{"id":41309,"date":"2026-05-13T21:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/41309\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:42:40","slug":"swedens-eurovision-entry-has-wardrobe-malfunction-minutes-into-first-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/41309\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden’s Eurovision entry has wardrobe malfunction minutes into first semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eurovision Song Contest’s new UK host pointed out an issue minutes into tonight’s show.<\/p>\n

Hayley Anderson Screen Time TV Reporter<\/p>\n

21:22, 12 May 2026Updated 21:28, 12 May 2026<\/p>\n

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Sweden’s Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry Felicia. (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

Sweden’s Eurovision Song Contest<\/a> entrant experienced a costume mishap just moments into their semi-final performance.<\/p>\n

Performer Felicia appeared on the Vienna stage to deliver her energetic track My System, sporting a black glittery mask that concealed the lower portion of her face.<\/p>\n

Yet during the routine, as the music transitioned and the lighting faded, when she reappeared, Felicia was sporting oversized glasses with the mask nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n

She carried on singing as though nothing had occurred, but BBC<\/a> presenters Angela Scanlon<\/a> and Rylan Clark<\/a> disclosed that this hadn’t been planned.<\/p>\n

Scanlon remarked: “That’s a bit of a wardrobe malfunction on the old glasses, isn’t it? She let the mask slip too, this is all a bit of an exclusive, we didn’t see this in rehearsal.”<\/p>\n

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Sweden’s Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry Felicia performs with a mask. (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

Clark then playfully interjected: “I’m just happy she’s got a mouth! I didn’t know if she had one or not.”<\/p>\n

Despite the costume blunder, fans remained enthusiastic about Felicia’s performance.<\/p>\n

One viewer posted on X: “I think #Norway (in Thursday’s semi final) is my favourite, but that #Sweden performance was something else…What a tune!<\/p>\n

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Sweden’s Eurovision entry Felicia suffered a “wardrobe malfunction” during the semi-final.(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

“Sweden was damn good, will definitely qualify!”, a second wrote as another branded it a “pure dance banger”.<\/p>\n

Another spectator noted: “Sweden is the queen and king when it comes to Eurovision, they don’t play it lightly.”<\/p>\n

The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will once more feature 15 countries in each semi-final battling for their spot in the prestigious grand final this Saturday, May 16, on BBC<\/a> One.<\/p>\n

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Eurovision Song Contest’s Swedish entry Felicia performed My System.(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

The leading 10 nations from each semi-final will advance to join the five pre-qualified countries \u2014 France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and last year’s winner, Austria \u2014 on the night.<\/p>\n

Eurovision 2026 is being held in Vienna, Austria, after 24-year-old JJ claimed the coveted trophy with his performance of Wasted Love.<\/p>\n

Rylan Clark and Angela Scanlon are presenting tonight’s show and the remaining semi-finals on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with Graham Norton stepping in to host the grand final on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

Eurovision Song Contest 2026 continues nightly this week at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eurovision Song Contest’s new UK host pointed out an issue minutes into tonight’s show. Hayley Anderson Screen Time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20858],"tags":[11004,20859,20863,20860],"class_list":{"0":"post-41309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eurovision","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-eurovision","10":"tag-eurovision-song-contest","11":"tag-eurovision-song-contest-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}