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🇧🇬 DARA on what she would have done if she hadn't won #Eurovision:

🇧🇹 BBS has announced that the Bhutanese #Eurovision Asia national final is called "Rhythm of Bhutan" and will take place on 11 August. Five acts will take part in the competition: 🔹 The Sangay Lhaden Band 🔸 Baeyul 301 🔹 Karma Drupchu 🔸 Thukten Nyendra 🔹 Pelden Wangchuk

🇬🇪 Bzikebi's Eurovision 2026 song for Georgia is called "On Replay". It will be released on Wednesday 11 March. [🎥 1tv․ge]

🇨🇭🇱🇹 SRG SSR has announced that Lithuanian #Eurovision 2024 representative Silvester Belt will be performing at this year's contest in Basel. [🎥 srg.ssr]

🇬🇪 BREAKING: Junior Eurovision 2008 winners Bzikebi will represent Georgia at #Eurovision 2026. The song they will compete with will be released at a later date. [📹 eurovision]

🇦🇿 İctimai has revealed that JIVA will represent Azerbaijan at #Eurovision 2026.

🇫🇮 Yle has shared a small bit of Käärijä's first #Eurovision rehearsal. [🎥 uudenmusiikinkilpailu]

🇨🇭🇺🇦 SRG SSR has announced that Ukrainian #Eurovision 2024 representative Jerry Heil will be performing at this year's contest in Basel. [🎥 srg.ssr]

🇨🇭🇲🇹 SRG SSR has announced that Maltese #Eurovision 2020 and 2021 representative Destiny will be performing at this year's contest in Basel. [🎥 srg.ssr]

🇦🇿 İTV has announced that the premiere of Azerbaijan’s Eurovision 2026 entry, "Just Go" by JIVA, will take place today at 18:00 CET on the contest’s YouTube channel. [📹 ictimaieurovision]

🇲🇹 TVM has shared a snippet of Miriana Conte during her second #Eurovision rehearsal! [📹 EurovisionSongMalta]

🇨🇭 SRG SSR has announced that #Eurovision 2021 third-place finisher Gjon's Tears will be performing at this year's contest in Basel. [🎥 srg.ssr]

🇦🇹 ORF has shared a video of the live reactions in Vienna and Innsbruck following the #Eurovision host city reveal on Ö3-Wecker this morning. [🎥 oe3hitradio]

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🇮🇹 Italian broadcaster Rai has accidentally revealed their televoting percentages during tonight's #Eurovision semi-final. [🎥 Rai]

🇪🇸 RTVE has shared a teaser of Melody's second #Eurovision rehearsal! [📹 eurovision]

🇭🇺 Hungary's Prime Minister Péter Magyar will instruct the minister or State Secretary for Culture to scrutinize opportunities for Hungary to return to #Eurovision. "There is no sense not to participate in such a contest."

🇮🇪 #Eurovision 1994 winner Charlie McGettigan will return his trophy to the EBU in protest of Israel’s inclusion. “In support of Nemo I would like to return my trophy to the EBU. Unfortunately our win was in 1994, but if I do find it I will return [it]”

🇧🇬 Here's the first reaction of BNT's #Eurovision commentator Elena Rosberg to Bulgaria's first win.

🇮🇹 Rai has shared a teaser of Lucio Corsi's second #Eurovision rehearsal! [📹 eurovision]

🇧🇬 DARA performing her #Eurovision winning entry "Bangaranga" live at Sofia Airport. [🎥 BNT]

🇪🇸 RTVE Chair José Pablo López reaffirmed the broadcaster's position on Israeli participation in #Eurovision 2026. "We hold the same opinion [...] that Israel's presence was unsustainable — firstly, for the genocide. Eurovision is a contest, but human rights are not."

📡 Speaking to SVT, #Eurovision Song Contest Director Martin Green reflects on today's General Assembly vote. He expects 35 countries to participate in the upcoming edition, while hoping the withdrawing countries return in 2027. [🎥 SVT]

🇧🇹 Bhutanese broadcaster BBS appears to have begun broadcasting a national selection for the #Eurovision Asia Song Contest, which they claim will take place in Mumbai. As yet, there is no confirmation from the EBU.

🇧🇬 Upon arriving back in Bulgaria, DARA's plane received a water salute to congratulate her on her #Eurovision 2026 win. [🎥 BNT]

🇺🇦 Suspilne has shared a teaser of Ziferblat's second #Eurovision rehearsal! [📹 eurovision]

🇬🇧 The BBC has shared a teaser of Remember Monday's second #Eurovision rehearsal! [📹 eurovision]

🚨🇧🇬 BREAKING: Bulgaria will take part in #Eurovision 2026, after having last participated in 2022. The reveal was made on the official Eurovision Instagram, though an official confirmation from BNT is pending. [🎥 eurovision]

🇸🇪 SVT has shared a teaser of KAJ's second #Eurovision rehearsal! [📹 eurovision]

🇷🇸 Serbian broadcaster RTS interrupted their broadcast of the first #Eurovision semi-final on RTS 1 tonight in the middle of Poland's performance to report live on the arrival of Chinese president Xi Jinping in Serbia. The show was briefly continued on RTS 2. [🎥 RTS / EBU]

🇵🇭 The 10 songs competing to represent Philippines at Eurovision Asia will be released on 17 August 2026 at 12:00 CEST. More:

🇨🇦 During a speech at a Canada Day event in Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has hinted that a national final will select Canada's #Eurovision 2027 participant. "And you will decide [...] which Canadian artist first steps onto that Eurovision stage".

🇦🇱 RTSH has shared a teaser of Shkodra Elektronike's second #Eurovision rehearsal! [📹 eurovision]

🇳🇱 AVROTROS has shared a teaser of Joost Klein's second #Eurovision rehearsal! [📹 songfestival.avrotros]