Essyla, the Belgian representative for Eurovision 2026, will be joined by four dancers during her performance in Vienna.
RTBF, the French-language Belgian national broadcaster, released footage of Essyla’s rehearsals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. In the footage, it was revealed that Essyla will be joined by four dancers for her performance of “Dancing on the Ice” at the contest in Vienna.
The four dancers are Max Lukaina, Axel Remezo, Julien Maniquet and Tom Van de Weghe. The performance is being choreographed by Elena Gambardella and David Vandenplas. Gambardella was an in-house dancer for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
Essyla will represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Dancing on the Ice”. She will perform in the second half of the first semi-final on May 12.
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Belgium was one of the seven nations who participated in the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. To date, the country has won the contest only once in 1986. Sandra Kim won the contest with the song “J’aime la vie”. Her victory was not without controversy when it emerged that Sandra was just 13 years old, two years younger than the age restriction at the time. In the late 00s, Belgium struggled in the contest, failing to reach the final annually from 2005 until 2010, when Tom Dice finished 6th in the final with 143 points. Belgium has finished last at the contest eight times, including two sets of nul points.