Martin Belam 

Take the ultimate Eurovision quiz! Can you avoid nul points?

Ahead of the 70th grand final on Saturday, it’s time to test your knowledge of Europe’s biggest pop spectacular. But can you sort your Loreen from your Vanilla Ninja?
  
  

Loreen performs during the Eurovision grand final in 2023.
Loreen performs Tattoo at the Eurovision grand final in 2023. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

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. JJ

    This year Eurovision is in Austria because JJ won it last year. What was JJ's winning song called?

    1. The Code

    2. Bird of Pray

    3. Ich komme

    4. Wasted Love

  2. Sam Battle

    Who is the 2026 UK entry?

    1. Look Mum No Laptop

    2. Look Mum No VHS

    3. Look Mum No Computer

    4. Look Mum No Chance

  3. Which country became the first Eastern European country to host the contest, in 1990?

    1. Czechoslovakia

    2. Hungary

    3. Yugoslavia

    4. Romania

  4. Terry Wogan

    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?

    1. Michael Aspel

    2. Tony Gubba

    3. David Vine

    4. Dave Lee Travis

  5. Which of these is the smallest country ever to have won Eurovision?

    1. Monaco

    2. San Marino

    3. Liechtenstein

    4. Andorra

  6. Loreen

    Loreen has won Eurovision twice, in 2023 with the song Tattoo, and in 2012 with which anthem?

    1. Ecstasy

    2. Elysium

    3. Euphoria

    4. Euphonium

  7. Remember Monday

    How many points did last year's UK entry – What the Hell Just Happened? by Remember Monday – score?

    1. 22 points, coming 25th

    2. 44 points, coming 23rd

    3. 66 points, coming 21st

    4. 88 points, coming 19th

  8. Which 2026 act previously represented a different country at Eurovision?

    1. Senhit

    2. Vanilla Ninja

    3. Felicia

    4. Red Sebastian

  9. Uniquely in 1980, one African country participated in Eurovision for the first and only time. Which country?

    1. Algeria

    2. Egypt

    3. Libya

    4. Morocco

  10. Une partie de l'Eurovision est toujours en français. Quel est le nom de l'organisation qui gère l'Eurovision ?

    1. Alliance européenne des diffuseurs publics (AEDP)

    2. Grande alliance radiophonique et télévisuelle d’Europe (GARTE)

    3. Union européenne de radio-télévision (UER)

    4. Paneuropéenne organisation de radio et télédiffusion (PORT)

  11. Eurovision drones

    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 ?

    1. Sarah Puntigam, David Alaba and Viktoria Schnaderbeck

    2. Brigitte Bierlein, Sebastian Kurz and Beate Meinl-Reisinger

    3. Victoria Swarovski, Michael Ostrowski and Emily Busvine

    4. Zippy, George and Bungle

  12. Katrina and The Waves

    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?

    1. Dublin

    2. Oslo

    3. Malmö

    4. Rome

  13. It is the 70th anniversary of Eurovision. Who hosted the first?

    1. Luxembourg

    2. Switzerland

    3. France

    4. Italy

  14. Delta Goodrem

    Australia's entry this year is from Delta Goodrem. She has been a judge on which TV show in her homeland?

    1. The Australian X-Factor

    2. The Voice Australia

    3. Australia's Got Talent

    4. Australian Opportunity Knocks

  15. Swedish trio Herreys won Eurovision in 1984 with a song called …

    1. Diggi-Lay Diggi-Loo

    2. Diggi-Lee Diggi-Lah

    3. Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley

    4. Diggy-Los Diggy-Llama

  16. Which of these countries has never won the contest?

    1. Poland

    2. Serbia

    3. Greece

    4. Belgium

  17. This year Eurovision will feature a returning country, which hasn't appeared since 2022. Who?

    1. North Macedonia

    2. Hungary

    3. Turkey

    4. Bulgaria

  18. Miriana Conte

    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?

    1. Kant

    2. Fack

    3. Ballox

    4. Nöbbeur

Solutions

1:D - It ended up in the top ten in more than eight European countries, 2:C - Sam Battle, better known online as Look Mum No Computer, is an English musician, YouTuber, electronics enthusiast, 3:C - The contest was held in Zagreb, after the song Rock Me by the group Riva won the previous year, 4:B - Michael Aspel did the job in 1969 and 1976, Dave Lee Travis in 1971, and David Vine in 1974, 5:A - Monaco won in 1971 with the song Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue performed by Séverine, but then declined to host it the following year, 6:C - Outside of Sweden, the song peaked at number one in more than 15 countries across Europe, and is considered an absolute banger, 7:D - The UK has only finished higher than 15th once in the last 13 contests, but the trio did better than some recent efforts, yes, James Newman, we are looking at you, 8:B - They are representing Estonia with Too Epic to Be True, but their success in the German-speaking market led them to represent Switzerland at Eurovision in 2005, 9:D - Bitakat Hob, sung in Arabic and performed by Samira Bensaïd, placed second to last. Tunisia had been set to appear in 1977, but withdrew, 10:C - Elle a été fondée le 12 février 1950 et son siège social est à Genève, 11:C - Swarovski and Ostrowski are TV presenter and much more in Austria and Busvine will be chipping in from the Green Room, 12:A - It was the fourth time Ireland had hosted the contest in the space of five years, 13:B - It was in Lugano, and sadly only a few fragments of it survive in the archives., 14:B - She has appeared on over five seasons of the show, 15:C - It was different times?, 16:A - That also means they've never had a chance to host it, 17:D - Dara's song was picked from three written for her by the public in a vote, 18:A - She was not allowed to say that she was 'Serving kant' before the watershed for some reason

Scores

  1. 15 and above.

    You are a Eurovision champion!

  2. 10 and above.

    Close but no cigar

  3. 0 and above.

    Very close to the dreaded nul points!

  4. 6 and above.

    On the right-hand of the scoreboard we are afraid

  • 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 martin.belam@theguardian.com. But instead of that, why not watch one of the greatest Eurovision performances of all time …? Get those skirts at the ready!

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