🇵🇱 Alicja wins Finał polskich kwalifikacji 2026 #Eurovision
🇸🇪 FELICIA wins @melodifestivalen.se 2026 with 'My System'
Can Sweden achieve victory number 8 in Vienna? #Melfest #Eurovision
🇲🇪 Tamara Živković releases revamped Eurovision 2026 entry 'Nova Zora'
🇫🇷 "I want to spread the richness and diversity of our French music." Monroe's Eurovision entry for France, "Regarde !", has just been released.
A mix between opera and pop, can it follow the steps of the previous two #Eurovision winners?
🇦🇿 JIVA to represent Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2026
Can Azerbaijan get back to the final for the first time since 2022? #Eurovision
🇫🇷 Although it was barely a secret anymore, France Télévisions has officially announced that Monroe will represent France at #Eurovision in May 2026. Her song "Regarde" should soon be released.
🇬🇧 The UK entry is finally out: "Eins, Zwei, Drei" by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER.
Will the United Kingdom finally get some #Eurovision televote points with this new entry?
🇦🇺 It's confirmed! Delta Goodrem will represent Australia at #Eurovision in Vienna this year, with her new song "Eclipse".
How do you feel about the song?
🇮🇹 Sal Da Vinci WILL represent Italy at Eurovision 2026 #Sanremo2026
🇬🇷 ERT reveals full voting data for Sing For Greece 2026 Grand Final #SingForGreece
Five more acts qualify to the final in Portugal escxtra.com/2026/03/01/f...
🇷🇸 Lavina wins Pesma Za Evroviziju ‘26 and will represent Serbia at Eurovision 2026 #pze26
🇩🇪 Sarah Engels wins Das Deutsche Finale with 'Fire' #DasDeutscheFinale
🇸🇪 Meanwhile, in Sweden, the line-up of the #Melodifestivalen final is complete after the Final Qualifiers round.
🇫🇮 And with this, another very predictable but immensely enjoyable #UMK concludes, with the record-breaking victory of Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen, with "Liekinheitin".
Can they go all the way and win #Eurovision itself?
🇫🇮 492 points from the televote, 78 from the jury, with 570 points, Linda & Pete have obliterated all three records, winning with more points than Käärijä and Blind Channel!
#UMK26
🇫🇮 Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen win UMK26 with 'Liekinheitin'#UMK26
🇫🇮 152 points for Antti, Linda and Pete need 133 points to win.
They receive... 492 points! THEY WIN UMK!
#UMK26
🇫🇮 The interval act we're watching now is specifically meant as a "tribute" to rap, a popular genre in Finland, with Turisti, Averagekidluke, Ares and Elastinen performing a remix of "Kui paljon" from Turisti.
He and Ares are breakthrough artists, while Elastinen has a career of 30 years!
#UMK26
🇫🇮 Linda and Pete win the jury votes with 78 points, which is the highest jury score obtained yet in the current format, beating Aksel's 76 back in 2020!
#UMK26
🇫🇮 JJ is back to announce the Austrian votes, and performs "Shapeshifters", as he did in Luxembourg!
Anti Paalanen gets 12p, Linda and Pete 10p and sit at 78p.
#UMK26
🇫🇮 Sissal announcing the Danish votes, so we are of course given a small highlight of Hallu... nope, "Infinity"!
This is a love letter to the Contest. YLE, please host soon.
12p to Linda and Pete, things are back to normal. 68p for now.
#UMK26
🇫🇮 Spain, Netherlands voting, and now YLE talking about the censorship of "Kant" with Miriana, announcing the Maltese votes. 🇲🇹
The fandom must love this. Even more now than the yoga balls are back!
Oh, 12p to Sinikka Monte, only 8 to Pete and Linda!
#UMK26
Dara will sing "Bangaranga" in Vienna for Bulgaria escxtra.com/2026/02/28/d...
🇫🇮 Spain being there is nice too, and a lovely reference to Sergio Jaen, creative consultant of UMK and artistic director of Benidorm Fest (and stage director for JJ's performance in Basel, and Bambie Thug's in Malmö). 🇪🇸
12 points again for Linda and Pete.
#UMK26
🇫🇮 Montenegro's visits according to Vladana: from the deepest canyons, to the highest mausoleums. "Long live life", eh?
12p again for Linda & Pete.
#UMK26