# Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/eurovision-song-contest-2026 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/eurovision-song-contest-2026.md Podcast: [popular Wiki of the Day](https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172) Published: 2026-05-17T03:01:46+00:00 Episode link: https://wikioftheday.com/wotdep.php?pod=popular&epnum=3301 Audio file: https://wikioftheday.com/pwotd/pwotdpod20260517030146.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/episodes/eurovision-song-contest-2026 Duration seconds: 136 ## Resource pWotD Episode 3301: Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today. With 528,304 views on Saturday, 16 May 2026 our article of the day is Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May and a final on 16 May 2026, held at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and presented by Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski, with Emily Busvine acting as the green room host. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), which staged the event after winning the 2025 contest for Austria with the song "Wasted Love" by JJ. Broadcasters from thirty-five countries participated in the contest, two fewer than in 2025 and the smallest number of participants since 2003, before the introduction of semi-finals. Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain opted not to participate in protest at Israel's inclusion in the context of the Gaza war, marking the largest number of boycotting countries in the contest's history since 1970, while Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania returned after absences from recent editions. The winner was Bulgaria with the song "Bangaranga", performed by Dara and written by her with Anne Judith Wik, Cristian Tarcea, and Dimitris Kontopoulos. The song won both the jury vote and televote, and gave Bulgaria its first win in the contest. Israel, Romania, Australia, and Italy rounded out the top five, with Romania equaling its best placement from 2005 and 2010 while achieving its highest point total to date. This recording reflects the Wi… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/episodes/eurovision-song-contest-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/eurovision-song-contest-2026.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.