Tonight, Luxembourg will select their representative for Eurovision 2026, while Bulgaria and Lithuania kick off their selection processes.
The key times for today are:
🇳🇴 Norway – Melodi Grand Prix 2026 – Radio Duels – 10:00 CET
🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Natsionalnata selektsiya 2026 – Show One – 20:00 CET
🇱🇹 Lithuania – Eurovizija.LT 2026 – Heat One – 20:00 CET
🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Luxembourg Song Contest 2026 – Final – 20:00 CET
🇳🇴 Norway – Melodi Grand Prix 2026 – Radio Duels – 10:00 CET
Image source: NRK
The duels for the wildcard in Melodi Grand Prix 2026 are underway, with voting closing for the fourth duel at 10:00 CET. The two acts who are competing in the fourth duel are Raylee who is competing with “Where did you friend go” against Thomas Jenssen with “Smalltown”. The results will be announced this morning.
At 10:00 CET, the voting will open for the fifth. You can listen to the duels as part of Nitimen on NRK Radio 1.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Natsionalnata selektsiya 2026 Show One – 20:00 CET
Image source: EBU / Thomas Hanses
The Bulgarian selection for the 70th Eurovision Song Contest kicks off tonight with the first of three shows.
15 artists are competing tonight for their place in the next round of the Bulgarian selection. Each artist will perform a song from their back catalogue, from which the public and jury will vote. The five jury members will score each performance between 1 and 5 points, while the public can vote once on the BNT website for their favourite. The public’s favourite will receive 15 points, with their least favourite receiving 1 point. The maximum score available at this stage is 40 points. The top seven highest scoring acts will qualify for the second phase. Should there be a tie for 7th, then all the tied acts in 7th will also qualify for the second phase.
The artists competing to represent Bulgaria in Vienna are:
DARA
Dara Ekimova
DIA
Elizabet
Fiki
Innerglow
Kerana & the Cosmonauts
Mihaela Marinova
Mihaela Fileva
Molets
MONA
Preyah
Roksana
VALL
Veniamin
Taking the Natsionalnata selektsiya 2026 stage as guest acts will be Krisia, Kristian Kostov and Victoria. Kristian Kostov finished second for Bulgaria at Eurovision 2017 with “Beautiful Mess”, while Victoria was the last act to make it to a Eurovision final for Bulgaria in 2021. Boryana Gramatikova and Georgi Lyubenov will host Bulgaria’s national selection.
🇱🇹 Lithuania – Eurovizija.LT 2026 – Heat One – 20:00 CET
Eurovizija.LT commences tonight with the first of five Heats. Eight artists will compete in each heat, with two qualifying for the final. Tonight’s show will be hosted Gabrielė Martirosian, Eglė Kernagytė, and Rimvydas Černiauskas.
The eight acts competing tonight are:
Siga – “Noriu jo” (I want him)
Valdas Lacko – “Pabandom” (Let’s try)
Elizabeth Olshey – “Between”
Noy – “Stand up”
Rug!le – “Ikona Žemaitė” (Samogitian Icon)
Aistė Pilvelytė – “Tarp žvaigždžių tylos” (Among the silence of the stars)
Thomas G – “One night lover”
The Ditties – “Mambo”
As ever the results of the show will be determined by 50% televoting and 50% jury voting. The jurors for this weeks show are:
Karolis Talutis – Member of 8 Kambarys
Ieva Narkutė – Singer
Vytautas Bikus – Producer
Kamilė Gudmonaitė – Director
Unė Liandsbergytė – LRT OPUS host
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 semi-final. 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.
8 Kambarys will be guest performers in this weeks Semi-Final, with a song written by Gutjera Denisovaitė.
🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Luxembourg Song Contest 2026 – Final
Finalists for the Luxembourg Song Contest 2026. Image source: RTL
Tonight, Luxembourg will select their representative for the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Eight acts will be taking to the stage tonight at the Rokhal, all competing to represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest. The third edition of the Luxembourg Song Contest sees Luzac return to the competition, while the seven other acts are competing for the first time. The hosts for the show are Raoul Roos, Loïc Juchem, and Hana Sofia Lopes.
The acts competing to represent Luxembourg in Vienna are:
Steve Castile – “Sweet Tooth”
Andrew the Martian – “I’m the Martian”
Daryss – “Melusina”
Eva Marija – “Mother Nature”
Hugo One – “Born Again”
Irem – “Bad Decisions (Hush Hush)”
Luzac – “Prison Dorée” (Golden prison)
ShiroKuro – “Eye to eye”
In the first round, all eight finalists will perform their competing songs and voting will then commence. The public in Luxembourg and internationally then has 20 minutes to vote for their favourites. Once the voting closes, the combined top three of the jury and public will progress to the next round.
In the second round, the public can then vote again for a period of 20 minutes, while the eight member international jury will also vote. The winner will be the act that receives the highest point total. Voting costs €0.99 per vote, with the public able to cast up to 20 votes per voting round. Voting will take place through www.esc.vote
The guest artists for the final tonight are MariKo, Laura Thorn (Luxembourg 2025), Væb (Iceland 2025), JJ (Eurovision 2025 Winner for Austria) and Sandra Kim (Eurovision 1986 winner for Belgium.
The show will be live on YouTube, RTL, RTL Today and RTL Infos. Melissa Dalton and Meredith Moss will host the English language coverage on RTL Today, while Charlotte Gomez and Jérôme Didelot will guide viewers on RTL Infos.