The sudden cancellation of the EBU’s ten-city summer plan suggests that even the biggest brands can misread their core audience. While interest in the Contest remains on an upwards trajectory, there are lessons to learn about what how to engage with the modern day Eurovision community.

James Stephenson goes backstage with Fenksta for the first Semi Final of Dora 2026 – as he failed to qualify for the Grand Final. This is what it’s really like to dream big at a National Final and come up short.

Junior Lerin debuts as a singer in Melodifestivalen 2026, viewing the opportunity to perform ‘Copacabana Boy’ as a “miracle”. Despite the criticism that the song has, we explain why is it healthy for Melodifestivalen that Junior is a part of this competition.

Sweden’s biggest music competition is shaking up the rules again, shifting how winners are crowned and hiding one crucial result from the live broadcast. To find out who actually survives the night, fans will have to look beyond the main stage as SVT gambles on a new way to keep the drama alive.

Eurovision 2026 is seeing a massive shift in which countries are competing, and it’s going to shake up the final results. We look at the data to see how new participants and recent withdrawals shake up the scoreboard more than any other time this century.

From a record-shattering arena production to a record-shattering televote landslide, Moldova has officially reported for duty for Eurovision 2026. This is the story of how a 29-year-old visionary and a popular young artist are using the Song Contest to claim Moldova’s place in the heart of Europe.