Kalispera Europe, this is Athens calling! We are heading to the Land of the Gods aka Greece where the Greek national selection- Sing For Greece 2026 is set to kick off with its first semi-final tonight.

ERT, the Greek national broadcaster, is working from strength to strength to showcase an extraordianary and entertaining show.

How to watch?

You can watch the First Semi-final of  Sing For Greece – Ethnikós Telikós 2026 at 20:00 CET via the following channels:

  • ERT 1
  • ERT World
  • ERTFLIX

About the show

Sing For Greece 2026 will be held in Athens. A total of 14 acts will be battling during tonight’s show for in the Grand Final for a spot in the Grand Final. The top seven acts after a 100% televoting deliberation will proceed to the Grand Final.

Giorgos Kapoutzidis , Betty Maggira and Katerina Vrana will have the grand honour of hosting Sing For Greece 2026.

Klavdia (Greece 2025) will be performing during the interval of the show.

Participants

  1. Alexandra Sieti – «The Other Side»
  2. The Astrolabe – «Drop It»
  3. Desi G – «Aphrodite»
  4. Akylas – «Ferto»
  5. Evangelia – «Parea»
  6. Panagiotis Tsakalakos – «2nd Chance»
  7. Niya – «Slipping Away» 
  8. Marseaux – «Hanomai»
  9. Rosanna Mailan – «Alma»
  10. Stefi – «Europa»
  11. Revery – «The Songwriter»
  12. Dinamiss – «Chaos»
  13. Stylianos – «You & I»
  14. Spheyiaa – «Hilia Kommatia»

Sing For Greece 2026

The 2026 Greek national selection Sing For Greece consists of three live televised shows: two semi-finals and a grand final:

  • 11/02/2026- Semi-final #1
  • 13/02/2026- Semi-final #2
  • 15/02/2026- Grand Final

A total of  28 songs will compete in each of the two semi-finals, fourteen songs will battle in each of the two semi-finals.  Seven songs from each of the semi-finals will proceed to the Grand final after a 100% public voting deliberation.

Hence a total of 14 songs will battle for the golden ticket to Eurovision 2026 at the Grand Final. The 2026 Greek Eurovision entry and act will be determined via a combined public voting/ expert jury deliberation (Greek & International).

 

 

 

 


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.