Karsyn's Kitchen 2026: Semi-Final Running Order revealed

Heres a taste on how the semi-finals will go in May

After a live event was held in the ESC Gabe Discord server, the final running orders for the countries were decided for the second-ever edition of EGSC, also known as the first-ever summer edition of the contest.

The Live Shows will be taking place in Karsyn's Kitchen on the 12th and 14th of May, being run as a jury-only format. There will be no live televoting for any of the acts, including the grand final.

As a goal was reached with the number of participants, 6 participants from sign-ups have automatically qualified due to participating in the first-ever edition and having placed in the top six*.  Those being the following, moving straight to the grand final:

Karsyn (Grandbirb) - The Winner of Last Edition  // Bringing "Dunes" by "Paul & The Microcosm" to this edition

Tasty - 2nd Place // Bringing the first-ever dedicated song to EGSC with "Future"

Saltbird - 3rd Place // Bringing "HYPERYOUTH" by "Joey Valence & Brae" to this edition

Cobalium - 5th Place // Bringing "Shinkansen Too Hard Ice Cream" by "Shanon ft. Kaai Yuki, Hatsune Miku, Gumi" to this edition

Lunar Nation  - 6th // Bringing "California Rain" by "James Marriott" to this edition

Royal Islands - 7th // Bringing  "Nekomimi Switch" by "daniwell ft. Hatsune Miku" to this edition

First Semi-Final, Tuesday 12 May

01. Eleven Eleven Island

02. Tesco

03. Arcanine

04. Silly Nation

05. DaHuNation

06. Neil

07. evil Luna!

08. Kagekuni

09. British Columbia

10. Rave Land

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12. Dyllie

13. Jamo

14. Norbob

15. Erikaland

16. BeaTV

Second Semi-Final, Thursday 14 May

01. Big Back Tic Tac Land

02. Kat

03. Indian Guy Who Likes Finland

04. Voxterra

05. Jess

06. GM_BigCity

07. Youtopia

08. Cactus

09. Finlandia

10. komiatland

11. Mattlandia

12. Chase

13. Bepicland

14. Domania

15. Zephyr

16. Kingdom Of Poet

*- Keranica has chosen not to participate in this edition of the EGSC.