For each participating broadcaster, there must be at least one person available to act as ‘Head of Delegation’. The project manager who oversees all aspects of an entry to the contest.
They attend pre-contest briefings and meetings that take place between editions of the competition. Not all of these people are part of the Eurovision Reference Group.
During the Eurovision week, they head up the team from each broadcaster and make sure that all is going to plan. If an artist or anyone in the team is unhappy, they should channel their concerns through their head of delegation.
They may oversee or have a say in the national selection process, but this isn’t always their job. They don’t always look after accreditation, so it’s probably not worth sending them a begging letter if you’ve not been confirmed a bar stool at the Euroclub.
2026 Eurovision Song Contest Heads of Delegation
This list changes all the time, and if we have the incorrect name, feel free to let us know.
- Albania: Edvin Shvarc
- Armenia: David Tserunyan
- Australia: Emily Griggs
- Austria: Stefan Zechner
- Azerbaijan: Nurlana Jafarova
- Belgium: Maarten Verhaeghen assisted by Michaël De Lil (RTBf) or Birgit Simal (VRT)
- Croatia: Tomislav Štengl
- Czech Republic: Kryštof Šámal
- Cyprus: Evi Papamichael
- Denmark: Erik Struve Hansen
- Estonia: Riin Vann
- Finland: Anssi Autio
- France: Alexandra Redde-Amiel
- Georgia: Natia Mshvenieradze
- Germany: Alexandra Wolfslast
- Greece: Monica Papadatos
- Iceland: Rúnar Freyr Gíslason
- Ireland: Alan Tyler
- Israel: Yoav Ginai
- Italy: Mariangela Borneo
- Latvia: Guntars Gulbiņš
- Lithuania: Audrius Giržadas
- Malta: Gordon Bonello
- Montenegro: Nataša Baranin
- Netherlands: Claudia van der Pas
- Norway: Mads Tørklep
- Portugal: Carla Bugalho Trindade
- Poland: Tomasz Sołowiński
- San Marino: Denny Montesi
- Serbia: Uroš Marković
- Slovenia: Aleksander Radic
- Spain: César Vallejo
- Sweden: Lotta Furebäck
- Switzerland: Daniel Meister
- Ukraine: Oksana Skybinska
- United Kingdom: Andrew Cartmell