Eurovision Grand Final Tonight – Will Akylas Bring Eurovision Win to Greece with Ferto?

Akylas performs the Greek song, Ferto, connected signifier astatine the Eurovision 2026 1st semifinal. Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU via ERT

The Greek Eurovision entry, Ferto by Akylas, a bookmakers’ favourite to triumph the 2026 contest, is acceptable to vie successful the Grand Final connected Saturday nighttime alongside the Cypriot entry, Jalla by Antigoni Buxton.

The highly catchy tracks were some characterized by precocious vigor performances during the semifinals that took spot earlier this week and secured Greece and Cyprus the qualification to beforehand to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Grand Final.

A full of 25 countries made it done the semifinals to vie for the expansive prize and the hosting of adjacent year’s contest; Denmark, Germany, Israel, Belgium, Albania, Greece, Ukraine, Australia, Serbia, Malta, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia, United Kingdom, France, Moldova, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, Cyprus, Italy, Norway, Romania and Austria.

Where to ticker the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Grand Final

The amusement volition commencement astatine 22.00 Greek clip (GMT+2) and volition beryllium broadcast from the Wiener Stadthalle venue successful Vienna, Austria. Greece volition instrumentality to the signifier 6th successful enactment and Cyprus 21st.

Viewers successful Greece tin ticker the Eurovision 2026 Grand Final from the flagship transmission of the Greek nationalist broadcaster, ERT1.

The amusement volition beryllium besides broadcast from ERT’s Second Program connected 103.7 radio, connected ERT’s caller planetary TV transmission ERT COSMOS, arsenic good arsenic connected ERT’s streamer, ERTFLIX, featuring connected the pop-up Eurovision transmission with afloat modern mentation successful Greek motion connection and escaped from commercials.

Leading up to the Eurovision Grand Final show, ERT volition aerial the documentary Ferto Promo Tour – The Movie by Giannis Georgoudakis, which follows Akylas done his full Eurovision travel from the signifier of the Greek Final to the signifier successful Vienna, signaling instrumentality events, backstage, concerts, interviews and meetings with diaspora Greeks.

From 21.00 to 22.00, histrion Michalis Marinos volition big speech amusement Eurovision Night, which volition instrumentality aft the decision of the Grand Final astatine 01.30 to remark connected the results successful the institution of celebrated guests similar Klavdia, the performer of 2025’s Greek introduction Asteromata.

Greece and Cyprus high-energy performances astatine Eurovision Semifinals

Greeks worldwide are hoping that the Greek song’s rubric Ferto (Greek for “Bring It”) could beryllium prophetic of Akylas bringing the Eurovision prize backmost location for the archetypal clip successful 2 decades – and the 2nd clip ever.

The Greek introduction has been among the bookmakers’ favorites since the beginning of the contest’s promo tour, successful adjacent contention with the Finnish entry, nevertheless the Australian introduction has besides risen rapidly successful ranking since qualifying astatine the 2nd semifinal connected Thursday.

The staging of the Greek performance, designed by Eurovision seasoned choreographer Fokas Evangelinos, is fast-paced and ambitious, featuring a poignant homage to Helena Paparizou’s winning 2005 performance, My Number One – which was again staged by Evangelinos.

The Cypriot entry, connected the different hand, impressed audiences with an energetic signifier presumption that blended modern popular sounds with Middle Eastern and Mediterranean philharmonic and creation influences. The qualification sparked celebrations among Eurovision fans successful Cyprus and Greece, with galore praising the song’s rhythm, choreography, and beardown ocular identity.