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EUROVISION 2026: FINLAND HAD A RECORD AUDIENCE AS 2,6 MILLION WATCHED VIENNA 2026

A week after Eurovision 2026 final let's have a look at the viewing figures around Europe, those that have been published so far at least....

Bulgaria  588.591, peak up to 895.000, share of 45,7%. Second most watched ever after 2017

Austria  1.573.000, share of 78%. The highest since 2015 when Austria hosted.

Greece   2.822.000, share of 70,5% peaking at 83%. Highest since 2011.

Italy 5.098.000 and share of 36%, up 342.000 and continuing the  growth.

Finland  2.600.000 on tv + 1,400.000 online platform. The most watched since 2007 when Finland hosted. The average was 1,800.000. Slightly up from last year. 

Romania  339.000, share of 11%

Czechia had the highest figures in a decade.

Poland 2,500.000 with a peak of 3.300.000 when Alicja was performing. 

Australia scored its second highest combined audience since its debut in 2015 with a total of 3.270.000 viewers for the three shows live or on demand. 

Israel had 32,7% share peaking at 53,2%  or 1,700.000 when Bettan was on stage. 

Denmark 847.000, up 50.000 from 2025 and biggest audience since 2019.

Lithuania 762.900 watched the contest at least for a minute

Germany  8.940.000 share 64,5 (down 2,2%)

France  3.986.000 share 33,3% (down 1.298.000, down 6,7% in share, least watched since 2023

Netherlands 788.000 (last year 2.792.000) , share of 4,8% (last year 61,3%), lowest since 2008. However 2.185.000 viewers watched at least one minute of the 4 hour show.

United Kingdom 5,200.000 down 1.490.000 last year with share of 54%. Lowest since 2010 and including streaming etc could be the lowest ever. 

Norway 676.000, share of 80% but still the lowest audience since 2007!

Sweden 1.949.000 down 628.000.  Lowest in 16 years

Portugal had its weakest audience since 2019 with 465.000, down 51,9% and share of 11,2%.

Belgium had its lowest combined audience since 2018 with 602.000, down 110.000. 

Eurovision Youtube 1,303.000, down 8% from 2025 even if available in USA and the onlu solution in Soain, Ireland, Slovenia


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