{"id":15006,"date":"2026-02-15T10:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T09:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/?p=15006"},"modified":"2026-02-15T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:58:18","slug":"eurovision-2026-super-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/eurovision-2026-super-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Saturday: Three new faces for Vienna 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first Super Saturday of the Eurovision 2026 season has delivered its verdict. Between comebacks, curses, and linguistic triumphs, the road to Austria accelerated this Saturday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea Estonia: The return of the queens, Ollie's ascent brought to a sharp halt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nostalgia hit hard in Tallinn. Vanilla Ninja<\/a> will represent Estonia in Vienna with \u00abToo Epic To Be True\u00bb<\/em>. The cult 2000s band managed to win over the public and the jury, leaving their competitors with practically nothing. A sensible choice? Not sure, as fans seem to think the song resonates with the... 2000s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pill is bitter for Ollie<\/a><\/strong>. Despite an electric performance and an \u00abanthological crowd-surf\u00bb to close their set, the curse struck again as they failed for the third consecutive time to reach the finish line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denmark: S\u00f8ren Torpegaard causes a surprise at DMGP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Denmark, there will be no double for the Queen Sissal<\/a><\/strong>. Even though she managed to reach a very honourable final top 3, she will not be joining the very exclusive club of artists present two years in a row in the competition. It is S\u00f8ren Torpegaard<\/a> Who secures their ticket to Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia: Authenticity Rewarded at Supernova<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We were in Riga, and there was emotion, even though the audience was very clearly divided between several artists! For Supernova 2026 it's Atvara<\/a> Who won everyone over with their title \u00abOuch\u00bb<\/em>. She managed to get ahead Kautkaili<\/a> thanks to a vocal performance of rare purity and a song steeped in emotion entirely in Latvian. A victory that confirms that Latvia is banking more than ever on its own identity to shine in Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The editor's opinion:<\/strong> It's double cold in Estonia. While all the planets were aligned to allow Ollie<\/a> To finally break its curse, Estonia opts for the 2000s with a song that recalls the United Kingdom's failure in 2025 with \u00abWhat the hell just happened\u00bb. We fear this won't be enough to get through the semi-finals in Vienna. Fortunately, Denmark and Latvia save the day by betting on their national languages. S\u00f8ren Torpegaard<\/a> benefits from an original staging as well as a good song, Latvia is banking on pure emotion, a courageous and authentic choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Le premier Super Saturday de la saison Eurovision 2026 a rendu son verdict. Entre retours, mal\u00e9dictions et triomphes linguistiques, la route vers l’Autriche s’est acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9e ce samedi soir. \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea Estonie : Le retour des reines, l’ascension stopp\u00e9e nette d’Ollie La nostalgie a frapp\u00e9 fort \u00e0 Tallinn. Vanilla Ninja repr\u00e9sentera l\u2019Estonie \u00e0 Vienne avec \u00ab\u00a0Too Epic …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4000,3608,3605,3610],"tags":[],"represented_country":[],"class_list":["post-15006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurovision-2026","category-dansk-melodi-grand-prix","category-eesti-laul","category-supernova"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15006"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15024,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15006\/revisions\/15024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15006"},{"taxonomy":"represented_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurovisionandfriends.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/represented_country?post=15006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}