Tonight: 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal & 🇸🇪 Sweden Select for Eurovision 2026

Today, Poland, Portugal and Sweden will select their entries for Eurovision 2026 as the national final season comes to its conclusion.

The key times today are:

🇵🇱 Poland: Finał polskich kwalifikacji – Final – 17:35 CET
🇸🇪 Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 – Final – 20:00 CET
🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival da Canção 2026 – Final – 22:15 CET

🇵🇱 Poland: Finał polskich kwalifikacji – Final – 17:35 CET
Justyna Steczkowska rehearsing GAJA for Poland at St. Jakobshalle | Image Source: Alma Bengtsson / EBU

Tonight, the final of the Polish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest takes place with eight acts competing for their place in Vienna. This evening’s show will feature pre-recorded performances of the artists with voting taking place until midnight.

The acts competing in the Polish selection today are (click on the song title to watch a snippet):

The winner of Finał polskich kwalifikacji will be announced on the morning of March 8 during Pytanie na śniadanie at 10:00 CET. The winner will be determined purely by the number of votes that each act receives, with the act that receives the highest number of votes declared the winner.

In the event that a tie occurs or the public vote fails, then the winner will be determined by a back-up jury. The back-up jury will be formed of representatives of the Eurovision fan community.

You can watch the final on TVP 1, TVP Polonia and TVP VOD.

🇸🇪 Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 – Final – 20:00 CET
Image Source: SVT

Tonight, the final of Melodifestivalen 2026 takes place with ten acts competing live from the Strawberry Arena in Solna

After five heats, ten acts remain in contention to represent Sweden at the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Gina Dirawi and Hampus Nessvold are hosting tonight’s show. The running order is as follows:

A*Teens – “Iconic”
Meira Omar – “Dooset Daram” (I love you)
Lilla Al-Fadji – “Delulu”
Saga Ludvigsson – “Ain’t Today”
Smash Into Pieces – “Hollow”
Cimberly – “Eternity”
Medina – “Viva l’amor”
Greczula – “Half Of Me”
Robin Bengtsson – “Honey Honey”
Felicia – “My System”
Sanna Nielsen – “Waste Your Love”
Brandsta City Slackers – “Rakt in i elden” (Straight into the fire)

The winner this evening will be determined by 50% public voting and 50% international jury voting. The international juries voting this evening are:

Finland – Third appearance, last voted in 2022
Czechia – Third appearance, last voted in 2022
Italy – Seventh appearance, last voted in 2025
France – Forteenth appearance, last voted in 2025
Croatia – Fourth appearance, last voted in 2023
Australia – Ninth appearance, last voted in 2024
Greece – Fourth appearance, last voted in 2025
Armenia – Fifth appearance, last voted in 2020

You can watch the show live on SVT1, SVT24, SVT Play and in Finland on Yle Areena and Yle TV1 on delay at 22:25 CET.

🇵🇹 Portugal: Festival da Canção 2026 – Final – 22:15 CET
NAPA rehearsing Deslocado for Portugal at St. Jakobshalle | Image Source: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

The final of Festival da Canção 2026 takes place this evening live from the Valentim de Carvalho studios in Lisbon. Ten acts will take to the stage to compete to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Vasco Palmeirim and Filomena Cautela will present the Grand Final, marking their eighth consecutive year hosting the final night of Festival da Canção. Catarina Maia and Alexandre Guimarães will report from the Green Room.

The running order is as follows:

Bandidos do Cante – “Rosa”
João Ribeiro – “Canção do querer”
André Amaro – “Dá-me a tua mão”
Gonçalo Gomes – “Doce ilusão”
Marquise – “Chuva”
Evaya – “Sprint”
Sandrino – “Disposto a tudo”
Nunca Mates o Mandarim – “Fumo”
Silvana Peres – “Não tem fim”
Dinis Mota – “Jurei”

The winner will be determined by 50% televoting and 50% jury voting. As ever the jury will be formed of regional juries across Portugal. The juries voting are:

North
Central
Lisbon
Alentejo
Algarve
Madeira
Azores

It is important to note that seven of the finalists have stated they will not go to Eurovision in protest of Israel’s continued participation in the contest. Of the finalists, André Amaro and Bandidos do Cante have stated they would participate in Eurovision if they win, while Sandrino has not stated whether he would participate.

You can watch the show live here on RTP 1, RTP Africa and RTP Internacional and online here.