Dancing on the Ice

"Dancing on the Ice"

Single by Essyla
Released	19 February 2026 (2026-02-19)
Lyricists	Alice Van Eesbeeck Barbara Petitjean Emil Stengele Nicolas d'Avell

Eurovision Song Contest 2026 entry
Country	Belgium
Artist	Essyla
Languages	English
Lyricists	Alice Van Eesbeeck Barbara Petitjean Emil Stengele Nicolas d'Avell
Entry chronology
◄ "Strobe Lights" (2025)

"Dancing on the Ice" is a song by Belgian singer Essyla. It will represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Promotion

To promote "Dancing in the Ice", Essyla will perform the song at the Eurovision in Concert 2026 on 11 April in Amsterdam.^[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2026

Internal Selection

On 4 December 2025, RTBF confirmed its participation for Eurovision 2026. RTBF later announced that it would announce the act representing Belgium on 19 February 2026.^[2] On 19 February 2026, it was announced that Essyla would be the act representing Belgium with the song "Dancing on the Ice."^[3]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026.^[4] During the allocation draw held on 12 January 2026, Belgium was drawn to compete in the first-semi final, performing in the second half of the show.^[5]

Charts

Chart performance for "Dancing on the Ice"
Chart (2026)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[6]	39

References

^ Granger, Anthony (2026-02-23). "🇧🇪 Belgium: Essyla Announced for Eurovision in Concert 2026". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
^ Conte, Davide (2026-02-12). "🇧🇪 Belgium: Artist and Song Reveal on February 19". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
^ Farren, Neil (2026-02-19). "🇧🇪 Belgium: Essyla to Eurovision 2026". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
^ "Vienna announced as host city for Eurovision Song Contest 2026". The Guardian. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
^ "Vienna 2026: Semi-Final Draw results". Eurovision.com (Press release). European Broadcasting Union. 12 January 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
^ "Essyla – Dancing on the Ice" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2 March 2026.

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Artists	Roberto Bellarosa Bob Benny Blanche Lily Castel Vanessa Chinitor Ann Christy Clouseau Robert Cogoi Mélanie Cohl Copycat Lisa del Bo Barbara Dex Tom Dice Dream Express Eliot Essyla Frédéric Etherlinck Serge and Christine Ghisoland Gustaph Axel Hirsoux Hooverphonic Jacques Hustin Ingeborg Iris Ishtar Sandra Kim The KMG's Philippe Lafontaine Fud Leclerc Linda Lepomme Claude Lombard Jérémie Makiese Micha Marah Mony Marc Lize Marke Morgane Mustii Louis Neefs Nicole and Hugo Loïc Nottet Pas de Deux Pierre Rapsat Jacques Raymond Red Sebastian Nuno Resende Reynaert Kate Ryan Liliane Saint-Pierre Bobbejaan Schoepen Sennek Sergio and the Ladies Nathalie Sorce Emly Starr Stella Telex Laura Tesoro Tonia Urban Trad Jean Vallée Witloof Bay Xandee Jacques Zegers
Songs	"1 Life" "À la folie ou pas du tout" "Als het weer lente is" "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Avanti la vie" "Baby, Baby" "Because of You" "Before the Party's Over" "City Lights" "Copycat" "Dancing on the Ice" "Dis oui" "Door de wind" "Envie de vivre" "Euro-Vision" "Fleur de liberté" "Geef het op" "Gelukkig zijn" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "Le Grand soir" "Hey Nana" "Hou toch van mij" "Iemand als jij" "Ik heb zorgen" "J'aime la vie" "Je t'adore" "Jennifer Jennings" "Judy et Cie" "Laat me nu gaan" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Liefde is een kaartspel" "Like the Wind" "Love Kills" "Love Power" "Ma petite chatte" "Macédomienne" "A Matter of Time" "Me and My Guitar" "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" "A Million in One, Two, Three" "Miss You" "Mon amour pour toi" "Mother" "Nous, on veut des violons" "O Julissi" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Le Plus beau jour de ma vie" "Près de ma rivière" "Quand tu reviendras" ~~"Release Me"~~ "Rendez-vous" "Rhythm Inside" "Samson" "Sanomi" "September, gouden roos" "Si tu aimes ma musique" "Sister" "Soldiers of Love" "Straatdeuntje" "Strobe Lights" "Ton nom" "Viens l'oublier" "La Voix est libre" "Waarom?" "Wake Up" "What's the Pressure" "With Love Baby" "Would You?" "The Wrong Place"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2026

Countries

Final	Austria France Germany Italy United Kingdom
Semi-finals	Albania Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland Georgia Greece Israel Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine

Artists

Final	Cosmó Sal Da Vinci Sarah Engels Look Mum No Computer Monroe
Semi-finals	Aidan Akylas Alicja Alis Antigoni Atvara Bandidos do Cante Noam Bettan Bzikebi Alexandra Căpitănescu Dara Essyla Eva Marija Felicia Veronica Fusaro Delta Goodrem Jiva Lavina Lelek Leléka Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen Lion Ceccah Jonas Lovv Satoshi Senhit feat. Boy George Simón Søren Torpegaard Lund Vanilla Ninja Tamara Živković Daniel Žižka

Songs

Final	"Eins, Zwei, Drei" "Fire" "Per sempre sì" "Regarde !" "Tanzschein"
Semi-finals	"Alice" "Andromeda" "Bangaranga" "Bella" "Choke Me" "Crossroads" "Dancing on the Ice" "Eclipse" "Ēnā" "Ferto" "Før vi går hjem" "Jalla" "Just Go" "Kraj mene" "Liekinheitin" "Michelle" "Mother Nature" "My System" "Nân" "Nova zora" "On Replay" "Paloma Rumba" "Pray" "Rosa" "Ridnym" "Sólo quiero más" "Superstar" "Too Epic to Be True" "Viva, Moldova!" "Ya Ya Ya"