Eurovision 2026 final: where to watch, order of performances and how to vote
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Today, May 16, the grand final of the 70th anniversary international song contest “Eurovision” will take place in Vienna. The representative of Ukraine Leléka will perform in the first half of the show at number 7 with the song Ridnym.
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The show starts at 22:00 Kyiv time. Before the final, a pre-show will start at 21:00. The host of the pre-show and broadcast will be Timur Miroshnychenko, and his co-commentator will be Alyona Alyona. You can follow their commentary on the Eurovision Ukraine YouTube channel, but there will be no broadcast of the participants’ performances on this channel.
The finale can be watched and listened to on the following platforms:
- “Public Culture” TV channel;
- ” Public Culture ” and ” Public Eurovision ” websites;
- YouTube broadcast “Eurovision Ukraine” ;
- Radio Promin (audio version).
The right to represent Ukraine this year was given to LELÉKA with the song Ridnym. The composition combines a modern sound with ethnic motifs and tells about inner strength, hope and connection with the native home. After winning the national selection, the singer somewhat updated the production for the international stage and has already had the first rehearsal.
25 participants will perform in the final in the following order:
- 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 — Bella
- Czech Republic: Daniel Žižka — Crossroads
- Bulgaria: Dara — Bangaranga
- Croatia: Lelek — Andromeda
- United Kingdom: Look Mum No Computer — Eins, Zwei, Drei
- France: Monroe — Regarde!
- Moldova: Satoshi — Viva, Moldova!
- Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen — Liekinheitin
- Poland: Alicja — Pray
- Lithuania: Lion Ceccah — Sólo Quiero Más
- Sweden: Felicia — My System
- Cyprus: Antigoni — Jalla
- Italy: Sal Da Vinci – Per Semper Sì
- Norway: Jonas Lovv — Ya ya ya
- Romania: Alexandra Căpitănescu — Choke Me
- Austria: Cosmó — Tanzschein
Voting for participating countries will begin before the first song, continue throughout all performances and for approximately 40 minutes after the last one. Each viewer can vote up to 10 times, but you cannot vote for your own country. In addition to the audience, a professional jury will also evaluate the performances.
For the Rest of the World category, voting will begin at approximately midnight before the start of the final, close before the live broadcast, then reopen before the first song and remain active throughout the show and for 40 minutes after it ends.
Sign language interpretation will be available on television and digitally. A separate broadcast with sign language interpretation will also appear on the official website of the “Public Eurovision”. The songs will be performed in sign language by Anfisa Khudashova, Lada Sokolyuk and Oleksandr Rudyk, and the dialogues will be translated by Tetyana Zhurkova.
As you know, today, May 16, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest will take place. Bookmakers have updated the odds. Thus, the representative of Ukraine Leléka with the song Ridnym is in 13th place and has an 82% chance of getting into the top 15 finalists, but only a 1% chance of winning.
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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