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Eurovision Song Contest 2026
United by Music[1]
Dates
Semi-final 112 May 2026
Semi-final 214 May 2026
Final16 May 2026
Host
VenueWiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria[2]
Presenter(s)Victoria Swarovski [en]
Michael Ostrowski [en]
Emily Busvine[a]
Directed byMartin Green
Executive producerGert Kark
Host broadcasterÖsterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Websitewww.eurovision.com/eurovision-song-contest/vienna-2026/ Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries35
Number of finalists25
Returning countries Bulgaria
 Moldova
 Romania
Non-returning countries Iceland
 Ireland
 Netherlands
 Slovenia
 Spain
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to ten songs.
Online votes from viewers in non-participating countries are aggregated and awarded as one set of points.
Winning song Bulgaria
"Bangaranga [en]"
2025 Eurovision Song Contest 2027

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 [en]".[5][6]

Overview

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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. Bulgaria's song "Bangaranga" won both the jury vote and televote.[7]

Location

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Bidding phase

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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 [en] Withdrew from bidding on 27 June.
Schwarzl Freizeitzentrum Withdrew from bidding on 27 June.
Innsbruck ^ Olympiahalle [en] 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

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Other countries

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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:

The following countries' with an active associate EBU membership that expressed interest in debuting in 2026 but confirmed non-participation:

Semi-final 1

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The stage in the arena
Vicky Leandros [en] opened the first semi-final with "L'amour est bleu [en]", her entry for Luxembourg in 1967, backed by a 70-member choir.
  Countries that made it to the Grand Final
First semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026[56]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Moldova Satoshi "Viva, Moldova! [en]" 208 4
2  Sweden Felicia "My System [en]" 96 9
3  Croatia Lelek "Andromeda [en]" 175 6
4  Greece Akylas "Ferto [en]" 159 7
5  Portugal Bandidos do Cante "Rosa [en]" 74 12
6  Georgia Bzikebi "On Replay [en]" 5 15
7  Finland Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen "Liekinheitin [en]" 227 3
8  Montenegro Tamara Živković "Nova zora [en]" 71 13
9  Estonia Vanilla Ninja "Too Epic to Be True [en]" 79 11
10  Israel Noam Bettan "Michelle [en]" 269 1
11  Belgium Essyla "Dancing on the Ice [en]" 91 10
12  Lithuania Lion Ceccah "Sólo quiero más [en]" 101 8
13  San Marino Senhit[c] "Superstar [en]" 41 14
14  Poland Alicja "Pray [en]" 247 2
15  Serbia Lavina "Kraj mene [en]" 187 5

Semi-final 2

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Presenters during the 2nd Semi-Final.
  Countries that made it to the Grand Final
Second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026[57]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Bulgaria Dara "Bangaranga [en]" 278 1
2  Azerbaijan Jiva "Just Go [en]" 2 15
3  Romania Alexandra Căpitănescu "Choke Me [en]" 234 2
4  Luxembourg Eva Marija "Mother Nature [en]" 60 12
5  Czechia Daniel Žižka "Crossroads" 142 9
6  Armenia Simón "Paloma Rumba [en]" 49 14
7   Switzerland Veronica Fusaro "Alice [en]" 108 11
8  Cyprus Antigoni "Jalla [en]" 122 10
9  Latvia Atvara "Ēnā [en]" 49 13
10  Denmark Søren Torpegaard Lund "Før vi går hjem [en]" 199 5
11  Australia Delta Goodrem "Eclipse" 222 3
12  Ukraine Leléka "Ridnym [en]" 174 6
13  Albania Alis "Nân [en]" 158 7
14  Malta Aidan "Bella [en]" 143 8
15  Norway Jonas Lovv "Ya Ya Ya [en]" 206 4
Dara from Bulgaria, after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
  Winner
Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026[58]
R/O Country Artist Song Points Place
1  Denmark Søren Torpegaard Lund "Før vi går hjem [en]" 243 7
2  Germany Sarah Engels "Fire [en]" 12 23
3  Israel Noam Bettan "Michelle [en]" 343 2
4  Belgium Essyla "Dancing on the Ice [en]" 36 21
5  Albania Alis "Nân [en]" 145 13
6  Greece Akylas "Ferto [en]" 220 10
7  Ukraine Leléka "Ridnym [en]" 221 9
8  Australia Delta Goodrem "Eclipse" 287 4
9  Serbia Lavina "Kraj mene [en]" 90 17
10  Malta Aidan "Bella [en]" 89 18
11  Czechia Daniel Žižka "Crossroads" 113 16
12  Bulgaria Dara "Bangaranga [en]" 516 1
13  Croatia Lelek "Andromeda [en]" 124 15
14  United Kingdom Look Mum No Computer "Eins, Zwei, Drei [en]" 1 25
15  France Monroe "Regarde ! [en]" 158 11
16  Moldova Satoshi "Viva, Moldova! [en]" 226 8
17  Finland Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen "Liekinheitin [en]" 279 6
18  Poland Alicja "Pray [en]" 150 12
19  Lithuania Lion Ceccah "Sólo quiero más [en]" 22 22
20  Sweden Felicia "My System [en]" 51 20
21  Cyprus Antigoni "Jalla [en]" 75 19
22  Italy Sal Da Vinci "Per sempre sì [en]" 281 5
23  Norway Jonas Lovv "Ya Ya Ya [en]" 134 14
24  Romania Alexandra Căpitănescu "Choke Me [en]" 296 3
25  Austria Cosmó "Tanzschein [en]" 6 24

Spokespersons

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The spokespersons will announce the 12-point score from their respective country's national jury in the following order:

  1.  Switzerland  Livio Chistell
  2.  Malta  Maia
  3.  Ukraine  Daniil Leshchynskyi
  4.  Luxembourg  Hana Sofia Lopes
  5.  Bulgaria  Vladimira Ilieva
  6.  Azerbaijan  Sabina Babayeva
  7.  San Marino  Kelly Joyce [it]
  8.  Estonia  Getter Jaani
  9.  Israel  Lior Suchard
  10.  Australia  Dami Im
  11.  Germany  Wavvyboi [de]
  12.  Belgium  Sandra Kim
  13.  Portugal  Victoria Nicole [pt]
  14.  Sweden  Jakob Norrgård [sv]
  15.  Albania  Andri Xhahu
  16.  Cyprus  Loukas Hamatsos
  17.  Georgia  Mariam Shengelia [en]
  18.  Montenegro  Nina Žižić [en]
  19.  Armenia  Parg
  20.  Poland  Aleksandra Budka
  21.  Greece  Klavdia
  22.  Czechia  Dominika Hašková
  23.  Denmark  Sissal
  24.  France  Magali Ripoll [fr]
  25.  Norway  Elisabeth Andreassen
  26.  Italy  Mariasole Pollio
  27.  Finland  Jaana Pelkonen
  28.  United Kingdom  La Voix
  29.  Latvia  Aurēlija Rancāne
  30.  Serbia  Kristina Radenković [sr]
  31.  Moldova  Rita
  32.  Croatia  Doris Pinčić
  33.  Lithuania  Lukas Radzevičius [en]
  34.  Romania  Eda Marcus
  35.  Austria  Philipp Hansa

Detailed voting results

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Semi-final 1

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  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 1
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  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  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  Belgium 10
15  Georgia 5  Georgia 3  Georgia 2

12 points

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12 points awarded by juries in semi-final 1
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
5  Poland  Belgium,  Germany,  Greece,  Israel,  Lithuania
4  Finland  Estonia,  Georgia,  Portugal,  Sweden
3  Belgium  Finland,  Italy,  Poland
 Israel  Croatia,  Moldova,  Serbia
1  Greece  San Marino
 Serbia  Montenegro
12 points awarded by televoting in semi-final 1
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
5  Israel  Georgia,  Germany,  Moldova,  Portugal,  San Marino
 Moldova  Belgium,  Israel,  Italy,  Poland, Rest of the World
4  Serbia  Croatia,  Greece,  Lithuania,  Montenegro
2  Finland  Estonia,  Sweden
1  Croatia  Serbia
 Estonia  Finland

Semi-final 2

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  Qualifiers
Split results of semi-final 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 0

12 points

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12 points awarded by juries in semi-final 2
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
4  Norway  Austria,  Czechia,  France,  United Kingdom
3  Czechia  Latvia,  Romania,   Switzerland
 Malta  Albania,  Bulgaria,  Ukraine
2  Albania  Azerbaijan,  Cyprus
 Australia  Armenia,  Malta
1  Armenia  Australia
 Bulgaria  Denmark
 Denmark  Norway
 Romania  Luxembourg
12 points awarded by televoting in semi-final 2
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
9  Bulgaria  Albania,  Austria,  Cyprus,  France,  Luxembourg,  Malta,   Switzerland,  United Kingdom, Rest of the World
2  Albania  Bulgaria,  Romania
 Cyprus  Armenia,  Azerbaijan
 Denmark  Australia,  Norway
 Romania  Czech Republic,  Ukraine
1  Norway  Denmark
 Ukraine  Latvia
  Winner
Split results
Place Combined Jury Televoting
Country Points Country Points Country Points
1  Bulgaria 516  Bulgaria 204  Bulgaria 312
2  Israel 343  Australia 165[d]  Romania 232
3  Romania 296  Denmark 165[d]  Israel 220
4  Australia 287  France 144  Moldova 183
5  Italy 281  Finland 141  Ukraine 167
6  Finland 279  Italy 134  Italy 147[e]
7  Denmark 243  Poland 133  Greece 147[e]
8  Moldova 226  Israel 123  Finland 138
9  Ukraine 221  Norway 115  Australia 122
10  Greece 220  Czechia 104  Albania 85
11  France 158  Malta 81  Denmark 78
12  Poland 150  Greece 73  Croatia 71
13  Albania 145  Romania 64  Serbia 52
14  Norway 134  Albania 60  Cyprus 34
15  Croatia 124  Ukraine 54  Norway 19
16  Czechia 113  Croatia 53  Poland 17
17  Serbia 90  Moldova 43  Sweden 16
18  Malta 89  Cyprus 41  France 14
19  Cyprus 75  Serbia 38  Lithuania 12
20  Sweden 51  Belgium 36  Czechia 9
21  Belgium 36  Sweden 35  Malta 8
22  Lithuania 22  Germany 12  Austria 5
23  Germany 12  Lithuania 10  Germany 0[f]
24  Austria 6  United Kingdom 1[g]  Belgium 0[f]
25  United Kingdom 1  Austria 1[g]  United Kingdom 0[f]

12 points

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12 points awarded by juries in the final
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
4  Bulgaria  Australia,  Denmark,  Lithuania,  Malta
 Poland  Austria,  Belgium,  Germany,  Moldova
3  Australia  Armenia,  Israel,  Romania
 France  Finland,  Georgia,  United Kingdom
 Malta  Bulgaria,  San Marino,  Ukraine
2  Denmark  Czech Republic,  Norway
 Finland  Estonia,  Sweden
 Greece  Cyprus,  Serbia
 Italy  Albania,  Azerbaijan
 Serbia  Croatia,  Montenegro
1  Albania  Portugal
 Belgium  Italy
 Cyprus  Greece
 Czech Republic  Latvia
 Israel  Poland
 Norway  France
 Romania  Luxembourg
 Ukraine   Switzerland
12 points awarded by televoting in the final
# Recipient Countries giving 12 points
10  Bulgaria  Armenia,  Australia,  Austria,  Belgium,  Denmark,  Israel,  Luxembourg,  Lithuania, Rest of the World,  United Kingdom
6  Israel  Azerbaijan,  Finland,  France,  Germany,  Portugal,   Switzerland
3  Greece  Bulgaria,  Cyprus,  San Marino
 Moldova  Italy,  Romania,  Ukraine
 Ukraine  Czechia,  Georgia,  Poland
2  Finland  Estonia,  Sweden
 Italy  Albania,  Malta
 Serbia  Croatia,  Montenegro
1  Croatia  Serbia
 Cyprus  Greece
 Denmark  Norway
 Lithuania  Latvia
 Romania  Moldova
  1. Green Room
  2. On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD
  3. 1 2 Features uncredited vocals by Boy George
  4. 1 2 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Denmark, Australia is deemed to have finished 2nd in the jury voting due to receiving points from more countries.
  5. 1 2 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Greece, Italy is deemed to have finished 6th in the televoting due to receiving points from more countries.
  6. 1 2 3 Despite 3 countries finishing with 0 points, tiebreaking rules put Germany in 23rd place with the televote, Belgium 24th and the United Kingdom 25th due to their running order positions.
  7. 1 2 Despite finishing with the same number of points as Austria, the United Kingdom is deemed to have finished 24th in the jury voting, having performed earlier in the running order.

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