It’s time for another weekly Eurovision update. This week brings news on the 2026 host city race, national final announcements, small-country concerns, leadership changes, and possible voting rule changes. Here’s everything you need to know. 🇦🇹 1. Oberwart and Ebreichsdorf out of the race Two Austrian towns have dropped out
From wisdom teeth to red strobe lights, that is where it was about this afternoon. All the participants of the first semifinal have their second rehearsal. We have no liveblog from EBU, however we are expecting 30 seconds videos later today. We also have pictures. 🇵🇹 Portugal Following their first
📷 Taike de Wilde We have armours, red, halo’s and a DJ during the rehearsals. Today the second row of countries from the first semifinal have had their rehearsals. We tell you everything we know about the first 4, and update on the others will follow. EBU has decided to
📷 EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett About Quick Facts NameGabriele Ponte Born20 April 1973 Nationality🇮🇹 Italian National SelectionSan Marino Song Contest 2025 In Eurovision2025 Basel SongTutta L’Italia (2025) Biography Gabriele “Gabry” Ponte, born on April 20, 1973, in Turin, Italy, is a distinguished DJ, musician, and producer who has significantly influenced the
Gabry Ponte will sing for San Marino. Ponte won the national final San Marino Song Contest 2025 with the song “Tutta L’Italia”. The song is written and composed by Andrea Bonomo, Edwyn Roberts and Gabry Ponte himself. It was this year’s theme song for the festival of San Remo. Here
San Marino selects an entry tonight. A total of 20 artists from several countries will compete in the San Marino Song Contest. The show starts at 20:30 CET and you can watch it here. It will be a jury only that selects the winner. These are the 20 participants:
It was a busy week in the Eurovision Universe again. So here is your weekly update. Three new songs can be added, but there is a lot more going on. The new songs are: Azerbaijan: Mamagama – “Run with U” Italy: Lucio Corsi – “Volevo essere un duro Iceland: Væb
photo: EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett The hosts Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman open the show with their own version of “Tattoo.” Malta In the Maltese act by Sarah Bonnici, there is a lot of movement and dancing. Later during the act, she is blindfolded, as are her dancers. Despite so much
San Marino is represented by Megara. This morning, a discussion arose around the rehearsals: it was a missed opportunity not to have the group rehearse at 11:11, since that was the title of the song. Little has changed since the first rehearsal. Pink and black are still the colors, including
Latvia is represented by Dons with his song “Hollow”. Dons, dressed in a suit with a sleeveless blue jacket, stands alone on stage inside a sort of circle, also in blue with pink and orange. On the LED screens, we see gently blinking lights, as well as circles and other