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

This year Eurovision is in Austria because JJ won it last year. What was JJ's winning song called?
The Code
Bird of Pray
Ich komme
Wasted Love

Who is the 2026 UK entry?
Look Mum No Laptop
Look Mum No VHS
Look Mum No Computer
Look Mum No Chance
Which country became the first Eastern European country to host the contest, in 1990?
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Romania

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?
Michael Aspel
Tony Gubba
David Vine
Dave Lee Travis
Which of these is the smallest country ever to have won Eurovision?
Monaco
San Marino
Liechtenstein
Andorra

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

How many points did last year's UK entry – What the Hell Just Happened? by Remember Monday – score?
22 points, coming 25th
44 points, coming 23rd
66 points, coming 21st
88 points, coming 19th
Which 2026 act previously represented a different country at Eurovision?
Senhit
Vanilla Ninja
Felicia
Red Sebastian
Uniquely in 1980, one African country participated in Eurovision for the first and only time. Which country?
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Une partie de l'Eurovision est toujours en français. Quel est le nom de l'organisation qui gère l'Eurovision ?
Alliance européenne des diffuseurs publics (AEDP)
Grande alliance radiophonique et télévisuelle d’Europe (GARTE)
Union européenne de radio-télévision (UER)
Paneuropéenne organisation de radio et télédiffusion (PORT)

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 ?
Sarah Puntigam, David Alaba and Viktoria Schnaderbeck
Brigitte Bierlein, Sebastian Kurz and Beate Meinl-Reisinger
Victoria Swarovski, Michael Ostrowski and Emily Busvine
Zippy, George and Bungle

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?
Dublin
Oslo
Malmö
Rome
It is the 70th anniversary of Eurovision. Who hosted the first?
Luxembourg
Switzerland
France
Italy

Australia's entry this year is from Delta Goodrem. She has been a judge on which TV show in her homeland?
The Australian X-Factor
The Voice Australia
Australia's Got Talent
Australian Opportunity Knocks
Swedish trio Herreys won Eurovision in 1984 with a song called …
Diggi-Lay Diggi-Loo
Diggi-Lee Diggi-Lah
Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley
Diggy-Los Diggy-Llama
Which of these countries has never won the contest?
Poland
Serbia
Greece
Belgium
This year Eurovision will feature a returning country, which hasn't appeared since 2022. Who?
North Macedonia
Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria

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?
Kant
Fack
Ballox
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
15 and above.
You are a Eurovision champion!
10 and above.
Close but no cigar
0 and above.
Very close to the dreaded nul points!
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!