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  • Why Junior Lerin is Exactly What Melodifestivalen Needs
    Junior Lerin debuts as a singer in Melodifestivalen 2026, viewing the opportunity to perform 'Copacabana Boy' as a "miracle". Despite the criticism that the song has, we explain why is it healthy for Melodifestivalen that Junior is a part of this com…

    12 days ago 31 Jan 26, 2:48pm
  • More Changes To Melodifestivalen’s Voting Process
    Sweden’s biggest music competition is shaking up the rules again, shifting how winners are crowned and hiding one crucial result from the live broadcast. To find out who actually survives the night, fans will have to look beyond the main stage…

    13 days ago 30 Jan 26, 8:10pm
  • Five Withdraw, Three Return: So Who Wins From That?
    Eurovision 2026 is seeing a massive shift in which countries are competing, and it’s going to shake up the final results. We look at the data to see how new participants and recent withdrawals shake up the scoreboard more than any other time th…

    17 days ago 26 Jan 26, 1:00pm
  • A Salute To Europe: Moldova Is On Duty
    From a record-shattering arena production to a record-shattering televote landslide, Moldova has officially reported for duty for Eurovision 2026. This is the story of how a 29-year-old visionary and a popular young artist are using the Song Contest…

    23 days ago 20 Jan 26, 8:45pm
  • Eurovision’s Heart is Beating – If You Know Where to Look
    James Stephenson tunes into the start of National Final season for Eurovision 2026, and rediscovers where his Eurovision Song Contest heart truly lies.The post Eurovision’s Heart is Beating – If You Know Where to Look appeared first…

    24 days ago 19 Jan 26, 8:45pm
  • Welcome to Moldova’s Biggest Ever Television Production
    Moldova is back: trading a 1956 TV studio for the state-of-the-art Chișinău Arena to mark its 20th Eurovision anniversary. With a €50,000 prize and a massive 19-camera production, the nation is making its most professional bid yet for…

    26 days ago 17 Jan 26, 1:15pm
  • Hey Ho! Let’s Go: Chasing the Legend of ‘Trenulețul’ from Bucharest to Chișinău
    Is Eurovision's legendary Bucharest to Chișinău express a party on rails like Moldova's iconic Eurovision song suggests? ESC Insight takes the journey to Moldova the long way round to experience the train, and its history, first hand.The p…

    27 days ago 16 Jan 26, 10:00pm
  • Coming to a City Near You – But Will Fans Embrace the Eurovision Live Tour?
    The Eurovision Song Contest is going on tour - but is it the right time? James Stephenson speaks to Eurovision Director Martin Green about the newly announced Live Tour, and analyses whether fans will embrace the event.The post C…

    28 days ago 15 Jan 26, 9:00am

Eurovoix

ESC Daily

On Europe

  • new12 February – Before you came it was dark everywhere
    What’s the oddest subject of a Eurovision song you can think of? Many things have been covered, mostly about falling in love with someone, or falling out of love with someone. Today we have a song about fuel. No, not that, erm, Crimson Oxen stu…

    5 hours ago 12 Feb 26, 2:00pm
  • newAthens presses the semi-final button
    Live from Peiraios 260, ERT rolled out the full “we’re taking Eurovision seriously this year, honest” package: moody blues ( in the background, not the group!), tasteful golds and enough lens flare to make you reach for a tissue to…

    7 hours ago 12 Feb 26, 11:50am
  • 11 February – We end up saying that nothing’s important
    France. A country with a very illustrious history in our favourite TV show. Five wins under their belts, four of them occurring under no longer used scoring systems. That is because back in 1971 everything changed. A new voting structure, preview vid…

    1 day ago 11 Feb 26, 2:00pm
  • 10 February – My body is on fire because of the sound of your voice
    Our friends in Canada keep trying to get in on the act, and who can blame them? One of its daughters even won once, so they, quite rightly, feel they have more claim to the winner’s podium than, say, Malta. Our Canadian friends have usually rep…

    2 days ago 10 Feb 26, 2:00pm
  • 9 February – This is the time to melt the ice
    We obviously would like to see more countries taking part in our favourite TV show. There are a few who have tried their luck in the past, but currently sit on the sidelines so they can point and laugh instead. One such country is Bosnia and Herzegov…

    3 days ago 9 Feb 26, 2:00pm
  • Antigoni goes back to roots, possibly not hers though…
    Cyprus has finally taken the wraps off its 2026 entry, and it’s a full‑throttle blast of Mediterranean pop: Antigoni with “Jalla”. If you’ve been waiting for Cyprus to lean back into big, sweaty, summer‑club energy…

    4 days ago 8 Feb 26, 8:31pm

ESC Plus

ESC Tips

Eurovision Times

  • Cyprus: Antigoni has released ‘JALLA’
    Cyprus – The Cypriot entry in Vienna, ‘JALLA‘ by Antigoni has been released and you can watch the video now. Antigoni is a British Greek-Cypriot who has featured on Love Island (Season 8 in the UK). As always, let us know what you t…

    4 days ago 8 Feb 26, 10:56pm
  • Ukraine: It’s LELÉKA to Vienna!
    Ukraine – The national final, Vidbir, has just concluded and the winner, and this year’s Ukrainian representative in Vienna, will be LELÉKA singing  ‘Ridnym‘. After the public vote had been added to the jury vote,…

    5 days ago 7 Feb 26, 8:34pm
  • Ukraine: Selects Tonight
    Ukraine –  The winner of Ukrainian National Selection for Eurovision-2026, Vidbir, will be announced tonight. The show starts at 6 p.m (CET), and is broadcast on all Suspilne platforms. You can follow it live on Youtube here. Running order…

    5 days ago 7 Feb 26, 4:33pm
  • It’s Dara to Vienna
    Bulgaria – The final of Bulgaria’s national selection, Natsionalnata Selektsiya 2026, took place tonight. 8 acts fought for the place in Vienna and Dara won the golden ticket. The artists who performed tonight and hoped to go to Vien…

    12 days ago 31 Jan 26, 9:30pm

ESCxtra

  • newSing For Greece 2026: Semi-Final 1 Qualifiers
    Tonight, the first Semi-Final of Greece’s Eurovision 2026 selection Sing For Greece 2026 took place. A total of seven acts have qualified for the Grand Final on February 15. 7 acts qualify for Sing For Greece 2026 Grand Final During the first S…

    21 hours ago 11 Feb 26, 10:02pm
  • newBenidorm Fest 2026 Semi-Final 1 Qualifiers
    RTVE the Spanish national broadcaster have confirmed the six acts qualifying from the first Semi-Final of its annual music festival Benidorm Fest 2026. Six acts qualify from Benidorm Fest 2026 Semi-Final 1 In total, 9 acts performed in the first Semi…

    23 hours ago 11 Feb 26, 8:39pm
  • DMGP 2026 running order announced
    Today, DR the national broadcaster of Denmark, has confirmed the running order for the eight acts that will participate in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 on February 14. Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 running order DR the Danish broadcaster have confirme…

    3 days ago 9 Feb 26, 8:37pm
  • Albania’s Alis to perform at Eurovision in Concert 2026
    This week, it was confirmed that Alis, the representative of Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, will perform at Eurovision in Concert 2026 in the AFAS Live in Amsterdam on April 11. 🇦🇱 Alis to perform at Eurovision in Concer…

    3 days ago 9 Feb 26, 5:16pm

Eurovision Quick Links

  • Ireland 1991
    Ireland 1991“Could It Be That I’m In Love”, performed by Kim Jackson.Composition by Liam Reilly.Lyrics by Liam Reilly.Here’s a rarity, a weak song and poor result for Ireland in the 1990s. Coming off a second place with L…

    23 Jan 23, 12:04pm
  • Saara Aalto Eurovision Review and X Factor 2018 Preview
    When Finnish TV tapped Brian Friedman to do the staging for Saara Aalto’s Eurovision 2018 entry, we were fascinated to see how this collision of Sofabet worlds would play out. You would think that Brian must have learned a huge amount about how…

    27 Aug 18, 5:20pm
  • Croatia 2025 - Marko Bošnjak - Poison Cake

    Croatia 2025 - Marko Bošnjak - Poison Cake

     (Click here for a rather dark confectionary…)So there were we watching Croatia's Dora - the contest that finds their Eurovision entry - and there was one song that we decided was ripe for Apocalypsification. Dark and grim in places? Chec…

    3 Mar 25, 2:35pm
  • Schlagertastic 1980s: Number 45!!!

    Schlagertastic 1980s: Number 45!!!

    No.45: "Go" - Scott Fitzgerald (United Kingdom, 1988)To be honest, back in 1988 the teenage Schlagerboys were oblivious to the majesty of the United Kingdom entry; at the time we were distracted by Denmark. However, twenty eight years late…

    16 Sep 16, 6:48pm
  • reply from email posted to esc.vote
    Thank you for reaching out with your query about voting at the Eurovision Song Contest. We appreciate your enthusiasm and support for the celebration of music and culture that Eurovision represents!We validate the country of a voter by checking the i…

    20 May 25, 9:58pm
  • Time to do something about the juries

    Time to do something about the juries

    Last night I tweeted how disappointing it was to see the juries do Finland dirty. Some people interpreted that as me being a bad loser (the eurovision online fans were always easy to rub the wrong way) but this goes back to something I have been sayi…

    14 May 23, 5:16pm
  • Hırvatistan: İşte DORA 2025 Şarkıları
    Hırvatistan’ın Eurovision yayıncısı HRT, toplam 221 şarkı başvurusundan 24’ünü seçerek 2 Mart 2025’te düzenlenecek Dora 2025 için finalistleri belirledi. Bu etkinl…

    11 Jan 25, 7:12pm

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