Luxembourg Turns Up the Volume: Rockhal Set for Song-Hunting Spectacle as Entries Open for the Luxembourg Song Contest 2026
Luxembourg may be diminutive on a map, but it’s thinking big-band for Eurovision 2026. RTL has confirmed that the third edition of the Luxembourg Song Contest (LSC) will light up the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette on 24 January 2026, when a fresh crop of hopefuls will duel for the golden ticket to Austria.
A national final with built-in matchmaking
Applications opened today and close on 21 September—plenty of time to polish that power-ballad or decide which language rhymes best with Schlager. This year RTL has added a speed-dating twist: an online team-up list where Luxembourgish performers can link up with international songwriters (and vice-versa). Think Eurovision Tinder, minus the awkward brunch the morning after. You have until midnight on 3 August to swipe right.
Who can apply?
- Luxembourgish nationals, residents of at least three consecutive years, or artists with “strong cultural ties” (translation: if the Philharmonie knows your name, you’re in).
- Must be 18 years old by 24 January 2026.
- Totally free between November 2025 and May 2026—because Eurovision prep is not a part-time hobby.
- Up to three songs per artist, because ambition is a virtue.
Song rulebook—concise, yet merciless
- Three-minute time limit—overstay your welcome and you’re out.
- Fully original material, unreleased and unperformed before 1 September 2025.
- Any language—Luxembourgish, French, German, Esperanto, Klingon… surprise us.
- A maximum of six people on stage. Yes, your entire gospel choir will have to pick its six loudest members.
The road to Rockhal (and beyond)
- October 2025: shortlisted acts audition before an international jury ready to say “Merci” or “Next”.
- 24 January 2026: live final at the Rockhal—expect televotes, jury drama and at least one key-change gone rogue.
- May 2026: winner packs lederhosen (or dirndl) for Austria and hopes Europe likes trilingual choruses.
Luxembourg scored five Eurovision wins back in the vinyl era and clearly fancies another. If you can belt a chorus harder than a steel-mill whistle and don’t mind reheating the same three minutes until spring, the Grand Duchy wants you. After all, nothing says “European unity” quite like a micro-state with macro ambition.
So warm up those vocal cords, dust off the rhyming dictionary and remember: the Rockhal’s ceiling is high, but the three-minute stopwatch is ruthless.
Source: RTL
