The EBU and ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster have released the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest Semi-finals running order. A total of 30 countries will compete in the Semi-finals scheduled to be held on 12 and 14 May.
The running order for the two semi-finals has been determined by host broadcaster ORF and approved by the EBU.
Fifteen countries will participate in Semi-final #1 on 12 May, whilst sixteen countries will participate in Semi-final #2 on 14 May. The BIG 4 countries and host nation Austria will be also performing live at the Semi-finals.
Semi-final #1
Moldova will have the honour of opening Semi-final 1, whilst Serbia will be the last country to take the stage:
- Moldova: Satoshi – Viva, Moldova!
- Sweden: FELICIA – My System
- Croatia: LELEK – Andromeda
- Greece: Akylas – Ferto
- Portugal: Bandidos do Cante – Rosa
- Georgia: Bzikebi – On Replay
- Italy: Sal Da Vinci – Per Sempre Sì
- Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen – Liekinheitin
- Montenegro: Tamara Živković – Nova Zora
- Estonia: Vanilla Ninja – Too Epic To Be True
- Israel: Noam Bettan – Michelle
- Germany: Sarah Engels – Fire
- Belgium: ESSYLA – Dancing on the Ice
- Lithuania: Lion Ceccah – Sólo Quiero Más
- San Marino: SENHIT – Superstar
- Poland: ALICJA – Pray
- Serbia: LAVINA – Kraj Mene
Semi-final #2
Bulgaria will have the honour of opening Semi-final 2, whilst Norway will be the last country to take the stage:
- Bulgaria: DARA – Bangaranga
- Azerbaijan: JIVA – Just Go
- Romania: Alexandra Căpitănescu – Choke Me
- Luxembourg: Eva Marija – Mother Nature
- Czechia: Daniel Zizka – CROSSROADS
- France: Monroe – Regarde !
- Armenia: SIMÓN – Paloma Rumba
- Switzerland: Veronica Fusaro – Alice
- Cyprus: Antigoni – JALLA
- Austria: COSMÓ – Tanzschein
- Latvia: Atvara – Ēnā
- Denmark: Søren Torpegaard Lund – Før Vi Går Hjem
- Australia: Delta Goodrem – Eclipse
- Ukraine: LELÉKA – Ridnym
- United Kingdom: LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER – Eins, Zwei, Drei
- Albania: Alis – Nân
- Malta: AIDAN – Bella
- Norway: JONAS LOVV – YA YA YA
The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held on 12, 14 and 16 May at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria.
The 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be produced by Austrian national broadcaster ORF in collaboration with the EBU.
