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Good evening Europe – and good morning Australia! It’s that time of year again, when most of mainland Europe plus a few other countries gather to decide which three-minute pop spectacle will lodge itself in your brain for at least the next 10 years.
From Vienna this year, expect glitter, key changes, baffling staging decisions and at least one entry that makes you wonder if you have accidentally ingested hallucinogens. Somewhere in among it all, a winner will emerge.
But there are no winners in this quiz, beyond the smug satisfaction of being crowned a Eurovision king, queen or non-binary monarch in your own living room. But beware: too many wrong moves and you may find yourself languishing with the dreaded nul points, forever damned by the imaginary jury in your head.
Sharpen your pencils, warm up your voting fingers … and let the quizvision song contest begin.
The 2026 Guardian Eurovision quiz
- 1.This year Eurovision is in Austria because JJ won it last year. What was JJ's winning song called?
- 2.Who is the 2026 UK entry?
- 3.Which country became the first Eastern European country to host the contest, in 1990?
- 4.Everybody knows that Terry Wogan (pictured) and Graham Norton have done UK television commentary for the final. But which of these famous TV presenters did NOT commentate on Eurovision for the BBC?
- 5.Which of these is the smallest country ever to have won Eurovision?
- 6.Loreen has won Eurovision twice, in 2023 with the song Tattoo, and in 2012 with which anthem?
- 7.How many points did last year's UK entry – What the Hell Just Happened? by Remember Monday – score?
- 8.Which 2026 act previously represented a different country at Eurovision?
- 9.Uniquely in 1980, one African country participated in Eurovision for the first and only time. Which country?
- 10.Une partie de l'Eurovision est toujours en français. Quel est le nom de l'organisation qui gère l'Eurovision ?
- 11.Who are the presenting team (not pictured, that is a drone display, and CGI/AI hasn't quite replaced the presenting duties yet) for the Eurovision final in Vienna this year ?
- 12.Katrina and the Waves were the last act to win Eurovision representing the UK, with Love Shine a Light in 1997. Where did they win it?
- 13.It is the 70th anniversary of Eurovision. Who hosted the first?
- 14.Australia's entry this year is from Delta Goodrem. She has been a judge on which TV show in her homeland?
- 15.Swedish trio Herreys won Eurovision in 1984 with a song called …
- 16.Which of these countries has never won the contest?
- 17.This year Eurovision will feature a returning country, which hasn't appeared since 2022. Who?
- 18.And finally … last year Maltese singer Miriana Conte had to change the lyrics to her song because they sounded slightly too rude in English, thanks to which Maltese word?
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If you think there has been an error in a question or answer, and you are 100% sure you are not fact-checking a joke, you can email the quiz setter [email protected]. But instead of that, why not watch one of the greatest Eurovision performances of all time …? Get those skirts at the ready!
