Tonight, Ukraine will select their representative for Eurovision 2026, while the search continues in Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden.

The key times for today are:

đŸ‡ș🇩 Ukraine: Vidbir 2026 – Final – 18:00 CET
🇾đŸ‡Č San Marino: Dreaming San Marino Song Contest – Casting Show – 19:15 CET
đŸ‡±đŸ‡č Lithuania: Eurovizija.LT 2026 – Heat Three – 20:00 CET
🇾đŸ‡Ș Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 – Heat Two – 20:00 CET
đŸ‡±đŸ‡» Latvia: Supernova 2026 – Semi-Final Two – 20:10 CET

đŸ‡ș🇩 Ukraine: Vidbir 2026 – Final – 18:00 CET
Vidbir 2026 Hosts. Image source: Suspilne

Tonight, Ukraine will select its representative for the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.

Ten acts are competing tonight in the final of Vidbir 2026, as Ukraine selects for Eurovision. Lesya Nikityuk and Timur Miroshnychenko are hosting tonight’s show, where the winner will be determined by 50% televoting and 50% jury voting.

The running order for the final is:

Valeriya Force – “Open Our Hearts”
MOLODI – “THE LEGENDS”
Monokate – “TUT” (Here)
The Elliens – “Crawling whispers”
LAUD – “Lightkeeper”
LELÉKA – “Ridnym” (To relatives)
Mr. Vel – “Do or Done”
KHAYAT – “Hertsi” (Hertz)
Jerry Heil – “CATHARTICUS (prayer)”
ShchukaRyba – “Moia zemlia” (My land)

The jury that will be voting on the performances are:

Kostyantyn Tomilchenko – Director, choreographer, and producer
Ruslana – Eurovision 2004 winner for Ukraine
Zlata Ognevich – Represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2013, co-hosted Junior Eurovision 2013
Yevhen Filatov – Singer and composer
Vitaly Drozdov – General producer of TAVR Media and director of HitFM

A number of interval acts will be taking to the stage, they are:

Ziferblat: the opening act will be the performance of the winner of Vidbir 2025 and representatives of Ukraine at Eurovision 2025 in Basel. They will perform their entry “Bird of Pray”, which awarded the band the 9th place at Eurovision last year and will be part of the finalists’ parade.
Svitlana Tarabarova: the music producer of the Ukrainian selection for Junior Eurovision, will be joined by the last three representatives; Sofia Nersesyan, Artem Kotenko, and Anastasia Dymyd. The highlight of this number will be musicians from the Superhumans Center.
Zlata Ognevich, jury member and representative for Ukraine at Eurovision 2013, and TVORCHI, who represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2023. They will perform a mash-up of their songs “One day” and “Bonfire”.
Jamala, Eurovision 2016 winner for Ukraine and musical producer for Vidbir 2026. She will sing her winning entry “1944”, accompanied by the Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Satoshi, who will represent Moldova at Eurovision 2026. For the first time in recent years, an international guest will perform at Vidbir. He will sing the entry ” Viva, Moldova!”, with which he will represent his country at the contest in Vienna.

You can watch the final live on Suspilne Kultura, YouTube (no commentary) and YouTube (English commentary).

🇾đŸ‡Č San Marino: Dreaming San Marino Song Contest – Casting Show – 19:15 CET
Image Source: Dreaming San Marino Song Contest

A special programme about the casting stage of the Dreaming San Marino Song Contest will be broadcast at 19:15 CET on SMRTV every Monday to Saturday night until the Live Academy shows are broadcast in February. The show will last for 15 minutes and can be watched here.

đŸ‡±đŸ‡č Lithuania: Eurovizija.LT 2026 – Heat Three – 20:00 CET

Eurovizija.LT 2026, the Lithuanian national selection, continues tonight with the third heat. Eight acts will be taking to the stage competing for two places in the final and a place in the wildcard round.

The eight artists competing tonight are:

Agata Ray – “Gravity Lies”
Juozas Martin – “Atmerk akis” (Open your eyes)
Justė Osh – “Gaisras” (Fire)
Akire – “Ơiluma” (Heat)
Ledi Ais – “Mes siekiam ĆŸvaigĆŸdĆŸiƳ” (We reach for the stars)
Aurimo Papečkio-Aury – “Tu mano” (You are mine)
Paulė – “Sako” (They say)
Black Biceps – “Let Me Cook”

The results will be determined by 50% jury voting and 50% public voting. The top two artists will qualify for the final, while the third placed act will go into the wildcard round.

On the jury for Heat Three are:

RamĆ«nas Zilnys – LRT Popular Music Editor
Kamilė Gudmonaitė – Director and Performer
Jievaras Jasinskis – Composer
GerĆ«ta GriniĆ«tė – Pianist
Lukas Keraitis – Member of Abudu

One change to the Eurovizija.LT format is the introduction of a wildcard round. A wildcard round has been introduced for all acts that place third in their heat. The public will be able to vote online once for the act they want to see in the final, and the act with the highest number of votes will secure a spot in the final.

Watch the show live on LRT and on YouTube.

🇾đŸ‡Ș Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 – Heat Two – 20:00 CET
Image Source: SVT

Sweden’s search for the 70th Eurovision Song Contest continues this evening as Melodifestivalen 2026 takes place in Gothenburg.

Heat Two of Melodifestivalen 2026 takes place this evening in Gothenburg at the Scandinavium. Six artists are competing for two places in the final and a place in the ‘Final Qualifier’. Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold are hosting tonight’s show.

The six competing acts are:

Arwin – “Glitter”
Laila Adùle – “Oxygen”
Robin Bengtsson – “Honey Honey”
Felicia – “My System”
Klara Almström – “DĂ€r hela vĂ€rlden vĂ€ntar” (The whole world is waiting there)
Brandsta City SlĂ€ckers – “Rakt in i elden” (Straight into the fire)

The results of the show will be determined across two rounds of voting. In the first round, the act that receives the most votes will qualify directly for the final. The second finalist will be the act that receives the highest points total. These points are formed of the age groups voting, with voting totals converted into 12, 10, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points. The act with the third highest number of votes cast will go through to the ‘Final Qualifier’ to compete again for a place in the final.

You can watch the show live on SVT1, SVT24, SVT Play and in Finland on Yle Areena and Yle TV1 on delay at 21:45 CET.

đŸ‡±đŸ‡» Latvia: Supernova 2026 – Semi-Final Two – 20:10 CET
Image Source: LSM

Latvia’s search for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 continues tonight with the second semi-final of Supernova 2026.

Supernova 2026 continues tonight with 12 artists competing for five places in the Grand Final. Hosting the show this evening are Ketija Ơēnberga and Lauris Reiniks, alongside Māra Sleja.

The 12 artists in tonight’s semi-final are:

Jānis Rugājs – “Smoke“
PAULA – “Dejot vien” (Only dancing)
Edvards StrazdiƆơ – “I Ain’t Got the Guts“
Kristīne Megija – “Insanity“
NOLARK – “Different Places“
Miks Galvanovskis – “Cruel Angel“
LEGZDINA – “Ribbon“
PapÄ«ra lidmaĆĄÄ«nas – “You’re My Saviour“
Atvara – “Ēnā” (In the shadow)
Krisy – “Take It“
Vēstnieks – “Vai tas ir kāds brīnums?” (Is it some kind of a miracle?)
Robert Ox – “Ravin’ At The Taj Mahal“

The qualifiers will be determined by 50% jury voting and 50% public voting. In a first for Latvia, those outside of the country can also vote in the show. Viewers are able to vote up to 20 times through balso.lsm.lv. You can only vote once per credit card.

Five acts will qualify from tonight’s show, joining the five qualifiers from the first semi-final A wildcard can also be awarded to one of the acts that did not directly qualify for the final from either semi-final.

You can watch the show live on LTV1, LTV Replay and listen on LR5.