It’s Tuesday, March 17, 2026, which means it’s time for another weekly Eurovision update! Over the past week, the final wave of song reveals for Eurovision 2026 generated plenty of buzz both on and off the stage. Four more countries unveiled their entries, completing the Vienna line-up. Meanwhile, controversies erupted
Paloma Rumba, by Simón A Song About Breaking Free from Routine At its core, “Paloma Rumba” tells the story of someone who feels trapped in a repetitive work life. Every day looks the same. The same environment, the same expectations, and the same pressure to perform create a sense of
About Quick Facts NameSimon Hovhannisyan Born30 August 1995 Nationality🇦🇲 Armenian National Selection2026 internal selection2025 Depi Evratesil In Eurovision2026 Vienna SongPaloma Rumba (2026) Biography Early Life and Influences Simón (born Simon Hovhannisyan) is an Armenian singer and performer, born on 9 August 1994 in Hrazdan, Armenia. He grew up in a
The latest Eurovision 2026 entries have sharpened the picture for Vienna. Switzerland has confirmed Veronica Fusaro with Alice. Armenia has completed the artist lineup with SIMÓN and Paloma Rumba. Czechia moves forward with Daniel Zizka and CROSSROADS. Georgia closes the release cycle with Bzikebi’s On Replay. Together, these four songs add alternative
Today was the day of milkshakes and a diva not down. Many participants of the second semifinal have their second rehearsal. We have no liveblog from EBU, however we are expecting 30 seconds videos later today. Hopefully they will be faster than yesterday, when they seem to have forgotten about
📷 Thomas Ramstorfer This rehearsal afternoon is about a treadmill, a boat, a pier and blue. Today we started the rehearsals of the second semifinal. We tell you everything we know about the second row of 4 countries in this article. EBU has decided to release photo’s of it only
Road to Basel: Armenia Road to Basel: Armenia! As the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel approaches, we continue our daily spotlight on this year’s contestants. Today, we focus on Armenia. Parg Pargev Vardanyan, known professionally as Parg, is an Armenian singer-songwriter born in Hayravank, Gegharkunik Province, in 1994 or
It was a busy week in the Eurovision Universe again. Several new songs were chosen, Poland on Friday, Armenia on Sunday and the rest of the countries on Saturday: Poland: Justyna Steczkowska – “Gaya” Estonia: Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato” Norway: Kyle Alessandro – “Lighter” Lithuania: Katarsis – “Avo akys”
It’s Parg for Armenia. He will sing the song “Survivor”, written and composed by Alex Wilke, Armen Paul, Benjamin Alasu, Eva Voskanian, Joshua Curran, Martin Mooradian, Parg and Thomas G:son. Here are the full results: Parg, “Survivor”, 214 pts Simon, “Ay Paparey Bye”, 197 pts Athena Manoukian, “DaQueenation”, 192 pts
Who is going to represent Armenia? That is the big question this afternoon! Will it be Athena Manoukian, who missed the contest in 2020? Or will it be Kamil? Or someone else? We will see it today in Depi Evratesil, the Armenian final. The show starts at 17.00 CET and