National Final
SealTV announced that they would holding another domestic national final to determine their entry for the Internatia Second Chance Contest 26, with a slightly tweaked format from the previous edition. The national final took place over the course of a week, with one show per evening. Every song that was eligible to represent Saint Eva & Lepland in ISCC participated, with videoclips of their original national final performances being shown (rather than new performances). There were five quarter-finals, four of which had eight entries and one which had seven entries. The winner of each quarter-final went to the semi-final along with the songs that placed 6-10 in the previous edition's final, competing for six spots in the final. The top six songs from the semi-final particpated in the final against the previous edition's 2-5 placed songs, and the winnner went on to represent Saint Eva & Lepland at ISCC.
Quarter-Final 1
Draw
Artist
Song
1
Billy Joel
"Why Should I Worry?"
2
Jon McLaughlin
"So Close"
3
Kim Wilde
"Perfect Girl"
4
Tom Hulce & Tony Jay
"Heaven's Light / Hellfire"
5
The Plastic Pals
"Riding With Elvis"
6
Boh Runga
"Names in the Sand"
7
Pink Martini
"Que sera, sera"
8
New Found Glory
"Crazy For You"
Quarter-Final 2
Draw
Artist
Song
1
Tim Douwsma
"Allebei"
2
The Gothic Archies
"We Are the Gothic Archies"
3
Manuel Ortega
"Swimming in Deep Waters"
4
Matt Dusk & Edyta Górniak
"All the Way"
5
Kasey Chambers
"Not Pretty Enough"
6
Margaret Urlich
"Gonna Make You Mine"
7
Hayley Westenra
"Dark Waltz"
8
John Caracas & Hal David
"Bluebird"
Quarter-Final 3
Draw
Artist
Song
1
Fort Atlantic
"Let Your Heart Hold Fast"
2
Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson
"Beauty and the Beast"
3
Jonathan Young & Savannah Stuckmayer
"Zero to Hero"
4
Jessica Garlick
"Hard Not To Fall"
5
Angela Lansbury
"The Age of Not Believing"
6
Cliff Edwards
"When You Wish Upon a Star"
7
The Cosmic Carnival
"Unicorn"
8
Carly Binding
"We Kissed"
Quarter-Final 4
Draw
Artist
Song
1
Will Martin
"Over the Hills"
2
Judy Kuhn
"Just Around the Riverbend"
3
Rick Astley
"Hopelessly"
4
The Overtones
"Carolyn"
5
Julie Andrews
"A Spoonful of Sugar"
6
Germein Sisters
"Golden"
7
Esther Hart
"Hollywood Ending"
8
Billy Joel
"The Downeaster "Alexa""
Quarter-Final 5
Draw
Artist
Song
1
Phil Collins
"Two Worlds"
2
Élan Rivera & Jamily Gray
"All We Wanna Do"
3
Simon Mathew
"These Arms"
4
Ray Parker, Jim Morgan & Tom Szczesniak
"The Adventures of Tintin (Symphonic Theme)"
5
Shelby Flint
"Tomorrow is Another Day"
6
María Ólafs
"Dancing in the Storm"
7
Sieneke
"You Don't Know"
Semi-Final
Draw
Artist
Song
1
María Ólafs
"Dancing in the Storm"
2
Belinda Carlisle
"(I Won't Say) I'm in Love"
3
Esther Hart
"Underneath the Stars"
4
Esther Hart
"Hollywood Ending"
5
Jon McLaughlin
"So Close"
6
Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson
"Beauty and the Beast"
7
Lea Salonga
"Reflection"
8
Angelique Kidjo & Dave Matthews
"Iwoya"
9
Elton John
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"
10
Margaret Urlich
"Gonna Make You Mine"
Final
Draw
Artist
Song
Place
1
Esther Hart
"Hollywood Ending"
6
2
Angelique Kidjo & Dave Matthews
"Iwoya"
8
3
Boy Meets Girl
"Waiting For a Star to Fall"
3
4
Brooke Fraser
"Hosea's Wife"
2
5
Margaret Urlich
"Gonna Make You Mine"
7
6
Lizzie Marvelly
"Collisions"
1
7
Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson
"Beauty and the Beast"
9
8
Kim Carnes
"Bette Davis Eyes"
10
9
Jon McLaughlin
"So Close"
5
10
Esther Hart
"Underneath the Stars"
4
Songs
1-9
"Face in the Crowd"
"Gambling Man"
"Let's Go to the Mall"
"Brother My Brother"
"Zonnestralen"
"Caught in the Crowd"
"Good News"
10-19
"Heaven"
"The Call"
"I Plead Insanity"
"Nii täiuslik see"
"Both Sides, Now"
"America"
"The World I Know"
"Tokyo"
"I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)"
20-29
"Sticky Situation"
"Beautiful Disaster"
"Heart of Spring"
"Empire"
(Note: Entries scored out are when Saint Eva & Lepland did not compete)