The ninth artist in our Who Is series for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is Søren Torpegaard Lund from Denmark.
Søren Torpegaard Lund was born in Gudme on December 23, 1998 and grew up in the Svendborg Municipality, in Southern Denmark.
He received his first trainings in theatre, dance, and music during his school years. At the age of 17 he was accepted to the Musicalakademiet, a branch of the Danish Stage Arts School, where he would graduate with a bachelor’s degree in 2019. From that moment on Søren Torpegaard Lund began working as a musical performer, most notably playing the lead role of Tony in West Side Story at the Copenhagen Opera House between 2021 and 2022.
Søren Torpegaard Lund is not new to the stage of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix: in 2023 he took part to the same competition with “Lige her”, failing to qualify for the superfinal. However, 2023 was also the year when he released his first self-authored single, “Stor kunst”. A year later, in October 2024, he released his debut EP, “Øjesten”.
In 2024, Søren Torpegaard Lund was nominated for the Danish Rainbow Awards in the category “Artist of the Year”. This award is given to a person or group who, through sports, music, dance or acting, has pushed boundaries in or for the LGBT+ community.
Søren Torpegaard Lund was chosen to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after winning Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 on February 14. After a first round of voting he was one of the three artists to make it through to the superfinal. On the second round of voting, he received the largest number of points from both the jury and the televote, winning the overall competition.
The song that Søren Torpegaard Lund will perform in Vienna is called “Før Vi Går Hjem” (Before we go home). It was written and composed by Søren Torpegaard Lund, Clara Sofie Fabricius, Thomas Meilstrup, and Valdemar Littauer Bendixen.
Søren Torpegaard Lund will perform in the second half of the second semi-final on May 14.
Denmark debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 alongside Austria and the United Kingdom. To date, Denmark has won the contest on three occasions, the first being in 1963 when Grethe & Jorgen Ingmann performed “Dansevise”. Denmark won the contest again in 2000, represented by the Olsen Brothers. Their most recent victory came in 2013, when Emmelie de Forest performed “Only Teardrops”.