{"id":12596,"date":"2026-02-14T06:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T06:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/12596\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T06:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T06:25:53","slug":"tonight-%f0%9f%87%a9%f0%9f%87%b0-denmark-%f0%9f%87%aa%f0%9f%87%aa-estonia-%f0%9f%87%b1%f0%9f%87%bb-latvia-select-for-eurovision-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/12596\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight: \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark, \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea Estonia & \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia Select for Eurovision 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia will select for the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. <\/p>\n

The key times for today are:<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf2 San Marino: Dreaming San Marino Song Contest 2026 \u2013 Stage & Live Academy \u2013 Stage Five & Six \u2013 10:00 to 19:40 CET
\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea Estonia: Eesti Laul 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 18:30 CET
\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf2 San Marino: Dreaming San Marino Song Contest \u2013 Casting Show \u2013 19:15 CET
\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 20:00 CET
\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 Lithuania: Eurovizija.lt 2026 \u2013 Heat Four \u2013 20:00 CET
\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 \u2013 Heat Three \u2013 20:00 CET
\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia: Supernova 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 20:10 CET<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf2 San Marino: Dreaming San Marino Song Contest 2026 \u2013 Stage & Live Academy \u2013 Stage Five & Six \u2013 10:00 to 19:40 CET
\n\"\"Gabry Ponte rehearsing Tutta L\u2019Italia for San Marino at St. Jakobshalle | Image Source: Alma Bengtsson\/ EBU<\/p>\n

The Stage & Live Academy round of the Dreaming San Marino Song Contest 2026 continuestoday. This stage will feature eight shows with 30 participants in each show. Five acts from each show will advance, creating two semi-finals of 20 participants (meaning that 40 artists will advance from the Stage & Live Academy round).<\/p>\n

Today, the artists in stages three and four will take to the stage, with a jury selecting five qualifiers from each Stage. The jurors are:<\/p>\n

Domenico \u201cMimmo\u201d Paganelli \u2013 Italian Producer and Music Consultant
\nEldar \u2013 Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 for Azerbaijan alongside Nigar Jamal
\nAndreas Anastasiou \u2013 Head of Media for Cyprus at Eurovision and Junior Eurovision<\/p>\n

Performing for the jury are:<\/p>\n

Stage Five<\/p>\n

Gabriela Dels Angels
\nOrphy
\nMr & Mrs
\nAndres
\nKieda Budini
\nAdolfo Durante
\nMidnight Alexandr
\nMinth
\nGiada
\nMagazzeno
\nLeelou
\nAgnese
\nRedesya
\nPellegrina Pibigas
\nMamababa
\nRyan Song
\nGlass Locks
\nMaria
\nMarcin Szczurski
\nOhro
\nNicolo\u2019 Deori
\nZerhio
\nFlein
\nSananasciari
\nStefano
\nMichela Venturini
\nDemode\u2019
\nAmber & Matt
\nAlthea
\nGoico<\/p>\n

Stage Six<\/p>\n

Lorenzo Bonfire
\nCar\u0394amo
\nRebel Rootz
\nFrancesco Ricci
\nNatisa
\nMrtina
\nNicola Paltrinieri
\nElena Cammarone
\nFreeeda
\nDavide
\nCamilla
\nMetiria
\nDari\u2019
\nDelilah Earnshaw
\nMyky
\nJourney to Io
\nAria
\nIl Cardi
\nMaya Azucena
\nMystic Glow
\nCrisis Theory
\nGiorgia Oddo
\nJeanette Krommen
\nLittle Taz
\nSaxxynus
\nRed Monkeys
\nJuan Sinmiedo
\nCipos
\nAngelo De Maio
\nAngelique<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea Estonia: Eesti Laul 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 18:30 CET
\n\"\"Image source: ERR<\/p>\n

Twelve acts are competing tonight in Tallinn in the final of Eesti Laul 2026, all hoping to be the Estonian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. <\/p>\n

The final of Eesti Laul 2026 will take place in the Unibet Arena in Tallinn. As in previous years, the winner will be determined over two rounds. In the first round, three songs will be selected through a combination of jury voting and televote. In the superfinal, the winner will be chosen solely by televote. The jury for the final will consist of at least seven members, including international music experts actively involved in the making, publishing, or teaching of pop music.<\/p>\n

For the first time in history, viewers outside of Estonia will be able to vote for their favourites in Eesti Laul. Viewers will be able to vote in both rounds of voting on\u00a0eestilaul.vote<\/a>. A maximum of 20 votes can be cast per person per round.<\/p>\n

The running order is as follows:<\/p>\n

Clicherik & M\u00e4x \u2013 \u201cJolly Roger\u201d
\nRobert Linna \u2013 \u201cMetsik roos\u201d (Wild rose)
\nGrete Paia \u2013 \u201cTaevas j\u00e4i \u00fcles\u201d (The sky remains above)
\nLaura Prits \u2013 \u201cWarrior\u201d
\nUliana Olhyna \u2013 \u201cRhythm of Nature\u201d
\nOllie \u2013 \u201cSlave\u201d
\nMarta Pikani \u2013 \u201cKell kuus\u201d (At six o\u2019clock)
\nNO\u00cbP \u2013 \u201cDays Like This\u201d
\nGetter Jaani \u2013 \u201cThe Game\u201d
\nANT x Minimal Wind \u2013 \u201cWounds (Don\u2019t Wanna Fall)\u201d
\nVanilla Ninja \u2013 \u201cToo Epic to Be True\u201d
\nStockholm Cowboys \u2013 Stig R\u00e4sta, Victor Crone\u00a0 \u2013 \u201cLast Man Standing\u201d<\/p>\n

Karl-Erik Taukar and Korea will host Eesti Laul 2026. Both presenters have competed in and hosted Eesti Laul before. Karl-Erik competed in Eesti Laul 2015 with \u201cP\u00e4ev korraga\u201d, which failed to qualify from the first semi-final. He then returned to host the contest in 2019 and 2020. Korea won Eesti Laul 2024 as part of 5Miinust x Puuluup and represented Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with \u201c(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (k\u00fcll) midagi\u201d. Last year, he hosted Eesti Laul alongside Ines, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.<\/p>\n

The guest acts who will be performing tonight are Elina Born, Singer Vinger and Nublu. You can watch the show live on ETV, ETV2, ETV+, Jupiter, ERR.ee, listen on Raadio 2 and stream the show on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf2 San Marino: Dreaming San Marino Song Contest \u2013 Casting Show \u2013 19:15 CET
\n\"\"Gabry Ponte rehearsing Tutta L\u2019Italia for San Marino at St. Jakobshalle | Image Source: Alma Bengtsson\/ EBU<\/p>\n

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 later in February. The show will last for 15 minutes and can be watched\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 20:00 CET
\n\"\"Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 Participants. Image source: Pressefoto \/ DR<\/p>\n

Tonight, Denmark selects its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, with the final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 takes place tonight at Frederikshavn, with eight acts competing to represent Denmark in Vienna. TV and radio host Sara Bro and actor Alex H\u00f8gh Andersen are the duo that will host the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026. This will be the third time that Sara Bro hosts the event, having previously hosted in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will once again have a two-phase final, with voting held across two rounds. In the first round the eight acts will perform with the top three progressing to the superfinal. The top three will be determined by 50% televoting and 50% jury voting.<\/p>\n

In the superfinal, voting will start again. The public will vote again to select their favourite from the remaining three, while the jury will also be voting. This follows the same format as the 2025 final.<\/p>\n

The running order in round one is as follows:<\/p>\n

Sander Sanchez \u2013 \u201cTwo Spirits\u201d
\nLate Runner \u2013 \u201cCan U Feel It?\u201d
\nS\u00f8ren Torpegaard Lund \u2013 \u201cF\u00f8r vi g\u00e5r hjem\u201d (Before we go home)
\nSissal \u2013 \u201cInfinity\u201d
\nEmil Otto \u2013 \u201cCopenhagen Noir\u201d
\nMyrkur \u2013 \u201cTouch My Love And Die\u201d
\nLasse Skriver \u2013 \u201cRoaring Heart\u201d
\nEricka Jane \u2013 \u201cDeath Of Me\u201d<\/p>\n

Voting during Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 will also be opened to viewers in the Faroe Islands and Greenland, where app voting and SMS voting will be available.<\/p>\n

Watch the show live on DR1 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 Lithuania: Eurovizija.LT 2026 \u2013 Heat Four \u2013 20:00 CET
\n\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

Eurovizija.LT 2026, the Lithuanian national selection, continues tonight with the fourth heat. Eight acts will be taking to the stage competing for two places in the final and a place in the wildcard round.<\/p>\n

The eight artists competing tonight are:<\/p>\n

Patricija Lu\u0161\u010dynska \u2013 \u201cWorth it\u201d
\nSelene Ice \u2013 \u201cNessuno\u201d (Nobody)
\nLion Ceccah \u2013 \u201cS\u00f3lo quiero m\u00e1s\u201d (I only want more)
\nFreya Alley \u2013 \u201cNo kiss goodbye\u201d
\nEmi Acidic \u2013 \u201cu broke me\u201d
\nMore. \u2013 \u201cTaip lengvai\u201d (So easily)
\nN\u00f8ra Blu \u2013 \u201cHold my own\u201d
\nSHWR \u2013 \u201cContact!\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

On the jury for Heat Four are:<\/p>\n

Kamil\u0117 Gudmonait\u0117 \u2013 Singer
\nRam\u016bnas Zilnys \u2013 LRT Popular Music Editor
\nIeva Narkut\u0117 \u2013 Singer-songwriter
\nVytautas Bikus \u2013 Composer and songwriter
\nViktoras Diaware \u2013 Singer<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Watch the show live on\u00a0LRT<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 \u2013 Heat Three \u2013 20:00 CET
\n\"\"Image Source: SVT<\/p>\n

Sweden\u2019s search for the 70th Eurovision Song Contest continues this evening as Melodifestivalen 2026 takes place in Kristianstad.<\/p>\n

Heat Three of Melodifestivalen 2026 takes place this evening at the Kristianstad Arena in Kristianstad. Six artists are competing for two places in the final and a place in the \u2018Final Qualifier\u2019. Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold are hosting tonight\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

The six competing acts are:<\/p>\n

Patrick Jean \u2013 \u201cDusk Till Dawn\u201c
\nKorslagda \u2013 \u201cKing of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u201c
\nEmilia Panti\u0107 \u2013 \u201cIngenting\u201d (Nothing)
\nMedina \u2013 \u201cViva l\u2019amor\u201d (Long live love)
\nEva Jumatate \u2013 \u201cSelfish\u201d
\nSaga Ludvigsson \u2013 \u201cAin\u2019t Today\u201d<\/p>\n

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 \u2018Final Qualifier\u2019 to compete again for a place in the final.<\/p>\n

You can watch the show live on SVT1, SVT24,\u00a0SVT Play<\/a>\u00a0and in Finland on Yle Areena and Yle TV1 on delay at 21:45 CET.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia: Supernova 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 20:10 CET
\n\"\"Image Source: LSM<\/p>\n

Latvia selects its representative for Eurovision 2026 tonight with ten acts competing to represent their nation in Vienna.<\/p>\n

Following two semi-finals, ten acts have made it through to the final of Supernova 2026, and are competing for their place at the Eurovision Song Contest. The show will be hosted by Ketija \u0160\u0113nberga, Lauris Reiniks, and M\u0101ra Sleja at the Riga Film Studio.<\/p>\n

The running order is as follows:<\/p>\n

De Mantra \u2013 \u201cLet Them\u201c
\nELPO \u2013 \u201cBlakus<\/a>\u201d (Beside)
\nKrisy \u2013 \u201cTake It\u201c
\nKautkaili \u2013 \u201cTe un tagad\u201d (Here and now)
\nLEGZDINA \u2013 \u201cRibbon\u201c
\nEmilija \u2013 \u201cAll We Ever Had\u201c
\nAtvara \u2013 \u201c\u0112n\u0101\u201d (In the shadow)
\nRobert Ox \u2013 \u201cRavin\u2019 at the Taj Mahal\u201c
\nTIKASHA SAKAMA \u2013 \u201c#010126 Coda\u201c
\nMiks Galvanovskis \u2013 \u201cCruel Angel\u201c<\/p>\n

The winner of Supernova 2026 will be determined by a combination of jury and public voting. For the first time voters outside of Latvia will be able to vote as part of the show. Viewers are able to vote up to 20 times through\u00a0balso.lsm.lv<\/a>. You can only vote once per credit card.<\/p>\n

You can watch the final live on LTV, listen on LR5 and watch on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tonight, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia will select for the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The key…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,5930,26,9674,9675,9676,5931,9677,9678],"class_list":{"0":"post-12596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denmark","8":"tag-danmark","9":"tag-dansk-melodi-grand-prix-2026","10":"tag-denmark","11":"tag-dreaming-san-marino-song-contest-2026","12":"tag-eesti-laul-2026","13":"tag-eurovizija-lt-2026","14":"tag-headline","15":"tag-melodifestivalen-2026","16":"tag-supernova-2026"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}