Eurovision 2026 Live from Vienna: Semi-final 2 Dress rehearsal and Jury Show take place

Eurovision 2026 Live from Vienna: Semi-final 2 Dress rehearsal and Jury Show take place
Wednesday, 13 May 2026

  • The primary Eurovision 2026 week continues to unwind in Vienna with the Semi-final one dress rehearsals taking place in Wiener Stadthalle Arena in Vienna. Austria . 

    As Eurovision week is unwinding ,this evening the Jury rehearsal show for the Semi Final 2 competing acts is taking place in Vienna's  Wiener Stadthalle Arena. 

    The 15 competing acts will take the stage in addition with the pre-qualified finalists from France and United Kingdom and the host nation Austria. All acts will perform entries which will be watched by the 18 national juries.

    The Jury show has always been of significant importance as the jury votes counted as the 50% of the score with the rest 50% been deteremined by the televoting. Howerver, after a year of absence the jury voting in the Semi-Finals is returning and will be contributing to the final outcome with a 50% share.

    This evening's juring show will not be broadcaster live or can the onsite press film any part of the show as it's exclusively aired for the national juriies and only the audience onsite will be the one to watch live.

     

    Dress rehearsal #1

    Ahead of the jury show a Dress rehearsal is set for 15:30 CEST which is accessable to the press and will give one more opportunity to the competing acts to get even more prepared for tomorrow's live show.  

     

    Rest of the World Voting

    The Rest of the World fans will have a say in the outcome of the show. In order to sychronize the different time zones,  the Rest of the World online vote will open from the end of the Jury Show this evening. The vote will be open until the end of the voting window during the live broadcast of Semi-Final Two on May 14.

    Fans from non participating countries will have the chance to cast their votes once the prewatch a clip of all of the cometing entries. 

     

    Running order

    Here is the running order for tonight's show:

    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

     

     

    News Source: EBU/Eurovision.tv

     cover photo: Eurofansradio

     

     

AUTHORS

  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 15 consecutive years along with the 2017-2025 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.