If you want to jump straight to a specific section, here’s a list of pages, each filled to the brim with excellent music:
- 2026 – 2024 Eurovision artists
- Previous Eurovision artists (this page)
- 2026 and 2025 national final artists
- Previous national final artists & Honourable mentions
Previous Eurovision artists
🇦🇺 Voyager – “Secret”
🇫🇮 Blind Channel – “Painstream”
🇳🇱 Duncan Laurence – “Our Christmas”
Okay it may be Halloween, but Eurovision winner Duncan Laurence is gearing up for the holiday season with the first of our Christmas songs to feature on this week’s round-up. Back in 2019, Duncan Laurence was internally selected to represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. After winning the Contest, he brought Eurovision back to the Netherlands in time for the Covid-19 pandemic. The cancellation of the 2020 Contest means Duncan is the only winner in history (so far) to ‘rein’ for two consecutive years. I will admit straight away that I’m not the biggest fan of holiday songs, especially this early in the year, but if anyone can make me rethink that, it’s Duncan Laurence. He sounds absolutely amazing on this track, and the story tells a really moving story that steps away from the cheesy Christmas music that so often fills the charts, into a more emotional, real and raw track.
🇹🇷 Sertab Erener – “Kendine Aşik”
Another Eurovision winner to feature on this week’s round-up, this time from Türkiye. Turkish music legend Sertab Erener had submitted multiple entries to the Turkish broadcaster throughout the 90s in an attempt to represent her country in the Song Contest. In 1990, she placed 6th in the national selection with the song “Sen Benimlesin”, but had made previous attempts both as a backing singer, and as a solo artist. For the 2003 Contest in Riga, Turkish broadcaster TRT internally selected Sertab to represent the nation. Her entry “Everyway That I Can” made waves as the first ever Turkish Eurovision entry to be performed completely in English, sparking internal press debate in Türkiye before the 2003 Contest. At the close of voting, Sertab was awarded 167 points in the Grand Final, narrowly beating Belgium’s Urban Trad (165 points) and Russia’s t.A.T.u. (164 points) to give Türkiye their first, and so far only win.
Sertab has made a number of returns to the Eurovision stage following her win. In 2004, the Contest was hosted in Istanbul following her victory. As the reigning champion, Sertab opened the Grand Final, performing a medley of “Everyway That I Can” as well as new track “Leave”. She also acted as a green room presenter during parts of the Grand Final. In October 2005, “Everyway That I Can” was selected to compete in Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, a show to determine the best Eurovision songs of all time. Sertab appeared live on stage in Denmark to sing part of her ESC winning track, which finished 9th in the poll of iconic entries. After a 21-year hiatus from the Eurovision stage, Sertab performed as a special guest during the “World’s Biggest Sing-Along” interval act in the second Semi-Final in Malmö. She shared the stage with fellow iconic past winners Helena Paparizou and Charlotte Perrelli, singing their winning Eurovision entries. She was also invited back to the 60th anniversary of the Contest in Vienna, but declined to appear. This week she’s back with new single “Kendine Aşik”, which she wrote herself. It’s a dark, moody track with electronic and synth beats throughout. This is great!
🇺🇦 MELOVIN – “Між нами тантра”
MELOVIN made his debut in Ukraine’s Vidbir national selection back in 2017. The young singer returned in 2018, and took the win, earning him the right to represent his country in the Contest in Lisbon. At Eurovision 2018, MELOVIN performed the song “Under The Ladder”, where he would eventually place 17th. In 2024, MELOVIN returned to the Ukrainian national selection with the song “Dreamer”, placing third. This week, he joins Ukrainian singer-songwriter Lama on the release of new single “Між нами тантра”. The new track, like much of MELOVIN’s recent work, is pure rock’n’roll. This is loud, bold, fun and exciting from the Ukrainian duo.
🇦🇺 Dami Im – “Lullabies + Bedtime Songs”
Dami Im became an instant fan favourite after her performance of “Sound of Silence” at the Contest in Stockholm, in 2016. The Korean-Australian singer placed second in the Grand Final, and has continued to find success in her music career ever since. This week, Dami teams up with Grace Notes for the release of a beautifully whimsical EP, “Lullabies + Bedtime Songs”. I find it weird to write anything about this release. Its covers of nursery rhymes, done beautifully. Dami’s voice is stunning, and this whole record was an insanely relaxing listen.
🇲🇹 The Busker – “She Played My Mind”
The boys from The Busker sure know how to keep themselves busy. The band have already released multiple singles so far this year, as well as announcing “DROGI“, a musical theatre project due to debut later this year in Malta. Drummer Jean Paul Borg from the band spent some of 2025 composing and producing “LET A GIRL BREATHE” for Kelsie Borg (no relation), who participated in the Maltese national final MESC in 2026. But it is as Maltese Eurovision 2023 band The Busker that the boys are most remembered. “Dance (Our Own Party)” extraordinarily came last in semifinal 1 of Eurovision in Liverpool, but the song has gone on to gain over 5 million streams on Spotify since the Contest. This week, the band release “She Played My Mind” ahead of the premiere of their musical theatre project in a couple of weeks time. The song is a rocky-musical theatre number, while still being a contemporary and enjoyable pop-rock track. This is a great new song from the Maltese boys, and I am excited to see what the rest of the “DROGI” project brings.
🇮🇸 Svala – “EITTHVAÐ BANNAД
Iceland’s 2017 Eurovision participant Svala is back with a new track in collaboration with musician INGI. This is pure electro-pop. It’s vibey, energetic, exciting, and both Svala and INGI sound great on this track. The synth-pop / dance beats in the chorus will get stuck in your head.
🇮🇹 Francesca Michielin – “Magia Bianca, Magia Nera”
Francesca Michielin has competed three times in Italy’s Festival di Sanremo, placing second in 2016 with the song “Nessun grado di separazione” and again in 2021 with “Chiamami per nome”, performed alongside Fedez. In 2016, she went on to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest after the winners of Sanremo declined the Eurovision invitation. Francesca performed an English version of her Sanremo song, “No Degree of Separation”, at the Contest in Stockholm. She returned to the Sanremo stage in 2025, with “Fango in paradiso”, where she did not make the final five. This week, comes new album “Magia Bianca, Magia Nera”. Split over two discs, “Magia Bianca, Magia Nera” takes the listener on a journey through its storytelling. The title track “Magia Bianca, Magia Nera” is an absolute standout, but opening song “1484” is really fun too. The whole record is witchy, whimsical, and fun, while also delivering a message of looking for the light in the darkest of times.
🇷🇴 Andrei Ursu (WRS) – “Cânteco de inimă (Live @ Art Deco Cafe)”
Andrei Ursu is probably most remembered by eurofans for his latin inspired dance hit “Llámame” from the Contest in Turin, 2022. Once known as Wrs, Andrei Ursu made a return to the Eurovision universe this year in Romania’s Selecția Naționalǎ national final with his song “All The Way”. Alexandra Cǎpitǎnescu would eventually win the selection, with Andrei missing out on representing Romania in the Contest for a second time. This week, Andrei has released his “Cânteco de inimă” live album, featuring a number of live recordings of jazz, crooner and ballad tracks from his recent concert at the Art Deco Cafe. If you’re already a fan of Andrei, this is for you. A beautiful voice that absolutely sells a live performance.
🇳🇱 Douwe Bob – “What If I Told You”
The Netherlands’ Douwe Bob placed 11th in the Eurovision Grand Final back in 2016, with his country-pop inspired song “Slow Down”. Since then, Bob has made a name for himself in both country music, and for his online, outspoken activism. This week, comes something a little different from Douwe Bob. The new single is a collaboration with world-famous Dutch DJ and EDM producer Armin van Buuren. Douwe Bob originally wrote the track as a country ballad, and sent it to Armin, who told him to keep it for himself. The song came together when the singer reworked the lyrics, and the tempo of the track, to turn it into a big EDM banger. The song is already blowing up in the Netherlands electronic and dance music scene, and it’s easy to see why!
🇷🇸🇲🇪🇧🇦 Željko Joksimović – “Ljubav je …”
Željko Joksimović has a long history with the Eurovision Song Contest. The Serbian singer came 2nd at the Contest in Istanbul for Serbia & Montenegro in 2004, with “Lane Moje”, which is often regarded as the best Balkan song to not win the contest. After Marija Šerifović won the contest for Serbia in 2007, Joksimović was appointed as one of the hosts of live Eurovision shows in Belgrade. He also went on to represent Serbia in 2012, with the song “Nije ljubav stvar”, ultimately placing 3rd in the Grand Final in Baku. Željko Joksimović has also acted as a songwriter for some of the Balkan’s biggest successes in Eurovision. Songs which feature Željko Joksimović on the writing credits include Bosnia & Herzegovina’s 2006 entry “Lejla”, Serbia’s 2008 host entry “Oro”, and Montenegro’s 2015 song “Adio”. It’s safe to say that Željko Joksimović is a legend not just in the Balkans, but within the Eurovision community too. This week comes new re-release of “Ljubav je …” alongside Mina Joksimović.
🇩🇪 Max Mutzke – “Holy Moly (Big Band Version)”
It has only been a matter of months since German singer Max Mutzke appeared on the Eurovision stage, taking part in the 70th anniversary interval act at the Contest in Vienna in May. The singer is probably most known amongst eurofans for his 2004 Eurovision entry “Can’t Wait Until Tonight”, which placed 8th at the Contest in Istanbul. Max attempted to represent Germany once again, in 2024, with the song “Forever Strong”. Here, he placed second in the national final, losing out to eventual ESC participant ISAAK. Max has another Christmas track to add to this week’s round-up. This is a re-release of his 2025 track “Holy Moly”, with an added Big Band backing track. It’s pleasant, fun, jazzy and the big band element really adds a huge sound. I’m just mad that there’s so much Christmas music in October…
🇭🇺 AWS – “Útvesztő”
AWS are probably my favourite metal act to take part in Eurovision, and also one of my favourite Hungarian acts in the Contest’s history. The band won the Hungarian national selection show A Dal and represented Hungary at the Contest in Lisbon, in 2018. They placed 21st in the Grand Final with the huge metal hit “Viszlát nyár”, and have gone on to widespread success and admiration amongst metal fans across Europe. The group have released a number of singles in recent weeks, and are back for another one in the form of “Útvesztő”. This is pure metal, a huge sound from a band that absolutely know how to deliver a great rock track. 10/10.
🇧🇬 Sofi Marinova – “Pesen za moya grad”
Sofi Marinova represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, with her song “Love Unlimited”. She performed in the second Semi-Final, finishing in 11th with 45 points. She tied on points for the 10th qualifying spot with Norway’s Tooji, but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Grand Final due to the tie-break rules. Before 2012, she had tried to represent Bulgaria in earlier national finals, notably placing 2nd in 2005 alongside Slavi Trifonov with the song “Edinstveni”, and participating in 2007 with Ustata and their track “Ya Tvoya”. This week, she’s back for a new track alongside Vili Ray and Zvetalina Vassileva, in the form of “Pesen za moya grad”. This is somehow electro-pop and ballad, and I love it.
🇬🇧 Lulu – “All Around The World”
Lulu was internally selected by the BBC to represent the United Kingdom at the 14th Eurovision Song Contest in Madrid in 1969. Lulu performed six potential tracks as part of the A Song for Europe 1969 song selection show, with “Boom Bang-a-bang” winning by over 20,000 votes more than second place entry “March!”. At the Eurovision Grand Final in Madrid, Lulu gave an iconic performance of “Boom Bang-a-bang”, but the Contest in 1969 is most remembered for an odd reason. When voting concluded, the UK was tied for 1st place with France, Spain, and the Netherlands, scoring 18 points each. Because there was no tie-breaker rule in place at the time, all four countries were declared joint-winners of the 1969 Eurovision. After August’s “I’m In Love Again”, comes “All Around The World” from the ESC winner. The track is a big disco-ballad. This feels like it would fit in the soundtrack of a Lulu musical.
🇩🇰 Tim Schou (of A Friend In London) – “December”
Tim Schou has a long connection to the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as Denmark’s Dansk Melodi Grand Prix national final. He first took part and won DMGP back in 2011 with the song “New Tomorrow”, as lead singer of the band A Friend in London. The group went on to place 5th in the Grand Final in Düsseldorf. In the years following, Tim has remained an active part of the Eurovision community, hosting the official Euroclub during the 2014 Contest in Copenhagen, and writing songs for other artists, including Melfest 2017’s Anton Hangman, with the song “Kiss You Goodbye”. In 2025, Tim returned to MGP as a soloist, with the song “Proud”. He finished in second place in the selection, just one point behind eventual ESC participant Sissal. Oh look, more Christmas. I promise I’m not miserable. But it’s halloween. This is a beautiful holiday EP to be fair to Tim, with some great covers of some iconic Christmas anthems. Vocally, there are no flaws in this. But releasing an EP titled “December” in October is a crime to me, I’m so sorry.
🇲🇩 Natalia Barbu – “Bate Bate”
Moldovan singer and songwriter Natalia Barbu has twice represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest. In the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, she placed 10th in the Grand Final with the song “Fight”, earning 109 points. More recently, for the 2024 Contest in Malmö, Natalia returned to the Eurovision stage with the song “In the Middle”, after winning Moldova’s Etapa Națională selection. In the 2024 Contest, she was unable to reach the Grand Final, and placed 13th in the first of the Semi-Finals. Natalia returns with a new single this week, in the form of “Bate Bate”. The single is an emotional love letter to Natalia’s late mother. It’s a beautifully moving record, with a really sweet message of love and loss.
🇫🇮 The Rasmus – “Dark Summer (Rise Outtakes)”
Pop-metal band The Rasmus represented Finland in the 2021 Contest in Rotterdam, with the song “Jezebel”. This week, the iconic Finnish group have released the “Dark Summer (Rise Outtakes)” EP. This release is 3 tracks that just missed out on making it on the group’s 2022 “Rise” album. The titular track “Dark Summer” is on the poppier end of music for the band, while “Omen” has more of a dark ballad feel.
🇺🇦 Nazar&Qobzar (of Go_A) – “Krasna”
Nazar&Qobzar, a duo that includes Taras Shevchenko, who formed part of Ukrainian band Go_A, have released their latest single “Krasna”. The band Go_A represented Ukraine at the Song Contest in Rotterdam in 2021 with the track “Shum”, placing 5th in the Grand Final. They were due to perform at the 2020 contest before it was cancelled because of covid, with the song “Solovey”. Latest single from Nazar&Qobzar, “Krasna”, is an exciting blend of folktronica, traditional instruments, electro beats and a really exciting vibe. This does something unexplainable to me, in that it scratches an itch I didn’t know I had.
🇨🇾 Michalis Hatzigiannis – “Christmas with Michalis”
It is still not even November at the time of writing, and yet Christmas music is beginning to litter the Eurovision round-up. I’m not being a Scrooge, but let’s get past Halloween first… please. The latest of this week’s Christmas related releases comes from Eurovision 1998 performer Michalis Hatzigiannis. Michalis Hatzigiannis represented Cyprus in the 1998 Song Contest in Birmingham, placing 11th in the Grand Final with the song “Genesis (Γένεσις)”. This is another example of a really well made set of covers of classic Christmas songs, but I can’t help feeling I’d rather just listen to the originals… IN DECEMBER.