TYPICAL EUROVISION WINNER ACCORDING TO HISTORY

According to the analysis of all the past winners and their characteristics since 1956, the typical winner of Eurovision:

EUROVISION WINNER ACCORDING TO HISTORY

is a woman (55.6%)

a solo performer (73.2%)

singing a pop song (44.4%)

singing in English (50%)

singing about love, romance & relationships (60.3%)

is between 25-27 years old (the average age of the past winners is 26.88 and median is 25).

In 2026, three contestants have the most traits which are typical for a Eurovision winner – 5 traits each – and thus are most likely to succeed, according to the supercomputer:

Delta Goodrem (“Eclipse”) representing Australia is a female solo performer who sings a pop song about love, romance & relationships in English.

DARA (“Bangaranga”) representing Bulgaria is a female solo performer who sings a pop song in English and she is currently 27 years old.

Sarah Engels (“Fire”) representing Germany is a female solo performer who sings a pop song about love, romance & relationships in English.

THE MOST FOLLOWERS, STREAMS & VIEWS OF THE 2026 EUROVISION CONTESTANTS
Furthermore, we also collected all the social media & streaming numbers of this year’s contestants to see who is the most followed and most viewed on various platforms:

When looking at the 2026 Eurovision contestants’ streaming numbers ahead of the start of the competition, “Per Sempre Sì” by Sal Da Vinci representing Italy is the most streamed song on Spotify with 23.6 million streams.

When looking at the Official YouTube music videos of this year’s contestants, “JALLA” by Antigoni representing Cyprus is currently the most viewed YouTube video with 4.9 million views.

Sarah Engels (Germany) is the most followed act on Instagram with 1.8 million followers, followed by Delta Goodrem (Australia) with 750K followers and Sal Da Vinci (Italy) with 730K followers.

On TikTok, Germany’s Sarah Engels is once again the most followed act with over 731K TikTok followers and 7.5 million likes across her videos. Italy’s Sal Da Vinci (650K TikTok followers) and Cyprus’ Antigoni (615K TikTok followers) are the second and third most followed 2026 contestants, respectively.

You can see the top 5 in each of the categories below. The full research, which includes an interactive table with the views, streams & followers of all of this year’s participants can be found in its entirety here.

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SPOTIFY – THE TOP 5 MOST STREAMED EUROVISION 2026 SONGS

Sal Da Vinci (Italy) – “Per Sempre Sì” – 23.6 million streams

FELICIA (Sweden) – “My System” – 17.4 million streams

Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen (Finland) – “Liekinheitin” – 11.2 million streams

Søren Torpegaard Lund (Denmark) – “Før Vi Går Hjem” – 5 million streams

Antigoni (Cyprus) – “JALLA” – 5 million streams

INSTAGRAM – THE TOP 5 MOST FOLLOWED EUROVISION 2026 CONTESTANTS

Sarah Engels (Germany) – 1.8 million followers

Delta Goodrem (Australia) – 750K followers

Sal Da Vinci (Italy) – 731K followers

Antigoni (Cyprus) – 622K followers

DARA (Bulgaria) – 478K followers

TIKTOK – THE TOP 5 MOST FOLLOWED EUROVISION 2026 CONTESTANTS

Sarah Engels (Germany) – 732K followers

Sal Da Vinci (Italy) – 650K followers

Antigoni (Cyprus) – 615K followers

DARA (Bulgaria) – 355K followers

FELICIA (Sweden) – 221K followers

YOUTUBE – THE TOP 5 MOST VIEWED EUROVISION 2026 OFFICIAL VIDEOS

Antigoni (Cyprus) – “JALLA” – 4.9 million views

Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen (Finland) – “Liekinheitin” – 3 million views

Noam Bettan (Israel) – “Michelle” – 2.9 million views

Søren Torpegaard Lund (Denmark) – “Før Vi Går Hjem” – 2.5 million views

Akylas (Greece) – “Ferto” – 2.4 million views