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There’s headline news, and there’s not really headline news. I mean… there’s yesterday’s big meeting and there’s everything else. But because we’re anal about the details, this is where we keep you informed about stuff that probably doesn’t need a full page all to itself…
Meanwhile…
In Bulgaria, returning broadcaster BNT has announced a national selection to choose its Eurovision 2026 entry, and will invite 15 artists to take part. The show will be broadcast in three stages in January and February 2026. The winner will be selected by a combination of a televote and jury vote.
Denmark will show its hand on 22 January with the eight acts taking part in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 showcased online.
The twelve songs competing in Eesti Laul 2026 hoping to represent Estonia are available now on the Jupiter platform.
Over in Italy, Carlo Conti has announced the 30 artists competing in the Big Names category at Sanremo 2026. The line-up includes former Italian Eurovision 2018 representative Ermal Meta. We’ll get the song titles during the Sanremo Giovani final on 14 December. All entries will be heard for the first time on 24 February, the first night of the festival.
In Latvia, the 24 songs in the running for a Eurovision place at next year’s Supernova are out and available to preview on YouTube. This year there will be two semi-finals (January 31 and February 7) with the grand final on Valentine’s Day. Ten songs will qualify from the heats with one wildcard (a song that nobody liked much, and therefore stands no chance) added to the line-up. Tickets are on sale here for the shows.
If Lithuania is more your scene, why not nip over to Spotify and listen to the songs in the running for the 2026 national final marathon.
Over in Serbia, RTS has revealed the 24 artists taking part in Pesma za Evroviziju 2026. The list includes 2025 runners up Harem Girls. There will be two semi-finals ahead of the grand final in February. Adding to the fun, the show has a brand new logo.
- Mirna Radulović – OMAJA
- Zona – Čairi
- Anabela Mitić – Trampolina
- Iva Grujin – Otkrivam sebe
- LU-KA – Veruj
- Kosmos trip – Sve je u redu
- Makao bend – Daj nam svet
- Lores – Unseen
- Harem Girls – Bom Bom
- Jack Lupino – Adrenalin
- Zejna – Jugoslavija
- Milica Burazer – Svima vama treba mama
- Manivi – Svaki dan
- Sanja Aleksić – Ko me proba
- Lavina – Kraj mene
- Ana Mašulović – Zavoli me
- Brat Pelin – Fräulein
- Geminni – Metar sreće
- Đurđica Gojković – Moma mala
- YANX – Srušio si sve
- Aleksandar Radojević – Sudbina
- Eegor – Klaber
- Aleksandra Sekulić – Kule
- Avgust – Jabuka
Suspilne has released the nine-strong Vidbir 2026 shortlist of acts hoping to represent Ukraine in Vienna. This follows last week’s long list of fifteen. A tenth finalist will be determined by an online vote in January among the artists that did not make the final cut. (ANSTAY, Karyotype, KHAYAT, MON FIA, OKS, and Marta Adamchuk). The full line-up will be made public by 15 January, Vidbir takes place in February 2026.
With that ‘big meeting‘ in the rear view, the EBU are ringing around their mates to see if anyone might fancy stepping in now a bunch of broadcasters have said they’ll be washing their hair on the night of Eurovision’s 70th Birthday Party. The latest potential new kid on the block is Kazakhstan – who, let’s be honest, have been champing at the bit for ages. As Khabar Agency (the Kazakh broadcaster) is not a full member of the EBU, they would need (like Australia) an invite to take part. And there are ongoing rumblings about how there isn’t enough money set aside to cover participation. Still, never say never. According to the Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan, Khabar Agency will hear if they’re in or out ‘early next year’. So technically long after the extended deadline for 2026.
