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The Selection Summary – Week of 7ᵗʰ February

3–4 minutes

Watching the Olympics and miss something? It’s okay—we’ve got you covered! Spoilers ahead!

🇺🇦 🏆 Out with the old, in with the new for Ukraine

Ukraine’s national selection Vidbir is a fan-favourite and for good reason. It’s one show and done, with a solid line-up, a pinch of drama, and where anything can happen.

Vidbir 2026 saw the return of Go_A’s (Ukraine 2020, 2021) frontwoman Kateryna Pavlenko, performing with the stage name Monokate, and finishing in 6ᵗʰ place with Tyt.

Jerry Heil (Ukraine 2024) was back to perform Catharticus (Prayer), however only managed a 3ʳᵈ place finish. During the show she posted to her social media that the performance was not live, and that the producers had failed to film her staging as she wanted, despite previous assurances.

In the end, it was newcomer Leléka who won the Ukrainian jury vote and the televote with Ridnym:

🇸🇪 Melodifestivalen 2026 moves to Gothenburg

Heat 2 of Melfest has ended. Another six acts took part, and as always, two went through to the Final in Stockholm on 7ᵗʰ March.

This week saw Felicia and Brandsta City Släckers punch their tickets to Stockholm. Of note, BCS last took part in 2003!

Coming third in the Heat was Robin Bengtsson (Sweden 2017), who still has a 2/5 chance of getting one of the last spots in the Final thanks to the Finalkval vote that will take place immediately after Heat 5!

🇱🇻 Supernova‘s Final is set in Latvia

The last Semi Final of Supernova 2026 took place in Latvia. We now have the last five acts who will compete in the Grand Final next Saturday:

🇱🇹 Eurovizija.LT continues in Lithuania

Another group of eight acts took to the stage Saturday in Heat 3 Eurovizija.LT 2026. Once the results of the televote and juries were combined 50%-50%, two artists (Black Biceps and Paulė) were chosen for the Final on 27ᵗʰ February:

Meanwhile, Aurimo Papečkio-Aury joins Thomas G and Grete from the previous two Heats as the third qualifier for the Wildcard round. Heats 4 and 5 are set to take place over the next two Saturdays.

🇵🇱 Poland drops all the songs for Polskie Kwalifikacje 2026

While some songs have been out for weeks now, by Friday TVP had released all eight songs that will compete in the Polish national final on 7ᵗʰ March. Give them a listen below:

🇷🇸 Serbia releases Pesma za Evroviziju 2026 songs

The top seven from each Semi Final will advance to the Grand Final of PZE26. Competing in Semi Final 1 on 24ᵗʰ February:

  1. Aleksandar – Sudbina [link to Playlist of all Semi 1 songs]
  2. Milica Burazer – Svima vama treba mama
  3. Sanja Aleksić – Ko me proba
  4. LU-KA – Veruj
  5. Jack Lupino – Adrenalin
  6. Zona – Čairi
  7. Brat Pelin – Fräulein
  8. Geminni – Metar sreće
  9. Avgust – Jabuka
  10. Harem Girls x Ivana – Bom Bom
  11. Aleksandra Sekulić – Kule
  12. LAVINA – Kraj mene

Competing in Semi Final 2 on 26ᵗʰ February:

  1. Đurđica – Moma mala
  2. MIRNA – OMAJA [link to Playlist of all Semi 2 songs]
  3. Kosmos trip – Sve je u redu
  4. Iva Grujin – Otkrivam sebe
  5. Eegor – Klaber
  6. Makao – Daj nam svet
  7. Lores – Unseen
  8. MANIVI – Svaki dan
  9. Bella – Trampolina
  10. YANX – Srušio si sve
  11. Zejna – Jugoslavija
  12. Ana Mašulović – Zavoli me

🔮The week ahead …

Tonight, we’ll hear the song JALLA from Antigoni for 🇨🇾 Cyprus! Their best friends in 🇬🇷 Greece will have their two Semi Finals on Wednesday and Friday. We’ll also get the shortlist of names for the 🇷🇴 Romanian Final on Wednesday. Meanwhile in the Balkans, it will be back-to-back Semis in 🇭🇷 Croatia on Thursday and Friday. Valentine’s Saturday looks busy with Semi Finals in 🇸🇪 Sweden and 🇱🇹 Lithuania, and Grand Finals in 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇪🇪 Estonia, and 🇩🇰 Denmark!

What do you think about this week’s results? Do you have a favourite already? Let us know in the comments and on our social media profiles @buildingbridgespod !

Photo credit: Valeriia Mezentseva / Suspilne

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