Eurovision: how it works and Greece’s entry

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For the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Greece will beryllium represented with the τραγούδι “Ferto”, written by Akylas Mytilinaios, Orfeas Nonis, Theofilos Pouzbouris and Thomas Papathanasis, and performed by Akylas himself.

The rules of the Eurovision Song Contest – the biggest unrecorded televised euphony lawsuit – person evolved to support gait with technological, creator and geopolitical changes implicit the past 70 years.

Here is simply a look astatine however the contention is enactment together, however artists are chosen and however the voting system works successful 2026:

Organisers

Eurovision is an planetary co‑production by nationalist broadcasting services that are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the world’s biggest nationalist work media alliance.

Held successful May, the yearly contention is hosted by the broadcaster of the state that won the erstwhile edition.

Since the EBU has 113 subordinate organisations successful 56 countries, the contention is unfastened to countries from extracurricular the continent, and it is presented successful some English and French.

Who takes portion and who doesn’t?

Each state tin nonstop 1 song, selected done nationalist processes by the participating broadcasters.

This year 35 countries are taking part.

France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom person a guaranteed spot successful the final, owed to their larger fiscal contribution, arsenic does the big country.

But Spain has decided to boycott this year’s edition, together with respective different countries, successful protestation astatine Israel’s participation, implicit its war successful Gaza.

The participating countries compete, aft a random draw, successful two semi‑finals.

In each semi‑final, 10 of them suffice for the expansive final.

The rules

The winner is determined by the votes of nationalist juries appointed by the participating broadcasters and by the nationalist vote, formed by text connection oregon online.

Viewers are not allowed to vote for their ain country, and planetary audiences extracurricular the participating countries tin besides formed their votes online.

The τραγούδι that receives the highest combined people from the nationalist vote and the nationalist juries is declared the winner.

The songs person to beryllium archetypal and indispensable not transcend three minutes.

All performers indispensable beryllium astatine slightest 16 years aged and a maximum of six performers whitethorn look unrecorded connected stage astatine the aforesaid time.

“Political statements, gestures, oregon actions during the event, including immoderate instrumentalisation of the contention for governmental oregon different purposes are prohibited,” the EBU says connected its website.

Failure to comply with the rules whitethorn effect successful disqualification.