{"id":430571,"date":"2026-05-16T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/430571\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:49:08","slug":"eurovision-2026-live-updates-start-time-how-to-watch-and-when-results-will-be-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/430571\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2026 live: Updates, start time, how to watch and when results will be announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greece\u2019s Eurovision 2026 entry Akylas wrote song \u2018Ferto\u2019 about \u2018greed and overconsumption\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Get to know Greece\u2019s eye-popping Eurovision 2026 entry<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 13:26<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2367422\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>VIDEO: Greece&#8217;s Eurovision 2026 contestant Akylas rehearses song &#8216;Super Ferto&#8217;Greece&#8217;s Eurovision 2026 contestant Akylas rehearses song &#8216;Super Ferto&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 13:03<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2367400\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>&#8216;I&#8217;m used to being the underdog&#8217; &#8211; meet UK entry Look Mum No Computer<\/p>\n<p>The UK&#8217;s Sam Battle, aka Look Mum No Computer, isn&#8217;t worried about his chances in the Eurovision final taking place in Vienna, Austria tonight!<\/p>\n<p>I caught up with the singer, musician, YouTuber and inventor earlier this week to chat about his performance, the UK\u2019s history at Eurovision and the controversy surrounding Israel\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 12:15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2367421\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>VIDEO: Australia&#8217;s Eurovision 2026 contestant Delta Goodrem rehearses &#8216;Eclipse&#8217;Australia&#8217;s Eurovision 2026 contestant Delta Goodrem rehearses &#8216;Eclipse&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 12:03<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2367404\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>Does Eurovision really hate the UK? Here are the surprising stats<\/p>\n<p>But contrary to that belief \u2013 the UK has won the Eurovision Song Contest a total of five times,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/eurovision\/eurovision-2024-how-to-vote-b2542296.html\"> having first entered the competition in 1957<\/a>, which places it just behind Sweden and Ireland, who jointly have the most Eurovision wins with seven each.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a full breakdown of the UK\u2019s history at Eurovision:<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 11:24<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2367419\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>VIDEO: Watch Italy&#8217;s contestant Sal Da Vinci performItaly&#8217;s Eurovision 2026 contestant Sal Da Vinci rehearses song &#8216;Per Sempre Si&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 11:03<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2367406\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>Meet Dara, the singer representing Bulgaria at Eurovision 2026<\/p>\n<p>Known for hits such as \u201cThunder\u201d and \u201cCall Me\u201d, she has achieved a string of number one hits in Bulgaria and has also mentored future generations of musicians on The Voice of Bulgaria, in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 10:37<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2367418\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>VIDEO: Norway\u2019s Eurovision 2026 contestant Jonas Lovv rehearses \u2018Ya Ya Ya&#8217;Norway\u2019s Eurovision 2026 contestant Jonas Lovv rehearses \u2018Ya Ya Ya&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 10:04<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2367402\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>The running order for tonight\u2019s final<\/p>\n<p>Look Mum No Computer (real name Sam Battle) will perform his zany entry \u201cEins, Zwei, Drei\u201d, around halfway through the competition in which 25 countries secured spots as finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the running order for this evening:<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 09:45<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2367414\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>The dark tale driving Eurovision 2026\u2019s favourite towards glory<\/p>\n<p>But one of this year\u2019s favourites is taking to the stage with a defiant fightback.<\/p>\n<p>Roisin O&#8217;Connor16 May 2026 09:22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greece\u2019s Eurovision 2026 entry Akylas wrote song \u2018Ferto\u2019 about \u2018greed and overconsumption\u2019 Get to know Greece\u2019s eye-popping Eurovision&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-430571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}