Malta and Moldova will select their representatives for the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest today, while Greece release half of the songs in their selection.
The key times for today are:
🇬🇷 Greece: Sing for Greece – Ellinikós Telikós – Semi-Final One Songs Reveal – 16:00 CET
🇲🇩 Moldova: Selecția Națională 2026 – Final – 18:00 CET
🇲🇹 Malta: Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Final – 20:45 CET
🇬🇷 Greece: Sing for Greece – Ellinikós Telikós – Semi-Final One Songs Reveal – 16:00 CET
Sing for Greece – Ethnikos Telikos 2026. Image source: ERT
The songs that will compete in Semi-Final One of Sing for Greece – Ellinikós Telikós 2026 will be revealed this afternoon by ERT. The 14 competing songs will be revealed during EurovisionGR, which will air live on ERT1 and ERTFLIX from 16:00 CET.
The songs being revealed today are:
Alexandra Sieti – “The Other Side”
The Astrolabe – “Drop It”
Desi G – “Aphrodite”
Akylas – “Ferto” (Brought)
Evangelia – “Parea” (Friends)
Panagiotis Tsakalakos – “2nd chance”
Niya – “Slipping Away”
Marseaux – “Hanomai” (I’m lost)
Rosanna Mailan – “Alma” (Soul)
Stefi – “Europa” (Europe)
Revery – “The Songwriter”
Dinamiss – “Chaos”
Stylianos – “You & I”
Spheyiaa – “Hilia kommatia” (A thousand pieces)
In each semi-final, public voting will choose seven songs to advance to the final, which will consist of 14 songs. In the final, the winning song will be chosen by a public vote (50%) and two judging panels; one international (25%) and one Greek (25%).
🇲🇩 Moldova: Selecția Națională 2026 – Final – 18:00 CET
Image source: TRM
Moldova will select their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 this evening live from the Arena Chișinău.
Moldova returns to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one year break, and 16 acts are hoping they will be on the Eurovision stage this May. The country is backed with a revamped national final held in the country’s largest indoor arena, marking the biggest scale Moldovan selection to date.
The acts competing to represent Moldova in Vienna are:
Catalina Solomac – “Pink Margarita”
Sasha Flowers – “Can Do More”
Evghenii Avramov & ALenin Ivan – “Foc la ghete” (Fire in the boots)
Adelisha – “Alegria” (Joy)
Artiom Topal – “Money”
Pavel Orlov – “Can’t Say Goodbye”
Ilinca Siviroveanu – “Running Through the Rain”
Bacho – “Tata” (Father)
Satoshi – “Viva, Moldova”
Curly – “Respir liber” (I breathe freely)
DAYANA – “Doina”
Emforia – “Tipare” (Patterns)
Katy Rain – “Dance & Cry”
Cristy Rouge – “Bliss”
Maxim Zavidia – “Alo” (Hello)
Valleria – “Valerian Steel Rai Di Ri Di Dam”
The winner will be decided by international jury members (33%), Moldovan jury members (33%) and public voting (33%). The jury will consist of 20 members; 5 international members and 15 Moldovan members. Teleradio Moldova has already confirmed that Jamala, Paula Seling and Efendi will be jurors. Jamala won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 for Ukraine with “1944”, Efendi represented Azerbaijan in 2021 with “Cleopatra”, while Paula Seling represented Romania at Eurovision 2010 and 2014.
The guest performers are:
Jamala (Eurovision 2016 winner for Ukraine)
Zdob și Zdub (Moldova 2005, 2011 and 2022)
Sunstroke Project (Moldova 2010 and 2017)
Nelly Ciobanu (Moldova 2009)
Natalia Barbu (Moldova 2007 and 2024)
Cristina Scarlat (Moldova 2014)
DoReDos (Moldova 2018)
Aliona Moon (Moldova 2013)
Paula Seling (Romania 2010 and 2014)
The final of Selecția Națională 2026 will be broadcast live on Moldova 1 and Radio Moldova Muzical from 18:00 CET.
🇲🇹 Malta: Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Final – 20:45 CET
Malta Eurovision Song Contest logo. Image source: PBS
12 acts will take to the stage tonight all competing to be the Maltese representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
After a semi-final took place on Thursday night, 12 acts remain and will compete in the final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Hosting tonight’s show are Keane Cutajar, Destiny Chunkyere and Gaia Cauchi. Keane is a television presenter, Destiny Chukunyere won Junior Eurovision 2015 and represented Malta at Eurovision 2020 and 2021, while Gaia Cauchi won Junior Eurovision 2013.
The running order is as follows:
Janice Mangion – “Univers” (Universe)
Kelsie Borg – “Let a Girl Breathe”
Matt Blxck – “Ejja lejja ħdejja ‘l hawn (The flute)” (Come to me, come here)
Denise – “Trophy”
Nathan Psaila – “Ganador” (Winner)
Ema – “Achikuku (Don’t Think About It)”
Franklin Calleja – “Guide You Home”
Mychael Bartolo Chircop – “My Sweet Angel”
Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Mumenti sbieħ” (Beautiful moments)
Aidan – “Bella” (Beautiful)
Matthew Cilia – “Brutality Mentality”
Adria Twins – “Nerġà nqum” (I will rise again)
A combination of jury and public voting will once more decide the Maltese entry for Eurovision 2026. In addition to the competition performances, there will also be guest performances from Scream Daisy, Destiny, Baby Lasagna (Croatia Eurovision 2024) and Miriana Conte (Malta Eurovision 2025).
The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2026 final will be live on TVM, TVMi and on YouTube below from 20:45 CET: