Eurovision Vienna 2026 Grand Final 16th May 8pm

[RedToothBrush]

"Let the song begin with passion, Let the wind begin to blow, You can break the rules of fashion, And your chance to win shall grow."

"Look into the TV camera, So the audience can see, That you're loveable, not desperate, Smile and they will vote for me."

Well we haven't got old women baking bread or a man in a hamster wheel. The only way we have a burning piano is if the Serbian's set fire to the set (again) and torch Delta's piano. And sadly there is no Russian skater as they are currently still banned.

There WILL however be snow, lots of fire, wind machines, stage risers, much leather, women dressed in white, silly costumes and dances, dodgy moustaches, songs about love and peace, traditional folk instruments and violins. Many violins.

1 DENMARK Søren Torpegaard Lund - Før Vi Går Hjem
2 GERMANY Sarah Engels - Fire
3 ISRAEL Noam Bettan - Michelle
4 BELGIUM Essyla - Dancing On The Ice
5 ALBANIA Alis - Nân
6 GREECE Akylas - Ferto
7 UKRAINE Leléka - Ridnym
8 AUSTRALIA Delta Goodrum - Eclipse
9 SERBIA Lavina - Kraj Mene
10 MALTA Aidan - Bella
11 CZECHIA Daniel Zizka - Crossroads
12 BULGARIA Dara - Bangaranga
13 CROATIA Lelek - Andromeda
14 UNITED KINGDOM Look Mum No Computer - Eins, Zwei, Drei
15 FRANCE Monroe - Regarde
16 MOLDOVA Satoshi - Viva, Moldova!
17 FINLAND Linda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen - Liekinheitin
18 POLAND Alicja - Pray
19 LITHUANIA Lion Ceccah - Sólo Quiero Más
20 SWEDEN Felicia - My System
21 CYPRUS Antigoni - Jalla
22 ITALY Sal Da Vinci - Per Sempre Si
23 NORWAY Jonas Lovv - Ya Ya Ya
24 ROMANIA Alexandra Căpitănescu - Choke Me
25 AUSTRIA Cosmó - Tanzschein

Voting for participant countries (inc UK) will open just before the first song is performed. It will stay open through all the performances, and for approximately 40 minutes after the last song has been performed.
Voting in the UK is ONLINE ONLY through the ESC website or app this year. You need to make a card payment - 15p per vote. (It may be worth setting up an account or downloading the app if you do not have already). There is no phone vote for the UK (some other participanting countries do have phone vote still).

Non participating countries (Hello Ireland) can vote as part the Rest of The World. The voting window will open online at approximately midnight before the show, closing briefly when the Live Show begins, and opening up again just before the first song is performed. It will then remain open through the Live Show until around 40 minutes after the last competing song has been presented. Voting is online only.

You can vote online here:
www.esc.vote

There is a maximum of ten votes each.

You can watch on the participating national broadcasters (BBC) or on Eurovision's YouTube channel.

Public Service Reminder: Don't Forget Your Subtitles for the handy lyric translations.

Drink to Terry at Song 9.

In the meantime to keep you entertained whilst you wait, here's a Eurovision treat.

A boyband as you've never seen before (lyrics nsfw):
TOMMY, KÄÄRIJÄ AND JOOST - I MISS US

"I was so green, I was so blue, I tried the best that I could do".

Also.

Do you love Rim Tim Tagi Dim?

Well here's this year's Moldova entry Satoshi arguably doing it better than Baby Lasagna.

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Albania's Alis covers The Code

Norway's Jonas Lovv covers Arcade

Switzerland's Veronica Fusaro covers Satellite

Every year DH & I say we’re not going to watch then we always do. It’s strange that the UK entry hasn’t been played much (or at least I haven’t heard it much) as last year’s was everywhere! I don’t think we’ll do very well.

Romania's Alexandra Căpitănescu covers Fuego

Australia's Delta Goodrem covers Tattoo

Where’s Finland?! I remember the cha cha cha song with the centipede.

And finally (sorry for spamming)
Greece's Akylas covers Rise Like a Phoenix

All these covers are good and show how good the artists and the original songs are.

Enjoy!

I don’t think it’s strange you aren’t hearing much about it this year. Vast numbers of people won’t be watching this year.

Uk song is awful. Will it appeal to Europe?

The UK's entry was essentially our reserve entry (subbed in at the last minute). He didn't take part in the pre-party tour (which I think is a massive mistake).

However in his partner has just had a baby, so I'm not going to begrudge him.

Thanks for the thread! Looking forward to Saturday (even if it’s not a vintage year).

I’m genuinely gutted because for the first time in YEARS I’m going to miss the Eurovision final tonight 😭
I do have a good excuse though — I’m off to a friend’s 60th birthday party, which I am actually really looking forward to. My friends all know how ridiculously obsessed I am with Eurovision, so I’ve even had a t-shirt printed saying “Missing the Eurovision Final For This” which they’ll find hilarious 😂
I watched both semis and have very mixed feelings this year. I absolutely loved Bulgaria and Norway, and I’m also obsessed with Croatia’s pagan witchy entry. I always end up loving those sorts of performances anyway as a bit of a witchy woman myself — I just love the drama of them 😂
I was really rooting for Cyprus too, but those vocals in the semi were… not great, and I think that’s probably killed their chances now unfortunately.
I honestly think Australia could win it. I’m half tempted to put a bet on them. Feels a bit like last year when everyone was convinced Sweden had it in the bag and then Austria came through as the second favourite.
I absolutely cannot stand the Greek entry this year 😬 I know some people love it but I just think it’s awful. And I don’t rate ours either, so fully expecting us to be loitering near the bottom of the scoreboard yet again.
Tonight I’ll be desperately trying to avoid spoilers because I’m hoping to watch it tomorrow… although I do have a gentleman caller coming round 😉 so if that gets in the way then I may not get to watch it until Monday evening. Which means two whole days of avoiding the internet and the news. Pray for me.

Oh and Michael, one of the presenters really reminds me of Antoine De Caunes (Eurotrash)

I'm hoping they open the show with this:

I actually quite like the UK entry but the live performance in semi 2 was a bit awkward I thought. Still plan to send some votes his way if I manage to get up at 5am to watch the live performance. Otherwise I'll have to avoid all media until the replay at a more civilised time - its a pain being on the other side of the world.

If you are in rest of the world you can vote for him now.

Thanks, I'm in Australia so have to wait until the show starts.

Marking my spot for this evening ☺️

Ooo that sucks. Good luck. That's dedication.

Place-marking for tonight!

It's not a great year song-wise, in my opinion, but I'm still looking forward to the show.

The UK entry has grown on me. I think it's catchy and very Eurovision which I think is lacking in a lot of the other entries.

Thanks for the covers @RedToothBrush Rise Like a Phoenix and Tattoo are absolute favourites of mine.

Also think Delta has a fantastic chance of winning. Wonder if the other countries fancy a trip to Australia next year. Although scheduling would be an absolute nightmare.