With the elimination of Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Armenia, Switzerland and Latvia at the end of the second semi-final on Thursday evening, the cast of the final of the 70th edition of Eurovision Song Contest 2026 which will be held on Saturday 16 May in Vienna has been made up.
The organizers have released the final lineup with the exit order of the 25 singers, i.e. the 20 who emerged from the semi-finals on Tuesday and Thursday, the Big 4 and Austria, the country hosting this edition. Denmark begins, the hosts finish. Sal Da Vinci will perform towards the end, fourth to last.
Denmark, Søren Torpegaard Lund, Før Vi Går Hjem
Germany, Sarah Engels, Fire
Israel, Noam Bettan, Michelle
Belgium, Essyla, Dancing on the Ice
Albania, Alis, Nân
Greece, Akylas, Ferto
Ukraine, Leléka, Ridnym
Australia, Delta Goodrem, Eclipse
Serbia, Lavina, Kraj Mene
Malta, Aidan, Pretty
Czech Republic, Daniel Zizka, Crossroads
Bulgaria, Dara, Bangaranga
Croatia, Lelek, Andromeda
United Kingdom, Look Mum No Computer, Eins, Zwei, Dre
France, Monroe, Regarde!
Moldova, Satoshi, Long live, Moldova!
Finland, Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen, Liekinheitin
Poland, Alicja, Bray
Lithuania, Lion Ceccah, Only I want more
Sweden, Felicia, MySystem
Cyprus, Antigoni, Jalla
Italy, Sal Da Vinci, Forever yes
Norway, Jonas Lovv, Ya Ya Ya
Romania, Alexandra Căpitănescu, Choke Me
Austria, Cosmo, Tanzschein
The final ranking will combine the points given by the national juries (12 for the best song and then decreasing 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0 for all the others) with those of the televoting. You can also vote from Italy, but obviously you cannot express your preference for Sal Da Vinci, via text message, telephone or on the esc.vote website. For each user it is possible to express a maximum of five votes for various singers or for the same one.
Unlike the two semi-finals, Saturday's final will be broadcast by Rai 1 and not by Rai 2, with Gabriele Corsi and Elettra Lamborghini hosting. It starts at 9pm, with a preview at 8.35pm. It will also be visible on RaiPlay and on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel, as well as listenable on Radio Rai 2.
The final will open with the performance paper boat of 2025 winner JJ sailing from Switzerland, which hosted the ESC last year, along the Rhine and Danube to Vienna. There will be a moment of celebration of the 70 years of Eurovision with some stars of the past and Parov Stelar and Cesár Sampson will also perform, the latter performing a version of Vienna by Billy Joel. The ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna will be present.
