Organizers have announced the order of performances for the Eurovision Song Contest grand final in 2026. Tonight, all eyes are on Vienna to see who will win the competition!
Twenty-five countries, including the UK, will be competing for first place, and the winner will be decided by a combination of public voting and scores from a panel of judges.
Okay, so everyone always wonders if when an act performs makes a difference in how well they do, right? I’m really curious – what’s the running order looking like this year? Who’s going on when?
The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest final running order is as follows:
- Denmark: Søren Torpegaard Lund – ‘Før Vi Går Hjem’
- Germany: Sarah Engels – ‘Fire’
- Israel: Noam Bettan – ‘Michelle’
- Belgium: ESSYLA – ‘Dancing on the Ice’
- Albania: Alis – ‘Nân’
- Greece: Akylas – ‘Ferto’
- Ukraine: LELÉKA – ‘Ridnym’
- Australia: Delta Goodrem – ‘Eclipse’
- Serbia: LAVINA – ‘Kraj Mene’
- Malta: AIDAN – ‘Bella’
- Czechia: Daniel Zizka – ‘CROSSROADS’
- Bulgaria: DARA – ‘Bangaranga’
- Croatia: LELEK – ‘Andromeda’
- United Kingdom: Look Mum No Computer – ‘Eins, Zwei, Drei’
- France: Monroe – ‘Regarde’
- Moldova: Satoshi – ‘Viva, Moldova!’
- Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen – ‘Liekinheitin’
- Poland: ALICJA – ‘Pray’
- Lithuania: Lion Ceccah – ‘Sólo Quiero Más’
- Sweden: FELICIA – ‘My System’
- Cyprus: Antigoni – ‘JALLA’
- Italy: Sal Da Vinci – ‘Per Sempre Sì’
- Norway: JONAS LOVV – ‘YA YA YA’
- Romania: Alexandra Căpitănescu – ‘Choke Me’
- Austria: COSMÓ – ‘Tanzschein’
Bookmakers currently favor Finland’s Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen, who are scheduled to perform 17th – a position considered lucky because seven previous winners have performed in that slot. Notably, Finland’s Lordi was one of those winners, back in 2006.
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As a huge Eurovision fan, I was reading up on past results and came across something really interesting. Apparently, no performer who went on stage in positions 2, 16, or 25 has ever won! It makes you wonder if there’s a bit of a curse. This year, Germany, Moldova, and even Austria as the hosts are in those spots, so I’m really hoping they can break the pattern and prove everyone wrong!
This year, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Iceland, and Slovenia are not participating due to boycotts related to Israel’s involvement.
Okay, so I heard rehearsals for the grand final hit a few snags yesterday! Apparently, a curtain got stuck, which meant they had to stop and start the whole show over. And then, to make things even more stressful, some of Alexandra Capitanescu’s props from Romania weren’t ready on time, so the hosts, Victoria and Michael, had to think on their feet and just improvise! It sounds like a bit of a chaotic day for everyone involved.
The Eurovision Grand Final will air on Saturday from 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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