Eurovision 2026: Tonight Greece Competes in the Grand Final with Akylas and “Ferto”, Live on ERT1
The big night of Eurovision 2026 has arrived! Tonight, Saturday, May 16, Greece takes the stage of the Grand Final with Akyla and “Ferto”, performing sixth in the running order.
ERT will broadcast the Grand Final live from Vienna on ERT1 at 22:00, bringing viewers all the excitement of the grand celebration of the contest’s 70th anniversary edition.
Providing commentary for the Grand Final for the tenth time are Maria Kozakou and Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Eurovision’s beloved duo, delivering with humor, sharp observations and their unique chemistry everything happening on the stage of the Wiener Stadthalle. At the same time, Klavdia will announce the votes of the Greek jury and Greece’s famous “12 points”.
The countries competing in tonight’s Grand Final, in running order, are: Denmark, Germany, Israel, Belgium, Albania, Greece, Ukraine, Australia, Serbia, Malta, Czechia, Bulgaria, Croatia, United Kingdom, France, Moldova, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, Cyprus, Italy, Norway, Romania and Austria.
Viewers in Greece will have the opportunity to support their favorite songs by voting via telephone call, SMS or online at www.esc.vote.
The Grand Final will also be available through Second Programme 103.7, the new international channel ERT COSMOS, Voice of Greece, as well as through accessibility services with full Greek sign language interpretation and uninterrupted coverage without commercial breaks via the Eurovision Channel on ERTFLIX.
The evening on ERT1 begins earlier, at 20:00, with the first television broadcast of “Ferto Promo Tour – The Movie”. Directed by Giannis Georgioudakis, the documentary follows Akyla on the European journey of this year’s Greek entry, from the stage of the Greek National Final to the stage in Vienna, with the camera capturing fan events, backstage moments, concerts, interviews and meetings with members of the Greek diaspora.
At 21:00, Michalis Marinos and “Eurovision Night” begin the television warm-up for the big evening, featuring special guests and live connections with Maria Kozakou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Katerina Vrana, Kelly Vranaki and Thanos Papachamos from Vienna. The show returns at 01:30, with Michalis Marinos welcoming Klavdia and Maria Iliaki to the studio, the perfect company for commentary on the results. Exclusive interviews and all the backstage action from the Grand Final will also be featured.
