3 countries will broadcast their selection show for Eurovision 2026: Luxembourg will select its Eurovision 2026 act, while Lithuania and Bulgaria will kick off their selection shows.
What?
“The Luxembourg Song Contest 2026”
When?
20:00 – 22:30 CET
How To Watch?
ESC YouTube
RTL Live
The Songs
YouTube
Spotify
AppleMusic
8 artists will compete tonight in the following order:
- Steve Castile – “Sweet Tooth“
- Luzac – “Prison Dorée“
- Daryss – “Melusina”
- ShiroKuro – “Eye to Eye“
- Andrew the Martian – “I’m The Martian“
- Hugo One – “Born Again“
- Eva Marija – “Mother Nature“
- Irem – “Bad Decisions” (Hush Hush)
The Format
Raoul Roos, Loïc Juchem & Hana Sofia Lopes will host the show
The voting will be managed in 2 rounds:
- Round 1:
- After the last performance, the voting lines will be open for 20 minutes.
- The vote will be based on 100% public vote.
- Viewers from all over the world will be allowed to vote via esc.vote
- The top 3 artists will qualify for the second round.
- Round 2:
- The results will be based on a 50% international jury and a 50% public vote
- Viewers will be able to vote up to 20 times (per round, per payment method) each vote costs €0.99
The show will feature several interval acts: JJ (Austria 2026), Sandra Kim (Belgium 1986), and VÆB (Iceland 2025)
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What?
Eurovizija.LT 2026 – Semi-Final 1
When?
20:00 – 21:45 CET
How To Watch?
LRT YouTube
LRT Live
The Songs
Playlist
8 artists will perform in the following running order:
- Siga – “Noriu Jo“ (Eng: I Want Him)
- Valdas Lacko – “Pabandom“ (Eng: Let’s Try)
- Elizabeth Olshey – “Between“
- Noy – “Stand Up“
- Rug!le – “Ikona Žemaitė“ (Eng: Samogitian Icon)
- Aistė Pilvelytė – “Tarp žvaigždžių tylos“ (Eng: Between The Silence of Stars)
- Thomas G – “One Night Lover”
- The Ditties – “Mambo“
The Format
The hosts of the shows will be: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas, Eglė Kernagytė
- The results of each show will be determined by 50% jury voting and 50% public voting, both converted to a 1-8, 10, or 12-point scale. In the case of a tie, the highest public score will be ranked higher.
- The top 2 artists of each semi-final will directly qualify for the final.
- LRT will organize an online voting round for all acts that finish in third place. One of them will get a wildcard to the final
- The shows will take place on the following dates:
- Semi-Final 1: Saturday, January 24th, 2026
- Semi-Final 2: Saturday, January 31st, 2026
- Semi-Final 3: Saturday, February 7th, 2026
- Semi-Final 4: Saturday, February 14h, 2026
- Semi-Final 5: Saturday, February 21st, 2026
- Final: Friday, February 27th, 2026.
What?
Bulgaria Natsionalnata selektsiya 2026 (Show 1)
When?
20:00 – 23:00 CET
How To Watch?
BNT 1 (might be geo-blocked)
The Line-up
15 artists will perform tonight:
- Dara
- Dara Ekimova
- Dia
- Elizabet
- Fiki
- Innerglow
- Kerana & Cosmonauts
- Mihaela Fileva
- Mihaela Marinova
- Molec
- Mona
- Preyah
- Roksana
- Vall
- Veniamin
The Format
Boryana Gramatikova and Georgi Lyubenov will host the show
- Bulgaria will select its Eurovision 2026 entry and artist in 3 phases.
- The first show format:
- 15 artists will compete and perform songs from their repertoire.
- The results will be based on a combination of jury vote and pubic vote.
- The national jury panel will include 5 members. They will be required to rank each performance in scale of 1-5 points.
- The public will be able to vote, with one vote per voter.
- The jury points for each artist will be the sum of points given by all jury members (overall, between 3 and 25 points per act).
- The public votes will be converted to 1-15 points, with 15 points to the the first place, and 1 point for the last place.
- 7 artists will qualify for the second show (or more, in case of a tie).
Kristian Kostov (Eurovision 2017), Victoria (Eurovision 2021), and Krisia will perform as special acts
Eurovision 2026 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on May 12th, 14th, and 16th, 2026.
