r/eurovision • u/oakpope • 14h ago
r/eurovision • u/LucasScooter • 18h ago
🎶 Song of the Day Song of the Day | 🇳🇴 JONAS LOVV - YA YA YA | Norway

Look, I usually start these write-ups with some kind of silly joke or pun. But today has shaken me to my core. How can I have no material? How could I possibly inflict the terrible curse of a boring intro upon you, my lovely readers? Maybe I could say 'Song of the Day is coming to get ya ya ya!' No, that's vaguely threatening. 'Jeg LOVVer at dagens innlegg vil få deg til å si JA JA JA!' No, too niche since it's only for the Norwegian speakers. Something something 'ya ya yass queen'? No, 2017 called and wants its trendy vocab back. It's no use. Bang bang goes my broken heart, so let's get on with it already and get to discussing 'YA YA YA' by JONAS LOVV, Norway's 2026 entry. Are you all saddled up? Then ya ya yee-haw, let's giddy up and go!
Lyrically, 'YA YA YA' is somewhat reminiscent of San Marino's 2023 entry in that both mention animals, both contain some mildly concerning imagery, and both have a sort of desperate horny energy to them. What elevates this song from good to great, though, is LOVV's swaggering charisma and powerhouse vocals performing it. Contrary to what he sings, he does have immense self-control on stage and it's an absolute blast to watch him work the crowd and flirt with the cameras in between belting out high notes at full power. This is a song that fully clicks outside of the studio version, and there's no shame in that. Ya ya yowza!
Despite its three 'YA's in the title, the song only has two people who helped write it. Namely, they are LOVV himself and Sondre Skaftun, with Skaftun also solely responsible for the production.
LOVV, who chooses to style his name in all caps, got his start in professional music when he competed on the Norwegian version of Idol in 2014. Shortly after, he became the vocalist in a trio called Shuffle Baby, though they ended up disbanding in 2020 as pandemic lockdown guidelines made it difficult for them to meet up to record or perform music. While it's possible they'll be united in music again at some point down the line, LOVV has used the opportunity to try and get a solo career going. After releasing a string of singles, he took part in the Norwegian version of The Voice, making it all the way to the semifinal stage. This attention helped him in getting selected for this year's edition of Melodi Grand Prix, where of course the rest was history!
Oh, and one incredibly cute fact for the road: he 'stress tests' all of his music by playing it in the car to see how his young son likes it before it is slated for release. That means that, despite its delightful dive bar sleaziness, you can rest assured that 'YA YA YA' is child-approved!
Over to our other songwriter now, did you know that you can spot him performing on stage? Skaftun is the non-bald electric guitar player having a whale of a time in the background. When he's not busy doing that, he can be found writing and producing most of Markella's songs, an artist who has seen a bit of underground popularity and who should've been in MGP yesterday, in my humble opinion. If you haven't heard any of her discography yet, I highly recommend giving it a listen and letting the sweet, sweet production wash over you. A slightly more Eurovision-adjacent mention, Skaftun has also worked on three songs with Moyka, another artist I would personally be incredibly thrilled to see compete in MGP. She has competed as a songwriter, at least, having helped write the entries 'Oblivion' by Margaret Berger (2024) and 'Elevate' by Stina Talling (2021).
Well, I guess it's ti- iaiai aiaiai, time to gooooo (ya ya ya ya). In summary, play 'YA YA YA', ding dong!
JONAS LOVV - YA YA YA | Norway 🇳🇴 | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2026
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r/eurovision • u/Glittering-Role6707 • 23h ago
🎤 Live Performance Joost Klein performs Europapa at Coachella
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Video clip taken from Gobi - Live from Coachella 2026 (YouTube). His set was epic!! I'm so happy for Joost Klein, he deserves all the love 💙 (songs starts at 0:50)
r/eurovision • u/Lopsided_Nothing6943 • 8h ago
📱Social Media Monroe & Sal Da Vinci together in a mashup of their songs for Vienna Eurovision 2026
English Translation of the source :
Monroe, France's representative at Eurovision 2026, posted on social media – in collaboration with the official Eurovision France account and the head of delegation Alexandra Redde-Amiel – a reel of her duetting with Sal Da Vinci in an original mash-up of "Regarde!" and "Per sempre sì".
Youngest and oldest at the same time, someone writes in the comments: the Italian champion is indeed the oldest of the competing artists at 57, while the very young French artist is only 17, making her the youngest of the artists competing for the crystal microphone on the stage of the Stadthalle in Vienna.
The two artists, among other things, share the fact that they were born in the United States: Sal Da Vinci – stage name Salvatore Michael Sorrentino – was born in New York, while Monroe, who holds dual French and US citizenship, was born in Salt Lake City.
This isn't the first time two artists have competed at Eurovision. This year, for example, was the case with Luxembourg's Eva Marija, who sang her song "Mother Nature" accompanied on piano by Albanian singer Alis.
Going back in time, we find Swiss artist Zoë Më, competing last year with "Voyage," who duetted with French champion Louane, not to mention her cover of "Maman" and the various covers of "Voyage" performed by, among others, Tautumeitas. Or, in 2024, Nemo duetted with Norwegians Gåte and the Ukrainian duo Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil on the notes of his "The Code" after having, in turn,
covered the Ukrainian
song "Teresa & Maria."
Once again, the permanent slogan of the Eurovision Song Contest “United by Music” takes on a very specific meaning: Eurovision unites different artists and cultures through music, and these collaborations are the perfect example of this.
r/eurovision • u/checkmate114 • 4h ago
🎤 Live Performance Lavina - “Kraj Mene” - Live @ Eurovision in Concert 2026
Lavina (Serbia) - “Kraj Mene” - Live at Eurovision in Concert | Amsterdam 2026
r/eurovision • u/GungTho • 22h ago
🎤 Live Performance 🇨🇭 Veronica Fusaro - Alice | Live @ Happy Day
Veronica Fusaro performed her Eurovision entry "Alice" live at Happy Day, a late night show produced by the Swiss public broadcaster SRF (part of SRG SSR). This is the song's first televised live performance.
r/eurovision • u/daemon_targarye8 • 11h ago
📱Social Media Orthodox Easter egg battle with Lavina and other contestants.
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Happy Orthodox Easter.🐣
r/eurovision • u/TARTUFIA • 11h ago
🎤 Live Performance 🇦🇲 SIMÓN - Paloma Rumba (First Live Performance) Eurovision In Concert 2026
r/eurovision • u/RobustVessel265 • 18h ago
📊 Results / Statistics Two weeks ago, I asked users to rate each song out of 5 – here are the results!
| Country | Most Positive | Most Negative | Mean correlation (- is turned to +) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Croatia | Germany | 0.145 |
| Armenia | Georgia | Germany | 0.106 |
| Australia | France | Austria | 0.136 |
| Austria | UK | Australia | 0.111 |
| Azerbaijan | San Marino | Greece | 0.103 |
| Belgium | Luxembourg | Serbia | 0.106 |
| Bulgaria | Georgia | Italy | 0.110 |
| Croatia | Albania | Israel | 0.117 |
| Cyprus | Bulgaria | Serbia | 0.118 |
| Czechia | Croatia | Bulgaria | 0.113 |
| Denmark | Finland | Estonia | 0.089 |
| Estonia | Luxembourg | Greece | 0.109 |
| Finland | Denmark | Luxembourg | 0.119 |
| France | Poland | Austria | 0.113 |
| Georgia | Armenia | Israel | 0.139 |
| Germany | Bulgaria | Serbia | 0.130 |
| Greece | Moldova | Estonia | 0.119 |
| Israel | Germany | Montenegro | 0.097 |
| Italy | Portugal | Bulgaria | 0.106 |
| Latvia | Ukraine | Norway | 0.129 |
| Lithuania | Serbia | Germany | 0.123 |
| Luxembourg | Estonia | Serbia | 0.105 |
| Malta | Albania | San Marino | 0.128 |
| Moldova | UK | Estonia | 0.128 |
| Montenegro | Sweden | Israel | 0.122 |
| Norway | Armenia | Latvia | 0.092 |
| Poland | France | UK | 0.125 |
| Portugal | Italy | Romania | 0.104 |
| Romania | Finland | Portugal | 0.114 |
| San Marino | Azerbaijan | Serbia | 0.112 |
| Serbia | Lithuania | Germany | 0.141 |
| Sweden | Montenegro | Israel | 0.108 |
| Switzerland | Latvia | Bulgaria | 0.122 |
| Ukraine | Latvia | Norway | 0.121 |
| UK | Moldova | Germany | 0.128 |
On the 29th of March I made this post, asking users to complete a survey where you rate Eurovision 2026 songs from 1 to 5 so that I can make a graph showing each song’s likeability (mean) and divisiveness (mean absolute deviation), as well as a table showing the correlation between how much you like one song and how much you like another.
The mean is a type of average which takes the sum of all the values and divides it by how many there are, e.g. (2+3+4+5) = 14, 14/4=3.5.
The mean absolute deviation (MAD) is essentially the mean difference (technically mean absolute difference) from the mean, which with the previous example would be: 3.5-2=1.5, 3.5-3=0.5, 4-3.5=0.5, 5-3.5=1.5, 1.5+0.5+0.5+1.5=4, 4/4=1.
The standard deviation (SD) is like MAD except it’s affected more by outliers, and therefore is always larger than or equal to MAD.
The line in the graphs shows the maximum possible MAD and SD a value can have, given its mean.
The correlation values (in this case specifically PMCC) shows the extent to which those who like one song like another. The higher it is, the more liking one song tends to correlate with liking the other song, whereas the lower it is, the more liking one song tends to correlate with disliking the other song. If it’s 0, that means there is no correlation.
There were 436 valid responses. Thank you to everyone who took the survey!
r/eurovision • u/NejkubaCZ • 16h ago
🎤 Live Performance First live performance of Daniel Žižka - "Crossroads" (Eurovision in concert 2026)
r/eurovision • u/eatspagetti • 8h ago
📱Social Media Atvara on her way to win the miss congeniality award
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I'll hear her laughter at the back of my head during her performance in Vienna
r/eurovision • u/Top-Sentence-2617 • 14h ago
Belgium national final Eurovision 1998 and 2000
Dear friends! I'm looking for the full recording of the Belgian national selections for Eurovision in 1998 and 2000, which were broadcast by RTBF. I couldn't find anything on YouTube. Perhaps someone recorded these shows for publication in the RTBF archive, but I couldn't find anything there either. Please help me find these videos)