Could Liechtenstein have its first Eurovision artist?

This weekend Germany will decide who will represent them at Eurovision 2026 through their national selection Das deutsche Finale.

Nine acts will compete for the honour of representing Eurovision's largest country. However one of them hails from one of Europe's smallest country - Liechtenstein.

Wavvyboi, whose real name is Simon Vogt-Grande, comes from the principality and will perform the song Black Glitter on the German Eurovision national selection stage.

If Wavvyboi wins this weekend, they will become the first singer from Liechtenstein to compete at Eurovision.

There is a distinct possibility this could happen given Wavvyboi is highly rated on several Eurovision fan polls of Das deutsche Finale, including topping Aussievision's ranking of the German national selection.

So let's find out more about Liechtenstein's history at Eurovision and Wavvyboi.

Liechtenstein's history with Eurovision

The principality's connection to Eurovision began in 1976 when it attempted to compete at that year's contest. An entry had even been selected: Little Cowboy performed by Biggi Bachmann. However Liechtenstein was deemed ineligible to compete as it did not have a national broadcaster to cover the contest. At present there is no recording of Little Cowboy available to the public.

This century Liechtenstein has continued its attempt to join the Eurovision family.

On 15 August 2008 the principality launched its first broadcaster 1 FL TV. Despite many announcements that Liechtenstein would join Eurovision through this broadcaster - in 2010, 2011 and 2019 - a participation never eventuated.

The main reason was 1 FL TV did not have sufficient funding to join the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Membership is a pre-requisite to being able to compete at Eurovision.

The managing director of 1 FL TV Sandra Woldt in 2022 announced the broadcaster who no longer seek EBU membership and instead focus on producing content within Liechtenstein.

In 2024 another broadcaster Radio Liechtenstein was announced as applying for EBU membership. However the following year the broadcaster shutdown following a referendum. Eurovision participation would have been unlikely through this broadcaster anyway, as no radio only broadcaster has ever been a Eurovision participant.

Liechtenstein's Prime Minister Brigitte Haas in a 2025 interview indicated another challenge to the principality's Eurovision participation is that it does not have a suitable venue to host the contest if it won - with the largest indoor venues being medium-sized community halls with a 3000 person capacity.

Liechtenstein's national stadium Rheinpark Stadium is the principality's venue with the largest capacity at over 7000. However its lack of roof means it is unsuitable to host Eurovision events.

Therefore it looks like the most likely way for a Liechtenstein act to compete at Eurovision is by representing another country. Enter Wavvyboi.

Wavvyboi

Born on 28 April 1998 in Balzer, Liechtenstein, Wavvyboi first began releasing music in 2017 under the name Simon Slowkiss.

Wavvyboi identifies as non-binary and has been described as a "gender-fluid rock poet" who blends together many genres in their music including rock, pop, R&B and hyperpop.

Some of their musical heroes include Bowie and Placebo, Lady Gaga and My Chemical Romance.

The lyrics to Wavvyboi's songs read almost like intimate diary entries and cover a diverse range of subjects including celebrating diversity, queer identity and mental health.

The singer has a strong following on social media, with their amount of followers several times greater than the size of their homeland. They have 103 thousand followers on Instagram alone.

Wavvyboi's most successful song is no one with Kelvyn Colt which has over nine million streams on Spotify.

The singer from Liechtenstein faces an uphill battle to represent Germany at Eurovision, and is expected to face a tough challenge from domestic acts such as Sarah Engels and Ragazzki.

Coming from another country is usually not an impediment to winning a German Eurovision national selection. Last year's representatives Abor & Tynna were Austrian. Performers from Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, UK, Lithuania, Slovenia and the US have represented Germany at Eurovision.

Australian Jane Comerford sang for Germany in 2006 as lead singer of the band Texas Lightning. Their entry was the country inspired song No, No, Never. The song went to number 1 in the German charts. The band's victory in the German national selection was particularly note-worthy as they defeated 1972 Eurovision winner Vicky Leandros.

However no artist from Liechtenstein has ever represented a country at Eurovision. So a Wavvyboi victory on the weekend would be a huge moment, and remarkable achievement for a country with a population of barely over 40 000.

Will Wavvyboi make history for Liechtenstein via Germany? Watch Das deutsche Finale from the following times on 1 March to find out:

• 6:15am in NSW, ACT, VIC and TAS

• 5:45am in SA

• 5:15am in QLD

• 4:45am in NT

• 3:15am in WA.

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