Eurovision Song Contest 2026
The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, after their win at the 2025 contest with the song "Wasted Love" by JJ. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF).[3][4] The winner was Dara, representing Bulgaria with the song "Bangaranga".[5]
| Eurovision Song Contest 2026 United by Music[1] | |
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 date | 12 May 2026 |
| Semi-final 2 date | 14 May 2026 |
| Final date | 16 May 2026 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria[2] |
| Presenter(s) | Victoria Swarovski Michael Ostrowski Emily Busvine[a] |
| Host broadcaster | Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 35 |
| Returning countries |  Bulgaria Moldova Romania
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| Vote | |
| Winning song | Bulgaria "Bangaranga" |
| Eurovision Song Contest | |
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Overview
It was the third time that the country has hosted the contest, after 1967 and 2015, as well as the third time the contest was held in Vienna. In December 2025, the EBU announced that 35 countries would participate in the 2026 contest. Bulgaria returned for the first time since 2022, Romania returned for the first time since 2023, and Moldova returned for the first time since 2024. Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain, all countries that participated the previous year, boycotted in protest against the inclusion of Israel in the context of the Gaza war. This made it the largest boycott in the contest's history. Bulgaria won the contest for the first time in their history.
Location
Bidding phase
- Key
† Host city ^ Submitted a bid
| City | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ebreichsdorf | Temporary arena | The proposed venue was a temporary arena with a capacity for 20,000 people. Another venue for a public viewing of the final with a capacity of 30,000 would have been set-up. Withdrew from bidding on 15 June. |
| Graz | Stadthalle Graz | Withdrew from bidding on 27 June. |
| Schwarzl Freizeitzentrum | Withdrew from bidding on 27 June. | |
| Innsbruck ^ | Olympiahalle | Hosted the Figure skating and Ice hockey events at both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympic Games. |
| Oberwart | Messe Oberwart | Withdrew from bidding on 21 June. |
| Vienna † | Wiener Stadthalle | Hosted the 2015 contest. |
| Wels and Linz | Messe Wels | Joint bid, with Wels hosting the contest proper. The venue is under construction and scheduled to be completed in March 2026. Withdrew from bidding on 1 July. |
Participants
| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania
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RTSH | Alis | "Nân" | Albanian |
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[8] |
 Armenia
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AMPTV | Simón | "Paloma rumba" | English |
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[9] |
.svg){kind=small} Australia
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SBS | Delta Goodrem | "Eclipse" | English |
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[10] |
 Austria
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ORF | Cosmó | "Tanzschein" | German |
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[11] |
 Azerbaijan
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İTV | Jiva | "Just Go" | English, Azerbaijani | Fuad Javadov | [12] |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | RTBF | Essyla | "Dancing on the Ice" | English |
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[13] |
| Bulgaria
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BNT | Dara | "Bangaranga" | English |
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[14] |
 Croatia
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HRT | Lelek | "Andromeda" | Croatian |
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[15] |
 Cyprus
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CyBC | Antigoni | "Jalla" | English, Greek |
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[16] |
 Czechia
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ČT | Daniel Žižka | "Crossroads" | English |
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[17] |
 Denmark
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DR | Søren Torpegaard Lund | "Før vi går hjem" | Danish |
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[18] |
 Estonia
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ERR | Vanilla Ninja | "Too Epic to Be True" | English | Sven Lõhmus | [19] |
 Finland
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Yle | Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen | "Liekinheitin" | Finnish |
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[20] |
 France
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France Télévisions | Monroe | "Regarde !" | French |
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[21] |
 Georgia
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GPB | Bzikebi | "On Replay" | English |
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[22] |
 Germany
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SWR[b] | Sarah Engels | "Fire" | English |
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[23] |
 Greece
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ERT | Akylas | "Ferto" (Φέρτο) | Greek |
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[24] |
 Israel
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IPBC | Noam Bettan | "Michelle" | French, Hebrew, English |
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[25] |
 Italy
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RAI | Sal Da Vinci | "Per sempre sì" | Italian |
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[26] |
 Latvia
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LSM | Atvara | "Ēnā" | Latvian |
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[27] |
 Lithuania
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LRT | Lion Ceccah | "Sólo quiero más" | Lithuanian, English |
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[28] |
 Luxembourg
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RTL | Eva Marija | "Mother Nature" | English |
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[29] |
 Malta
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PBS | Aidan | "Bella" | English, Maltese |
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[30] |
| Moldova
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TRM | Satoshi | "Viva, Moldova!" | Romanian |
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[31] |
 Montenegro
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RTCG | Tamara Živković | "Nova zora" (Нова зора) | Montenegrin | Boris Subotić | [32] |
 Norway
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NRK | Jonas Lovv | "Ya Ya Ya" | English |
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[33] |
 Poland
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TVP | Alicja | "Pray" | English |
|
[34] |
 Portugal
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RTP | Bandidos do Cante | "Rosa" | Portuguese |
|
[35] |
| Romania
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TVR | Alexandra Căpitănescu | "Choke Me" | English |
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[36] |
 San Marino
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SMRTV | Senhit[c] | "Superstar" | English |
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[37] |
 Serbia
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RTS | Lavina | "Kraj mene" (Крај мене) | Serbian |
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[38] |
 Sweden
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SVT | Felicia | "My System" | English |
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[39] |
 Switzerland
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SRG SSR | Veronica Fusaro | "Alice" | English |
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[40] |
 Ukraine
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Suspilne | Leléka | "Ridnym" (Рідним) | English, Ukrainian |
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[41] |
 United Kingdom
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BBC | Look Mum No Computer | "Eins, Zwei, Drei" | English |
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[42] |
Other countries
The following countries' with an active EBU membership that confirmed they would boycott in 2026 due to Israeli participation:
The following countries' with an active EBU membership that have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, that confirmed non-participation before the announcement of the participants list:
Andorra[48][49]
Bosnia and Herzegovina[50]
Hungary
Monaco
Morocco
North Macedonia[51]
Slovakia[52]
Turkey
The following countries' with an active EBU membership that expressed interest in debuting in 2026 but confirmed non-participation:
Results
Semi-final 1
Vicky Leandros opened the first semi-final with "L'amour est bleu", her entry for Luxembourg in 1967, backed by a 70-member choir.
Countries that made it to the Grand Final
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova
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Satoshi | "Viva, Moldova!" | 208 | 4 |
| 2 | Sweden
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Felicia | "My System" | 96 | 9 |
| 3 | Croatia
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Lelek | "Andromeda" | 175 | 6 |
| 4 | Greece
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Akylas | "Ferto" | 159 | 7 |
| 5 | Portugal
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Bandidos do Cante | "Rosa" | 74 | 12 |
| 6 | Georgia
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Bzikebi | "On Replay" | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Finland
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Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen | "Liekinheitin" | 227 | 3 |
| 8 | Montenegro
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Tamara Živković | "Nova zora" | 71 | 13 |
| 9 | Estonia
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Vanilla Ninja | "Too Epic to Be True" | 79 | 11 |
| 10 | Israel
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Noam Bettan | "Michelle" | 269 | 1 |
| 11 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Essyla | "Dancing on the Ice" | 91 | 10 |
| 12 | Lithuania
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Lion Ceccah | "Sólo quiero más" | 101 | 8 |
| 13 | San Marino
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Senhit[c] | "Superstar" | 41 | 14 |
| 14 | Poland
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Alicja | "Pray" | 247 | 2 |
| 15 | Serbia
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Lavina | "Kraj mene" | 187 | 5 |
Semi-final 2
Countries that made it to the Grand Final
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria
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Dara | "Bangaranga" | 278 | 1 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan
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Jiva | "Just Go" | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Romania
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Alexandra Căpitănescu | "Choke Me" | 234 | 2 |
| 4 | Luxembourg
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Eva Marija | "Mother Nature" | 60 | 12 |
| 5 | Czechia
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Daniel Žižka | "Crossroads" | 142 | 9 |
| 6 | Armenia
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Simón | "Paloma Rumba" | 49 | 14 |
| 7 | Switzerland
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Veronica Fusaro | "Alice" | 108 | 11 |
| 8 | Cyprus
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Antigoni | "Jalla" | 122 | 10 |
| 9 | Latvia
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Atvara | "Ēnā" | 49 | 13 |
| 10 | Denmark
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Søren Torpegaard Lund | "Før vi går hjem" | 199 | 5 |
| 11 | Australia
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Delta Goodrem | "Eclipse" | 222 | 3 |
| 12 | Ukraine
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Leléka | "Ridnym" | 174 | 6 |
| 13 | Albania
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Alis | "Nân" | 158 | 7 |
| 14 | Malta
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Aidan | "Bella" | 143 | 8 |
| 15 | Norway
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Jonas Lovv | "Ya Ya Ya" | 206 | 4 |
Final
Winner
Spokespersons
The spokespersons will announce the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:
Switzerland – Livio Chistell
Malta – Maia
Ukraine – Daniil Leshchynskyi
Luxembourg – Hana Sofia Lopes
Bulgaria – Vladimira Ilieva
Azerbaijan – Sabina Babayeva
San Marino – Kelly Joyce
Estonia – Getter Jaani
Israel – Lior Suchard
Australia – Dami Im
Germany – Wavvyboi- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium – Sandra Kim
Portugal – Victoria Nicole
Sweden – Jakob Norrgård
Albania – Andri Xhahu
Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
Georgia – Mariam Shengelia
Montenegro – Nina Žižić
Armenia – Parg
Poland – Aleksandra Budka
Greece – Klavdia
Czechia – Dominika Hašková
Denmark – Sissal
France – Magali Ripoll
Norway – Elisabeth Andreassen
Italy – Mariasole Pollio
Finland – Jaana Pelkonen
United Kingdom – La Voix
Latvia – Aurēlija Rancāne
Serbia – Kristina Radenković
Moldova – Rita
Croatia – Doris Pinčić
Lithuania – Lukas Radzevičius
Romania – Eda Marcus
Austria – Philipp Hansa
Detailed voting results
Semi-final
Qualifiers
| Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
| 1 | Israel
|
269 | Poland
|
137 | Israel
|
163 |
| 2 | Poland
|
247 | Finland
|
127 | Moldova
|
146 |
| 3 | Finland
|
227 | Israel
|
106 | Serbia
|
131 |
| 4 | Moldova
|
208 | Greece
|
88 | Poland
|
110 |
| 5 | Serbia
|
187 | Croatia
|
85 | Finland
|
100 |
| 6 | Croatia
|
175 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 81 | Croatia
|
90 |
| 7 | Greece
|
159 | Sweden
|
79 | Greece
|
71 |
| 8 | Lithuania
|
101 | Moldova
|
62 | Lithuania
|
55 |
| 9 | Sweden
|
96 | Serbia
|
56 | Estonia
|
46 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 91 | Lithuania
|
46 | Montenegro
|
45 |
| 11 | Estonia
|
79 | Portugal
|
39 | Portugal
|
35 |
| 12 | Portugal
|
74 | Estonia
|
33 | San Marino
|
23 |
| 13 | Montenegro
|
71 | Montenegro
|
26 | Sweden
|
17 |
| 14 | San Marino
|
41 | San Marino
|
18 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 10 |
| 15 | Georgia
|
5 | Georgia
|
3 | Georgia
|
2 |
| Place | Combined | Jury | Televoting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Points | Country | Points | Country | Points | |
| 1 | Bulgaria
|
278 | Australia
|
137 | Bulgaria
|
184 |
| 2 | Romania
|
234 | Denmark
|
124 | Romania
|
147 |
| 3 | Australia
|
222 | Norway
|
109 | Albania
|
113 |
| 4 | Norway
|
206 | Czech Republic
|
108 | Ukraine
|
99 |
| 5 | Denmark
|
199 | Bulgaria
|
94 | Norway
|
97 |
| 6 | Ukraine
|
174 | Romania
|
87 | Australia
|
85 |
| 7 | Albania
|
158 | Malta
|
84 | Denmark
|
75 |
| 8 | Malta
|
143 | Ukraine
|
75 | Cyprus
|
75 |
| 9 | Czech Republic
|
142 | Switzerland
|
48 | Switzerland
|
60 |
| 10 | Cyprus
|
122 | Cyprus
|
47 | Malta
|
59 |
| 11 | Switzerland
|
108 | Albania
|
45 | Luxembourg
|
34 |
| 12 | Luxembourg
|
60 | Armenia
|
30 | Czech Republic
|
34 |
| 13 | Latvia
|
49 | Latvia
|
28 | Latvia
|
21 |
| 14 | Armenia
|
49 | Luxembourg
|
26 | Armenia
|
19 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan
|
2 | Azerbaijan
|
2 | Azerbaijan
|
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Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Media
Template:Langr, Vienna – host venue of the 2026 contest
Vienna City Hall – host venue for the allocation draw and the opening ceremony of the 2026 contest
Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski, presenters of the 2026 contest
Results of the semi-final allocation draw: Participating countries in the first semi-final Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the first semi-final Participating countries in the second semi-final Pre-qualified for the final but also voting in the second semi-final
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Notes
References
- ↑ 'United By Music' chosen as permanent slogan for Eurovision Song Contest. ebu.ch (14 November 2023)European Broadcasting Union.
- ↑ Eurovision 2026: Vienna is our Host City for the 70th. eurovision.com (20 August 2025).
- ↑ Eurovision 2025 winner's press conference with JJ. eurovision.com (18 May 2025)European Broadcasting Union.
- ↑ 🇦🇹 Austria: ORF Commences Eurovision 2026 Work & Special Programming Celebrating JJ's Victory Announced (in en-GB). eurovoix.com (18 May 2025).
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- ↑ 🇦🇹 35 Countries Confirmed for Eurovision 2026. eurovoix.com (15 December 2025)Eurovoix.
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- ↑ Armenia: Simón to Eurovision 2026 with "Paloma Rumba". eurovisionworld.com (11 March 2026).
- ↑ Delta Goodrem will represent Australia in May. eurovision.com (1 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ COSMÓ will represent Austria in Vienna. eurovision.com (20 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ JIVA releases her song for Azerbaijan. eurovision.com (9 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ ESSYLA will represent Belgium in May. eurovision.com (19 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ It's DARA for Bulgaria in May. eurovision.com (31 January 2026).
- ↑ It's LELEK to Vienna for Croatia. eurovision.com (15 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ Cyprus 2026: Antigoni releases 'JALLA'. eurovision.com (8 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
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- ↑ Søren Torpegaard Lund will represent Denmark in May. eurovision.com (14 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ It's Vanilla Ninja for Vienna in Estonia. eurovision.com (14 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ 'Liekinheitin' is Finland's song for Vienna. eurovision.com (28 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ 'Regarde !': It's Monroe for France. eurovision.com (6 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ Bzikebi premiere 'On Replay' for Georgia. eurovision.com (11 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
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- ↑ Akylas will 'Sing for Greece' in May. eurovision.com (15 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
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- ↑ From 'Sanremo' to Vienna, it's Sal Da Vinci for Italy. eurovision.com (1 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ 'Supernova' winner Atvara is heading to Vienna for Latvia. eurovision.com (14 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ Lion Ceccah will sing for Lithuania in Vienna. eurovision.com (27 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
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- ↑ It's AIDAN for Malta at Vienna 2026. eurovision.com (18 January 2026).
- ↑ Satoshi will represent Moldova on its Eurovision return. eurovision.com (17 January 2026).
- ↑ Tamara Živković will sing for Montenegro in Vienna. eurovision.com (21 December 2025)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ JONAS LOVV wins 'Melodi Grand Prix' in Norway. eurovision.com (28 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ It's 'Pray' for Poland: ALICJA to Vienna. eurovision.com (8 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ Bandidos do Cante will represent Portugal in May. eurovision.com (8 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ Alexandra Căpitănescu will represent Romania on its Eurovision return. eurovision.com (4 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
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- ↑ FELICIA will fly the Swedish flag at Vienna 2026. eurovision.com (7 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ Veronica Fusaro releases Switzerland's song for Vienna. eurovision.com (11 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ Vidbir winner LELÉKA to Vienna. eurovision.com (7 February 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ 'Eins, Zwei, Drei'... the United Kingdom's entry is out. eurovision.com (6 March 2026)Eurovision Song Contest.
- ↑ Iceland will not participate in Eurovision 2026. eurovisionworld.com (10 December 2025).
- ↑ Ireland to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel participation. eurovisionworld.com (4 December 2025).
- ↑ The Netherlands withdraws from Eurovision 2026. eurovisionworld.com (4 December 2025).
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- ↑ Andorra: RTVA confirms non participation at Eurovision 2026. ESCToday (3 June 2025).
- ↑ Bosnia & Herzegovina: BHRT will not return to Eurovision in 2026. ESCToday (9 July 2025).
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