Eurovision Song Contest - Complete & Independent Guide 2026 Paperback

Eurovision Complete & Independent Guide 2026 Edition

Paperback edition: 19cm x 25cm, 300 pages.

This 18th edition of our guide to Eurovision contains even more records, data and statistics for every fan of the greatest Song Contest!

Contents

Eurovision Winners since 1956

Section One: Qualifying for the 2026 Contest

Details of National competitions or internal selection plus QR links to the official videos for each country.

Section Two: Eurovision 2026 Contest Details & Votes

2026 First Semi-Final performers and televoting results

2026 Second Semi-Final performers and televoting results

2026 Final performers, jury voting, televoting and combined results

2026 Final: Voting Order & Spokespersons

Round by Round voting & changes to scoreboard: Jury Voting

Round by Round voting & changes to scoreboard: Public Televoting & combined results

Country-by-Country History

Section Three: Statistics & Analysis

Predicting the Winners, the history of votes for the best song

Predicting the Winners, who gives the most 12's and who gives nothing

Marcel Bezençon Awards

OGAE poll result

Internal selection or national competition - the best selection basis?

Winners' Ages & Genders since 1956

2019 Contestants profile - singers & backing performers

Most successful type of act by year and by country

Language history by country

Historical use of English

Population weighted voting

Most Successful Countries League Table

Least Successful Countries League Table

Most Finishes in Top 3

Most Finishes in Bottom 3

Most successful countries adjusted for population size

Most successful country never to have won

Most wins in fewest appearances

A Tale of Two Countries - the rise of Sweden and the decline of Ireland

Best & worst at qualifying from the semi-finals

Best semi-final to compete in

Most consecutive semi-final failures

Unluckiest semi-finals for each country

When voters change their minds - voting in semis compared to the final

Most successful song this century

Best songs not to qualify for the final

Performance of the "Big 4/5"

Running Order analysis, where is best to perform? Previous voting system

Running Order analysis, where is best to perform? New voting System

Winners & losers position in the order of performance since 1975

Double Douze!

Are You Sure? When Juries and the Public Don't Agree

When Juries and the Public Don't Agree - largest differences between points awarded

Highest number of 12's received by one country

Lowest number of 12's received by a winning country

12 Points Go To… a 10 year history by country

History of 12 points from juries and public since 2016

Sharing The Love: the concentration of points awarded

The host country's performance since 1975

Nil Points!

Highest scores in finals

Largest and smallest winning margins

Performance of debutant countries since 1956

The Long Wait for a Win

League Table of Appearances

Closest voting relationships

Each Country's Best Friends & their 10 year voting history

The most one-sided voting - who doesn't reciprocate?

The least friendly pairs of countries: all results since 1975

The least friendly pairs of countries: the effect of the public vote from 2016 onwards

East v West - the impact of geographical voting

Bloc voting by juries and the public in the Final

Complete country-by-country voting analysis since 1975 - who votes for who?

Appendix: Contest Details 1956 - 2025

Contest performers, writers and composers for each year

ISBN 9781291712827