The Eurovision Song Contest will get underway in Vienna, Austria, next week, with delegates from 30 countries competing for a spot in the grand final.
A total of 35 countries are taking part this year, but host country Austria and four of the “Big Five” countries – United Kingdom, Italy, France and Germany – are guaranteed a spot in the final.
However, their delegates will still get to perform during the semi-finals taking place on Tuesday 12 May and Thursday 14 May.
Spain – the fifth country typically guaranteed a spot in the final due to its broadcaster making the largest financial contribution to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) – withdrew from this year’s contest in protest over Israel’s participation.
Four other countries’ broadcasters – Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia – chose to pull out of Eurovision over the EBU’s decision to allow Israel to compete.
open image in galleryThe 70th Eurovision Song Contest is being held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna’s 15th district (Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus).
Below you’ll find the running order for the semi-finals. The Eurovision 2026 grand final takes place on Saturday 16 May.
First semi-final – Tuesday 12 May
01. Moldova: Satoshi – “Viva, Moldova!”
02. Sweden: FELICIA – “My System”
03. Croatia: LELEK – “Andromeda”
04. Greece: Akylas – “Ferto”
05. Portugal: Bandidos do Cante – “Rosa”
06. Georgia: Bzikebi – “On Replay”
*** Italy: Sal Da Vinci – “Per Sempre Sì”
07. Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen – “Liekinheitin”
08. Montenegro: Tamara Živković – “Nova Zora”
09. Estonia: Vanilla Ninja – “Too Epic To Be True”
10. Israel: Noam Bettan – “Michelle”
*** Germany: Sarah Engels – “Fire”
11. Belgium: ESSYLA – “Dancing on the Ice”
12. Lithuania: Lion Ceccah – “Sólo Quiero Más”
13. San Marino: SENHIT – “Superstar”
14. Poland: ALICJA – “Pray”
15. Serbia: LAVINA – “Kraj Mene”
open image in gallerySecond Semi-Final, Thursday 14 May
01. Bulgaria: DARA – “Bangaranga”
02. Azerbaijan: JIVA – “Just Go”
03. Romania: Alexandra Căpitănescu – “Choke Me”
04. Luxembourg: Eva Marija – “Mother Nature”
05. Czechia: Daniel Zizka – “CROSSROADS”
*** France: Monroe – “Regarde!”
06. Armenia: SIMÓN – “Paloma Rumba”
07. Switzerland: Veronica Fusaro – “Alice”
08. Cyprus: Antigoni – “JALLA”
*** Austria: COSMÓ – “Tanzschein”
09. Latvia: Atvara – “Ēnā”
10. Denmark: Søren Torpegaard Lund – “Før Vi Går Hjem”
11. Australia: Delta Goodrem – “Eclipse”
12. Ukraine: LELÉKA – “Ridnym”
*** United Kingdom: LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER – “Eins, Zwei, Drei”
13. Albania: Alis – “Nân”
14. Malta: AIDAN – “Bella”
15. Norway: JONAS LOVV – “YA YA YA”
The Independent will be liveblogging the Eurovision 2026 semi-finals and grand final.