{"id":376218,"date":"2026-01-18T02:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T02:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/376218\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T02:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T02:34:17","slug":"today-%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%b7-sing-for-greece-semi-final-two-songs-released-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%bf-azerbaijan-submissions-close-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/376218\/","title":{"rendered":"Today: \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 Sing for Greece Semi-Final Two Songs Released, \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff Azerbaijan Submissions Close & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, the remainder of the songs competing to represent Greece in Vienna will be released, Azerbaijan closes song submissions and the third UMK 2026 song will be released.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 Greece: Sing for Greece \u2013 Ellinik\u00f3s Telik\u00f3s \u2013 Semi-Final Two Songs Reveal \u2013 16:00 CET
\n\"\"Sing for Greece \u2013 Ethnikos Telikos 2026. Image source: ERT<\/p>\n

The songs that will compete in Semi-Final One of\u00a0Sing for Greece \u2013 Ellinik\u00f3s Telik\u00f3s 2026\u00a0will be revealed this afternoon by ERT. The 14 competing songs will be revealed during EurovisionGR, which will air live on ERT1 and ERTFLIX from 16:00 CET.<\/p>\n

The songs being revealed today are:<\/p>\n

Rikki \u2013 \u201cAgapi\u201d (Love)
\nGarvin \u2013 \u201cBack in the Game\u201d
\nMikay \u2013 \u201cLabyrinth\u201d
\nMarika \u2013 \u201cDaughters of the sun (A,E,I,O,U)\u201d
\nD3lta \u2013 \u201cMad About You\u201d
\nZaf \u2013 \u201cAsteio\u201d (Joke)
\nKianna \u2013 \u201cNo more drama\u201d
\nStella Kay \u2013 \u201cYou are the fire\u201d
\nTianora \u2013 \u201cAnatello\u201d (Rise)
\nVictoria Anastasia \u2013 \u201cWhatcha Doin To Me\u201d
\nBasilica \u2013 \u201cSet Everything On Fire\u201d
\nGood Job Nicky \u2013 \u201cDark Side of The Moon\u201d
\nKoza Mostra \u2013 \u201cBulletproof\u201d
\nLeroybroughtflowers \u2013 \u201cSabotage\u201d<\/p>\n

In each semi-final, public voting will choose seven songs to advance to the final, which will consist of 14 songs. In the final, the winning song will be chosen by a public vote (50%) and two judging panels; one international (25%) and one Greek (25%).<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff Azerbaijan \u2013 Eurovision 2026 Song Submissions Close
\n\"\"Mamagama rehearsing Run With U for Azerbaijan at St. Jakobshalle | Image Source: Alma Bengtsson\/ EBU<\/p>\n

Today is the last day for artists to submit their songs for the Azerbaijani selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.<\/p>\n

Artists wishing to participate in the selection process can submit their application and song to song@eurovision.az by 18 January. Submissions must be final versions and comply with the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song must not have been commercially released, or broadcast on public resources and in the media before 1 September 2025, and it must not exceed three minutes in length.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Finland \u2013 Komiat \u2013 \u201cLululai\u201d \u2013 Release \u2013 23:00 CET
\n\"\"Image source: Yle\/Miska Voinoff<\/p>\n

The third of the seven songs that are competing to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will be released later tonight. Komiat are a pop band who formed in 2017, to date they have released two studio albums and have received a number of awards within the Finnish music industry. The song will be released alongside its official music video on the UMK YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, the remainder of the songs competing to represent Greece in Vienna will be released, Azerbaijan closes song…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,33958,143144,391,56,138917,54,55],"class_list":["post-376218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-headline","tag-sing-for-greece","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-umk-2026","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}