Germany Eurovision 2026 draws just under 900,000 for Semi-Final Two

germany eurovision 2026 drew just under 900,000 viewers for Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Semi-Final Two, giving Germany a clear audience benchmark for the contest’s second live night. That puts the broadcast close to last year’s 857,000 viewers in Basel, a modest rise that points to steady interest rather than a one-off spike.

Basel audience held steady

857,000 viewers followed the second semi-final in Basel in 2025, so Germany’s latest figure sits above that level without breaking away from it. For broadcasters tracking whether Eurovision still pulls in a large enough live audience to matter in prime-time schedules, that kind of movement is more useful than a flashy headline number.

843,000 viewers watched Semi-Final Two live on SVT1 in Sweden, where it was the most-watched television programme of the evening. The Swedish audience was broadly similar to 2025, which makes Germany’s just-under-900,000 result part of a wider pattern: the contest still delivers a large shared audience, but not one that swings wildly year to year.

Felicia and Sweden’s run

1,149,000 viewers watched Semi-Final One in Sweden when Felicia performed “My System” and secured a place in the Grand Final. That higher figure shows how a domestic act can lift a semi-final above the rest of the night’s programming, while the second semi-final still held enough reach to top Sweden’s television chart for that evening.

Felicia will return on Saturday night when Sweden competes in slot 20 in the Grand Final. For the audience tracking around germany eurovision 2026, that means the next useful number to watch is not another semi-final total but whether the final can keep the same level of attention once the field narrows and the running order is set.