The number of viewers who watched the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 has been revised up, after a technical issue impacted earlier figures.
NRK has informed Nettavisen that provisional viewership figures for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 final were incorrect due to a technical error. The revised figures show that the average audience for the final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest was 744,000 viewers, up from the originally reported 676,000 viewers.
The peak audience during Jonas Lovv’s performance was also 903,000 viewers instead of 808,000. Overall, 1,526,000 people watched at least part of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on NRK 1.
Jonas Lovv represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with “Ya Ya Ya”, where he finished 14th in the final with 134 points. This included 12 points from the French jury.
Source: Nettavisen
Norway debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 and have won the contest three times – in 1985, 1995 and 2009. The country has the dubious record of finishing last the most times, twelve in total, and have received nul points four times. Norway last won the contest in 2009 when Alexander Rybak broke all records with his song “Fairytale”. He scored 387 points in the final, receiving 16 sets of 12 points and scoring points from every country.
