Today, the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 press centre opened its doors for accredited members of the media to watch a full run-through of the Grand Final from start to finish. Immediately after, we invited members of the press to vote in our annual Press Poll.
Press Poll 2026: Grand Final
During the rehearsal, accredited members of the press were able to follow proceedings live from the arena in the press centre in a closed viewing live in the arena. After today’s acts took to the stage, we invited members of the media to vote for their FIVE favourite rehearsals of the day.
The Press Poll results for the dress rehearsal of the Grand Final are:
Each member of the press was asked to rank their top 5 favourites (12, 10, 8, 6, 4) rehearsals of the day.. Thank you to the 77 of you who voted!
The 2026 Press Poll and Eurovision Audience Poll
Earlier this week, we conducted the first Press Poll for Semi-Final 1 on Monday 11th May and the second Press Poll for Semi-Final 2 on Wednesday 13th May.
In addition, we will be working with ESC Insight, 12 Points From America, Merci Cherie Podcast, That Eurovision Site and ESC Gabe to conduct The Eurovision 2026 Audience Poll. Members of the six participating platforms will be approaching audience members leaving the Wiener Stadthalle after each evening preview show to ask them who their favourite of the night was.
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Albania!!!!!!!!
Australia