2026 Eurovision Song Contest.
 

Australian Delta Goodrem has a 14% chance of winning the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, placing her as the second favourite behind Finland, which has a 38% chance. This marks a significant improvement following her impressive semifinal performance.

Delta performed in the second half of the second semi-final in slot 11. Her own composition Eclipse qualified for the grand final along with nine other performers.

I haven’t been able to find the name of the recording studio for her song Eclipse, but I found all the musicians on Eclipse were in Los Angeles so I’d say that’s where the studio is, and it’s not being advertised.

Pity, that’s a studio owners dream to have a hit song recorded in your studio, especially if the singer wins the Eurovision Song Contest. They might be waiting to see if she wins it.

It seems unusual that Eclipse was mastered by Leon Zervos at 301 studios in Sydney, maybe something to do with Delta Goodrems own new record label ATLED records.

We’re all wishing her the best of luck on May 17 in Austria …

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Well after a 4hr show, Bulgaria won it and Australia came 4th, not bad in the company of all the other countries. The technology used in the voting procedure from around the world was first rate. While America is not in the Euro contest, how come Australia is?

Australia competes in the Eurovision Song Contest because its national broadcaster, SBS, is an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). After broadcasting the contest since 1983, Australia was invited as a special guest for the 60th-anniversary contest in 2015 and was so well-received that the EBU made its participation a regular fixture.

While Australia is free to compete and send an artist, there are specific terms in place. Unlike European nations, if Australia were to win the contest, we would not host the event the following year. Instead, we would co-host the competition in a European city alongside a partner EBU broadcasting channel. (See, I bet you didn’t know that, I didn’t :)

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I’m a Brit. We seem unable to select artists who can sing, have lyrics more than twelve words long and appeal to anybody. We used to have public selection of our entry and now it’s picked by a committee of idiots. In our tv today we are subjects of ridicule. 1 point. Last! For us, we’ve been one a joke!

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I knew about the "honour" of hosting the next Eurovision contest if you won. I've also read that this is what is behind countries deliberately sending a really zany act so they're still 'competing' but won't be burdened with having to host the next one.

It makes sense to me!

Andrew

Re: 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.
 

Andrew, zany, funny and highly theatrical performances (such as Verka Serduchka or the Russian grannies) usually enter because they are incredibly memorable and tend to score highly with the tele-voting public. These novelty acts are meant to provide entertainment rather than purposefully fail.

If a broadcaster genuinely cannot afford or manage the logistical burden of hosting the multi-day event, there is zero obligation to do so. The hosting rights simply pass on to the runner-up or another participating country, as seen on many occasions.

Paul, how the wheels turn, back in the early 1960s the Beatles might have very easily won it. However so far you’ve won it 5 times, down under here in Australia we never have.

A sad 2026 U.K. total like that is just the thing to fire a young British group up, realising a Eurovision Song Contest win will make their future - and their fortune.

Today Paul McCartney could easily be saying, “Mmmm I’ll ask Ringo what is he doing next year - just one more time.”