83 Songs Submitted to Luxembourg Song Contest 2026 – Eurovoix

RTL has revealed that 83 songs have been submitted by 58 artists to compete in the Luxembourg Song Contest 2026.

The Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL has confirmed that the international jury will have to evaluate a total of 83 songs have been submitted by 58 artists, competing to represent the Grand Duchy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

The broadcaster explained that 59% of the submitted songs are in English, but many artists also use French (10%) and Luxembourgish (7%). In total, 6 languages ​​were used among the submitted songs – English, French, Luxembourgish, Portuguese, Spanish, and German.

All artists had to meet three criteria: either have Luxembourgish nationality, have been resident in Luxembourg for at least 3 months, or have a connection to the Luxembourgish cultural and music scene. RTL informs that the candidates come from 17 different nationalities, and that the gender split is almost equal.

All the 58 candidates will have now to undergo a round of live auditions in front of an international jury of Eurovision experts. The live auditions start from today, Friday 24, and will go on until Sunday 26. The members of the international jury are:

Karin Gunnarsson: producer of Melodifestivalen (Sweden’s national selection for Eurovision)
Gísli Berg: member of the Icelandic Eurovision delegation since 2019 and producer of Söngvakeppnin (Iceland’s national selection for Eurovision)
Paul Jordan, also known as “Dr. Eurovision”: British Eurovision Song Contest expert. He worked behind the scenes at the contest between 2014 and 2018, and he was also a member of the international jury for France (2019) and Ireland (2023)
Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal: French songwriter and musical theatre writer. Author and ESC fan from the very beginning, he was part of the team that wrote and composed “La poupée monte le son” (Luxembourg’s entry for Eurovision 2025).
Elsie Bay: Norwegian singer-songwriter. She has written multiple entries for the Norwegian national selection Melodi Grand Prix, and for other national selections in Germany and Luxembourg, including “Drowning in the Rain”, which was sung by Krick at the Luxembourg Song Contest 2024.

The artists that will advance from the round of live auditions will be announced on all RTL platforms on October 30.

The third edition of the Luxembourg Song Contest will take place on January 24 in Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette, according to a press statement released by the broadcaster. The live final will see several acts compete to represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Austria.

Laura Thorn represented Luxembourg at Eurovision 2025 with “La poupée monte le son”. She finished 22nd with 47 points. This is the worst result of the country since its comeback in 2024, when Luxembourg came 13th with Tali and “Fighter”.

Image source: Alma Bengtsson / EBU | Source: RTL

Luxembourg was one of seven countries to take part in the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Luxembourg participated in the contest 37 times before withdrawing from the contest after 1993. During these 37 years, they won the contest five times. The last of these victories came in 1983. Luxembourg came close to returning to the contest in 2004, but opted against it due to the financial cost of participating. They eventually returned in 2024, after an absence of 31 years.

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