{"id":462206,"date":"2026-03-07T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/462206\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:06:09","slug":"tonight-%f0%9f%87%b5%f0%9f%87%b1-poland-%f0%9f%87%b5%f0%9f%87%b9-portugal-%f0%9f%87%b8%f0%9f%87%aa-sweden-select-for-eurovision-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/462206\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight: \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland, \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portugal & \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden Select for Eurovision 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, Poland, Portugal and Sweden will select their entries for Eurovision 2026 as the national final season comes to its conclusion.<\/p>\n

The key times today are:<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland: Fina\u0142 polskich kwalifikacji \u2013 Final \u2013 17:35 CET
\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 20:00 CET
\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portugal: Festival da Can\u00e7\u00e3o 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 22:15 CET<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland: Fina\u0142 polskich kwalifikacji \u2013 Final \u2013 17:35 CET
\n\"\"Justyna Steczkowska rehearsing GAJA for Poland at St. Jakobshalle | Image Source: Alma Bengtsson \/ EBU<\/p>\n

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\u2019s show will feature pre-recorded performances of the artists with voting taking place until midnight.<\/p>\n

The acts competing in the Polish selection today are (click on the song title to watch a snippet):<\/p>\n

The winner of\u00a0Fina\u0142 polskich kwalifikacji\u00a0will be announced on the morning of March 8 during\u00a0Pytanie na \u015bniadanie\u00a0at 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

You can watch the final on TVP 1, TVP Polonia and TVP VOD.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 20:00 CET
\n\"\"Image Source: SVT<\/p>\n

Tonight, the final of Melodifestivalen 2026 takes place with ten acts competing live from the Strawberry Arena in Solna<\/p>\n

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\u2019s show. The running order is as follows:<\/p>\n

A*Teens \u2013 \u201cIconic\u201d
\nMeira Omar \u2013 \u201cDooset Daram\u201d (I love you)
\nLilla Al-Fadji \u2013 \u201cDelulu\u201d
\nSaga Ludvigsson \u2013 \u201cAin\u2019t Today\u201d
\nSmash Into Pieces \u2013 \u201cHollow\u201d
\nCimberly \u2013 \u201cEternity\u201d
\nMedina \u2013 \u201cViva l\u2019amor\u201d
\nGreczula \u2013 \u201cHalf Of Me\u201d
\nRobin Bengtsson \u2013 \u201cHoney Honey\u201d
\nFelicia \u2013 \u201cMy System\u201d
\nSanna Nielsen \u2013 \u201cWaste Your Love\u201d
\nBrandsta City Slackers \u2013 \u201cRakt in i elden\u201d (Straight into the fire)<\/p>\n

The winner this evening will be determined by 50% public voting and 50% international jury voting. The international juries voting this evening are:<\/p>\n

Finland \u2013 Third appearance, last voted in 2022
\nCzechia \u2013 Third appearance, last voted in 2022
\nItaly \u2013 Seventh appearance, last voted in 2025
\nFrance \u2013 Forteenth appearance, last voted in 2025
\nCroatia \u2013 Fourth appearance, last voted in 2023
\nAustralia \u2013 Ninth appearance, last voted in 2024
\nGreece \u2013 Fourth appearance, last voted in 2025
\nArmenia \u2013 Fifth appearance, last voted in 2020<\/p>\n

You can watch the show live on SVT1, SVT24,\u00a0SVT Play<\/a>\u00a0and in Finland on Yle Areena and Yle TV1 on delay at 22:25 CET.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portugal: Festival da Can\u00e7\u00e3o 2026 \u2013 Final \u2013 22:15 CET
\n\"\"NAPA rehearsing Deslocado for Portugal at St. Jakobshalle | Image Source: Sarah Louise Bennett \/ EBU<\/p>\n

The final of Festival da Can\u00e7\u00e3o 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.<\/p>\n

Vasco Palmeirim and Filomena Cautela will present the Grand Final, marking their eighth consecutive year hosting the final night of Festival da Can\u00e7\u00e3o.\u00a0Catarina Maia and Alexandre Guimar\u00e3es will report from the Green Room.<\/p>\n

The running order is as follows:<\/p>\n

Bandidos do Cante \u2013 \u201cRosa\u201d
\nJo\u00e3o Ribeiro \u2013 \u201cCan\u00e7\u00e3o do querer\u201d
\nAndr\u00e9 Amaro \u2013 \u201cD\u00e1-me a tua m\u00e3o\u201d
\nGon\u00e7alo Gomes \u2013 \u201cDoce ilus\u00e3o\u201d
\nMarquise \u2013 \u201cChuva\u201d
\nEvaya \u2013 \u201cSprint\u201d
\nSandrino \u2013 \u201cDisposto a tudo\u201d
\nNunca Mates o Mandarim \u2013 \u201cFumo\u201d
\nSilvana Peres \u2013 \u201cN\u00e3o tem fim\u201d
\nDinis Mota \u2013 \u201cJurei\u201d<\/p>\n

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:<\/p>\n

North
\nCentral
\nLisbon
\nAlentejo
\nAlgarve
\nMadeira
\nAzores<\/p>\n

It is important to note that seven of the finalists have stated they will not go to Eurovision in protest of Israel\u2019s continued participation in the contest. Of the finalists, Andr\u00e9 Amaro and Bandidos do Cante have stated they would participate in Eurovision if they win, while Sandrino has not stated whether he would participate.<\/p>\n

You can watch the show live here on RTP 1, RTP Africa and RTP Internacional and online\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, Poland, Portugal and Sweden will select their entries for Eurovision 2026 as the national final season comes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,128857,165918,33958,165919,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-462206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-festival-da-cancao-2026","tag-final-polskich-kwalifikacji-eurowizja-2026","tag-headline","tag-melodifestivalen-2026","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462206","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=462206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}