Watch Tonight: Israel Reveals Its Eurovision 2026 Entry, San Marino Selects its Finalists

Two countries will one step forward in their selection process for Eurovision 2026: Israel will reveal its Eurovision 2026 entry, while San Marino will broadcast the 2nd semi-final of “San Marino Song Contest 2026”

What?

Hashir Shelanu La’Eurovision 2026: Kan will premiere “Michelle” by Noam Bettan.
The artist won “Hakochav Haba La’Eurovision 2026” in January 2026.

When?

20:15 – 21:30 CET

How To Watch?

Kan Live

The Format

  1. Hila Korach will host the show.
  2. The show will feature special guests, like Eden Golan (Eurovision 2024) and Yuval Raphael (Eurovision 2025).
  3. The show will conclude by revealing the song “Michelle” and the official music video for the first time.
  4. The song is said to be “Not a ballad. It will combine 3 languages: Hebrew, French, and English
  5. The songwriters are: Yuval Raphael, Tslil Klifi, and Nadav Aharoni.
  6. Later on, the song will be available on the streaming platforms.

What?

“San Marino Song Contest” – Semi-Final 2

When?

21:00 – 23:30 CET

How To Watch?

SMRTVE Live

The Songs

YouTube Playlist

20 artists will perform tonight:

  1. Atwood – Midnight Alibi (Italy)
  2. DEVA – America Hurts Me (Italy)
  3. ELYSA – THE ALCHEMIST (Estonia)
  4. IlRed – Playlist in loop (Italy)
  5. IUNA – Freedom Calling (Italy)
  6. KLEM – OK RESPIRA (Italy)
  7. LUKA – Where It Ends (Slovenia)
  8. Luka Basi – CHICOLO (Slovenia)
  9. Lupi Mannaggia – Ignorantity (Italy)
  10. Magdalena Tul – I’ll Be Around (Poland)
  11. MARAAYA – ALU ALU (Slovenia)
  12. Marco Sbarbati – Pretty Little Secret (Italy)
  13. Maya Azucena – My Sin (United States)
  14. Nicolò Deori – You’ll Kill Me Forever (Italy)
  15. NovaBlue – I’m Starving (Italy)
  16. Paolo Martini – Fase REM (Italy)
  17. PARK – AMORE CHE SEI VERITA’ (Italy)
  18. Sezina Kelsey – You Raise Me High (Netherlands)
  19. UtopiaTwins and Valerie – Fake Smile (Italy)
  20. Xannova Xan – Unbreakable (United States / Greece)

The Format

  1. The results will be based on a 5-member international jury panel.
  2. The selection features 2 semi-final and a gran final
  3. 5 artists will qualify from each semi-final. They will join to the 10 established artists who have already pre-qualified for the final.


Eurovision 2026 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on May 12th, 14th, and 16th, 2026.

Doron Lahav is 30-year-old, who lives in Israel. Doron has been watching the Eurovision Song Contest since early 2000s. Doron works as a Data Scientist and shows interest in singing and writing.

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