Eurovision posts recap, jury and televote videos

The Eurovision Song Contest’s official YouTube channel published separate 2026 Grand Final recap and public-vote videos on Monday, extending its post-show release package beyond the full slate of performance uploads from Vienna. A recap clip titled “Grand Final | Recap | Eurovision 2026” and a second video titled “Public Vote - The Televote Results of Eurovision 2026 | Grand Final” were both live on the channel on May 18, according to YouTube listings. The Eurovision channel had also posted a Grand Final playlist carrying 29 videos, including the flag parade, individual live performances and the winner’s performance, with most items showing they had been uploaded about 10 to 12 hours earlier. The playlist identifies 25 competing songs in the Grand Final and places the uploads under the official Eurovision Song Contest account. The releases give viewers separate ways to rewatch the contest’s performance package and its scoring sequence after the May 16 final in Vienna, where Bulgaria’s Dara won Eurovision 2026 with “Bangaranga” on 516 points, according to EurovisionWorld’s event page. (youtube.com) Eurovision’s official site had already set out the contest framework for Vienna 2026, including a Grand Final on Saturday, May 16. ### Which videos were posted on Eurovision’s official channel? (youtube.com) The official Eurovision Song Contest account listed a video titled “Grand Final | Recap | Eurovision 2026 | #UnitedByMusic” and described it as “A recap of the 25 songs competing in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2026 in Vienna, Austria.” The same account also listed “Public Vote - The Televote Results of Eurovision 2026 | Grand Final | #UnitedByMusic.” YouTube’s visible metadata showed the recap video had about 76,084 views 11 hours after posting, while the public-vote clip showed about 10,317 views 19 minutes after posting when the pages were captured. (eurovisionworld.com) Those figures are snapshots and will continue to change. ### Where is the jury sequence in the official upload package? The official Grand Final playlist showed individual performances and other show segments, but the search results available for this report surfaced the recap and televote videos directly, not a matching official 2026 jury-results page from Eurovision’s own channel. (youtube.com) A separate search result for “TOP 25: Official Jury Voting Results - Eurovision Song Contest 2026” pointed to an unrelated fan account, not the official Eurovision channel. The Eurovision website’s story index, however, shows that voting changes for Vienna 2026 had been formally announced months before the contest, including an open letter from Eurovision director Martin Green CBE and a separate item labeled “Voting overhaul announced for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.” That establishes that the voting presentation and publication format were part of a broader official process this season. (youtube.com) ### What does the recap video actually cover? The recap video’s own description says it runs through the 25 songs that competed in the Grand Final in Vienna. That makes it the condensed performance package rather than a results-only clip. The Grand Final playlist supports that distinction. It groups the flag parade, country performances and winner’s performance into one official package, while the separately titled public-vote upload isolates the televote announcement sequence. (eurovision.tv) ### Why does the separate televote upload matter to viewers? The public-vote clip is labeled as “The full announcement of the public vote at the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026,” according to the YouTube description. (youtube.com) That means viewers can replay the televote reveal without scrubbing through the full broadcast or performance playlist. EurovisionWorld’s results page says the 2026 final used national juries and televoting from participating countries plus an online “Rest of the world” vote. (youtube.com) That voting structure makes the public-vote sequence one of the contest’s main standalone moments for fans tracking how the scoreboard changed at the end. ### Where can viewers check the official and near-official record now? Eurovision’s official site continues to host event pages, running-order material and full split-results archives across past contests, while the official YouTube account is carrying the 2026 Grand Final performance uploads and the newly posted recap and televote clips. (youtube.com) EurovisionWorld also lists the 2026 scoreboard, winner, venue and participation details in one place. (eurovisionworld.com) May 18 is the key follow-on date for the video rollout, because that is when the official recap and televote pages were visible on YouTube after the May 16 Grand Final in Vienna. The Eurovision channel’s Grand Final playlist and results pages are the next stops for viewers tracking any additional scoring uploads from the 2026 contest. (youtube.com) (eurovision.tv)