What an opening shot! First impressions are going to be strong for Belgium as an ethereal ESSYLA greets the audience while coming face to face with a wind machine. This diva knows how to confront such a contraption however, and…
Up next in the Wiener Stadthalle is Noam Bettan, rehearsing Michelle for Israel. Right here in the arena, audiences will see a huge diamond object with a mirrored exterior take centre stage. And it’s inside this that the performance starts. Viewers watching…
Vanilla Ninja are representing Estonia at Vienna 2026 because they won the national final Eesti Laul. But the song they scored victory with – Too Epic To Be True – has received a rocked-up revamp especially for the Eurovision Song Contest. And it’s…
Representing Montenegro for Vienna 2026 is Tamara Živković. She’s dressed in a black corset bejewelled in black gems and topped off with a black ruff collar. Her make-up is seriously fierce; that face is painted! And the lipstick shade she’s…
Linda Lampenius stands alone on the deserted stage of what was once an orchestra. Now, it’s been littered with the overturned chairs and sheet-music stands of Linda’s former musician colleagues. But what could possibly have happened here? Shall we head…
It’s the stuff of dreams. Bzikebi representing Georgia at the grown-up Eurovision Song Contest – and they’re dressed fully in black and yellow. The talented trio are proud to pay homage to the big buzzzz around their Junior Eurovision beginnings…
Portugal’s staging commences with a continuous shot that pans through the lineup of Bandidos do Cante singing to their audience. It’s like a Wall of Song – if the video game theme from the entry before them had continued into…
Is this real life? We’ve just been taken right inside a video game. And we’re legit winning. Akylas is taking the Eurovision Song Contest from Arcade to arcade games! This game creates multiple illusions for the viewer and, in it, Akylas wants…
There’s just something about being in the presence of the LELEK ladies singing in unison. It changes you. We may never be the same again. Not long into their performance of Andromeda, we get a stunning shot that really makes use…
