🇲🇩 Moldova Wins the Eurovision 2026 Semi-Final One Audience Poll

Satoshi performing Viva, Moldova! for Moldova during the Second Rehearsal at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 2026. Image source: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

Moldova has topped the Eurovision Audience Poll for Semi-Final One of Eurovision 2026 in Vienna.

Satoshi from Moldova has received the most votes from the public following the Semi-Final One Jury Show of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. They received 778 votes (28.2%) from the 3,000 people that participated in the Eurovision Audience Poll this evening. The top three was rounded off by Finland and Greece.

Following the Semi-Final One Jury Show of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Vienna, ESC Insight, 12 Points From America, ESCXTRA.com, That Eurovision Site, Merci Chérie and ESC Gabe asked the audience leaving the Wiener Stadthalle who their favourite was. The full results are below:

Image source: Daniel Stridh

The Eurovision Audience Poll’s results give a good indication of who could make it through to the Grand Final:

  • 2023: Semi-Final One – Eight of the public’s top ten qualified for the final
  • 2023: Semi-Final Two – Eight of the public’s top ten qualified for the final
  • 2024: Semi-Final One – Nine of the public’s top ten qualified for the final
  • 2024: Semi-Final Two – Nine of the public’s top ten qualified for the final
  • 2025: Semi-Final One – Eight of the public’s top ten qualified for the final
  • 2025: Semi-Final Two – Eight of the public’s top ten qualified for the final

The Eurovision Audience Poll will take place again on May 13 following the Semi-Final Two Jury Show and on May 15 after the Grand Final Show.

You can find out more about the Eurovision Audience Poll here.

Image source: Daniel Stridh

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