{"id":675909,"date":"2026-05-17T02:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675909\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T02:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:50:12","slug":"eurovision-2026-final-in-chaos-as-act-falls-on-stage-mid-performance-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675909\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2026 final in chaos as act falls on stage mid-performance | TV &#038; Radio | Showbiz &#038; TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year saw Austrian singer JJ win the competition, after it was held in Basel, Switzerland, with the UK\u2019s Remember Monday coming in 19th place with 88 points after performing What The Hell Just Happened? The UK is now being represented by electronic music artist and tech creator Look Mum No Computer, who will be performing Eins, Zwei, Drei. The Song Contest has been mired in controversy so far, with a number of countries withdrawing their applicants and boycotting over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/israel\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israel<\/a>\u2019s participation, and Eurovision 2026 will now only includes 25 performers in the grand final.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, the show is being presented on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/bbc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> by Graham Norton, and hosted live by Austrian stars, Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/strictly-come-dancing\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> star and 2026 Jury Spokesperson La Voix delivers the UK\u2019s 12 points.<\/p>\n<p>However, interrupting his usual Eurovision commentary, Graham was forced to address some blunders. During the show, it was revealed a cameraperson fell over as Czechia\u2019s act performed.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Zizka had been singing Crossroads, but as it came to an end, Graham took a moment to mention the blunders.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cA great performance vocally, but quite a few technical problems there. That did not happen in any of the rehearsals, the distorted picture. And I think the cameraman inside the mirrors, I think he fell? I\u2019m not quite sure but Czechia won\u2019t be happy about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he introduced the next act, Graham added: \u201cBut the show goes on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the Eurovision final, Daniel Zizka spoke about what he hoped to achieve from his performance.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;Eurovision is a huge platform and a big show. But what I mainly want to bring there is music and emotion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t want to compete hidden behind flashiness and spectacle. I want to stand firmly behind who I am as an artist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last year saw Austrian singer JJ win the competition, after it was held in Basel, Switzerland, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,1576,134,183816,325839,102160,325837,325838],"class_list":["post-675909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-eurovision-2026","tag-eurovision-final","tag-eurovision-song-contest","tag-eurovision-uk","tag-uk-eurovision"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}