EUROVISION is here with 70th staging of the event underway in Vienna!
Here’s how voting works in the competition and when the winner will be announced.
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The Eurovision grand final will be aired tonight Credit: AFP via Getty Images
When does Eurovision 2026 finish?
The grand final of Eurovision 2026 finishes at 11.50pm, after the winner of the competition has been crowned.
The winner will be announced towards the end of the broadcast and will perform their winning entry once more before the credits roll.
The final started at 8pm and shows performances from the 25 countries that qualified.
The United Kingdom are one of the so-called big four, along with Germany, Italy and France.
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Austria also qualified automatically as they are hosting the event after winning the 2025 edition.
Look Mum No Computer is performing for the UK Credit: AP
How does the Eurovision voting work?
Eurovision’s voting has changed throughout the years since it was first held in 1956.
Nowadays, the voting is split between online votes and national juries.
A national jury of seven people decides the first half of the voting.
These results are announced first, and often have famous people from that country reading the results out.
Viewers can vote on online through esc.vote or the Eurovision Song Contest app.
Users are limited to 10 votes per payment method, which is new for 2026.
Previously, viewers could have up to 20 votes per payment method, but this was changed after controversy surrounding Israel’s 2025 Eurovision entry.
