shadow)
• Realeased: 27 November 2025
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Jānis Jačmenkins, Liene Stūrmane
• Lyricist(s): Jānis Jačmenkins, Liene Stūrmane
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Bur man laimi” (2025) ◄ “Ēnā” (2026) ► 

“Ēnā” (In the shade) is a song by Latvian singer Atvara. It was written by Atvara herself alongside Jānis “JJ Lush” Jačmenkins, with production handled by Jačmenkins. The song was released on 27 November 2025 and will represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

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. 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. 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 were determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. Viewers were able to vote via SMS and online through the official LSM website.

On 20 November 2025, Atvara was confirmed among the artists participating in the 11th edition of Supernova, the Latvian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song Ēnā. After advancing to the second semi-final, she won the final victory on 14 February 2026, thus acquiring the right to represent Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. During the allocation draw held on 12 January 2026, Latvia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the second half of the show.

Charts.

Chart performance for “Bur man laimi”

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Latvia Airplay (LaIPA)	13
Latvia Domestic Airplay (LaIPA)	1
Latvia Streaming (LaIPA)	1
Latvia Domestic Streaming (LaIPA)	1

Lyrics “Ēnā”:  Latvian Ι English

Tik daudz silta aukstiem ļaudīm dots
Bet pie tuviem atnāc iztukšots
Citu acīm skaisti izgleznots
Bet viens piliens pārvērš tevi toņos melnbaltos

Un tā lēnām, lēnām kļūsti mēmāks
Lēni lēnām, lēnām paliec ēnā
Tu Domā “vēlāk, vēlāk, nedaudz vēlāk”
Un tā lēnām, lēnām paliec ēnā

Meitiņ klusē, veļu necilā
Šodien tētis mājās nepārnāks
Rīt ar smaidu glāzes skandinās
Slīksim kopā šaubu atvarā

Un tā lēnām, lēnām kļūsti mēmākѕ
Lēni lēnām, lēnām paliec ēnā
Tu Domā “vēlāk, vēlāk, nedaudz vēlāk”
Un tā lēnām, lēnām paliec ēnā

Lēnām, lēnām pаliec ēnā

¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

So much warmth is given to cold people
But you come to those close to you – emptied out
In the eyes of others, you’re beautifully painted
But a single drop turns you into shades of black and white

And slowly, slowly, you grow more silent
Slowly, slowly, you remain in the shadow
You think later, later, a little bit later
And slowly, slowly, you remain in the shadow

Young lady, be quiet, don’t speak out about it
Tonight, dad won’t be coming home
Tomorrow he’ll clink glasses with a smile
We’ll drown together in a whirlpool of doubt

And slowly, slowly, you grow more silent
Slowly, slowly, you remain in the shadow
You think later, later, a little bit later
And slowly, slowly, you remain in the shadow

Slowly, slowly, you remain in the ѕhаdow

La Danimarca ha partecipato a diverse edizioni dell’Eurovision Song Contest, anche se dopo aver partecipato in dieci edizioni consecutive fino al 1966, fu assente dalla manifestazione dal 1967 al 1977. Dal 1978, è stata assente solo in quattro edizioni. Ha partecipato finora a 53 edizioni e ha conquistato 45 volte la finale. Al suo debutto nel 1957, la Danimarca si classificò terza con Birthe Wilke e Gustav Winckler. Il Paese è tornato tra i primi tre 25 anni dopo, con il terzo posto di Hot Eyes nel 1988 e di Birthe Kjær nel 1989, mentre l’unico piazzamento tra i primi cinque per la Danimarca negli anni ’90 è stato il quinto posto di Aud Wilken nel 1995.

Il paese ha vinto tre volte: nel 1963 con “Dansevise” di Grethe e Jørgen Ingmann, nel 2000 con “Fly On The Wings Of Love” degli Olsen Brothers e nel 2013 con “Only Teardrops” di Emmelie de Forest. Nel 2001, da paese ospitante, si è classificata seconda con “Never Ever Let You Go” di Rollo & King, prima che Malene Mortensen diventasse la prima artista danese a classificarsi ultima nel 2002. Successivamente al trionfo del 2013, la Danimarca si è classificata tra i primi cinque per 14 volte, mancando addirittura l’approdo alla finale per sei volte, di cui quattro consecutive tra il 2021 e il 2024.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the second half:

🇩🇰 Denmark: Søren Torpegaard Lund – “Før vi går hjem” (Before We Go Home) (Clara Sofie Fabricius, Søren Torpegaard Lund, Thomas Meilstrup, Valdemar Littauer Bendixen). Language: Danish

• Birth name: Søren Torpegaard Lund
• Also known as: Søren Torpegaard Lund
• Born / Origin: 23 December 1998 (age 27), Gudme, 🇩🇰 Denmark
• Genres: 
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter
• Years Active: 
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Sissal (2025) ◄ Søren Torpegaard Lund (2026)►

Søren Torpegaard Lund (born 23 December 1998) is a Danish actor and singer. He will represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Før vi går hjem”.

Early life and education. Lund was born in Gudme and grew up in the village of Oure in Svendborg Municipality. During his school years, he received his first training in theatre, dance, and music. At the age of 17, he was accepted to the Musicalakademiet, a branch of the Danish Stage Arts School (Den Danske Scenekunstskole), in Fredericia. Lund became the youngest student ever at the academy. There, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2019.

Musical career. Lund began working as a musical performer, taking on roles in local productions of musicals such as West Side Story, Dance of the Vampires, and Kinky Boots. He played the lead role of Tony in West Side Story at the Copenhagen Opera House in 2021 and 2022. He received a talent award at the Reumert, a Danish theatre prize, in 2021.

In 2023, Lund participated in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023, the Danish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. There, his song “Lige her” did not place among the top three entries. In the same year, he released his first self-penned single, “Stor kunst”. In October 2024, he released his debut EP, Øjesten. In February 2026, he won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with the song “Før vi går hjem”. Lund thus earned the right to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Personal life. Lund is openly gay.

Discography.

Extended plays.

List of extended plays

Title	EP details
Øjesten	Released: 25 October 2024, Label: Little Yellow House, Format: Digital download, streaming

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album or EP
		DEN
“Lige her”	2023	—	Non-album singles
“In a Perfect World”		—
“Stor kunst”		—
“De ting jeg hvisker”	2024	—	Øjesten
“En dreng som mig”		—
“Før vi går hjem”	2026	4	Non-album single

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the second half:

• Country: 🇩🇰 Denmark
• Artist(s): Søren Torpegaard Lund
• Language: 
• English title: “Før vi går hjem” (Before We Go Home)
• Realeased: 
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Clara Sofie Fabricius, Søren Torpegaard Lund, Thomas Meilstrup, Valdemar Littauer Bendixen
• Lyricist(s): Clara Sofie Fabricius, Søren Torpegaard Lund, Thomas Meilstrup, Valdemar Littauer Bendixen
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Hallucination” (2025) ◄ “Før vi går hjem” (2026) ► 

 

Lyrics “Før Vi Går Hjem”:  Danish Ι English

Min krop den skriger
Kan du høre den?
Jeg burde sig’ nej
Sagd’ det var sidste gang
Men du har mig
Ja du har mig

Du er så syrlig
Du smelter på min tunge
Helt ustyrlig
Jeg så freaking dum
Men du har mig
Ja du har mig

Kys mig tag mit hjerte knus det igen
Men please sig den her aften aldrig vil ende

Vi la’r natten stå i flammer og glemmer os selv
Holder om hinanden til vi brænder ihjel
Glemmer at vi vågner og fortryder igen
Før vi går, før vi går
Før vi går, før vi går hjem

Tror jeg forsvinder
I neon lys og røg
Natten binder
Mig til dine øjne
Sig du har mig
Du har mig

Kys mig tag mit hjerte knus det igen
Men please, sig den her aften aldrig vil ende

Vi la’r natten stå i flammer og glemmer os selv
Holder om hinanden til vi brænder ihjel
Glemmer at vi vågner og fortryder igen
Før vi går, før vi går
Før vi går, før vi går hjem

Kys mig tag mit hjerte knus det igen
(Knus det igen)
Men please sig den her aften aldrig vil ende
Før vi går hjem

Kys mig tag mit hjerte knus det igen
Hjertet ved hvad det vil
Bar’ lad det bestemme

Vi la’r natten stå i flammer og glemmer os selv
Holder om hinanden til vi brænder ihjel
Glemmer at vi vågner og fortryder igen
Før vi går, før vi går
Før vi går, før vi går hjem

Vi la’r natten stå i flammer og glemmer os ѕelv
Holder om hinanden til vi brænder ihjel
Glemmer аt vi vågner og fortryder igen
Før vi går, før vi går
Før vi går, før vi går hjem

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My body’s screaming
Can you hear the sound?
I should refuse it
Say it’s the last time now
But you got me
Yeah you got me

Sweet and acidic
You’re melting on my tongue
Guess I’m an addict
And I’m so freaking dumb
But you got me
Yeah you got me

Kiss me, take my heart and break it again
(But) please say that this night will nev-ever end

Let the night go up in flames till we forget who we are
Hold on to each other till we burn in the fire
Knowing that tomorrow always pulls us apart
Before we go, before we go
Before we go, ‘fore we go home

I think I’m fading
In neon lights and smoke
So won’t you take me
Into your eyes wide open
You got me
Yeah you got me

Kiss me, take my heart and break it again
(But) please say that this night will nev-ever end

Let the night go up in flames till we forget who we are
Hold on to each other till we burn in the fire
Knowing that tomorrow always pulls us apart
Before we go, before we go
Before we go, ‘fore we go home

Kiss me, take my heart and break it again
Break it again
(But) please say that this night will nev-ever end
Before we go, ‘fore we go home

Kiss me, take my heart and break it again
The heart knows what it wants
Just let it decide

Let the night go up in flames till we forget who we are
Hold on to each other till we burn in the fire
Knowing that tomorrow always pulls us apart
Before we go, before we go
Before we go, ‘fore we go home

Let the night go up in flames till we forget who we are
Hold on to each other till we burn in the fire
Knowing that tomorrow always pulls uѕ apаrt
Before we go, before we go
Before we go, ‘fore we go home

L‘Australia ha debuttato all’Eurovision Song Contest nell’edizione del 2015 e vi ha preso parte da allora senza interruzioni (10  partecipazioi, conquistando 7 finali). La partecipazione è curata dall’azienda radiotelevisiva pubblica Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), membro associato dell’Unione europea di radiodiffusione (EBU-UER), che ha dato un’autorizzazione speciale per partecipare. L’Australia è l’unico paese al di fuori dello Spazio Europeo di Radiodiffusione ad aver mai gareggiato fino ad oggi.

L’Australia si è classificata tra i primi dieci per cinque volte, con il suo miglior risultato un 2º posto in finale nell’edizione del 2016 ottenuto da Dami Im con la sua “Sound of Silence”, seguito da “Tonight Again” di Guy Sebastian (quinto posto) nel 2015 e da “Don’t Come Easy” di Isaiah, “Zero Gravity” di Kate Miller-Heidke e “Promise” di Voyager (nono posto) rispettivamente nel 2017, 2019 e 2023.

Inizialmente, la partecipazione dell’Australia al concorso del 2015 doveva essere un evento unico, con l’intenzione di esibirsi nuovamente l’anno successivo solo in caso di vittoria. Tuttavia, nel novembre 2015, la SVT confermò la partecipazione all’edizione del 2016, e da allora l’Australia ha partecipato ogni anno.

Il concorso attira un pubblico significativamente elevato per la SBS e vanta un’ampia e attiva base di fan a livello nazionale. A causa del fuso orario con le città europee ospitanti, l’evento viene solitamente trasmesso alle 05:00 ora standard dell’Australia orientale (AEST). Il concorso riceve un’ampia copertura mediatica nel paese, e gode anche di un seguito di culto tra i fan più devoti ogni anno.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the second half:

🇦🇺 Australia: Delta Goodrem (Delta Lea Goodrem) – “Eclipse” (Delta Goodrem, Michael Fatkin, Jonas Myrin, Ferras Alqaisi – Delta Goodrem, Michael Fatkin, Jonas Myrin, Ferras Alqaisi). Language: English

• Birth name: Delta Lea Goodrem
• Also known as: Delta Goodrem
• Born / Origin: 9 November 1984 (age 41), Sydney, New South Wales, 🇦🇺 Australia
• Genres: Pop, pop rock
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter, television personality; Instruments: Vocals, piano, guitar, desk bells, harmonica
• Years Active: 1993–present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Go-Jo (2025) ◄ Delta Goodrem (2026)►

Delta Lea Goodrem AM (born 9 November 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter and television personality based in Sydney. Goodrem signed a recording contract with Sony Music at the age of 15. Her debut studio album, Innocent Eyes (2003), topped the ARIA Albums Chart for 29 non-consecutive weeks. It is one of the highest-selling Australian albums and is the second-best-selling Australian album of all time with over four million copies sold.

Goodrem’s second studio album, Mistaken Identity (2004), was recorded while she was undergoing treatment for cancer. It became her second number-one album. In 2007, Goodrem released Delta, her third number-one album, which saw another number-one single, “In This Life”. Her fourth studio album, Child of the Universe (2012), produced the single “Sitting on Top of the World”. In 2016, her fifth studio album, Wings of the Wild, became her fourth number-one album on the ARIA Albums Chart, while giving her another number-one single, “Wings”. Goodrem’s most recent and fifth number-one studio album, Bridge over Troubled Dreams was released May 2021.

From 2012 to 2020, Goodrem was a coach for eight seasons on The Voice Australia and during her one-season hiatus in 2014, served as a coach on The Voice Kids. Since 2020, she has hosted the annual Christmas special Christmas with Delta on the Nine Network. Goodrem has a total of nine number-one singles and 17 top-ten hits on the ARIA Singles Chart. She has sold over eight million albums globally and overall has won three World Music Awards, 12 ARIA Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and several other awards. She will represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Eclipse”, co-written with Jonas Myrin, Ferras Alqaisi and Michael Fatkin and produced by Fatkin.

Life and career.

1984–2000: Early life and discovery. Delta Lea Goodrem was born in Sydney on 9 November 1984, to Lea (née Parker) and Denis Goodrem. She has a younger brother, Trent. Goodrem appeared in an American advertisement aged seven for the former toy company Galoob, alongside fellow Australian Bec Hewitt, and began playing piano at the same age while taking up singing, dancing and acting lessons. She appeared in adverts for companies such as Optus and Nesquik, and had several minor roles in episodes of Australian television shows including Hey Dad..!, A Country Practice, and Police Rescue.

While residing in Glenhaven, she attended the Hills Grammar School in neighbouring Kenthurst, from kindergarten until Year 11. At the age of thirteen, Goodrem recorded a five-song demo CD, financed through her television work. It was sent to the Australian rules football club Sydney Swans (of which Goodrem is a supporter) and they passed it onto talent manager Glenn Wheatley. Wheatley signed Goodrem to an artist development deal with independent record label, Empire Records.

Between June 1999 and September 2000, Goodrem worked with producers Paul Higgins and Trevor Carter on thirteen tracks for an album to be called Delta. A later report on these sessions described Goodrem as “an ambitious 15-year-old keen to emulate the pop sound of the Spice Girls, Britney Spears and Mandy Moore.” Most of the tracks were written by Carter, although Goodrem co-wrote two and self-wrote the song “Love”. Goodrem did a photoshoot for the album (some of the photos have surfaced), and recorded a home-made style music video for the song “Say” which has since leaked onto the internet. Higgins took the album to Village Roadshow, which offered to market and distribute the album, but the deal was blocked by Goodrem’s parents. The album has yet to surface, though it became the subject of a lawsuit in 2004.

2001–2003: Neighbours and Innocent Eyes. At the age of 15, Goodrem signed a recording contract with Sony Music and began work on an album of pop–dance songs including the unsuccessful debut single, “I Don’t Care”, which peaked at number sixty four on the ARIA Singles Chart in November 2001. The album and proposed second single “A Year Ago Today” were pushed aside as a result, allowing Goodrem and Sony to re-evaluate her future musical direction. In 2002, Goodrem took up the role as shy schoolgirl and aspiring singer Nina Tucker in the popular television soap opera Neighbours, which helped re-launch Goodrem’s music career. The piano-based ballad “Born to Try”, co-written by Audius Mtawarira, premiered on the show and reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and the New Zealand singles chart, and number three in the UK. “Born to Try” was certified triple Platinum in Australia for sales of over 210,000 copies. Goodrem’s role on the show scored her a Logie for “Most Popular New Talent” at the Logie Awards of 2003. In January 2003, “Lost Without You” topped the ARIA Singles Chart and reached number four in New Zealand and the UK. it was certified double platinum for sales over 140,000 copies in Australia.

Goodrem’s largely self-penned debut studio album, Innocent Eyes, was released on 24 March 2003 in Australia and debuted at number one on the ARIA Album Charts, breaking Australian records previously held by John Farnham’s Whispering Jack (1986) by staying at number one for 29 consecutive weeks, while tying with Neil Diamond’s Hot August Night (1972) as the second-longest charting number one album with a total of 29 weeks at top spot. It was the highest-selling album in Australia of 2003 and sold 1.2 million copies in Australia, and over 4 million worldwide. The album also charted highly in the UK, peaking at number two. The album’s third single “Innocent Eyes” again reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and number nine in the UK. It was certified Platinum in Australia for sales over 70,000 copies.

In July, Goodrem was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of cancer.^[26] This forced her to take a break from her career to undergo treatment, however singles from Innoncent Eyes continued. The album’s fourth single, “Not Me, Not I”, became her fourth consecutive number one single in Australia, overtaking the previous effort of three number-ones from Kylie Minogue’s debut studio album, Kylie (1988). It was certified Platinum for sales over 70,000 copies. In early August, Goodrem announced she would not renew her contract with Glenn Wheatley. Her mother, Lea Goodrem, replaced him as her manager. Later that month, Goodrem won seven ARIA Music Awards, including “Best Female Artist”, surpassing Natalie Imbruglia’s previous record of six awards in 1999. As she was too unwell to perform at the ceremony herself, singer Darren Hayes performed a rendition of “Lost Without You” as a tribute, bringing an overwhelmed Goodrem to tears. Her first full-length DVD Delta became the highest-selling music DVD by an Australian artist in Australia ever, with a certification of 11× platinum. The Australian-only release “Predictable” became her fifth consecutive number one on the ARIA Singles Chart in December and was certified double Platinum for sales of over 140,000 copies.

2004–2006: Mistaken Identity. After announcing in late December 2003 that she was in remission, Goodrem began work on her second studio album. Goodrem received two nominations at the Logie Awards of 2004 including a Gold Logie nomination for “Most Popular Personality on Australian Television”.

In March 2004, while Goodrem was still undergoing cancer treatment, Paul Higgins and Trevor Carter announced plans to release the album they had recorded with the then 15-year-old Goodrem in 1999 and 2000. They shopped the album around and ignited a bidding war amongst record companies. After the success of Innocent Eyes, industry experts expected that bidding for the album could attract figures anywhere between $1.5 million and $15 million. When Goodrem and her family disapproved of the album’s release, a lawsuit was filed. Goodrem’s lawyers claimed the album was made up of unfinished demo recordings which were not fit for commercial release. After much coverage in the media, the case was settled in mediation. In exchange for not releasing the album, Higgins and Carter received an unspecified payout.

In September 2004, she became the face of soft drink company Pepsi in Australia, appearing on the product, billboards, TV advertisements and performing an exclusive show for competition winners. In October Goodrem launched her own lingerie line titled “Delta by Annabella”.

Goodrem’s second studio album, Mistaken Identity, was released in Australia on 8 November 2004 and debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums chart. It was certified five times platinum for sales of 350,000 copies. The album spent 46 weeks in the top fifty. It also reached number seven in New Zealand, and peaked at number 25 in the UK. The album’s lead single, “Out of the Blue”, which was co-written and produced by Guy Chambers, was released prior to the album on 8 October 2004. “Out of the Blue” debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and number nine in the UK. This was Goodrem’s sixth straight number-one single in Australia. It was certified platinum in Australia.

The second single, “Mistaken Identity”, released as a single only in Australia, debuted at number seven and was certified Gold. “Almost Here”, a duet with Irish singer and then boyfriend Brian McFadden of Westlife, was released as the third single and reached number three in the UK and became her seventh ARIA number one, along with her first number one in Ireland. It was certified platinum in Australia. “A Little Too Late” was released only in Australia and peaked at number 13. “Be Strong” was released as the album’s fifth and final single in Australia as a digital download on 17 October 2005. At the time of release, digital downloads were not included as part of the main singles chart, therefore it was ineligible to chart. Much of the album, in particular “Extraordinary Day”, was inspired by her battle with cancer. Reflecting on that period of her life, Goodrem said “It’s weird to see pictures of that time. In some ways the fact that I was so sick was so out there, and yet I kept it really private. No-one saw me on the days I was really sick. I was 18 when I was diagnosed and I had a number one album and single in the country. And in the UK, I was number two. It was such a bipolar year”.

In March 2005, Goodrem starred in her first film role in Hating Alison Ashley, a film based on the 1984 children’s novel by Robin Klein, with Goodrem acting the title character. The film performed poorly at the box office and was not a critical success, with some critics citing Goodrem’s performance as too robotic and detached. April 2005 saw Goodrem relocate to New York to launch her career in the United States with a reworked version of “Lost Without You”. She appeared in the last two episodes of the short-lived American series North Shore in a bid to gain greater exposure. “Lost Without You” peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

In July, Goodrem embarked on her first headline concert tour of Australia, The Visualise Tour, performing to 80,000 people across ten shows. The Visualise Tour: Live in Concert was released in November and became Goodrem’s second number one DVD.

On 15 March 2006, Goodrem performed a new song, “Together We Are One”, at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in front of 80,000 spectators and up to 1.5 billion television viewers worldwide. The song, written specifically for the event, was released in Australia, where it peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart. In June 2006, Goodrem signed to Modest! Entertainment for her worldwide management. In October 2006, Goodrem promoted in Japan with the release of an updated version of Innocent Eyes and the Japan-only single “Flawed”, which reached number one on the Japanese download chart. The album peaked at number eight on the Japanese international chart (excluding Japanese artists) and number nineteen on the official Japanese album chart (including Japanese artists). In November, Goodrem appeared with Westlife on the British reality television music competition series The X Factor to perform a duet titled “All Out of Love”, which appeared on the boy band’s seventh studio album, The Love Album. She was in Melbourne on Christmas Eve to headline the annual Carols by Candlelight.

2007–2010: Delta. Goodrem’s third studio album, the eponymous Delta, was released in Australia on 20 October 2007. Goodrem described the material as “…a lot lighter” compared to her previous album Mistaken Identity. She has also stated, “As people become more aware of your life, they can pinpoint what songs are about. On this album, I’ve tried to remove a lot of that and just write great pop songs, songs that are from my heart but there’s no baggage with them”. The album debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, making it her third number one album in her home country. and received platinum certification for shipments of 70,000 records, though sales were much lower; only 23,000 copies were sold during the first week. In December the album was certified 2× platinum.^[48] It eventually was certified 3× platinum in 2008. In New Zealand, the album debuted at number twelve on the RIANZ Albums Chart.

On 10 August 2007, Goodrem was in Los Angeles to film the music video for the album’s lead single “In This Life”, which is also the opening theme for the Japanese anime television series Deltora Quest, based on the book series by fellow Australian Emily Rodda. The video premiered on 31 August on Sunrise. “In This Life” was officially released on 15 September. It debuted at number one on the Australian Singles Chart, becoming Goodrem’s eighth number-one single in Australia. It was certified platinum.

The second single, “Believe Again” was released on 10 December. It debuted and peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified Gold. The third single, “You Will Only Break My Heart”, was released on 29 March 2008 and peaked at number fourteen. The fourth single to be lifted from the album was “I Can’t Break It to My Heart”, which debuted and peaked at number thirteen.

In 2008, Goodrem focused on promoting music in Japan and the United States. She released “In This Life” on 23 January in Japan. She followed that up by releasing “Delta” on 20 February. The album peaked at number eight on the Japanese international chart and number 39 on the overall chart. The album sold almost 5,000 copies in its first week, 1,000 copies more than her previous album in Japan and overall sold over 30,000 copies in Japan. In the United States, Goodrem released “In This Life” on 15 April 2008. “In This Life” was released to US radio on 9 April. It was first released to the Triple A radio format, and then to the Adult Contemporary and Hot Adult Contemporary formats. On 17 June 2008, Goodrem appeared for the second time on any Billboard chart with the single, debuting at number 40 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart. The song later peaked at No. 21. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the track sold 7,000 digital downloads in the week ending on 24 June 2008. The song also charted at number 20 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Recurrents. The album was then released on 15 July 2008 in the United States and Canada under the label Mercury Records. It peaked at number 18 on the US iTunes Store. It later debuted at number 116 on the US Billboard Album Chart and No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Heatseekers with sales of 6,000 copies. Overall the album sold over 21,000 copies in the United States.

In July 2008, Goodrem announced her second national tour of Australia, the Believe Again Tour. She originally announced nine dates in seven cities, but later announced more shows, performing 14 in eight cities. The tour ran from 9 January to 4 February 2009. A concert DVD of the tour was released on 18 September 2009. It peaked at number one on the Australian ARIA DVD Chart and was certified Gold for sales over 7,500 copies.

Goodrem also recorded a duet, “Right Here with You”, with the Olivia Newton-John to help raise money for Newton-John’s cancer hospital in Melbourne.

Goodrem was nominated for two awards at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 – Highest Selling Single and Highest Selling Album – and won the award for Highest Selling Album of 2008. At the 2008 World Music Awards, held on 9 November in Monaco, Goodrem received her third World Music Award for World’s Best Selling Australian Artist. In March 2010, Goodrem and Guy Sebastian were chosen by the Jackson estate to perform at the Australian launch of Michael Jackson’s This Is It DVD. The invitation-only event was attended by the film’s director Kenny Ortega, Jackson’s choreographer Travis Payne, and Jackson’s brother Jackie Jackson. Goodrem and Sebastian performed “Earth Song”.

2011–2014: Child of the Universe and The Voice. On 24 November 2011, Goodrem was confirmed to be a part of the judging panel of the Australian version of The Voice which aired in early 2012, coaching alongside Keith Urban, Joel Madden, and Seal. Some of Goodrem’s decisions on the show sparked criticism, with comments she was “all style” and “little substance”. Rachael Leahcar was Goodrem’s contestant in the final four. This was after Goodrem chose Leahcar over Glenn Cunningham, who was Goodrem’s backing vocalist on her Believe Again Tour in 2009. Leahcar finished third. Goodrem returned for season two in 2013, again with Madden and Seal, with Ricky Martin replacing Urban. Goodrem’s finalist for season two was Celia Pavey who also finished third.

On 30 March 2012, Goodrem announced the release of her new single, “Sitting on Top of the World”. The song debuted and peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified double platinum. It also peaked at number twenty-three in New Zealand and was certified Gold. The album’s second single, “Dancing with a Broken Heart” was released on 10 August 2012. It debuted and peaked at number 15 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The third single, “Wish You Were Here”, was released on 12 October 2012. It debuted at number seven on the ARIA Charts and later peaked at number five, and was certified Platinum. Goodrem’s fourth studio album, Child of the Universe was released on 26 October 2012, which debuted at number two on the ARIA Charts and spent ten weeks in the top 50. It was certified Gold in its second with for sales of 35,000 copies. Along with the release of the album, Goodrem embarked on her tour, “An Evening with Delta: The Top of My World Shows”, which supported the album release with a series of stripped-back shows, starting in Brisbane on 27 October then two Sydney shows on 31 October 2012 and 2 November 2012 and finishing with Melbourne on 7 and 8 November 2012. Rachael Leahcar was the tour’s opening act. Goodrem was featured on the album The Spirit of Christmas 2012, singing “Blue Christmas”. In November, she also recorded a Christmas EP titled Christmas. It was released on 14 December 2012 in Australia and New Zealand.

On 1 February 2013, it was confirmed that Goodrem had signed with US manager Irving Azoff. Goodrem performed at the Mardi Gras in Sydney in March 2013. She performed dance version of some of her songs including “Born to Try”, “Lost Without You”, “Predictable”, “Believe Again”, “Child of the Universe” and “Sitting on Top of the World”. In May 2013, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu joined Goodrem for a special performance of “Bayini” on The Voice Australia, in celebration of National Reconciliation Week. The song was later released on iTunes and debuted at number four on the ARIA Singles Chart on 10 June 2013. On 17 June 2013, Goodrem released her new single “Heart Hypnotic”, which she also performed on the live finale of The Voice.

Goodrem celebrated 10 years since releasing her multi-platinum studio album Innocent Eyes which topped the Australian ARIA Charts and reached number two on the UK Albums Chart by releasing Innocent Eyes: Ten Year Anniversary Acoustic Edition on 29 November 2013, which debuted and peaked at number 22 on the ARIA Albums Chart. On 26 November 2013, it was announced that Goodrem would not be returning to The Voice Australia for the third season in 2014 but instead chose to be a part of the new Australian version of The Voice Kids. Goodrem revealed on her Twitter account that the decision was made because this would give her more time on her music career and more time to work on her new studio album. The show premiered on 22 June 2014 and finished on 10 August. Goodrem was a coach alongside Joel Madden, who teamed up with his brother Benji Madden, and Mel B. Goodrem coached eventual winner Alexa Curtis. Goodrem attended the 2014 AACTA Awards where she performed “Kissing You” in tribute to Baz Luhrmann’s film Romeo + Juliet (1996). Goodrem joined the Australian and New Zealand leg of Andrea Bocelli’s Passion for Life Tour in September 2014. To celebrate being part of the tour, Goodrem released a cover version of Martika’s 1991 single “Love… Thy Will Be Done” on 12 September 2014.

2015–2019: Wings of the Wild. It was announced on 13 January 2015, that Goodrem was returning as a judge The Voice Australia for the show’s fourth season. She was reportedly paid A$2 million per season after negotiating an increase from her initial $800,000. Goodrem continued to return as a coach yearly through the ninth season in 2020. Goodrem won both the 2016 and 2017 editions of the show with her artists Alfie Arcuri and Judah Kelly, respectively. Goodrem’s single “Only Human” was released on 13 March to coincide with her return as Nina Tucker for Neighbours‘ 30th anniversary. She returned for three episodes starting from 16 March Goodrem also appeared in a documentary special celebrating the anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the UK. She joined the Australian leg of Ricky Martin’s One World Tour in April as his supporting act. She also revealed that she has been working with DNA and Jon Hume.

On 24 July 2015, Goodrem released “Wings” as the lead single from her fifth studio album Wings of the Wild. The song peaked at number one on the ARIA Charts and was certified double platinum. Goodrem also promoted the single in New Zealand and the UK. From October 2015 to February 2016, Goodrem made her musical theatre debut playing Grizabella in an Australian version of Cats. She performed the role in the Sydney, Hobart, Melbourne and Brisbane legs of the show. “Dear Life” was released on 6 May 2016 as the second single from Wings of the Wild. The single debuted and peaked at number three on the ARIA Singles Chart and was later certified Platinum. “Enough” featuring American rapper Gizzle was released as the third single on 24 June 2016 and debuted at number forty six on the ARIA Singles Chart. It later peaked at number twenty seven in its third week on the chart. Wings of the Wild was released on 1 July 2016. “The River” was later released with a story music video for the tour in September 2016, while she was in New Zealand. She toured Wings of the Wild in Australia in October and November 2016.

Goodrem made her return to television on the 2017 comedy drama series House Husbands. In 2017, she became the V8 Supercars Australia ambassador, promoting the sport and being the official performer at the racing events throughout the year.

In 2017, an advertisement for Apple Music featuring Goodrem was criticised by the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) for promoting unsafe driving. Complaints about the video to the bureau stated that it “does not promote safe driving” and features Goodrem placing her head and arms outside a moving a vehicle and “moving around in a motor vehicle with no clearly visible safety belt”. In response to the complaints, Apple Inc. said that it felt “confident” that the advertisement did not breach the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) Advertiser Code of Ethics standards and saw no issues relating to car safety, with both individuals in the car wearing lap seat belts. The ASB said that people may not realise that vintage cars are fitted with lap seatbelts which are not clearly seen in the video. The advertisement was pulled from screening and would not re-air until Apple re-edited it with all parts featuring Goodrem’s arms and hands outside of the car window removed.

On 15 February 2018, Goodrem released a single, “Think About You”, which was also released for streaming and download on her website on 16 February 2018. The song was written by Goodrem in collaboration with songwriters Julian Bunetta and John Ryan. “Think About You” is described as being a “feel good, upbeat song with an irresistible catchy groove”, yet is also noted for its cheeky sexualised lyrics that earned it to be called a “sexy upbeat banger” by reviewers. Goodrem reinvented her look which included colouring her hair darker for this promotional video.

Goodrem played Olivia Newton-John in the Newton-John biopic called Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You and released a covers soundtrack album called I Honestly Love You in May 2018.

2020–2022: Bridge over Troubled Dreams. In January 2020, Goodrem released a charity single, “Let It Rain”, in aid of the 2019–2020 bushfires in Australia. She was inspired to write “Let It Rain” after seeing the devastation from the bushfires across Australia. She teamed with Apple Music, Sony Music and iHeartRadio for the release. All proceeds went to aid Red Cross bushfire relief.

Goodrem released the singles “Keep Climbing” and “Paralyzed” in May and July 2020, respectively. Additionally, she announced the Bridge Over Troubled Dreams Tour of Australia and New Zealand, scheduled to begin in March 2022. She had to cancel the New Zealand portion of the tour for COVID-19 related reasons on 2 March 2022. Goodrem officially started the tour in March 2022 and at the Brisbane performance some of it was recorded for a Red Cross appeal (Australia Unites: Red Cross Flood Appeal) It was received well and called “simply Delta Goodrem’s best tour yet. She’s taken elements of things she’s learnt from every tour in the past, and curated a night full of euphoric highs and big singalong’s for pop fans who’ve been longing to be inside an arena together again”. She then took the tour to Europe in October 2022 for sold-out shows in the UK and Germany.

On 12 November 2020, with no prior announcement and despite teasing an album of original material, Goodrem released her sixth studio album and first Christmas album, Only Santa Knows. To support the album, Goodrem announced her own Christmas special Christmas with Delta, which aired on Nine Network on 12 December. She did a second show in 2021 set in Luna Park Sydney for the deluxe edition re-release of the project She did a third concert with a tribute to Olivia Newton-John in 2022.

In early 2021, Goodrem announced the release of her seventh studio album Bridge over Troubled Dreams for May of that year, alongside an autobiographical and photographic book bearing the same name. Throughout Australia’s COVID-19 response, Goodrem spent most of 2020 and 2021 doing The Bunkerdown Sessions, a livestream concert series for fans through her Instagram and Facebook pages. In December 2021, Goodrem took issue with an Instagram post by NSW Health, who later apologised, that used her image with two needles pointing at her head to personify the Delta variant in an effort to advertise the booster vaccine.

In June 2022, Goodrem announced she was opening for the Backstreet Boys on the second North American leg of their DNA World Tour. On 28 July 2022, Goodrem made a brief appearance as Nina Tucker in Neighbours: The Finale.

On 24 September 2022, Goodrem joined English singer Robbie Williams at the 2022 AFL Grand Final to perform his Kylie Minogue duet “Kids”.

2023–present: Going independent and Eurovision. On 18 July 2023, Goodrem announced her new single, “Back to Your Heart” would be released on 4 August, under her own record imprint, ATLED Records. This marked the end of her music contract with Sony Music. In August and September 2023, Goodrem embarked on her Hearts on the Run tour, her first headlining tour of Europe. As part of the tour, Goodrem performed shows in England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. In September she returned to Australia to embark on a 20th anniversary tour for her debut album Innocent Eyes. On 28 September 2023, Goodrem starred as the lead role in the Netflix film, Love Is in the Air, shot in Queensland’s Whitsunday Islands. In its first two weeks, the movie had been streamed 20 million times.

In April 2024, she released a further single “Hearts on the Run”, and in June, returned to the UK and Ireland to support Shania Twain and perform at London’s Mighty Hoopla festival. In April and May 2025, she performed shows in Sydney and London to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her second studio album Mistaken Identity.

On 1 March 2026, it was announced that she would represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Eclipse”. The single was released on the same day.

Personal life.

Health. On 8 July 2003, at the age of 18, Goodrem was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, an uncommon cancer that develops in the lymphatic system.^[26] She was forced to put all working commitments on hold while undertaking treatment for the disease. In a 2004 interview with The Australian Women’s Weekly, Goodrem revealed that, since 2002, she had suffered from a head-to-toe rash, fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, and a lump on her neck. “I was doing sit-ups when I felt something pop in my neck. I reached down and I felt a small lump at the base of my throat. It wasn’t sore, it wasn’t visible, but I could feel it.” As part of her treatment, Goodrem undertook chemotherapy, which resulted in the loss of her hair, and radiation therapy.

On 16 August 2020, Goodrem released a six-minute video detailing the back story behind her song “Paralyzed”. In the video, she revealed that after having her salivary gland removed, she faced serious complications that led to the paralysis of a nerve in her tongue, which left her having to re-learn to speak.

Relationships. Some time in 2002, Goodrem dated fellow Neighbours cast member Blair McDonough. In 2004, Goodrem began a nine-month relationship with Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis. Her comeback single, “Out of the Blue”, was written about his support during her cancer battle. Later in 2004, Goodrem began dating former Westlife singer Brian McFadden after collaborating on the duet “Almost Here”. They became engaged, but ended their relationship in April 2011. From May 2011 to February 2012, Goodrem dated Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers.

Goodrem has been in a relationship with fellow musician Matthew Copley since late 2016, and in September 2023, they announced their engagement. In June 2025, the couple married in Malta.

Legacy and artistry. Goodrem’s repertoire falls under the pop and adult contemporary styles, and heavily features the piano, which she usually plays barefoot while performing live. She is known for her soprano voice, which in a review of Delta was described as crystalline, fierce and illuminating in quality.

In 2022, Goodrem was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2022 Australia Day Honours for “significant service to the not-for-profit sector, and to the performing arts”. Goodrem was honoured with a wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, which opened in April 2012.

Goodrem has endorsed many products such as the Wii, Sanitarium, So Good, Nesquik, Sunsilk and Pepsi. She has also released an underwear range, Delta by Anabella (Briefly 2004–2006) and a self-titled perfume in April 2017, which by June that same year had sold 30,000 bottles and made $1 million in sales. This was followed by fragrances “Dream” in 2018, “Destiny” in 2019, “Power” in 2022, “Power Intense” in 2023, Delta, Delta Night and Delta Bloom came later on.

Her debut studio album, Innocent Eyes (2003), made her one of Australia’s highest-selling female recording artists, spending 29 weeks at No. 1, selling over 1.2 million copies in Australia and another 4.5 million internationally, debuting at number 2 in the UK and breaking various records in the process.

Goodrem has a total of five number-one albums, and a further three top-five albums, nine number-one singles and 17 top-ten singles on the ARIA Singles Chart. She has sold over nine million albums globally.

Charity work. Goodrem is a long-standing supporter of various charities and foundations, serving as patron of The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney (a joint venture between St Vincent’s Hospital and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research) and an ambassador for Starlight Children’s Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation and Sony Foundation Australia.

In May 2005, Goodrem helped launch “Teen Info on Cancer”, a UK website aimed at supporting young teenage sufferers. In November 2005, Goodrem became an ambassador for Research Australia’s “Thank You Day”, which honours the country’s health and medical researchers and received a Thank You Day Celebrity Advocacy Award “in recognition of her efforts in raising funds and awareness for Australian medical research and charities”.

In 2007 Goodrem was the face of Alternative Hair, in aid of cancer charity Leukaemia Research. Goodrem is also a member of RADD (Recording Artists, Actors And Athletes Against Drink Driving), a group of celebrities raising awareness of the risks of drunk driving. In 2011, Goodrem became an ambassador for The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney.

On 27 October 2017, she was featured on a cover of the Beatles’ “With a Little Help from My Friends”, to raise money for the Sony Foundation’s project Friends4Youth.

In 2020, Goodrem released a charity single titled “Let It Rain”, and also performed as part of three major charity concerts, Fire Fight Australia to raise funds for the 2019–2020 Australia bushfire crisis, as well as One World: Together at Home and Music from the Home Front to raise money in support of the COVID-19 pandemic. In October of the same year, Goodrem participated in the 20th year of Ralph Lauren’s Pink Pony campaign to raise money for cancer care and research. In the same month, Goodrem partnered with Remembering Wildlife to help raise funds for cheetah conservation efforts.

In June 2020, Goodrem launched the Delta Goodrem Foundation in partnership with St. Vincent’s Hospital and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre. The foundation aims to raise funds for the acceleration of innovative blood cancer research. In July 2022, the Delta Goodrem Foundation partnered with Revlon in donating portions of lipstick sales to cancer charity Look Good Feel Better.

Discography.

Studio albums. 

• Innocent Eyes (2003)
• Mistaken Identity (2004)
• Delta (2007)
• Child of the Universe (2012)
• Wings of the Wild (2016)
• Only Santa Knows (2020)
• Bridge over Troubled Dreams (2021)

Soundtrack albums.

• I Honestly Love You (2018)

Delta Goodrem discography: Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem has released seven studio albums, one extended play, four video albums, and forty-four singles and an additional four as a featured artist. Goodrem signed a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment in 1999 and, since then, has achieved five number one albums and nine number one songs in Australia.

Goodrem debuted in 2001 with a teen pop single titled “I Don’t Care” that was not commercially successful. Her 2003 debut album Innocent Eyes revamped her musical style as piano-based ballad pop, and was a multi-platinum seller in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Her successful singles were “Born to Try”, “Lost Without You”, “Innocent Eyes”, “Not Me, Not I” and “Predictable”. The album sold 1.2 million copies in Australia, and over 4 million worldwide.

Its successor, Mistaken Identity, was created during Goodrem’s battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer. While the album was unable to parallel the commercial success of Innocent Eyes, it did enter the ARIA charts at number one, and gained multi-platinum status. It featured successful top-ten singles “Out of the Blue”, “Mistaken Identity” and “Almost Here”. Goodrem’s third album Delta was released in October 2007. The album debuted at number one in Australia, making it her third consecutive chart-topping album there. It also achieved multi-platinum status in Australia. The singles included “In This Life” and “Believe Again”, both of which achieved platinum status in Australia.

Her fourth album Child of the Universe was released in 2012. It spawned two hit singles, “Wish You Were Here” and “Sitting on Top of the World”, which were both certified platinum in Australia, the latter eventually being certified triple platinum. Standalone single “Heart Hypnotic” went gold. With the release of her fifth studio album, Wings of the Wild, which featured the multi-platinum single “Wings” and the gold single “Dear Life”, Goodrem earned her fourth number-one album. She released a loose single in 2018 called “Think About You”, which is certified gold. Her fifth number-one album came in 2021 with Bridge over Troubled Dreams, featuring Goodrem’s most recent top-forty single, “Paralyzed”.

Goodrem has sold eight million records worldwide.

Albums.

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications

Title	Details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		AUS	AU	GE	IRL	JPN	NLD	NZ	SWI	UK	US
Innocent Eyes	Released: 24 March 2003, Label: Epic, Formats: CD, vinyl, cassette, digital download	1	27	20	3	—	39	6	14	2	—	ARIA: 15× Platinum, BPI: 3× Platinum, BVMI: Gold, RMNZ: 3× Platinum
Mistaken Identity	Released: 8 November 2004, Label: Daylight, Sony BMG, Formats: CD, cassette, digital download	1	62	59	39	—	—	7	50	25	—	ARIA: 5× Platinum, BPI: Gold, RMNZ: Platinum
Delta	Released: 20 October 2007, Label: Sony BMG, Formats: CD, digital download	1	—	—	—	39	—	12	—	—	116	ARIA: 3× Platinum, RMNZ: Gold
Child of the Universe	Released: 26 October 2012, Label: Sony Music, Formats: CD, digital download	2	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	—	—	ARIA: Gold
Wings of the Wild	Released: 1 July 2016, Label: Sony Music, Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	1	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	129	—	ARIA: Gold
Only Santa Knows	Released: 13 November 2020, Label: Sony Music, Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bridge over Troubled Dreams	Released: 14 May 2021, Label: Sony Music, Formats: CD, vinyl, cassette, digital download, streaming	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[A]	—
“—” denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

List of soundtrack albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		AUS
I Honestly Love You	Released: 11 May 2018, Label: Sony Music Australia, Format: CD, vinyl, digital download	4

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		JPN
Innocent Eyes	Released: 11 October 2006, Label: Sony Music Japan, Format: CD, digital download	19

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		AUS
Innocent Eyes: Ten Year Anniversary Acoustic Edition	Released: 29 November 2013, Label: Sony Music, Format: CD, digital download, streaming	22

List of extended plays with relevant details

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		AUS
Christmas	Released: 14 December 2012, Label: Sony Music, Format: CD, digital download, streaming	67
Delta Goodrem – Live with the BBC Orchestra	Released: 6 September 2024, Label: ATLED Records, Format: Digital download, streaming	—

Singles. 

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions									Certifications	Album
		AUS	AUT	GER	IRE	NL	NZ	SWE	SWI	UK
“I Don’t Care”	2001	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
“Born to Try”	2002	1	—	61	13	18	1	—	58	3	ARIA: 4× Platinum, BPI: Silver, RMNZ: Gold	Innocent Eyes
“Lost Without You”	2003	1	14	27	15	46	4	9	47	4	ARIA: 2× Platinum
“Innocent Eyes”		1	—	—	25	—	14	—	—	9	ARIA: Platinum
“Not Me, Not I”		1	—	—	25	49	11	—	—	18	ARIA: Platinum
“Predictable”		1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum
“Out of the Blue”	2004	1	46	54	15	—	14	—	60	9	ARIA: Platinum	Mistaken Identity
“Mistaken Identity”	2005	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ARIA: Gold
“Almost Here” (with Brian McFadden)		1	34	32	1	62	—	29	36	3	ARIA: Platinum
“A Little Too Late”		13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
“Be Strong”[B]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
“Together We Are One”	2006	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ARIA: Gold	Commonwealth Games
“Flawed”[C]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Innocent Eyes (2006 album)
“In This Life”	2007	1	—	—	—	—	31	—	—	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum	Delta
“Believe Again”		2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ARIA: Platinum
“You Will Only Break My Heart”	2008	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
“I Can’t Break It to My Heart”		13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
“Sitting on Top of the World”	2012	2	—	—	—	—	23	—	—	—	ARIA: 3× Platinum	Child of the Universe
“Dancing with a Broken Heart”		15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ARIA: Gold
“Wish You Were Here”		5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ARIA: Platinum
“Bayini” (with Gurrumul Yunupingu)	2013	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
“Heart Hypnotic”		7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ARIA: Gold
“Love Thy Will Be Done”	2014	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
“Only Human”	2015	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Wings of the Wild
“Wings”		1	—	—	—	—	39	—	—	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum
“Dear Life”	2016	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ARIA: Gold
“Enough” (featuring Gizzle)		27	—	—	—	—	—[D]	—	—	—
“The River”		58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
“Think About You”	2018	19	—	—	—	—	—[E]	—	—	—	ARIA: Gold	Non-album singles
“Welcome to Earth”		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
“—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		AUS	AUS Indie	UK Digital
“Let It Rain”	2020	90	—	51	Artists Unite for Fire Fight[F]
“Keep Climbing”		—[G]	—	—	Bridge over Troubled Dreams
“Paralyzed”		36	—	87
“Solid Gold”		—	—	—
“Billionaire”	2021	—	—	—
“All of My Friends”		—	—	—
“Back to Your Heart”	2023	—	1	25	Non-album single
“No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)” (with Claire Richards)		—	—	46	Euphoria
“Hearts on the Run”	2024	—	—	31	Non-album singles
“Eclipse”	2026	—[H]	—	34
“—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

List of featured singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		AUS	US AC
“Mistakes” (with Brian McFadden)	2010	41	—	Wall of Soundz
“I’m Not Ready” (with Michael Bolton)	2011	—	29	Gems: The Duets Collection
“Vente Pa’ Ca” (with Ricky Martin)	2016	—	—	Non-album singles
“With a Little Help from My Friends” (with Sony Music All Stars)	2017	—	—
“—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

List of promotional singles

Title	Year	Notes
“Throw It Away”	2004	Innocent Eyes (UK promo)
“The Score”	2017	2017 NRL Theme Song
“Back in 84”	2020	B-side to “Paralyzed”

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		NZ Hot	SWE
“All Out of Love” (Westlife featuring Delta Goodrem)	2006	—	31	The Love Album
“Only Santa Knows”	2020	36	—	Only Santa Knows

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		AUS	NZ
Delta	Released: 13 October 2003, Label: Sony Music, Formats: DVD, VHS	1	1	AUS: 12× Platinum
The Visualise Tour: Live in Concert	Released: 13 November 2005, Label: Sony BMG, Formats: DVD	1	—	AUS: 4× Platinum
Believe Again: Australian Tour 2009	Released: 18 September 2009, Label: Sony Music, Formats: DVD, CD	1	—	AUS: Gold
Wings of the Wild Live	Released: 2 November 2018, Label: Sony Music, Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	1	—
“—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Year	Title	Director
2001	“I Don’t Care”	Anthony Rose
	“A Year Ago Today”[I]	Fabrizio Lipan
2002	“Born to Try”	Miikka Lommi
2003	“Lost Without You”	Katie Bell
	“Innocent Eyes”	Michael Gracey
	“Not Me, Not I”	Michael Spiccia
	“Predictable” (Live)
2004	“Out of the Blue”	Nigel Dick
2005	“Mistaken Identity”	Michael Spiccia
	“Almost Here”	Martin Weisz
	“A Little Too Late”	Anthony Rose
	“Lost Without You” (US version)
	“Be Strong”
	“The Analyst”	Ash Lyons
2006	“Together We Are One”
	“Flawed”
2007	“In This Life”	Rocky Schenck
	“Believe Again”	Michael Spiccia
2008	“You Will Only Break My Heart”
	“In This Life” (US version)	Robert Hales
	“I Can’t Break It to My Heart”
2010	“Mistakes” (with Brian McFadden)	Dan Reisinger
2012	“Sitting on Top of the World”	Guy Franklin
	“Dancing with a Broken Heart”	Hannah Lux Davis
	“Wish You Were Here”	Ryan Pallotta
2015	“Only Human”
	“You and You Alone”
	“Wings”	Anthony Rose
	“Let It Snow” (with Human Nature)
2016	“Dear Life”	Anthony Rose
	“Enough” (featuring Gizzle)	Matt Sharp
	“The River”	Nick Waterman
	“Heavy”	Matt Sharp
2017	“The Score”
2018	“Think About You”	Jared Daperis
2020	“Paralyzed”	Nick Waterman
2021	“Billionaire”
	“Only Santa Knows”
	“White Christmas”
	“River”
	“Jingle Bell Rock”
	“The Little Drummer Boy”
	“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
2023	“Back to Your Heart”	Marla Altschuler
	“No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)” (with Claire Richards)	John Taylor
2024	“Hearts on the Run”	Ashleigh Larden
2026	“Eclipse”	Liam Pethick

Year	Song	Album	Notes
1999	“Love”	Australian Music Week 1999
2002	“Do You Hear What I Hear?”	The Spirit of Christmas 2002
2003	“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”	The Spirit of Christmas 2003	Also appeared on UK edition of Not Me, Not I
2004	“Four Short Words”	—N/a	Pepsi promotional download
2005	“Phenomenal Woman” (with Olivia Newton-John)	Stronger Than Before
2006	“Steppin’ Out with My Baby” (with Tony Bennett)	Duets: An American Classic	Australian edition only
	“All Out of Love” (with Westlife)	The Love Album
	“O Come All Ye Faithful”	The Spirit of Christmas 2006
2007	“Eyes on Me” (with Céline Dion)	Taking Chances	Backing vocals
2008	“Forgive Me Twice” (with Brian McFadden)	Set in Stone	Backing vocals
	“Right Here with You” (with Olivia Newton-John)	A Celebration in Song
	“Live! Together (Tokyo Girls Anthem)” (with Juju)	My Life	Also appeared on Japanese edition of Delta
	“For Good” (with LeAnn Rimes)	Wicked: Fifth Anniversary Special Edition
2010	“Little Drummer Boy”	The Spirit of Christmas 2010
	“Breathe, Dream, Pray, Love” (with Mark Masri and Jim Brickman)	Home
2012	“Blue Christmas”	The Spirit of Christmas 2012	Also appeared on Christmas EP
2013	“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (with Michael Bolton)	Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville U.S.A.	Australian edition only
2014	“Silent Night” (with Gurrumul)	The Spirit of Christmas 2014	Also appeared on Only Santa Knows
2015	“Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” (with Human Nature)	The Christmas Album: Deluxe Edition
2020	“Let It Rain (Live)”	Artists Unite for Fire Fight
	“Together We Are One (Live)”	One World: Together at Home
	“Down Under (Live)” (with Colin Hay)	Music from the Home Front

Year	Song	Co-writer(s)	Artist	Album
2004	“Let’s Dance”	Mark Holden, Axel Breitung	Nikki Webster	Let’s Dance
2007	“Eyes on Me”	Kristian Lundin, Savan Kotecha	Celine Dion	Taking Chances
2008	“Days Go By”	Matthew Gerrard, Bridget Benenate	Glenn Lyse	Come Closer
	“Forgive Me Twice”	Tommy Lee James, Stuart Crichton, Brian McFadden	Brian McFadden	Set in Stone
2009	“Houston”	Snob Scrilla	Snob Scrilla	Day One
2011	“Break It to My Heart”	Kristian Lundin, Savan Kotecha	Katherine Jenkins	Daydream
2015	“As I Am”	Arnthor Birgisson, Negin Djafari	Roshana	Single
	“My Girls”	Mitch Allen, Vince Pizzinga	Bella Paige	Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
2017	“Dancing with a Broken Heart”	Vince Pizzinga, John Shanks	Steps	Tears on the Dancefloor: Crying at the Disco

Headlining tours

• The Visualise Tour (2005)
• Believe Again Tour (2009)
• An Evening with Delta: The Top of My World Shows (2012)
• Wings of the Wild Tour (2016)
• Bridge over Troubled Dreams Tour (2022)
• Hearts On the Run Tour (2023)
• Innocent Eyes 20th Anniversary Tour (2023)
• Mistaken Identity – A Night of Celebration (2025)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Hey Dad..!	Cynthia Broadhurst	Guest role; “The Real Ladies Man”
	A Country Practice	Georgina Bailey	Guest role; “Little Lies, Part 1” and “Little Lies, Part 2”
1995	Police Rescue	Sophie Harris	Guest role; “Conduct Endangering Life”
2002–2005, 2015, 2022	Neighbours	Nina Tucker	Regular role; 144 episodes
2005	Hating Alison Ashley	Alison Ashley	Film, main role
	North Shore	Taylor Ward	Guest role; “The Ex-Games” and “The End”
2011	Santa’s Apprentice	Little Beatrice	Film, voice role
2017	House Husbands	Izzy Dreyfus	3 episodes, season 5
2018	Olivia: Hopelessly Devoted to You	Olivia Newton-John	Miniseries
2023	Love is in the Air	Dana Randall	Film, main role

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Skithouse	Herself	Guest appearance
	Live @ Channel V		Guest performance
2008	Backyard Blitz		Guest appearance
2009, 2024	Australian Idol		Guest judge and performer
2012–2013, 2015–2020	The Voice		Coach and performer
2012	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb		Guest interviewee
2014	The Voice Kids		Coach and performer
2015	Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite		Documentary
2016	Who Do You Think You Are?
	Play School		Guest presenter
2020	Fire Fight Australia		Performer
	Together at Home
	Music from the Home Front		Co-host and performer
	2020 ARIA Music Awards		Host
2020–Present	Christmas with Delta		Host and performer
2021–2022	Australia Day Live Concert		Performer (and 2022 co–host)
2021	The Celebrity Apprentice Australia		Guest appearance
	The Block
2022	Hey Hey, It’s 100 Years
	Luxe Listings Sydney
	Lego Masters Australia
2023	Isle of MTV		Performer
2024	The Assembly		Guest interviewee
	Headliners		Guest mentor
2025	Selling Sunset		Guest appearance

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the second half:

• Country: 🇦🇺 Australia
• Artist(s): Delta Lea Goodrem
• Language: English
• English title: “Eclipse”
• Realeased: 1 March 2026
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Delta Goodrem, Ferras Alqaisi, Jonas Myrin, Michael Fatkin
• Lyricist(s): Delta Goodrem, Ferras Alqaisi, Jonas Myrin, Michael Fatkin
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Milkshake Man” (2025) ◄ “Eclipse” (2026) ► 

“Eclipse” is a song by the Australian singer and songwriter Delta Goodrem, released on 1 March 2026 through ATLED Records. It was written by Goodrem in collaboration with producer Michael Fatkin, alongside co-writers Jonas Myrin and Ferras Alqaisi. “Eclipse” is poised to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. It debuted at number thirteen on the ARIA Top 20 Australian Artist Singles Chart. “Eclipse” debuted at number one on the AIR Independent Singles Chart and held the position for three consecutive weeks.

Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Internal selection. On 3 September 2025, at their upfront presentation, SBS announced its intention to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. On 1 March 2026, it was revealed that Delta Goodrem was selected to represent Australia. In a statement to the press, Goodrem called her selection “a celebration” and cited previous Eurovision performers Celine Dion and Olivia Newton-John as her influences.

Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is scheduled to take place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. The event will feature two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, by the grand final on 16 May 2026. In the allocation draw conducted on 12 January 2026, Australia was assigned to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the latter half of the show.

Commercial performance. In Australia, “Eclipse” made its debut at number 13 on the ARIA Top 20 Australian Artist Singles Chart. This achievement marks it as the eighth Australian Eurovision release to feature on the ARIA Charts and signifies Goodrem’s first charting single since 2020’s “Paralyzed”. Additionally, “Eclipse” entered the UK Singles Sales Chart at number 39 and reached number 34 on the Singles Downloads Chart.

Music video. Liam Pethick directed the music video for “Eclipse”, which was produced by Brian Purnell. The video was filmed in the dunes of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, featuring Goodrem performing the song among a “circle of mirrored plinths”. It showcases visuals that represent the song’s “kinetic eclipse of light and shadow”.

Personnel. Credits adapted from Tidal.

• Delta Goodrem – lead vocals, songwriting, piano
• Matt Fatkin – production, songwriting, programming, background vocals
• Ferras Alqaisi – songwriting, background vocals, musician, piano
• Jonas Myrin – songwriting, background vocals, musician
• Nicole McLean – background vocals, musician
• Devon Curry – drum kit
• Matthew Copley – guitar, musician
• Pia Salvia – harp, musician
• Leon Zervos – mastering
• Jamie Snell – mixing
• Allison Marin – musician, synth strings
• Antonia Marin – musician, synth strings
• Darryl Beaton – musician, piano
• Kieran Ledwidge – musician, synth strings
• Devon Curry – programming

Weekly chart performance

Chart (2026)	Peak position
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)	13
UK Singles Sales (OCC)	39

Release history

Date	Format(s)	Label
1 March 2026	Digital download streaming	ATLED

Lyrics “Eclipse”:  English

Shadows in the moonlight
Dancing with the sun
Planets are aligning
To love as one

And it won’t be long
‘Til the morning comes
In a sky full of stars
Though our lives were apart
We’ve only just begun

One touch, one kiss
All my life for a night like this
The world stops for us
Only love exists
When we eclipse, when we eclipse
When we eclipse, when we eclipse

Call it perfect timing
I call it divine
Gravity is pulling
Your heart to mine

And it won’t be long
‘Til the morning comes
In a sky full of stars
I am right where you are
Forever’s just begun

One touch, one kiss
All my life for a night like this
The world stops for us
Only love exists
When we eclipse, when we eclipse
When we eclipse, when we eclipse

When we eclipse
We are one love

One touch, one kiss
All my life for а night like this
The world stops for us
Only love exists
When we eclipse, when we eclipse
When we eclipse, when we eclipѕe

L’Ucraina partecipa all’Eurovision Song Contest dall’edizione del 2003 (20 partecipazioni e conquistando 20 finali), e ha vinto in tre occasioni: nel 2004 con “Wild Dances” di Ruslana, nel 2016 con “1944” di Jamala e nel 2022 con “Stefania” della Kalush Orchestra, diventando così il primo paese del XXI secolo e il primo paese dell’Europa orientale a vincere il concorso per tre volte.

Le edizioni del 2005 e del 2017 si sono svolte a Kiev, mentre quella del 2023 si è tenuta a Liverpool, nel Regno Unito, a causa dell’invasione russa dell’Ucraina.

Dall’introduzione del turno di semifinale nel 2004, l’Ucraina è uno dei soli due paesi al di fuori dei “Big Five” ad essersi qualificata per la finale di ogni concorso a cui ha partecipato, ed è stata classificata fuori dalla top ten solo sei volte. Se si escludono le edizioni in cui non ha partecipato, è l’unica nazione al di fuori delle Big Five ad avere sempre raggiunto la finale, insieme al Lussemburgo che però ha partecipato a solo 2 edizioni dall’introduzione delle semifinali. L’Ucraina ha un totale di nove piazzamenti tra i primi cinque, con “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” di Verka Serduchka (2007) e “Shady Lady” di Ani Lorak (2008) entrambi arrivati ​​secondi, “Gravity” di Zlata Ognevich (2013) così come “Teresa & Maria” di Alyona Alyona e Jerry Heil (2024) terzi, “Angel” di Mika Newton quarto (2011) e “Shum” di Go_A quinto (2021), oltre alle sue vittorie. Gli unici paesi con più risultati tra i primi cinque nel 21° secolo sono la Svezia (13) e la Russia (10).

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the second half:

 Ukraine: LELÉKA (Viktoriia Leléka, Вікторія Лелека) – “Ridnym” (Рідним, To loved ones) (Adama Cefalu, Jakob Hegner, Viktoriia Leléka – Adama Cefalu, Viktoriia Leleka). Language: English, Ukrainian

• Birth name: Viktoriia Leleka, Вікторія Лелека
• Also known as: LELÉKA (Лелека), Donbasgrl
• Born / Origin: 10 November 1990 (age 35), Pershotravensk, Ukraine
• Genres: Jazz, folk jazz, electronic music
• Occupations: Singer, composer; Instruments: Vocals
• Years Active: 2016–present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Ziferblat (2025) ◄ LELÉKA (2026)►

Viktoriia Leleka (Вікторія Лелека; born 10 November 1990), known mononymously as Leléka, is a Ukrainian composer and singer based in Berlin, Germany. The founder and lead vocalist of the folk jazz band Leléka, she will represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Ridnym”.

Leléka is a Ukrainian-German folk jazz ensemble founded in Berlin in 2016. The band is known for its unique style, combining Ukrainian folklore with modern jazz and elements of improvisation.

Early life and education. Leleka was born on 10 November 1990 in Pershotravensk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR (now Shakhtarske, Ukraine). She received her bachelor’s degree in performing arts/acting from the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University. She later studied under Céline Rudolph and earned a second bachelor’s degree in jazz vocals, as well as a master’s degree in composition at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, Germany.

Career. Leléka sang in the Berlin choir Young Voices Brandenburg and with the Big Band Flinstones in Berlin. Also in 2016, she was a prize winner at the StuVo Jazz Contest 2016 (Berlin) in the category “unusual interpretation of a jazz standard” and received a scholarship for the International Vocal Jazz Camp of the New York Voices.

In 2016, Leléka founded the folk jazz band Leléka in Berlin with Robert Wienröder, Thomas Kolarczyk and Jakob Hegner. With the group, Leléka won the Creole – Global Music Contest in 2017 and the European Young Jazz Talent Award at the Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen in 2018; she came in second place at the Young Munich Jazz Prize in 2019. Roland Spiegel particularly praised her “voice with aura and a bright, soft sound full of captivating natural power.” Following the self-titled EP Leléka (2017), the quartet, which was also included in Ralf Dombrowski’s book 111 Reasons to Love Jazz, released their debut album Tuman in 2019 with Povel Widestrand as the new pianist. In September 2021, Leléka released their second album, Sontse u sertsi, on GLM.

In 2024, she launched the art-pop and electronic music project Donbasgrl, debuting with the single “Zbroia“, based on a poem by Lesya Ukrainka, accompanied by a music video addressing themes of depression.

In 2025, Donbasgrl was selected for the Eurosonic Noorderslag showcase festival in the Netherlands, where she performed a full set developed in collaboration with the German music producer Jakohitsdifferent. The same year, on June 26th, she released the single “Zhyva”, also produced with Jakohitsdifferent. Later that month, she headlined the Green Futures stage at the Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom.

On 24 November 2025, Suspilne announced that she had been longlisted for Vidbir, the Ukrainian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, as simply Leléka. After live auditions, she was shortlisted for the final of the selection, which took place on 7 February 2026. She won the competition with the song “Ridnym“, meaning she will represent Ukraine at the contest, performing in the second half of the second semi-final.

Leléka was founded by Ukrainian singer and songwriter Viktoria Leléka in the spring of 2016 in Berlin. The first line-up of the band, in addition to Leléka herself, included pianist Robert Wienröder, double bassist Thomas Kolarczyk, and drummer Jakob Hegner. Leléka won the Creole – Global Music Contest in 2017 and the European Young Jazz Talent Award at the Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen in 2018. They came in second place at the Young Munich Jazz Prize in 2019. Following the self-titled EP Leléka (2017), the quartet, which was also included in Ralf Dombrowski’s book “111 Reasons to Love Jazz,” released their debut album Tuman in 2019 with Povel Widestrand as the new pianist.

In 2020, Leléka wrote and produced the music for the Ukrainian historical television series There will be people, which aired on the STB. Since 2021, the band has been working with the GLM label and the Musszo booking agency. In September 2021, Leléka released their second album, Sonce u Serci, which was nominated for “Band of the Year” at the Deutscher Jazzpreis the following year.

Members.

Current. Viktoria Leléka / Вікторія Лелека – vocals, Thomas Kolyarchyk / Томас Колярчик– double bass, Jakob Hegner / Якоб Гегнер – drums, Povel Widestrand / Повел Відестранд – piano

Past. Robert Wienröder / Роберт Вінредер – piano

Discography.

Studio albums.

Name	Details
Sonce u Serci	Released: 17 September 2021, Label: Fine Music, Format: Digital distribution
Rizdvo	Released: 8 December 2023, Label: Edition Collage, Format: Digital distribution
Kolysanky	Released: 7 March 2025, Label: Edition Collage, Format: Digital distribution

Name	Details
Leléka	Released: 5 November 2017, Label: Self-released, Format: Digital distribution
Tuman	Released: 14 June 2019, Label: Self-released, Format: Digital distribution

Name	Details	Song list
І будуть люди	Released: 16 October 2020, Label: Self-released, Format: Digital distribution	“Zozulja”, “Zapizno”

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		UKR Air.
“Ridnym“	2026	55	Non-album single

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the second half:

• Country:  Ukraine
• Artist(s): LELÉKA (Лелека)
• Language: Ukrainian, English
• English title: “Ridnym” (Рідним, To loved ones)
• Realeased: 16 January 2026
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Adama Cefalu, Jakob Hegner, Viktoriia Leleka, Yaroslav Dzhus (Вікторія Лелека, Якоб Геґнер, Адама Цефалу, Ярослав Джусь)
• Lyricist(s): Adama Cefalu, Viktoriia Leleka (Вікторія Лелека, Адама Цефалу)
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Bird of Pray” (2025) ◄ “Ridnym” (2026) ► 

“Ridnym” (Рідним) is a song by Ukrainian singer and songwriter Viktoria Leléka under her mononym Leléka. It was written by Leleka herself alongside, Adama Cefalu, Jakob Hegner and Yaroslav Dzhus, with production credited to Hegner. The song was released on 16 January 2026 and will represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Background and composition. “Ridnym” was written by Viktoria Leléka, Adama Cefalu, Jakob Hegner and Yaroslav Dzhus.

Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Vidbir 2026. Vidbir 2026 was the tenth edition of Vidbir that selected the Ukrainian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The competition consisted of a final on 7 February 2026 and took place in Kyiv. The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Ukrainian Eurovision entry took 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 was the final, which took place on 7 February 2026 and featured 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. After passing the initial selection phase, Leléka was confirmed among the 10 finalists of the competition with the song “Ridnym” on 3 December 2025. The combined vote of the public and jury crowned her the winner and national representative on the Eurovision stage in Vienna, gaining 20 points.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. During the allocation draw held on 12 January 2026, Ukraine was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the second half of the show.

Charts.

Chart performance for “Ridnym”

Chart (2026)	Peak position
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)	55

Lyrics “Ridnym”:  English, Ukrainian Ι English Ι Ukrainian

Green into rust
Trust in the change
Everything fades be that as it may
Red into dust
Cut from the branch
Leaves in the flames
Nothing is safe

Vyshyu, vyshyu
Vyshyu novu dolyu
Vyshyu, vyshyu
Ridnym nairidnishym

When we oppose our fears
And turn all our woes to cheers
I know the roots still carry water
When all the seeds we’ve sown
Blossom and lead us home
We’ll see the trees grow even taller

Novu dolyu vyshyu
Ridnym nairidnishym

When we oppose our fears
And turn all our woes to cheers
We’ll see the trees grow even taller-o-o-o

When we oppose our fears
And turn all our woes to cheers
I know the roots still carry water
When all the seeds we’ve sown
Blossom and lead us home
We’ll see the treeѕ grow even tаller

¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

Green into rust
Trust in the change
Everything fades be that as it may
Red into dust
Cut from the branch
Leaves in the flames
Nothing is safe

Виш’ю, виш’ю
Виш’ю нову долю
Виш’ю, виш’ю
Рідним найріднішим

When we oppose our fears
And turn all our woes to cheers
I know the roots still carry water
When all the seeds we’ve sown
Blossom and lead us home
We’ll see the trees grow even taller

Нову долю виш’ю
Рідним найріднішим

When we oppose our fears
And turn all our woes to cheers
We’ll see the trees grow even taller-o-o-o

When we oppose our fears
And turn all our woes to cheers
I know the roots still carry water
When all the seeds we’ve sown
Blossom аnd leаd uѕ home
We’ll ѕee the treeѕ grow even tаller

¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

Зелене в іржу
Вір у зміни
Все зникає, хай там як
Червоне в пил
Зрізане з гілки
Листя в полум’ї
Ніщо не врятується

Виш’ю, виш’ю
Виш’ю нову долю
Виш’ю, виш’ю
Рідним найріднішим

Коли ми протистоїмо своїм страхам
І перетворюємо всі наші біди на радість
Я знаю, що коріння досі несе воду
Коли все насіння, яке ми посіяли
Розквітне й приведе нас додому
Ми побачимо, як дерева стають ще вищими

Нову долю виш’ю
Рідним найріднішим

Коли ми протистоїмо своїм страхам
І перетворюємо всі наші біди на радість
Ми побачимо, як дерева стають ще вищими

Коли ми протистоїмо своїм страхам
І перетворюємо всі наші біди на радість
Я знаю, що коріння досі несе воду
Коли все насіння, яке ми посіяли
Розквітне й приведе нас додому
Ми побачимо, як дерева стають ще вищими

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L’Albania ha debuttato all’Eurovision Song Contest nel 2004, partecipandovi senza interruzioni (21 partecipazioni, conquistando 12 finali). Non ha mai vinto la competizione e il debutto dell’Albania nel 2004 fu un successo, con “The Image of You” di Anjeza Shahini, che si classificò al 7° posto. Questo rimase il miglior risultato del paese fino al 2012, quando “Suus” di Rona Nishliu si classificò al 5° posto. Il paese raggiunse la top ten anche nel 2025, classificandosi all’8° posto con “Zjerm” di Shkodra Elektronike.

La nazione ha mancato la finale in nove occasioni (2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 e 2024) e ha sempre utilizzato il Festivali i Këngës come metodo di selezione nazionale.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the second half:

🇦🇱 Albania: Alis (Alis Kallaçi) – “Nân” (Mother) (Alis Kallaçi, Desara Gjini). Language: Albanian

• Birth name: Alis Kallaçi
• Also known as: Alis
• Born / Origin: 2002 or 2003 (age 22–23, Shkodër, Shkodër County, 🇦🇱 Albania
• Genres: 
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter; Instruments: Vocals, piano, guitar
• Years Active: 
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Shkodra Elektronike (2025) ◄ Alis (2026)►

Alis Kallaçi (born 2002 or 2003), known mononymously as Alis, is an Albanian singer and songwriter. He won the fifth season of the Albanian television music competition X Factor. He will represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Nân“.

Biography. Alis Kallaçi was born and raised in Shkodër. He completed his piano diploma at the Prenk Jakova Art School.

In April 2024, Kallaçi won the fifth season of X Factor as part of team Arilena Ara. In November 2024, he was selected to compete in the 63rd edition of Festivali i Këngës with the song “Mjegull“; he placed third in the final on 22 December 2024.

In October 2025, Kallaçi was selected to compete in the 64th edition of Festivali i Këngës with the song “Nân“; he won the final on 20 December 2025, which enabled him to represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Discography.

Singles.

Title	Year	Album or EP
“Se të dua” (with Arilena Ara)	2024	Non-album singles
“Mjegull“
“S’ta kam than“	2025
“Nân“

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the second half:

• Country: 🇦🇱 Albania
• Artist(s): Alis
• Language: Albanian
• English title: “Nân” (Mother)
• Realeased: 5 December 2025
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Alis Kallaçi, Desara Gjini
• Lyricist(s): Alis Kallaçi, Desara Gjini
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Zjerm” (2025) ◄ “Nân” (2026) ► 

“Nân” (Mother) is a song by Albanian singer and songwriter Alis. It was written by himself alongside Desara Gjini, with production handled by Erjet Barbullushi. The song will represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Background and composition. “Nân” was written by Desara Gjini, composed by Alis Kallaçi and arranged by Erjet Barbullushi. Kallaçi stated that the song came from a dream, in which a distant voice had said: “Goodbye, mother”. He described the song as “a ballad for awaiting mothers, for children who leave, and for the eternal love, beyond time and distance”.

Promotion. To promote “Nân” before the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, Kallaçi announced his intent to participate in various Eurovision pre-parties. He will perform at Melfest WKND 2026 to be held at Nalen in Stockholm on 6 March, Eurovision Party SKG to be held in Thessaloniki on 12 March, the Nordic Eurovision Party 2026 to be held at Rockefeller in Oslo on 21 March, Eurovision in Concert 2026 to be held at AFAS Live Arena in Amsterdam on 11 April, the London Eurovision Festival Fundraiser to be held in London on 17 April, and the London Eurovision Party 2026 to be held at Here at Outernet in London on 19 April 2026.

Prior to his participation in the Eurovision pre-parties, Kallaçi performed on Natsionalnata selektsiya, the Bulgarian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Reception. Writing for the Albanian newspaper Sot, Qamil Gjyrezi praised Kallaçi’s vocal performance and remarked that the track’s “lyrics, rhythm and melody, and orchestration” successfully conveyed “memory and optimistic messages”.

Eurovision Song Contest.

Festivali i Këngës 64. On 21 October 2025, Nân was announced as one of the 28 songs selected for Festivali i Këngës 64. The song was made available to the public on 1 December. After participating in the first semi-final on 17 December, the song qualified directly for the final on 20 December, where it finished in first place in both the jury vote and the televote. This victory guaranteed Kallaçi the right to represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. During the allocation draw held on 12 January 2026, Albania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the second half of the show.

Release history.

Release dates and formats for “Nân“

Region	Date	Format(s)	Version	Label
Various	5 December 2025	Digital download, streaming	Original	Fole Publishing

Lyrics “Nân”:  Albanian Ι English

(Ta dish se nana po ju pret)
(E nana ju po ju përcjell)
(Nana në prag aty ngel në derë)
(Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë)

Zemra po dhemb
E lotin mezi po e mban
Ju tash po ikni
Do qani pak
Do harroheni
Për jetë ma t’mirë, e di

E ne na duket, shohim hijet
Në korridor ecin me vrap
Dëgjojmë zërat, hala n’oborr

E qeshun me t’madhe
Hap dritaren, e askush
Nuk asht aty
Marr t’shtroj për t’fjet
N’divana e n’tok
Baj za, askush s’përgjigjet

Ta dish se nana po ju pret
E nana ju po ju përcjell
Nana në prag aty ngel në derë
Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë

Rri e kujtoj
Kyt vend që dikur s’pat qetësi
Rrëmujë e ngrohtë
Gjithë librat n’tok
Shpejt u ba ftohtë
Shkretinë e plot

Ta dish se nana po ju pret
E nana ju po ju përcjell
Nana në prag aty ngel në derë
Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë

(Ta dish se nana po ju pret)
(E nana ju po ju përcjell)
(Nana në prag aty ngel në derë)
(Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë)

(Ta dish se nana po ju pret)
(E nana ju po ju përcjell)
(Nana në prag aty ngel në derë)
Dy javë, dy vjet, iku kjo verë

Kur po vjen, moj nan
Se malli m’than
Po moѕ u mërzit
Nana kа me t’prit

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(Know that mother waits for you)
(She waves you down the road)
(Still standing at the doorway)
(As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone)

My heart is aching
I can barely hold the tears
Now you are leaving
You will cry a little
Then forget
For a better life, I know

We still see your shadows
Running down the hall
And we hear your voices, echo softly in the yard

A great big laugh I hear
I open up the window
But no one’s there
I make the beds
On sofas and the floor
I call your name, no one answers

Know that mother waits for you
She waves you down the road
Still standing at the doorway
As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone

I sit remembering this place
Once it never slept in peace
Warm messy living
Books on the floor
Suddenly it turned cold
A desert remains

Know that mother waits for you
She waves you down the road
Still standing at the doorway
As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone

(Know that mother waits for you)
(She waves you down the road)
(Still standing at the doorway)
(As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone)

Know that mother waits for you
She waves you down the road
Still standing at the doorway
As two weeks, two years, this summer, too, is gone

When are you coming my child?
This longing burns inѕide
But worry not
Mother will be wаiting for you

Malta ha partecipato all’Eurovision Song Contest per la prima volta nel 1971 (37 partecipazioni, conquistando 27 finali). Malta non ha ancora vinto il concorso, ma è l’unico paese non vincitore ad aver ottenuto quattro piazzamenti tra i primi tre. Malta si è classificata ultima nei suoi primi due tentativi, nel 1971 e nel 1972, e ha avuto un’assenza di 16 anni dal concorso, dal 1975 al 1991, anno del suo ritorno. A causa del numero chiuso di canzoni per edizione (22), a Malta è stata preclusa la partecipazione per tutti gli anni ottanta. Ritornerà solo nel 1991 grazie alla rinuncia dei Paesi Bassi. Da allora ha partecipato a tutte le edizioni. Il ritorno di Malta si è rivelato più fruttuoso, con 12 piazzamenti tra i primi 10 in 15 edizioni dal 1991 al 2005, tra cui il terzo posto con “Little Child” di Mary Spiteri (1992), portando il Paese per la prima volta sul podio, e “The One That I Love” di Chiara (1998), e il secondo posto con “7th Wonder” di Ira Losco (2002) e “Angel” di Chiara (2005). Da quando si è classificata ultima per la terza volta nel 2006, Malta ha faticato a imporsi, ottenendo solo due piazzamenti tra i primi 10 negli ultimi anni: un ottavo posto con “Tomorrow” di Gianluca Bezzina nel 2013 e un settimo posto con “Je me casse” di Destiny Chukunyere nel 2021. 

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the second half:

🇲🇹 Malta: AIDAN (Aidan Cassar) – “Bella” (Beautiful, Sabiħa) (Aidan Cassar, Joep van den Boom, Sarah Bonnici – Aidan Cassar). Language: English, Maltese

• Birth name: Aidan Cassar
• Also known as: AIDAN
• Born / Origin: 17 December 1999 (age 26), Żejtun, 🇲🇹 Malta
• Genres: Pop
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter
• Years Active: 2015–present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Miriana Conte (2025) ◄ AIDAN (2026)►

Aidan Cassar (born 17 December 1999), known mononymously as Aidan, is a Maltese singer and songwriter. He will represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Bella”.

Career. In 2015, he competed in the Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest. In 2018, he competed in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Dai Laga”. Following reports that the song, originally described as an original composition, had used a publicly available production beat and could have potentially violated Eurovision rules, it was revamped and re-released so it wouldn’t be disqualified. The song placed fourth in the contest. Afterwards, he participated in the X Factor Malta.

His single “Naħseb Fik” (I Think of You) has been compared to “Tick Tock” by Clean Bandit and Mabel and was said to have a similar cord progression. He denied the beat and melody were plagiarised. The song was entered into the Mużika Mużika song festival in 2021, it was the first time he has written a song in Maltese and performed in Maltese. The music video won music video of the year at Lovin Malta Social Media Awards in 2021.

He entered the Malta Eurovision Song Contest in 2022 with the song “Ritmu”, placing second. The song went on to top the Maltese Radio airplay charts for three weeks, and Aidan was later invited to perform it at the London Eurovision Party. He was also the Maltese jury spokesperson at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

On 24 July 2022, he performed the songs “Naħseb Fik” and “Ritmu” (Rhythm) during the Isle of MTV 2022 festival in Floriana.

In 2023, he entered the Malta Eurovision Song Contest again with the song “Reġina”. He was disqualified from the contest allegedly due to social media posts about his song which were not allowed by Public Broadcasting Services (PBS). He threatened PBS with legal action but went on to perform a medley of his songs in the interval.

He later entered the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Bella” and won, which enabled him to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Discography.

Studio albums.

List of studio albums

Title	Details
This Is Aidan	Released: 31 March 2023, Label: Self-published, Format: digital download
Cowboys Don’t Cry	Released: 20 March 2026, Label: Self-published, Format: digital download

List of extended plays

Title	Details
Wild, Wild, Wild	Released: 7 March 2025, Label: Self-published, Format: digital download

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album or EP
		MLT Dom. Air.
“Rule the World”	2015	—	Non-album singles
“Bon Bon”	2017	—
“Drums”		—
“Dai Laga”	2018	—
“Mine”		5
“The Feeling”	2019	1
“Somebody Like You”	2020	1
“Heart Emoji”	2021	—
“Naħseb Fik”		1	This Is Aidan
“24/7″(with Carlo Gerarda)		1	Non-album single
“Ritmu”	2022	1	This Is Aidan
“Madam”		2	Non-album single
“Rip (Rest in Peace)” (with Ira Losco)	2023	1	This Is Aidan
“Reġina” (Queen)		2
“Head & Mind” (with Nabboo)		1	Non-album single
“Juliette”	2024	1	Wild, Wild, Wild
“Hero”		1
“Sorry”		1
“2×2”	2025	2
“Taste”		1	Cowboys Don’t Cry
“Bella”	2026	1
“—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

List of songs with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		MLT Dom. Air.
“Pupa”	2023	1	This Is Aidan
“Blu”		8
“Strawberry”		1
“Juliette” (a cappella version)	2024	9	Non-album single

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the second half:

• Country: 🇲🇹 Malta
• Artist(s): AIDAN
• Language: English, Maltese
• English title: “Bella” (Beautiful, Sabiħa)
• Realeased: 2 January 2026
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Aidan Cassar, Joep van den Boom, Sarah Bonnici
• Lyricist(s): Aidan Cassar
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “SERVING” (2025) ◄ “Bella” (2026) ► 

“Bella” (“Beautiful”) is a song by Maltese singer Aidan. It will represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after winning the Maltese national final, Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Eurovision Song Contest.

Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Aidan was announced as one of the participants for Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on 1 December 2025 with his song “Bella”. The song was later released to the public on 2 January 2026.

The semi-final for Malta Eurovision Song Contest took place on 16 January, where “Bella” was among the 12 qualifiers for the grand final. The grand final took place on 17 January and after the voting segment, “Bella” received 113 points from the jury vote and 170 points from the televote. After the votes were combined “Bella” placed first, earning Aidan the right to represent Malta at the 2026 Contest.

Eurovision 2026. Aidan will perform “Bella” in the second half of the second semi-final on 14 May 2026.

“Bella” marks the first Eurovision entry from Malta in 26 years to feature the Maltese language. The previous use of Maltese was three lines in the 2000 entry “Desire” by Claudette Pace.

Charts.

Chart performance for “Bella”

Chart (2026)	Peak position
Malta Domestic Airplay (BMAT PRS)	1

Lyrics “Bella”:  English, Maltese, Italian Ι Maltese

Hello, my friend
Is it the end?
I don’t recall the time you said goodbye
Hello, my friend
I’m feeling blue
I gave it all, you took me by surprise

What if our worlds align again?
Right by the summer sky my friend
I hope you know it’s fun to love again
And if you’re feeling cold tonight
I’ll meet you here, now don’t be shy

Che bella
Jien hawn għadni nistenna
I’ll keep holding onto you
After all of this time, it’s you and only you

Bella
Forsi taħseb ftit fija
All the nights that you danced with me
By the sea, they’re calling me

Che bella
Bella, bella, bella…
After all this time, it is you
Ma che bella, bella, bella…

What if our worlds align again?
Right by the summer sky my friend
I hope you know it’s fun to love again
And if you’re feeling cold tonight
I’ll meet you here, now don’t be shy

Che bella
Jien hawn għadni nistenna
I’ll keep holding onto you
After all of this time, it’s you and only you

Miskin min hu bħali
Miskin min hu hekk
Irbaħtli l-battalja
Int Jean la Valette
U tliftli kull sens
Qed inħoss id-dinja ddur bija

Che bella
U ħallejtni nistenna
I’ll keep holding onto you
After all of this time, it’ѕ you and only
Che bellа

Hello, my friend
Is it the end?
I don’t recall the time you said goodbye
Hello, my friend
I’m feeling blue
I gave it all, you took me by surprise

What if our worlds align again?
Right by the summer sky my friend
I hope you know it’s fun to love again
And if you’re feeling cold tonight
I’ll meet you here, now don’t be shy

Oh beautiful
I’m still here waiting
I’ll keep holding onto you
After all this time, it’s you and only you

Beautiful
Maybe you’ll think a little of me
All the nights that you danced with me
By the sea, they’re calling me

Oh beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful…
After all this time, it is you
Oh how beautiful, beautiful, beautiful…

What if our worlds align again?
Right by the summer sky my friend
I hope you know it’s fun to love again
And if you’re feeling cold tonight
I’ll meet you here, now don’t be shy

Oh beautiful
I’m still here waiting
I’ll keep holding onto you
After all of this time, it’s you and only you

Pitiful is the man who is like me
Pitiful is the man who is this way
You’ve won the battle
You’re Jean la Valette
And I lost all senses
I feel the world spinning around me

Oh beautiful
And you kept me waiting
I’ll keep holding onto you
After all of this time, it’ѕ you and only
Oh beаutiful

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Aw, ħabibti
Dan hu t-tmiem?
Qatt ma niftakar il-ħin li għidtli daqshekk
Aw, ħabibti
Ninsab imdejjaq
Tajtek kollox, ħsadtni waħda sew

U jekk dinjietna jiltaqgħu, mill-ġdid?
Hemmhekk taħt sema sajfija ħabibti
Naħseb li taf kemm hu sabiħ li terġa’ tħobb
U jekk illejla tħoss ir-reżħa
Niltaqa’ miegħek hawn, issa tistħix

Kemm int sabiħa
Jien hawn għadni nistenna
Se nkompli nħaddnek ma’ qalbi
Wara daż-żmien kollu, tibqa’ int u int biss

Kemm int sabiħa
Forsi taħseb ftit fija?
Dawk l-iljieli kollha li żfint miegħi
Ħdejn il-baħar, qed isejħuli

Kemm int sabiħa
Sabiħa, sabiħa, sabiħa…
Wara daż-żmien kollu, tibqa’ int
Kemm int sabiħa, sabiħa, sabiħa…

U jekk dinjietna jiltaqgħu, mill-ġdid?
Hemmhekk taħt sema sajfija ħabibti
Naħseb li taf kemm hu sabiħ li terġa’ tħobb
U jekk illejla tħoss ir-reżħa
Niltaqa’ miegħek hawn, issa tistħix

Kemm int sabiħa
Jien hawn għadni nistenna
Se nkompli nħaddnek ma’ qalbi
Wara daż-żmien kollu, tibqa’ int u inti biss

Miskin min hu bħali
Miskin min hu hekk
Irbaħtli l-battalja
Int Jean La Valette
U tliftli kull sens
Qed inħoss id-dinja ddur bija

Kemm int sabiħa
U ħallejtni nistenna
Se nkompli nħaddnek ma’ qalbi
Wara daż-żmien kollu, tibqa’ int u int biss
Kemm int ѕabiħа

La Norvegia ha partecipato all’Eurovision Song Contest per la prima volta nel 1960 (63 partecipazioni, conquistando 60 finali). Da allora è stata assente solo due volte, nel 1970 e nel 2002. Nel 1970, il paese boicottò il concorso per disaccordi sulla struttura di voto e nel 2002 fu escluso. 

Prima del 1985, il miglior risultato della Norvegia al concorso era un terzo posto con “Intet er nytt under solen” di Åse Kleveland nel 1966. Le tre vittorie della Norvegia al concorso sono state ottenute con “La det swinge” dei Bobbysocks nel 1985, “Nocturne” dei Secret Garden nel 1995 e “Fairytale” di Alexander Rybak nel 2009, detiene il record del più alto punteggio di sempre (387 punti – questo prima che nell’edizione del 2016 venisse modificato il sistema di votazione) e del maggior distacco dal secondo classificato (169). La Norvegia si è classificata seconda anche al concorso del 1996 con “I evighet” dell’ex membro dei Bobbysocks Elisabeth Andreassen.

La Norvegia detiene anche il record negativo di ultimi posti (dodici) e il maggior numero di ultimi posti a zero punti (quattro). Fino al 2012 deteneva anche il record di dodici punti ottenuti (sedici), primato poi battuto dalla Svezia, che in quell’anno ottenne per 18 volte i dodici punti. Il Paese ha ottenuto un totale di 12 piazzamenti tra i primi cinque al concorso, l’ultimo dei quali è stato un quinto posto con “Queen of Kings” di Alessandra nel 2023.

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 artist • Performing in the second half:

 Norway: JONAS LOVV (Jonas Lovv Hellesøy) – “YA YA YA” (Sondre Skaftum, Jonas Lovv Hellesøy). Language: English

• Birth name: Jonas Lovv Hellesøy
• Also known as: JONAS LOVV
• Born / Origin: 8 september 1994 (31)
• Genres: 
• Occupations: Singer, songwriter; Instruments: Vocals
• Years Active: 2020–present
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Artist chronology: Kyle Alessandro (2025) ◄ JONAS LOVV (2026)►

Jonas Lovv Hellesøy is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. He will represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Ya Ya Ya”.

Career. In 2014, he participated in the auditions for Idol. He was the vocalist in the synth-pop trio Shuffle Baby, which released several singles until 2020. In 2025, Lovv participated in season 10 of The Voice – Norges beste stemme, where he reached the semi-final.

In January 2026, Lovv was selected to take part in Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with the song “Ya Ya Ya”. He won the competition, earning him the right to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May.

Personal life. Lovv has a wife and a son.

Discography. Credits taken from iTunes.

Extended plays.

Title	Details
Fotografisk Minne	Released: 2 June 2023, Label: Stay Fabulous Records, Formats: Digital download, streaming

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		NOR
“Oh Holy Night”	2020	—	Non-album singles
“Blind”	2021	—
“Better”		—
“Old News”	2022	—
“Lovely Liar”		—
“Naken”		—	Fotografisk Minne
“Så lenge vi lever”	2023	—
“Spesiell”		—
“Tomt dansegulv”		—
“Hundretusen sider i min dagbok”		—
“Mer enn venner”		—	Non-album singles
“Godnattsang for nissunger”		—
“Teller du til hundre”	2024	—
“Aldri tilbake”		—
“That’s Okey”		—
“Ya Ya Ya”	2026	16

• Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry • Performing in the second half:

• Country:  Norway
• Artist(s): JONAS LOVV
• Language: English
• English title: “YA YA YA”
• Realeased: 
• Genre: 
• Composer(s): Jonas Lovv Hellesøy, Sondre Skaftun
• Lyricist(s): Jonas Lovv Hellesøy, Sondre Skaftun
• Finals performance: Semi-final result, points: -, – Ι Final result, points: -, –
• Entry chronology: “Lighter” (2025) ◄ “YA YA YA” (2026) ► 

“Ya Ya Ya” is a song by Norwegian singer-songwriter Jonas Lovv. It was written by himself and produced by Sondre Skaftum. It was released on 26 January 2026, and will represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after winning Melodi Grand Prix 2026. The song has reached number sixteen on the Norwegian Singles Chart.

Critical reception. “Ya Ya Ya” was met with positive to mixed reviews from Norwegian music critics. Jim Ødegård Pedersen of NRK gave the song a six out of six. He applauded his “vocally outstanding” vocals and praised his live performance, calling it “intense and energetic… that really impresses”. He also highlighted the song’s driving bass line and drew stylistic comparisons to a blend of The White Stripes and Benson Boone.^[2] Similarly, Ralf Lofstad of Dagbladet gave the song a five out of six pre-contest, praising his vocal delivery, noting that he “sings very strongly and reaches high notes with great confidence”. Post-MGP, he rated the track a six out of six, describing it as a “guitar-heavy rock song” that is “driving and catchy”, and commended his live vocals, calling it “simply fantastic”.

Writing for TV 2, Line Haus awarded the track a six out of six, praising Lovv’s “charming arrogance” and his natural ability to connect with the camera. She noted that the live performance successfully created a “concert feeling” that appealed to both the live audience and home viewers. Haus further remarked that the rock-influenced energy of the entry was the strongest in the competition, describing Lovv as a standout “star”.

In Nettavisen, Maria Ludvigsen and Pål Nisja-Wilhelmsen provided mixed reviews. Ludvigsen gave the track a four out of six, citing Lovv’s “raw voice” as a strength. Although she found certain parts of the song awkward, she praised its memorability and catchiness compared to the other MGP entries. Conversely, Wilhelmsen gave the song a rating of three out of six, characterising it as “generic pop-rock” an criticising its lack of momentum and perceived lack of “animal” energy.

Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

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. 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.

On 19 January 2026 during a press conference at NRK’s studio 1, it was announced that Lovv would be entering Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with the song “Ya Ya Ya”. He won the competition, earning him the right to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May.

At Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. During the allocation draw held on 12 January 2026, Norway was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the second half of the show.

Charts.

Chart performance for “Ya Ya Ya”

Chart (2026)	Peak position
Norway (IFPI Norge)	16

Lyrics “YA YA YA”:  English Ι Norwegian

(Ahh… ya ya ya ya)
(Ahh… ya ya ya ya)

You’ve been thinking ‘bout love
How it got you so low
Baby, I’m an animal
I got no self-control

Left it right all over you and your pretty clothes
Ay ay ay, ay ay ay
I got some broken bones
Ay ay ay, ay ay ay

I know it won’t let go, ya ya ya ya
Won’t let go, ya ya ya ya

Pretty little liar, put your makeup on, ya ya ya ya
Bang, bang, like you want it
Like you know I’m gonna love it
Bang, bang, goes that broken heart

Bleeding right all over me till I fall apart
Ay ay ay, ay ay ay
I got some broken boneѕ
Ay ay ay, ay ay ay

I know it won’t let go, ya ya ya ya
Won’t let go, ya ya ya ya

(Ahh… ya ya ya ya)
(Ya ya ya, ya ya ya)
(Ya ya ya, ya ya ya, ya…)

Go… ya ya ya ya
Won’t let go, ya ya ya ya
(Ya ya ya, ya ya ya)
(Ya ya ya, ya ya ya, yа…)

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(Ahh… ya ya ya ya)
(Ahh… ya ya ya ya)

Du har tenkt på kjærlighet
Hvordan det fikk deg til å føle deg så dårlig
Kjære, jeg er et dyr
Jeg har ingen selvkontroll

La det fra meg over hele deg og dine pene klær
Ay ay ay, ay ay ay
Jeg har noen brukne ben
Ay ay ay, ay ay ay

Jeg vet det ikke vil gi slipp, ya ya ya ya
Vil ikke gi slipp, ya ya ya ya

Vakre, lille løgner, ta på deg sminke, ya ya ya ya
Bang, bang, som du vil ha det
Slik du vet jeg vil elske det
Bang, bang, sier det knuste hjertet

Blør over hele meg til jeg faller sammen
Ay ay ay, ay ay ay
Jeg har noen knuste ben
Ay ay ay, ay ay ay

Jeg vet det ikke vil gi slipp, ya ya ya ya
Vil ikke gi slipp, ya ya ya ya

(Ahh… ya ya ya ya)
(Ya ya ya, ya ya ya)
(Ya ya ya, ya ya ya, ya…)

Gå… ya ya ya ya
Vil ikke gi ѕlipp, ya ya ya ya
(Ya ya ya, ya ya ya)
(Ya ya ya, ya ya ya, yа…)