Alright... Eurovision 2026 was most definitely the follow-up to Eurovision 2025. How do I know this? Well, for starters... we had a musical number dedicated to the hosting country, Austria. Go-Jo, the Australian participant from 2025, makes an appearance in the number to make a gag contrast from Austria to Australia. I've also heard that Australia might come over to Eurovision's sister song contest, Eurovision Song Contest Asia (with a different broadcaster, of course). There was a new segment series in between several songs, called Professor Eurovision, where the titular professor gives a lecture to students who ask questions related to Eurovision (i.e., "Why is there so much queer visibility?", "What is the greatest Eurovision song of all time?", etc.)
I never really paid attention that much to most of the songs (mainly because I was having fun experimenting with ben day/halftone brushes lol), but I honestly liked "Ferto" by Akylas (Greece), "Andromeda" by Lelek (Croatia), and of course, the winning song, "Bangaranga" by Dara (Bulgaria). I remember some TikTok videos featuring Akylas being part of the "Euroboys"; Tommy Cash (Estonia 2025), Kaarja (Finland 2023), Joost (Netherlands 2024), and Baby Lasagna (Croatia 2024), mainly because "Ferto" had that extreme catchiness the other Euroboys had. "Andromeda" by Lelek tells the story of Catholic persecution under the Ottoman Empire, and I really enjoyed how medieval and folksy it sounded. "Bangaranga", like Euroboy hits like "Ferto", "Europapa", "Cha Cha Cha", and "Espresso Macchiato", was also extremely catchy. It also had a lot of "slay-queen" in that song, so perhaps it's fair to say there should be a "Eurogirl" group.
Lastly, during the Douze-Points, it's always so tense when Israel gets in the lead (iykyk about its war against Palestine, and I stand with Palestine). But, oh my god, it was so relieving and exciting to see Bulgaria win! I pretty much assume that it will be the same next year lol. But who knows? Eurovision is always a fun musical adventure to stick around every May.