ESC Insight eBook 2026

Eurovision 2026: By The Numbers
The Eurovision Song Contest Trop 2026 (Photo: EBU)

Our Eurovision Song Contest is the home for  a wealth of trivia and facts, and every year we gather more. Our resident Jeopardy! champion Samantha Ross returns to take a look at the numbers behind Vienna 2026 for ESC Insight.

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How Many Votes Did Each Song Receive In The Televote?
Lucio Corsi from Italy performed Volevo Essere Un Duro in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland (Photo: Corinne Cumming/EBU)

Think you know how many votes were really cast at Eurovision 2025? Discover how Italy's unique transparency laws might hold the key to revealing the true numbers behind the Contest's public vote, and what that means for the future of Eurovision.

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How Many Votes Are Cast At The Eurovision Song Contest?
JJ, Austria 2025, Winner's Tickertape (photo Alma Bengtson/EBU)

We now have data from some countries about how many voters there were at Eurovision 2025? Can we extrapolate that data and try and guess how many votes were cast in the entire Eurovision Song Contest. ESC Insight gives it a go.

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Is The Eurovision Song Contest Really A Hit-Making Machine?
Lena Hall and Desmond Child (Photo: wikimedia cc / Steven Pisano)

The EBU proclaims that Eurovision produces worldwide hits across the participating nations. Ewan Spence investigates just how powerful a hit-making machine the Eurovision Song Contest really is.

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After Rehearsals: Who Are People Predicting Will Win The Song Contest?

The preview parties, interviews and rehearsals are all done. Who is qualifying and who is not? Here we asked the audience what they think about how each song will perform, and present how the results have changed over the last few weeks of performances and canvassing.

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