Found it!
SONGS REQUIREMENTS
(i) RELEASE DATE
The songs (lyrics and music compositions) submitted to represent the country of each Participating Broadcaster’s country in the ESC must be original and must not have been released and/or publicly performed in part or in full before 1 September 2024 (the “Release Date”).
This is why die-hard Eurovision fans often wish each other a Happy New Year on September 1st rather than January 1st.
I believe it cannot be released before September 1st of the prior year, so songs for 2026 cannot be released before September 1st this year.
Almost as good a result as last year and not in the bottom right, though.
Albania was flawless and brought down the house and finished the show.
I gladly sent 60 votes to Albania from Rest of the World. We overall gave them 10 points tonight, and 12 back in the semi-final.
The biggest shock of the night for me ... Switzerland's televote score. They were second with the juries... second! And, sure, it's definitely a jury pleaser more than a televote winner, but ...
... ZERO?
Someone noticed that the order 2-6 is the same last year with the exception of Estonia where Netherlands was.
It costs a bit to vote from any country, and the Rest of World is pegged at 0.99 Euros per vote.
So SO happy for Sissal!
And wow, what a glow-up for the Laura's performance!
Lastly, Parg came out of left field for me, and I rather liked it.
I don't understand the appeal of Katarsis' performance, but I accept that it's there. I know quite a few people who are ride-or-die for them, so good on them.
It felt like Australia's stage was a bit empty. It was the blender and changing costumes.
Love the song. LOVE the music video. That performance didn't do much for me, sadly.
I’m not sure at what point this happened but the self-hosted web app no longer shows the current version number. It does update regularly as expected and shows that it’s up to date, but the number itself is missing.
…as it says on the tin.
I am trying to build the Docker container for Voyager on my Raspberry Pi, and I'm facing some issues in the docker build process. It always falls apart at the corepack step after about 8-10 seconds. Interestingly, if I disable BuildKit, the build completes successfully, and the resulting image works perfectly fine. (I'm using it now.) However, disabling BuildKit leaves a message that eventually the old build method will be removed from the code.
I'm not entirely convinced it's a Voyager-specific error, or if it's something more appropriate for docker forums.
Docker CE version 24.0.4 on latest Raspbian 11 release.
In Rest of World, you get 20 votes per payment card. I have multiple credit cards. I believed enough in Beatrice & Kole's song to sink about $60 on it last night. In the balance, RoW gave Albania its full 12 points in Semi-Final 1 and 10 points in the Final.