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Welcome to our news aggregator. Here you will find all the latest news and information from the official channel as well as many of the fan media outlets who report on the contest throughout the year.


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  • newWhat Is It Like to Lose a Eurovision National Final?
    James Stephenson goes backstage with Fenksta for the first Semi Final of Dora 2026 - as he failed to qualify for the Grand Final. This is what it's really like to dream big at a National Final and come up short.The post What Is It Like to Lose a Eur…

    14 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 1:53pm
  • 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…

    15 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…

    15 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…

    20 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…

    25 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…

    26 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…

    29 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…

    29 days ago 16 Jan 26, 10:00pm

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On Europe

  • newSupernova explodes onto screen – Atvara to Vienna
    Supernova 2026 is done and dusted, and for once Latvia’s national final felt less like a polite talent show and more like a country having a small identity crisis in public – in a good way. Ten acts took part after qualifying from their r…

    6 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 9:30pm
  • newDenmark chooses it’s singer for Vienna!
    Denmark has chosen its act for Vienna as Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 wrapped up a slick, modern final in a sold‑out Arena Nord in Frederikshavn on 14 February. Setting the scene in Frederikshavn For the second year running, DR took DMGP on the…

    6 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 9:22pm
  • newHeat 4 in Lithuania – is this still going??
    Eurovizija.LT 2026 hit Heat 4 with the sort of line‑up that makes you wonder if LRT accidentally scheduled the semi‑final early. Eight acts, barely any dead weight, and a results graphic just begging to be turned into a spreadsheet. Eurov…

    6 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 9:08pm
  • newEstonia know how to do Eurovision. Vanilla Ninja to Vienna
    Eesti Laul 2026 is done and dusted, and Estonia has picked its next victim – sorry, representative – for Vienna after a brisk, no‑nonsense final (Including a break for the news!)in Tallinn that finally remembered the whole point is…

    7 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 8:55pm
  • newMelodifestivalen rolls into Kristiansand!
    Melodifestivalen rolled into Kristianstad for Heat 3, delivering a night where party anthems and rock riffs comfortably outmuscled the subtler end of Swedish pop. The six competing entries offered a mix of rock, high‑energy pop, contemporary ra…

    7 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 8:30pm
  • newIt’s like your own personal Radio Times!
    Tonight’s Eurovision schedule (Saturday 14 February) Five national selections are on the menu tonight as the 2026 season hits full speed. Three countries will pick their Eurovision entries, while two more continue their search through heats and…

    12 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 3:46pm

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Eurovision Times

  • newIt’s Atvara to Vienna
    Latvia – Over in Riga, Supernova has finished with the decision to give the Eurovision golden ticket to Atvara . Atvara was chosen by a Jury/Public vote. Atvara will sing ‘Ēnā‘ in the second semi-final What…

    6 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 9:32pm
  • newIt’s Søren Torpegaard to Vienna!
    Denmark – The Dansk Melodi Grand Prix took place this evening and the winner, and going to Vienna in May, is Søren Torpegaard. A jury/public vote chose 3 acts to go forward to the super final. The final three were: Søren Torpegaar…

    6 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 9:23pm
  • newIt’s Vanilla Ninja to Vienna!
    Estonia – The final of the national final, Eesti Laul, has concluded and the Estonians have chosen to send Vanilla Ninja to represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May. There were two rounds of voting: The first round chosen…

    7 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 8:58pm
  • newNational Finals 2026: Super Saturday 14 Feb
    Eurovision 2026 – As the season is starting to warm up, we have several shows including 3 national finals tonight: Denmark, Estonia and Latvia, along with Sweden’s heat 3 and Lithuania’s heat 4. We’ve made this one thread to c…

    17 hours ago 14 Feb 26, 10:49am

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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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