Latest News
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.
Wiwibloggs
- Queen (still) on top: Loreen wins ESC250 2025 with “Euphoria”Euphoria's 12th winView PostThe post Queen (still) on top: Loreen wins ESC250 2025 with “Euphoria” appeared first on wiwibloggs.59 days ago 31 Dec 25, 9:50pm
- New music this week: Songs from AIKO, Subwoolfer, Željko Joksimovic and moreEMMY, Sabina Babayeva, Ich TrojeView PostThe post New music this week: Songs from AIKO, Subwoolfer, Željko Joksimovic and more appeared first on wiwibloggs.63 days ago 28 Dec 25, 7:00am
- New music this week: Songs from Shkodra Elektronike, Miriana Conte, Monokate and morePoli Genova, Tina Karol, Joost and more.View PostThe post New music this week: Songs from Shkodra Elektronike, Miriana Conte, Monokate and more appeared first on wiwibloggs.70 days ago 21 Dec 25, 2:50pm
- Hark the Eurovision stars sing: New festive songs from Sissal, Rosa Linn, Vesna and moreJustyna Steczkowska, Blas Cantó, John LundvikView PostThe post Hark the Eurovision stars sing: New festive songs from Sissal, Rosa Linn, Vesna and more appeared first on wiwibloggs.71 days ago 20 Dec 25, 7:00am
- Eurovision 2026: EBU confirms 35 countries will participate in Vienna contestA total of 35 countries will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. That’s the lowest number of competing entries since the 2003 contest, which was the last without a…View PostThe post Eurovision 2026: EBU confirms 35 countri…76 days ago 15 Dec 25, 3:58pm
- New music this week: Songs from MIKOLAS, Iveta Mukuchyan, Lord Of The Lost and moreAndomache, Blanca Paloma, Fabrizio Moro and more. View PostThe post New music this week: Songs from MIKOLAS, Iveta Mukuchyan, Lord Of The Lost and more appeared first on wiwibloggs.77 days ago 14 Dec 25, 6:30am
ESC Insight
- newThe Responsibility Of The Sanremo Artistic DirectorDude Points examines the power and responsibility placed on Sanremo's Artistic Director. With complete control over the songs, the acts and the presentation, their decisions echo across Italy and the world. Were the right choices made in 2026?The po…10 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 6:30pm
- newAlloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Saturday 28th FebruaryCiao from Sanremo, this is Alloracast! James Stephenson and Dude Points are here with your preview for one of the most exciting nights in the Eurovision Song Contest calendar - the final of the Festival di Sanremo.The post Alloracast! Daily News Fro…11 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 5:41pm
- newHalf Excel, Half Imagination: UMK’s Quirky Confidence And RebellionUMK has evolved into an "artist bootcamp" where Finnish technical precision meets a rebellious, no-rules creative spirit. Ben Robertson writes how this National Final puts in an effort like no other to produce each three-minute performance and delive…13 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 3:22pm
- newThe Generation Gap Between Sanremo’s Amadeus and Carlo ContiIlaria Pagano compares the two approaches of Sanremo's most recent Artistic Directors, Amadeus and Carlo Conti.The post The Generation Gap Between Sanremo’s Amadeus and Carlo Conti appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovis…18 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 10:51am
- Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Friday 27th FebruaryOn today's Alloracast, James and Dude have another Top 5 from Thursday's performances to analyse, as the competition begins to take real shape ahead of Saturday's final.The post Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Friday 27th February appeared firs…1 day ago 27 Feb 26, 5:00pm
- The Wife Guys of SanremoMost of the men in Sanremo are dealing with unrequited love, unhealthy relationships, or the aftermath of a breakup. But amidst all the angst, there are two singers who are providing hope to audiences. With both their canzone and their real-life rela…2 days ago 26 Feb 26, 6:17pm
- Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Thursday 26th FebruaryJames and Dude look at last night's Top Five from the first batch of fifteen performers, and see which songs surprised and which were surprise omissions. They'll also look forward to tonight's third show, in the daily Alloracast!The post Alloracast!…2 days ago 26 Feb 26, 5:27pm
- Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Wednesday 25th FebruaryCiao from Sanremo, this is Alloracast! Join ESC Insight's bleary-eyed James Stephenson and Dude Points as they look back at the first night of the Festival, and look ahead to tonight's show.The post Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Wednesday 25t…3 days ago 25 Feb 26, 6:18pm
Eurovoix
- new🇮🇹 Italy: Sal Da Vinci Wins Festival di Sanremo 2026Sal Da Vinci is the winner of the 76th edition of Festival di Sanremo with the song “Per…3 hours ago 1 Mar 26, 1:16am
- new🇸🇪 Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 Final Running Order ReleasedSVT has announced the running order for the final of Melodifestivalen 2026 on March 7 in Stockholm. The…4 hours ago 1 Mar 26, 12:16am
- newToday: 🇦🇺 Australia Reveals its Eurovision 2026 Entry & 🇵🇱 Poland Films its SelectionToday, Australia will reveal its entry for Eurovision 2026, while in Poland, filming takes place for its national…4 hours ago 1 Mar 26, 12:00am
- new🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival da Canção 2026 Semi-Final Two ResultsThe last five artists have qualified for the final of Festival da Canção 2026, the Portuguese selection for…5 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 11:45pm
- new🇷🇸 Serbia: Lavina to Eurovision 2026Lavina has won Pesma za Evroviziju 2026, and will represent Serbia at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with…5 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 11:06pm
- new🇩🇪 Germany: Sarah Engels to Eurovision 2026Sarah Engels has won Das Deutsche Finale 2026 and will represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest in…6 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 10:32pm
- new🇫🇮 Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen to Eurovision 2026Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen have won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2026 and will represent Finland in the Eurovision…7 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 9:21pm
- new🇸🇪 Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 Heat Five Results & Final Line-UpFour more artists have advanced to the final of Melodifestivalen 2026 this evening following the fifth heat of…7 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 9:00pm
ESC Daily
- Milan becomes youngest Prediction Contest winner ever; Robin wins first team titleMilan has won the ESCDaily Prediction Contest 2025. The twelve year old boy from Netherlands scored 76 points in the Grand Final, which was enough to overtake everyone and climb into first place. Meanwhile,...19 May 25, 8:43pm
- JJ wins divided Eurovision Grand Final with record low points totalAustria has won the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. Singer JJ took the trophy with his song “Wasted Love”. He won the Jury Vote and gathered enough televotes to maintain his top position in a...18 May 25, 9:42pm
- Predict the Eurovision 2025 results and win! (Part 3)This year again you can take it up against the team members of ESCDaily by predicting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Join the fun and read all you need to do in this article!...16 May 25, 10:01pm
- Read back: How France nailed Jury rehearsal of the Grand Final of Eurovision 2025Tomorrow it’s time for the grand final of Eurovision 2025. 26 countries will compete for the trophy in the long awaiting final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. But 50% of the results will already...16 May 25, 6:45pm
- KAJ and Louane placed right after each other in Eurovision 2025 Grand Final running orderTop favorites Sweden and France will perform right after each other, near the end of the show. KAJ and Louane will therefore have their performances side by side. This is one of the main...16 May 25, 8:40am
- Shock exit for Australia as top favorites Austria and France impressAustralia has failed to qualify for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Go-Jo gave a flashy and colorful performance with his song “Milkshake Man”, but it turned out insufficient for a...16 May 25, 8:29am
- Read back: Third dress rehearsal of semi 2 of Eurovision 2025This afternoon we will see the last runthrough of the second semi final from Basel. You can follow the dress rehearsal in our live blog where we will focus on the show elements and...15 May 25, 1:03pm
- Predict the Eurovision 2025 results and win! (Part 2)This year again you can take it up against the team members of ESCDaily by predicting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Join the fun and read all you need to do in this article!...14 May 25, 9:35pm
ESC Plus
- newLavina with “Kraj mene” wins Serbia’s Pesma za Evroviziju ’26Serbia already has a successor to Princ. The Serbian singer handed over the baton tonight to the rock band Lavina, who, after winning the 5th edition of Pesma za Evroviziju …5 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 11:34pm
- newSarah Engels with “Fire” wins Germany’s Das Deutsche Finale 2026Germany has already chosen the winning entry for Das Deutsche Finale 2026. Sarah Engels with “Fire” received the majority support of viewers in the German national selection. In this way, …5 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 11:07pm
- newLinda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen win Finland’s UMK 2026 with their song “Liekinheitin”In Finland, they already have the successor to Erika Vikman to represent them at Eurovision 2026. Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen won after receiving the maximum scores from the international …6 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 10:37pm
- new“Bangaranga” will be the song that DARA will perform for Bulgaria in Vienna 2026Following DARA’s victory as Bulgaria’s representative, the song selection final of Natsionalna Selektsiya 2026 concluded with the choice of “Bangaranga” as the winning entry, which will be the song the …6 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 10:22pm
- newSweden 2026: Results of Melodifestivalen’s fifth heat and finalkvalThe fifth heat of Melodifestivalen 2026 is over and the results are in! Tonight’s line-up: Directly to the Final: Still in the competition (finalkval): Eliminated: Number of voters: 489 937Amount …7 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 9:36pm
- newJonas Lovv wins Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with the song “Ya ya ya”Jonas Lovv has won with his “Ya ya ya” in the final of the Melodi Grand Prix 2026, held at Håkons Hall in Lillehammer, and will represent Norway at the …7 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 9:33pm
ESC Tips
- SV388 Hoạt Động Tại Quốc Gia Nào? Có Giấy Phép Gì?SV388 đến từ đâu? Vì sao Campuchia và Philippines là hai cái tên liên quan mật thiết? SV388 Hoạt Động Tại Quốc Gia Nào? Nếu b…5 Jun 25, 12:15pm
- SV388 Là Gì? Có Hợp Pháp Không? Có Uy Tín Không?Nếu bạn là người từng lướt qua các hội nhóm cá cược trên mạng xã hội hay những diễn đàn chuyên đá…5 Jun 25, 11:29am
- Gà Shamo Là Gì? Đặc Điểm, Phân Loại, Kiến Thức Nuôi Và Giá Bán MớiGà Shamo được xem là một biểu tượng của sự kiên cường và sức mạnh trong văn hóa Nhật Bản, và nó đã…17 Oct 24, 3:48am
- Gà Sumatra – Đặc Điểm, Phân Loại, Kiến Thức Nuôi Và Giá Bán MớiGà Sumatra là một giống gà cảnh có nguồn gốc từ Indonesia. Chúng được nuôi chủ yếu để làm gà kiểng, tham gia tri&#…17 Oct 24, 3:42am
Eurovision Times
- newSerbia: It’s LAVINA to Vienna!Serbia – Pesma za Evroviziju 2026 has finished and Serbia has chosen to send LAVINA to Vienna singing ‘Kraj mene‘ (Next to me). 14 contestants were voted for by 50% jury and 50% televote. Over 29000 votes were for LAVINA with…5 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 11:07pm
- newGermany: It’s Sarah Engels to Vienna!Germany – Das Deutsche Finale 2026 has finished in Germany and Sarah Engels has been chosen to appear in Vienna singing ‘Fire‘. An international jury of 20 selected the top 3 before a 100% televote in the superfinal. The three acts…6 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 10:32pm
- newFinland: It’s Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen to Vienna!Finland – The Finns have selected their representatives for Vienna, and after a well polished UMK national final, it will be Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen singing ‘Liekinheitin‘. The pair won many of the juries 12 points and th…7 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 9:30pm
- newBulgaria: DARA will perform “Bangaranga”Bulgaria – DARA will perform “Bangaranga” for Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna. The three songs were as follows: ‘This is me‘‘Curse‘‘Bangaranga‘ ‘Bangarana‘ won e…7 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 9:13pm
ESCxtra
- newSal Da Vinci Wins Sanremo 2026Sal Da Vinci won the 76th edition of the Festival di Sanremo on Saturday night with the song “Per sempre sì,” topping the combined vote at the Teatro Ariston. The result was determined by a mix of televote, press jury and radio jur…3 hours ago 1 Mar 26, 1:49am
- newFive more Songs Advance to Festival da Canção FinalFive more songs have advanced to the final of Festival da Canção 2026 following the first semi-final held Feb. 28. The show, organized by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, featured eight entries competing for five places in t…5 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 11:50pm
- newLavina wins Pesma Za Evroviziju ‘26 and will represent Serbia at Eurovision 2026Today (28th February 2026) the Grand Final of the Serbian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 – Pesma Za Evroviziju ‘26 took place and after a combination of jury votes and televote from Serbian viewers at home Lavina won…5 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 10:55pm
- newSarah Engels wins Das Deutsche Finale with ‘Fire’Following another competitive edition of Germany’s Eurovision 2026 national selection, it is Sarah Engels that wins Das Deutsche Finale 2026 and will represent the Central European nation with ‘FIre’ in Vienna, Austria this May. Sar…6 hours ago 28 Feb 26, 10:32pm
Eurovision Quick Links
- Ireland 1991Ireland 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 PreviewWhen 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
(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!!!
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.voteThank 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
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 ŞarkılarıHırvatistan’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
