Watch Tonight: Live From Vienna the Eurovision 2026 Grand Final Show

Watch Tonight: Live From Vienna the Eurovision 2026 Grand Final Show
Saturday, 16 May 2026

  • The Grand final show of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest is taking place this evening at 21:00 CEST in Vienna's Wiener Stadthalle Arena to crown the winner of this year's contest.

    Hello world this is Vienna calling! After months of national selections and preparations and two weeks of ongoing rehearsals and two semifinals, Eurovision 2026 is about to conclude with the Grand Final Live Show taking place at  Wiener Stadthalle Arena in Vienna Austria at 21:00 CEST.

    A total of 25 countries will be competing in this evening's show. The 20 qualifiers from the 1st and 2nd  semi final shows along with the pre-qualified Big-5 countries and last year's winners, Austria, , will take the stage for their final performance. 

    The Grand final live Show will be hosted by Victoria Swarowski and Michael Ostrowski, who guided the audience through both semi-fi al live shows.  The show opens with the traditional flag parade an the 2026 victorious entry Wasted Love performed by last year's winner JJ.

     

    The competing countries

    The running order has been decided by the producers and is set as below for the 26 competing acts: 

     

    01. Denmark: Søren Torpegaard Lund - Før Vi Går Hjem

    02. Germany: Sarah Engels - Fire

    03. Israel: Noam Bettan - Michelle

    04. Belgium: ESSYLA - Dancing on the Ice

    05. Albania: Alis - Nân

    06. Greece: Akylas - Ferto

    07. Ukraine: LELÉKA - Ridnym

    08. Australia: Delta Goodrem - Eclipse

    09. 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 x 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 

    23. Norway: JONAS LOVV - YA YA YA

    24. Romania: Alexandra Căpitănescu - Choke Me

    25.  Austria: COSMÓ - Tanzschein

     

    Interval Acts

    Once the competing part is over and while the televoting will be underway the organisers have invited on stage to treat the audience with performances by iconic Eurostars of the past to celebrate the 70 years of Eurovision Song Contest. 

    Verka Serduchka (Ukraine 2007) Ruslana (Ukraine 2004) , Aleksander Rybak ( Norway 2009) will grace the stage delivering past Eurovision entries. 

     

    Voting process & Results

    The final outcome of the competition is determined 50% by the national juries' votes and the rest 50% by the public vote. With the jury votes cast last evening during the Jury show, the results of which will be announced today by the national spokespersons, the rest 50% determined tonight by the televoting, will be announced in the second part of the results presentation declaring the final winner! 

    The televote will open at the start of the show just before the opening entry takes to the stage. Viewers not based in  the thirty-seven competing countries will also be able to vote in the Rest of the World vote. The online only platform opened 24 hours befofe tonight’s Grand Final after last night’s Jury Show.  The  Rest of the World voters have to watch clips of all the competing performances before they cast their votes.

    Voting is available via the official Eurovision app, as well as via telephone and SMS numbers displayed on screen in the participating countries. Download the official app through the following links:

    If you want to vote in the Grand Final, you can find all the details right here.

     

    How to Watch the Grand Final Show

    The Grand final show of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest is set to hit the screen at 21:00 CEST. You can watch the show either in one of the participating broadcaster or streamed on the official Eurovision Youtube Channel  or the  35 participating broadcasters.

     

    News Source: Eurovision.tv

    Cover photo: EBU/eurovision.tv

     

     

     

     

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