NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster, have announced the first eight finalists of MGP 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. Eight of the nine MGP 2026 finalists were announced earlier today during a press conference at NRK Studios in Marienlyst in Oslo. […]
#BIRTHDAY: 19 Jan – Lena Philipsson from Sweden is 60 Now we know a certain country with a blue and yellow flag has excelled in our favourite TV show. You may even think they could win this coming year. And no, I’m not talking about Palau. The truth […]
RTL, the Luxembourgish national broadcaster, have revealed their guest performers for the Luxembourg Song Contest 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. MariKo will perform “Ah Jo”, after they made it through to the final stage of the auditions for the Luxembourg […]
ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, have revealed their guest performer for Eesti Laul 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. ERR have revealed that three-times Eesti Laul participant, Elina Born, will be the guest performer during Eesti Laul 2026. On her debut […]
ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster and the Austrian Government have launched a Schools Contest, ahead of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. Following on from similar community initiatives in Liverpool (2023) and Basel (2025), ORF and the Austrian Government have launched ‘United by Music’ School Contest. The […]
#MALTA: And the winner is… The Mediterranean’s happiest rock are enthusiastic participants in the Eurovision Song Contest. And as in many previous years broadcaster PBS had a two-stage national final. The semi-final whittles 18 songs down to 12 (yes, really), and this dirty dozen did their best. But […]
#MOLDOVA: And the winner is… Moldova have returned to the Eurovision – and we’re glad they have! Broadcaster TRM went big and had their national final in the Chişinau Arena. Sixteen acts went into competition, but of course there was only one winner. After the usual combination of […]
#BIRTHDAY: 18 Jan – Iva Zanicchi from Italy is 86 Certain contests are known for more than just the songs. It could be a stage invasion, someone falling over when trying to present a trophy. Or it could be something that rules didn’t expect. In 1969, four countries […]
SWR, the German regional broadcaster, have revealed the finalists for ‘Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale 2026‘ – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. SWR have revealed the finalists for ‘Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale 2026‘. The selection will take place […]
PBS, the Maltese national broadcaster, has revealed the qualifiers and final running order for MESC 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. The running order for the MESC 2026 final tomorrow evening has been revealed. From the 18 semi final entries, 12 […]