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How Effective Is The Televote’s Move To A Ten-Vote Maximum At Eurovision?
Eurovision Tropy 2024 (Corinne Cumming - EBU)

Eurovision’s televote has come under increased scrutiny by broadcasters, the media, and viewers following 2025’s Song Contest. Sharleen Wright discusses one of the changes and their impact on 2026’s voting experience, the lower limit of televotes you can cast.

Finland’s Lucky Number 17: The 2026 Grand Final Running Order Analysis
Sarah Louise Bennett (EBU)

10 songs have been eliminated, now 25 remain to be in contention to be crowned the winner of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. As customary, here is our review of the producer’s running order, in a show that starts with Denmark and ends with host country Austria.

The Spotter’s Guide to Eurovision 2026: Semi Final Two
Eurovision Song Contest Trophy 2018 (Thomas Hanses/EBU)

Welcome to the Second Semifinal of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest? Have we all recovered from Semi One yet? Has your pulse returned to normal following the agony and the ecstasy of finding out who our first ten qualifiers were? Are we ready to cast ourselves, once more, unto the breach for Semifinal Two? 

The Model Predicts Semi-Final Two of Eurovision 2026
The Model Semi-Final Two (James Stephenson)

The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 continues today with Semi-Final Two in Vienna – and once again, The Model is making its prediction for how tonight will pan out. With the semi-final broadcasting live tonight, it’s time to find out which ten entries are the most likely to make Saturday’s Grand Final according to the data. […]

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Vienna, Thursday 14th May

James Stephenson and Samantha Ross look ahead to the second Semi Final and catch up with some more performers looking to get through to Saturday’s Grand Final.

United By Music Or Divided By Values: Attending Eurovisions Academic Conference

As Eurovision researchers gathered in Vienna, this year’s Academic Conference tackled the growing friction between the EBU’s “neutral” rulebook and the complex geopolitical realities of Israeli participation and Eurovision’s desire to be continually United By Music.

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