The wait is over as the EBU and ORF have now announced the running order for the first and second semi-finals of Eurovision 2026, which will take place in Vienna.
From Satoshi to JONAS LOVV
The announcement for this year’s running order was done via YouTube, with a snippet of each entry being shown when the reveal was announced. The full running order is as follows:
Semi-Final One
| Order | Country | Artist | Entry |
| 1 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | Satoshi | “Viva Moldova!“ |
| 2 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | FELICIA | “My System“ |
| 3 | 🇭🇷Croatia | LELEK | “Andromeda“ |
| 4 | 🇬🇷 Greece | Akylas | “Ferto“ |
| 5 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | Bandidos do Cante | “Rosa“ |
| 6 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | Bzikebi | “On Replay“ |
| – | 🇮🇹 Italy | Sal Da Vici | “Per Sempre Si“ |
| 7 | 🇫🇮 Finland | Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen | “Liekinheitin“ |
| 8 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | Tamara Živković | “Nova Zorra“ |
| 9 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | Vanilla Ninja | “Too Epic To Be True“ |
| 10 | 🇮🇱 Israel | Noam Bettan | “Michelle“ |
| – | 🇩🇪 Germany | Sarah Engels | “Fire“ |
| 11 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | Essyla | “Dancing On The Ice“ |
| 12 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | Lion Ceccah | “Sólo Quiero Más“ |
| 13 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | Senhit | “Superstar“ |
| 14 | 🇵🇱 Poland | ALICJA | “Pray“ |
| 15 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | Lavina | “Kraj Mene“ |
Semi-Final Two
| Order | Country | Artist | Entry |
| 1 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | DARA | “Bangaranga“ |
| 2 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | JIVA | “Just Go“ |
| 3 | 🇷🇴 Romania | Alexandra Căpitănescu | “Choke Me“ |
| 4 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | Eva Marija | “Mother Nature“ |
| 5 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | Daniel Zizka | “CROSSROADS“ |
| – | 🇫🇷 France | Monroe | “Regarde!“ |
| 6 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | Simón | “Paloma Rumba“ |
| 7 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | Veronica Fusaro | “Alice“ |
| 8 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | Antigoni | “JALLA“ |
| – | 🇦🇹 Austria | COSMÓ | “Tanzschein“ |
| 9 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | Atvara | “Ēnā“ |
| 10 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | Søren Torpegaard Lund | “Før Vi Går Hjem“ |
| 11 | 🇦🇺 Australia | Delta Goodrem | “Eclipse“ |
| 12 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | Leléka | “Ridnym“ |
| – | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Look Mum No Computer | “Eins, Zwei, Drei“ |
| 13 | 🇦🇱 Albania | Alis | “Nân“ |
| 14 | 🇲🇹 Malta | AIDAN | “Bella“ |
| 15 | 🇳🇴 Norway | JONAS LOVV | “YA YA YA“ |
You can also listen to the entries (in running order) by following our playlist:
All About Eurovision 2026
The journey to the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest kicked off immediately following JJ’s win in Basel, when Austria’s ORF accepted the rights to host the 70th edition of the contest. The bidding process started in June, with interested cities having until July 4 to submit their bid book. Innsbruck and Vienna were shortlisted, with the latter winning the right to host next year’s contest. 35 countries will take part in the competition, the lowest number of competing entries since 2004.
As for the organisation of the competition, the ‘core team‘ was revealed in June 2025, with further details about next year’s competition to be revealed in due course. The shows will take place on May 12th, 14th and 16th.
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News Source: EBU
Photo Credit: ORF
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