Eurovision 2026 final: online broadcast
On Saturday, May 16, the grand final of the 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place in the Austrian capital Vienna. Ukraine will be represented at the contest by singer LELÉKA with the song “Ridnym”, and the live broadcast of the show will begin at 10:00 p.m. Kyiv time.
This is reported by “Social” .
The final of the contest will be held at the Wiener Stadthalle arena, which already hosted Eurovision in 2015. This year’s contest is being held in Vienna following the victory of Austrian artist JJ with the song “Wasted Love” at last year’s show.
For the anniversary competition, the organizers prepared a new stage with an LED surface in the shape of a curved leaf. It was created by German designer Florian Wieder. The hall also equipped with a traditional Green Room in the style of Viennese coffee houses.
25 countries will participate in the final. Ukrainian representative LELÉKA will perform in the first half of the show at number 7 .
Suspilny reported that Timur Miroshnychenko and rapper Alyona Alyona will commentate on the final. For the singer, this will be her first experience working in a commentary studio after participating in Eurovision.
Also, the final can be watched on the TV channel “Social Culture” , the website “ Social Culture ” and “ Social Eurovision ”, and the audio version can be listened to on “Radio Promin” .
It also became known that the results of the Ukrainian national jury will be announced live by the vocalist of the band Ziferblat, Danylo Leshchynsky. It was the band Ziferblat that represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2025 with the song “Bird of Pray”.
The organizers have updated the voting rules for the finale. Voting lines will open before the first contestant performs and will be open throughout the show, as well as for about 40 minutes after the last act.
The winner will be determined by the results of the audience vote and the national jury. Voting will be possible via SMS, phone calls or the official online platform of the competition.
It was previously reported that today, May 16, the grand final of the 70th anniversary international song contest “Eurovision” will be held in Vienna . The representative of Ukraine Leléka will perform in the first half of the show at number 7 with the song Ridnym.
Recall that Ukraine has reached the final of Eurovision 2026. On the night of May 15, the results of the second semi-final of the competition were announced in Vienna, according to the results of which the representative of Ukraine, Leléka, won a place in the grand final.
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