Yesterday we got the blog for the rehearsals of the Big 4 and the Host country, and today we bring the first looks of the contestants for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
The Big 4 and the Host country of Eurovision 2026, had their first rehearsals yesterday in the Wiener Stadthalle, in Vienna.
In this article we bring you excerpts from Eurovision’s official Reddit account’s live blog and the first looks:
Italy
Sal Da Vinci – Per Sempre Sì
We start with the all-important suit fitting. A pair of groomsmen assist a happy fellow as he chooses the threads for his impending special day. Meanwhile, Sal Da Vinci performs at the front of the stage showing these style wannabes how it’s really done. He’s looking RESPLENDENT in a white suit, modern in style but representative of Naples design. The outfit was made especially for Sal by a Neapolitan designer.
For our next scene, a chandelier is lowered as Sal ushers us into his extravagant ballroom. Here, our excited groom (we’re talking back flips here) and his best men showcase some top-tier choreography. That wedding reception is going to be LIT! But we’ll get to that in due course…
Next up, it’s the big day. And as the blushing bride is finally introduced to audiences at home, walking slowly up the catwalk of the stage, we witness Sal as the multi-tasking man of legend he truly is; today, Sal is moonlighting as the marriage officiant! The happy couple couldn’t be happier. And who can blame them?
Night falls on the Wiener Stadthalle stage and we end the song with the hottest invitation in Naples – the wedding reception! It’s a scene of lemon trees and lights, with fireworks depicted on the graphics behind Sal, too. The firework finish seems appropriate, with the symbolism fitting for the vocal prowess that the singer is displaying right now. The high pitch he’s performing in is rare for a male vocalist… Sal is precisely the kind of gem he loves to point to.
Germany
Sarah Engels – Fire
Black, red and gold is the colour scheme for Germany at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest. Get that German flag represented, Sarah!
The stage of the Wiener Stadthalle ain’t big enough for a star of Sarah Engels’ status! As a result, she’s brought along a cube-like prop to give her the performance platform she deserves. And no one will be able to argue with that after they’ve seen Fire for the first time! Sarah starts the performance lying down on this cube, performing a piano-ballad version of her Eurovision song to the camera above. It doesn’t take the blazing banger long to ignite, however, with Sarah soon breaking into the song we all know and love.
Sarah Engels is dressed entirely in gold, in a bodysuit that represents the title of her song. The corset part has been designed to look like roaring flames, while sparkling rhinestones dotted elsewhere resemble golden embers bringing yet more heat to Sarah’s performance. During the performance, the singer is joined by four dancers throughout – also dressed in gold.
Our gal Sarah (aka Our Sarah Engal’) has requested that we keep some surprises in store for viewers. So we’re absolutely not going to mention the bit where Sarah [REDACTED] her [REDACTED] and proceeds to [REDACTED] while [REDACTED], all she’s [REDACTED]. Honestly, we need a lie down after that.
But we CAN tell you that it ends in a flaming display of pyro. It just had to, really, didn’t it?
France
Monroe – Regarde !
At just 17 years old, Monroe is poised and positioned in a manner which draws inspiration from the painting style of the French Romantic era. She didn’t come to play, she came to PERFORM!
Commencing in a thick cloud of smoke, Monroe’s introduction to the viewer is a dramatic one. Starting the performance on a small podium at the back of the stage, she ends on a different platform at the very front of the stage, after a three-minute march across a 30-metre catwalk.
Monroe has utilised the steadicam for parts of her performance, singing directly to it and making her impassioned plea for the audience to ‘regarde moi’. She doesn’t get to plead her case for long, however, with her five dancers having to forcibly hold her back. It’s a conflict! And the smoke intensifies as the battle progresses. During a finish so climactic it has a double ending, we get fireworks in the graphics and pillars of smoke erupting from the stage.
Monroe is dressed entirely in white for her performance, in a style that merges modern design with the traditional fashion of the aforementioned French Romantic era. A bell-shaped skirt is tailored over a petticoat, while on top the singer is wearing a shirt, tie and waistcoat combo. Cotton and silk are the fabrics ‘du jour’! The singer’s dancers are all dressed in black, complementing the black and white colour scheme of the lighting and graphics accompanying Monroe’s performance.
United Kingdom
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER – Eins, Zwei, Drei
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER has arrived in Vienna, yet he already finds himself back to working the ol’ 9 to 5 office set-up.
But this is no ordinary workplace; it’s very much a supersized version of Eins, Zwei, Drei music video. As the song begins we see rows of desks on the stage. Joining him for his shift are four (for now!…) co-workers, but as you might well have come to expect from LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER, these are not your average colleagues. Wearing computer monitors for heads, these guys sum up precisely how the artist feels about his new environment.
At the start of his story, he goes along with the soul-crushing drudgery of the office life he’s been plonked into. But as the track really kicks in, LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER breaks free and escapes. Job done! The office desks become a choreography centre-piece as LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER and his co-workers transform their space. Before we know it there’s been a stage makeover revealing LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER’s signature synthesizers and keyboard. Fun fact: the props in use were built by the multi-talented LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER himself!
For his performance on the Eurovision stage, LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER is decked out in his trademark boiler suit, which has had something of a glow up, with a hint of functional fashion. It’s dusky pink in colour with silver zips, and the look is completed with Doc Marten boots for him to stomp around the Wiener Stadthalle stage in.
Austria
COSMÓ – Tanzschein
Our host entry begins with COSMÓ and his crowd of animals lying down on the stage floor. This is the part where Sir David Attenborough would come in and inform us that nighttime has fallen on the Sahara. But COSMÓ has other nocturnal activities in mind… The club awaits!
If you didn’t know it already, Tanzschein has its own dance routine. And it’s that choreo which is placed centre stage during the performance. Whether COSMÓ and his animal friends are doing the dance all in a line or atop the huge climbing frames that are lowered from the arena ceiling onto the stage floor, it’s clear he wants viewers at home to join in. This enthusiasm for movement ties in with the message of the song – if you’re gonna go to the club, you gotta dance!
‘Dance away your inner animal’ are the words we see written on the stage at the start of the performance. COSMÓ is dressed for it too, in black leather trousers, a black rhinestone shirt and a mirrorball-inspired breastplate with matching disco armour running down his left arm. He ends the performance in his happy place; at the club with multi-coloured strobe lights pulsating behind him.
