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Contest overview

The 2026 edition was organised by Constantinos Karaiskos following his victory in the previous year's contest.

There were 17 participating songs from a total of 10 different countries.

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Greece I	Time Trip	Konstantinos Papoutsis	Konstantinos Papoutsis	n/a	0	0
02	Sweden I	Bomerang	Majo	Majo	Majo	12	65
03	Sweden II	Strength	Eva-Karin Håkansson	Eva-Karin Håkansson	Eva-Karin Håkansson	17	47
04	Germany I	Shattered Hearts	Roy Vorland	Marcus Seiler	Stefan Engel	7	97
05	United Kingdom I	Hubris Nemesis	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson	Ray Holt	11	66
06	Sweden II	Y bore	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	Martin Kahnberg	19	29
07	United Kingdom II	One And The Same	Lucidesque	George Calland	George Calland	10	72
08	Albania	Përtej kohës	Ainhoa Feal	Ainhoa Feal	Ainhoa Feal	18	35
09	United Kingdom III	Summer Drifting	ConstantX	Constantinos Karaiskos, Chris Hall	Constantinos Karaiskos	1	180
10	Norway I	When You Sleep	Tor Endresen	Leslie Egerer	Irene Ahnell	8	89
11	Norway II	Ambient Love	Dreamerproject	Dreamerproject	n/a	16	51
12	Ireland	A Lesson In Forgiveness	Lamph	E. Jackson, C. Jackson	E. Jackson, C. Jackson	20	20
13	Spain	Until We Meet Again	Rafael de Alba	Rafael de Alba	Rafael de Alba	5	135
14	Germany II	The Brain Cries Havoc!	Janneck Schmacke	Janneck Schmacke	Janneck Schmacke	14	57
15	United Kingdom IV	Gotta Getta Grip	Jimmy Andrews' Midlife Crisis	Jim Brook, Andy Mendelson	Jim Brook	21	19
16	Greece II	Xenichtise me	Thanos and Dimitra	Thanos Chasiotis	Thanos Chasiotis	4	136
17	Norway III	Young Girl	Billy Fraser	Billy Fraser	Billy Fraser	22	15

Media

HCSC 2026 winner: tbd
File:2026 00.mp3

Recap of all HCSC 2026 songs in draw order
The host