James Stephenson and Samantha Ross look ahead to the first Semi Final and catch up with some of the performers looking to get through to Saturday’s Grand Final.
After eleven years, we return to Vienna’s Stadthalle for this landmark event, celebrating 70 editions of the world’s biggest televised musical competition. Let’s take a look at what viewers can expect from today’s First Semifinal.
As we prepare to watch Semi-Final One of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, can The Model predict the outcome? James Stephenson brings you its final prediction for the first semi-final, and analyses which songs are in and which songs are out.
Ten years after the English dominated 2016 contest, Eurovision 2026 cements this historic shift toward linguistic diversity and cultural authenticity within the competing Eurovision songs. We examine how this new era of native language dominance came to be, and if English language entries are about to rediscover a competitive edge once more.
Our Eurovision Song Contest is the home for a wealth of trivia and facts, and every year we gather more. Our resident Jeopardy! champion Samantha Ross returns to take a look at the numbers behind Vienna 2026 for ESC Insight.
As we prepare for the fourth edition of the Eurovision Audience Poll in Vienna, we investigate three years of data to see how well the arena crowd predicts the final scoreboard. Discover why the poll favors high-tempo anthems and Western entries, and why you should take the results with exactly two pinches of salt.
