Main points
- The winner of Eurovision 2026 was Bulgaria, and Ukraine took 9th place.
- The final was held in Vienna, and was commented by Timur Miroshnychenko and alyona alyona.
Text broadcast of the Eurovision 2026 final / Collage of Channel 24
The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, took place in Vienna on May 16. The 25 finalists presented their tracks and performances, and at the end of the evening the winner was announced.
How the Eurovision 2026 grand final took place – read in the material of Channel 24 .
The winner of Eurovision 2026 is Bulgaria! Ukraine is in 9th place.
Results from viewers: Great Britain – 0 points; Austria – 6 points; Lithuania – 12 points; Germany – 0 points; Sweden – 16 points; Belgium – 0 points; Serbia – 52 points; Cyprus – 34 points; Moldova – 183 points; Croatia – 71 points; Ukraine – 167 points; Albania – 85 points; Romania – 232 points; Greece – 147 points; Malta – 8 points; Czech Republic – 9 points; Norway – 19 points; Israel – 220; Poland – 17 points; Italy – 147 points; Finland – 138 points; France – 14 points; Denmark – 78 points; Australia – 122 points; Bulgaria – 312 points.
The hosts announced the scores from the national jury . Switzerland gave 12 points to Ukraine ; Malta – Bulgaria; Ukraine – Malta; Luxembourg – Romania; Bulgaria – Malta; Azerbaijan – Italy; San Marino – Malta; Estonia – Finland; Israel – Australia; Australia – Bulgaria; Germany – Poland; Belgium – Poland; Portugal – Albania; Sweden – Finland; Albania – Italy; Cyprus – Greece; Georgia – France; Montenegro – Serbia; Armenia – Australia; Poland – Israel; Greece – Cyprus; Czech Republic – Denmark; Denmark – Bulgaria; France – Norway; Norway – Denmark; Italy – Belgium; Finland – France; Great Britain – France; Latvia – Czech Republic; Serbia – Greece; Moldova – Poland; Croatia – Serbia; Lithuania – Bulgaria; Romania – Australia; Austria – Poland.
The special number was prepared by Cesar Sampson , who represented Austria at Eurovision 2018.
Voting lines are closed!
The interval act featured some of the brightest participants of past years: Ruslana, Verka Serdyuchka, Oleksandr Rybak, Erika Wikman, Christian Kostov, Lordi, Max Mutzke, and Miriana Conte.
Closing out the evening is host country Austria, represented by Cosmó with the track Tanzschein.
Next, the audience saw performances by Jonas Lovv from Norway and Alexandra Căpitănescu from Romania.
Sal Da Vinci , the son of Italian singer and actor Mario Da Vinci, traveled to the song contest from Italy. He performed the song Per sempre sì.
Cyprus is represented this year by Antigoni with the song Jalla. After her performance in the semi-final, the singer's vocals were criticized online, but she still managed to make it to the final.
At number 20 is the representative of Sweden Felicia with the song My System. The audience in the hall was delighted with her fiery performance.
Next on stage was the representative of Poland, Alicja , followed by Lithuanian singer Lion Ceccah .
Finally, the bookmakers' favorites, Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen , representing Finland, took the stage. The artists have been in the lead for a long time.
Moldova's representative Satoshi lit up the Eurovision 2026 stage with the track Viva, Moldova. By the way, he was not afraid to come to Kyiv for this year's National Selection.
Monroe from France was the next to perform her song. She is the youngest participant in Eurovision 2026.
The representative of Great Britain – Look Mum No Computer – took the stage fourteenth. Recall that the country is a member of the Big Five, so it automatically advanced to the final.
Croatia is represented by the band Lelek . The girls impressed with their performance of the song Andromeda and a bright number.
Next, representatives of the Czech Republic and Bulgaria took the stage: Daniel Žižka performed the song Crossroads, and Dara presented the track Bangaranga, which, as we recall, was written by Putinist Philip Kirkorov's friend, Greek composer Dimitris Kontopoulos.
At number 10 this year is Malta. Aidan performed the emotional and sensual ballad Bella.
Serbia's representatives, the band Lavina , are one of the few alternative participants at Eurovision 2026. They tore up the stage with the explosive song Kraj mene.
Australia is one of the favorites for this year's Eurovision. Delta Goodrem represents the country with the song Eclipse. The extremely bright number is remembered by many.
On the stage of Eurovision-2026 – Ukraine! LELÉKA performed at number 7 with the composition Ridnym and filled the entire stage. Together with the singer – bandurist Yaroslav Dzhus. After the end of the performance, the singer shouted to all of Europe: “Glory to Ukraine!”.
Stylish Akilas from Greece performed next with the song Ferto, in which he calls for making the most of life.
The Eurovision 2026 final continues with Alis from Albania. His song is dedicated to all mothers.
Next on the Eurovision stage was the charismatic Essyla from Belgium with the song Dancing on the Ice.
Next up is Israel. The country that has caused perhaps the most controversy at this year's Eurovision is represented by Noam Bettan with the emotional love song Michelle.
At number 2 is Germany. Singer Sarah Engels performed the song Fire. It is a powerful track about strength and self-determination.
The first to light up is Denmark's representative, Søren Torpegor Lund, with the song “Før vi går hjem.” This is a composition about the night that never stops.
Voting has officially begun . We remind you that there are three ways to vote: via the Eurovision Song Contest app, by phone and SMS, and via the official website – www.esc.vote. You cannot vote for your own country.
On the stage of the Wiener Stadthalle are presenters Viktoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrovsky. They welcomed the audience to the start of the grand finale of the anniversary Eurovision Song Contest.
The flag parade has also begun. The finalists solemnly walk across the main stage of Eurovision 2026 with the flags of the countries they represent. The participants take the stage in the order in which they will perform.
Representative of Ukraine at the flag parade / Screenshot from the video
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