{"id":446380,"date":"2026-05-17T15:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/446380\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T15:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:25:13","slug":"eurovision-2026-who-is-jonas-lovv-the-singer-representing-norway-with-ya-ya-ya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/446380\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2026: Who is Jonas Lovv, the singer representing Norway with Ya Ya Ya?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Norway\u2019s 2026 Eurovision<\/a> entry Jonas Lovv first rose to attention in his home country when he competed on the 10th season of The Voice<\/a> last year, reaching the semi-final. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s a bold character with an impressive stage presence, somewhat resembling UK pop star Harry Styles with his tattoos and colourful outfits. Meanwhile, \u201cYa Ya Ya\u201d opens with snarling electric guitars and pounding drums, before Lovv sings: \u201cYou’ve been thinking ’bout love, how it got you so low\/ Baby I’m an animal, I got no self control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hailing from Bergen, Lovv sees this year\u2019s Eurovision Song Contest <\/a>as a chance to fully establish himself as an artist, having honed his craft on the live stage at a series of gigs and festivals in summer 2025. <\/p>\n

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Norway has a mixed history at Eurovision<\/a>. It has won the Eurovision Song Contest three times, most recently with Alexander Rybak and his song \u201cFairytale\u201d in 2009. The country also holds the dubious record for most last-place finishes, with 12. <\/p>\n

However, Norway fared well in 2023, landing in the top five thanks to Alessandra and her song \u201cQueen of Kings\u201d. Last year the country placed 18th, a disappointing result for Kyle Alessandro and his track \u201cLighter\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"JonasJonas Lovv is taking part in Eurovision 2026 \u2018for the love of music\u2019 (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Read our Q&A with Lovv below. <\/p>\n

Hi Jonas, what should our readers know about you?<\/p>\n

I’m a 31 years old guy from Fyllingsdalen, just outside Bergen. I’m living with my girlfriend and my son. I want people to know that I do this simply because I love it. My only goal is for the audience to see exactly that. I\u2019m here for the love of music and all the connections I make along this journey. <\/p>\n

Can you tell us about the inspiration and meaning behind your song Ya Ya Ya? <\/p>\n

I don’t like explaining what my song is about, because I don’t want to ruin the listener’s first impression. They might think it’s a song about heartbreak, something to dance to, or something else entirely. I want people to form their own first impression of the track.<\/p>\n

What would it mean to you to win the Eurovision Song Contest for Norway? <\/p>\n

Of course, winning ESC would be incredible. But it would also secure my future as an artist and the well-being of my family \u2014 so it would honestly mean the world to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-446380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}