Good evening Europe – and good morning Australia! It’s that time of year again, when most of mainland Europe plus a few other countries gather to decide which three-minute pop spectacle will lodge itself in your brain for at least the next 10 years.

From Vienna this year, expect glitter, key changes, baffling staging decisions and at least one entry that makes you wonder if you have accidentally ingested hallucinogens. Somewhere in among it all, a winner will emerge.

But there are no winners in this quiz, beyond the smug satisfaction of being crowned a Eurovision king, queen or non-binary monarch in your own living room. But beware: too many wrong moves and you may find yourself languishing with the dreaded nul points, forever damned by the imaginary jury in your head.

Sharpen your pencils, warm up your voting fingers … and let the quizvision song contest begin.

The 2026 Guardian Eurovision quiz

• If you think there has been an error in a question or answer, and you are 100% sure you are not fact-checking a joke, you can email the quiz setter martin.belam@theguardian.com. But instead of that, why not watch one of the greatest Eurovision performances of all time …? Get those skirts at the ready!