Eurovision Battle Royale 2028

Eurovision Battle Royale 2028
Dates
Semi-Final 1	31 May - 4 June
Semi-Final 2	1 June - 8 June
Semi-Final 3	2 June - 6 June
Grand Final	16 June - 24 June
Host
Host Country	Malta
Arena	Kemmuna Island
Participants
Participating Countries	55
Debuting	None
Returning	None
Withdrawing	None
Result
Winning Citizen	Charles van Eijl
Country	Belgium
Kills	4
Eurovision Battle Royale
↞ 2027 ♦ 2029 ↠

The Eurovision Battle Royale 2028, also known as the Eurovision 2028, or the EBR 2028, or more simply Malta 2028, was the 13th annual edition of the Battle Royale contest that took place in Malta. A total of 55 countries announced their intent to participate in the event. The Battle Royale consisted of three semi-finals, with each starting 24 hours after the one that preceded it.

The host country, Malta, was the winning nation of the 12th edition the year before, which gave them automatic hosting responsibilities for this edition, as well as automatically qualifying them to the Grand Final. The other countries were obliged to compete in three semi-finals, with each being distributed randomly through a random draw. During the semi-finals, 36 citizens participated in a fight to the death until only between 11 and 12 citizens remained, with the remaining qualifying for the Grand Final in which another fight to the death would take place, this time until only one remained.

The winner of this edition of the Eurovision Battle Royale was Charles van Eijl of Belgium. He defeated dark horse Rory Dyason of Northern Ireland, who finished as the runner-up. Malta's very own Jackson Padovani finished 3rd with no kills while Norway and Ireland completed the Top 5. The host country's other citizen, Leah Ondini finished in 17th place.

This edition was notable for having the shortest-lasting Grand Final, which lasted only 9 days, as well as having the smallest Arena.

Arena

The Arena for this edition was decided on the 15th of November, 2027.

Sunset over the Blue Lagoon.

Overhead view of the entire Arena, criticized by some for being too small.

Format and Rules

The draw to determine in which semi-final each country would participate, as well as the podium numbers on which the host country's citizens would start, took place in Valetta, on the 2nd of December, 2027. Each country had until December 1st to announce their intent to participate in the Eurovision, and each country had until March 1, 2028 to submit their citizens.

The majority of countries chose their citizen through an internal selection, by means of a "Reaping". The reaping occurs when the governments of Europe, each organizes a televised lottery of their citizens where every single one, aged between 13 and 50, are obliged to have their names placed into a big pot of sorts, and after randomizing the names like a true lottery, one male and one female name are read out live on national television by government officials. These citizens are the reaped citizens to represent their country in the Eurovision. It's notable that each year the majority of citizens see this as an exciting honor, and many volunteer to be picked. To profit from this, it's necessary for each hopeful volunteer to pay money in order for their name to be entered more than once. This process could cost from as little as £50 in poorer countries, to £500 in more wealthy ones. The maximum number of times that a volunteer can have their name in a pot is 100. One would think that there wouldn't be that many volunteers for such a violent and life-ending event, but in this universe, the citizens of Europe look extremely positively on the event and see it as rebirth of the Golden Age of Ancient Greece and Rome; therefore, there are thousands of citizens each year who try to volunteer to bring glory and honor to their country.

In the build-up to the actual event, each reaped citizen is invited to many locations all throughout Europe to promote themselves, forge alliances with the other citizens, and talk with potential sponsors. These official parties are announced by the Event Organizers (EOs) usually around the start of the new year. These are televised and watched by millions as well, similar to how millions each year watch the red carpet for award shows.

The list of Official Parties for this year:

• Germany: Berlin (4 March)
• Russia: St. Petersburg (18 March)
• Monaco: Monte Carlo (31 March)
• Italy: Roma (8 April)

These parties aren't obligatory however, and some alternatives to this include immediately moving into the Citizen's Village (usually a high-tec tower or complex located in or near the city center of the most populous city in the host country). In any case, citizens are obliged to move into the Citizen's Village before the 1 of May, 2028. This is because each citizen needs time to get their fitness up and competitive to put on an entertaining TV show, as well as acclimate to the host country. The EOs provide each country and citizen with their own team of trainers, cooks, stylists, and other specialists free of charge to ensure that each citizen can become fit and competitive enough so the Battle Royale will be as entertaining as ever. For the month that the citizens live there, they are encouraged to learn survival techniques and work out so their chances of survival in the harsh Arena increases.

The night before the first semi-final, the Opening Ceremony takes place. Comparable to Olympic ceremonies, this ceremony celebrates the history and culture of the host country, and further includes multiple shows of firework, music, and other cultural and ethnic performances, as well as high-tec displays and other pyrotechnics. Following the cultural show is the Parade of Nations. Each citizen from the participating countries were brought into the main complex (usually the widest and biggest street in the Capitol of the host country) on high-tec self-driving chariots and shown to billions worldwide. More so, each chariot was decorated with symbols from the country each citizen is from, and followed their national flag. As soon as the pomp and celebration finished, the EOs and government officials of the host country gave speeches, the Eurovision Battle Royale flag was raised with the host country's flag, and the citizen's oath. The final event of the ceremony is the lighting of the cauldron, performed by the winner of the previous edition in every edition so far except the first.

Following the Opening Ceremony, the citizens are forced into lockdown in the Citizen's Village until their semi-final. It is forbidden for a citizen to have prior knowledge to results in a semi-final or access to anything that could give them an advantage in their semi-final. In fact, the citizens are forced to go with television and internet until their semi-final. This is to assure that the suspense is retained and each citizen participates fairly.

Tie-Break rules for the Semi-Finals

1. Top 11 or 12 remaining citizens in each semi-final all live to compete in the Grand Final
2. Of those, they are firstly ranked by number of kills they have committed.
3. If the citizens have the same number of kills, then the tie-break favors the one that reached that number of kills the earliest.
4. If all is still tied, then the Degrees of Separation Rule is enforced.

ex. Jan of Germany kills only Teo of Belgium. Teo of Belgium had killed 2 other citizens beforehand. Erik of Sweden only kills Andriy of Russia. Andriy of Russia had killed 1 citizen beforehand. Jan of Germany will be ranked higher than Erik of Sweden in the semi-finals.

5. This Degree of Separation Rule will continue until necessary.

6. If all is still tied, the tie-break favors those who are furthest away from pod number 18.

7. If all is still tied, then the citizens will share the position.

Qualification for the Grand Final

Thirty-six citizens participated in each semi-final. Fifty-five countries participated in the Eurovision Battle Royale this year.

Semi-Final 1

The first semi-final took place between May 31st and June 4th.

#	Country	Citizen	Gender	Age	Place	Kills
01	Spain	Guisla Ermengol	female	34	29	0
02	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Dina Sidran	female	14	25	0
03	England	Rowan Calderon	male	18	28	0
04	Albania	Përgëzime Alia	female	36	24	0
05	Andorra	Narcís Gayón	male	15	15	0
06	France	Olivie Coudert	female	19	5	1
07	Azerbaijan	Hafiz Seyidov	male	42	27	0
08	Hungary	Gergő Pintér	male	42	13	0
09	Poland	Ginter Kapela	male	36	16	2
10	Belarus	Serafima Petrovna	female	42	10	0
11	Serbia	Velizar Savićević	male	17	32	0
12	Greece	Leonidas Vlahakis	male	41	18	3
13	Italy	Fedele Milani	male	17	21	0
14	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Sakib Fazlic	male	36	26	0
15	Luxembourg	Adrien Veilleux	male	21	8	1
16	Moldova	Constantin Lahovarich	male	31	35	0
17	Serbia	Zorica Filipović	female	32	19	1
18	Finland	Elsi Mattila	female	19	17	1
19	Greece	Martha Paraskevoula	female	39	2	2
20	Faroe Islands	Óli Dahl	male	38	12	0
21	Belgium	Charles van Eijl	male	39	6	1
22	Faroe Islands	Ulla Glerfoss	female	16	36	0
23	Czech Republic	Ambrož Horák	male	19	14	0
24	Liechtenstein	Mylene Beck	female	33	3	2
25	Poland	Joanna Pasinska	female	18	30	0
26	Israel	Levia Abramson	female	31	23	0
27	Netherlands	Theodora Brilman	female	46	33	0
28	Turkey	Erbay Akkoyun	male	43	4	1
29	Slovenia	Vilijem Strnad	male	37	1	3
30	Estonia	Kajar Oja	female	16	22	1
31	Northern Ireland	Rory Dyason	male	34	7	1
32	Switzerland	Adam Leuthert	male	15	20	0
33	Azerbaijan	Simaya Abulhasanova	female	21	34	0
34	Germany	Denis Aumann	male	45	8	1
35	San Marino	Romano Padovano	male	14	31	0
36	Montenegro	Atanasije Obradović	male	24	9	0

Semi-Final 2

The second semi-final took place between June 1st and June 8th.

#	Country	Citizen	Gender	Age	Place	Kills
01	Latvia	Jans Cienits	male	38	35	0
02	Kosovo	Mirena Nesimi	female	15	7	0
03	France	Alain Boutot	male	48	21	1
04	Kazakhstan	Aidos Nurzhanov	male	43	20	1
05	Norway	Anders Osland	male	43	3	1
06	Austria	Ladina Graff	female	47	25	0
07	Andorra	Bernada Guillen	female	13	22	0
08	Monaco	Élodie Desnoyers	female	35	2	1
09	Iceland	Rosinkara Petersdottir	female	41	27	2
10	Georgia	Lizzi Abkhazi	female	23	28	0
11	Kosovo	Caran Dzaferi	male	50	16	0
12	Northern Ireland	Nicole Henderson	female	14	4	1
13	Macedonia	Daniela Glavcheva	female	22	33	0
14	Croatia	Lucija Gavran	female	23	30	0
15	Spain	Zipiro Sasiain	male	25	11	0
16	Scotland	Margaret Sutherland	female	31	5	1
17	Bulgaria	Lyoben Miroslavov	male	18	31	0
18	Montenegro	Stanislava Vasiljević	female	14	13	1
19	Luxembourg	Clarice Provencher	female	31	32	0
20	Belgium	Hélène Sauriol	female	48	34	0
21	Latvia	Dace Numurs	female	50	24	1
22	Cyprus	Zoe Kosta	female	34	23	0
23	Denmark	Nils Ludvigsen	male	40	29	0
24	Cyprus	Andrew Mavros	male	35	17	1
25	Netherlands	Jeroen Luuks	male	29	1	2
26	Lithuania	Audrone Kemeziene	female	26	10	0
27	Belarus	Kirill Tsedlits	male	22	6	1
28	Ireland	Jordan Lane	male	26	9	0
29	Russia	Maksim Ozerov	male	25	8	0
30	Monaco	Chandler Nadeau	male	29	19	0
31	Scotland	Keiran Wright	male	16	12	1
32	Portugal	Ismael Góes	male	45	18	0
33	Norway	Natalie Olden	female	44	15	1
34	Romania	Romanitza Barbulescu	female	21	36	0
35	Slovakia	Oliver Král	male	17	14	0
36	Israel	Azaryahu Loewe	male	46	26	1

Semi-Final 3

The third semi-final took place between June 2nd and June 6th.

#	Country	Citizen	Gender	Age	Place	Kills
01	Finland	Raino Väisänen	male	16	26	2
02	Russia	Anya Aleksiyevna	female	45	15	1
03	Romania	Laurensiu Mircea	male	50	31	0
04	Italy	Lucia Marcelo	female	47	4	1
05	Slovakia	Katka Pekár	female	44	19	0
06	Wales	Riley Holmes	male	38	27	0
07	San Marino	Ada Russo	female	23	20	0
08	Portugal	Alice Mendes	female	42	14	1
09	England	Alexandra Brown	female	37	16	1
10	Austria	Luca Wexler	male	34	12	1
11	Croatia	Mirko Katalenić	male	49	8	1
12	Sweden	Isaac Hellström	male	39	36	0
13	Ukraine	Olesya Danylivna	female	33	24	1
14	Armenia	Pouragn Tateossian	female	32	9	1
15	Denmark	Marianne Bendtsen	female	22	6	1
16	Slovenia	Cvijeta Demšar	female	44	3	1
17	Liechtenstein	Torsten Meier	male	39	5	1
18	Moldova	Vasilica Laskarova	female	30	34	0
19	Albania	Bujet Cacaj	male	50	18	0
20	Kazakhstan	Mahabbat Tairev	female	36	17	1
21	Czech Republic	Iva Koubová	female	13	35	0
22	Turkey	Beren Saygi	female	18	21	0
23	Georgia	Zaal Nikoladze	male	38	29	0
24	Germany	Marina Waechter	female	34	1	2
25	Lithuania	Virginijus Paliakas	male	37	11	0
26	Macedonia	Gavril Yoanov	male	19	2	2
27	Wales	Katie Mitchell	female	13	30	0
28	Switzerland	Karolin Abend	female	25	25	0
29	Hungary	Krisztina Szalai	female	17	28	0
30	Bulgaria	Desislava Gavrilova	female	20	10	0
31	Sweden	Emily Jonsson	female	33	22	0
32	Estonia	Martin Sisask	male	28	23	1
33	Iceland	Luter Bjørgmundursson	male	23	13	3
34	Ireland	Nina Bourne	female	18	7	1
35	Ukraine	Leontiy Glazkov	male	48	32	0
36	Armenia	Hovasap Deukmejian	male	13	33	0

Summary of the Semi-Finals

Summary of Kills during the Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Semi-Final 2

Semi-Final 3

Preparation for the Grand Final

Light blue countries represent those whose female qualified, the dark blue for those whose male qualified, and the medium blue for those who had both citizens qualify for the Grand Final. Countries in red failed to qualify either citizen.

The Grand Final

Welcome to the start of the Eurovision Battle Royale 2028. In just under 5 minutes, thirty-six of Europe's finest and bravest citizens will be raised onto their pods going into the Arena. We are expecting this year's Grand Final to be the fastest one yet, as it takes place on a tiny island, so be prepared to see plenty of action in only a few moments of time! In the end, only one will emerge as the sole victor and Champion of Europe. We can only imagine how nervous and anxious the fans from the finalist nations must be, and how even more nervous their citizens must be!

Day 1 (June 16)

Lucia Marcel of Italy is killed by Martha Paraskevoula of Greece.

Maksim Ozerov of Russia is killed by Martha Paraskevoula of Greece.

Adrien Veilleux of Luxembourg is killed by Zipiro Sasiain of Spain.

Jeroen Luuks of Netherlands is killed by Óli Dahl of Faroe Islands.

Mirena Nesimi of Kosovo is killed by Élodie Desnoyers of Monaco.

Vilijem Strnad of Slovenia is mercy-killed by his ally Élodie Desnoyers of Monaco.

Audrone Kemeziene of Lithuania is killed by Nicole Henderson of Northern Ireland.

Serafima Petrovna of Belarus is killed by Anders Osland of Norway.

Torsten Meier of Liechtenstein is killed by Jordan Lane of Ireland.

Marina Waechter of Germany is killed by Jordan Lane of Ireland.

Pouragn Tateossian of Armenia is killed by Kirill Tsedlits of Belarus.

Margaret Sutherland of Scotland is killed by Kirill Tsedlits of Belarus.

Virginijus Paliakas of Lithuania is killed by Gavril Yoanov of Macedonia.

Mirko Katalenić of Croatia is killed by Denis Aumann of Germany.

Summary

Wow! That was a record-breaker. This opening bloodbath was perhaps the bloodiest and most violent yet! Many favorites were surprisingly killed, such as Vilijem of Slovenia, Marina of Germany, Torsten of Liechtenstein, and Adrien of Luxembourg! They were heavy favorites before the Grand Final but now they're dead. Four standout citizens today were Martha of Greece, Élodie of Monaco, Jordan of Ireland, and Kirill of Belarus. They each received two kills. Will they be our top 4? With nearly half the citizens already gone, this will certainly be the quickest Eurovision yet.

Fourteen citizens died, 22 remain.

Day 2 (June 17)

Cvijeta Demšar of Slovenia is killed by Anders Osland of Norway.

Élodie Desnoyers of Monaco is killed in a trap set by Rory Dyason of Northern Ireland.

Desislava Gavrilova of Bulgaria dies of wounds sustained in a battle during the Cornucopia Bloodbath.

Summary

More shock today, as the top favorite Cvijeta of Slovenia has been surprisingly killed off by the dark horse, Anders of Norway. He bashed her head with a rock as she slept. Later in the day, sudden favorite Élodie of Monaco was tracked down and drowned on the Mediterranean seashore by silent yet brutal Rory of Northern Ireland.

Three citizens died, 19 remain.

Day 3 (June 18)

Olivie Coudert of France is killed by Leah Ondini of Malta.

Summary

There was less action today but plenty to cheer about if you're rooting for the Maltese. The host nation secured their first kill today when Leah and Jackson chased and cornered Olivie of France onto a cliff, where Leah stabbed her and pushed her to her death into the sea.

One citizen died, 18 remain.

Day 4 (June 19)

Kirill Tsedlits of Belarus is killed by Gavril Yoanov of Macedonia.

Leah Ondini of Malta is killed by Charles van Eijl of Belgium.

Mylene Beck of Liechtenstein is killed by Nicole Henderson of Northern Ireland.

Atanasije Obradović of Montenegro is bitten by a rattlesnake and dies hours later.

Summary

Just a day after the host nation was given confidence that they could get back-to-back victories, Charles of Belgium came and hurt those dreams when he killed Leah. Kirill of Belarus was a heavy favorite but he was killed by one of the pre-Grand Final favorites that didn't die: Gavril of Macedonia, who is looking to secure his country's second Eurovision victory. Mylene of Liechtenstein was also tipped to do well, but fell short when she was strangled to death by Nicole of Northern Ireland.

Four citizens died, 14 remain.

Day 5 (June 20)

Martha Paraskevoula of Greece is killed by Óli Dahl of Faroe Islands.

Summary

Well she had a great start, becoming a citizen to watch on the first day, but Martha of Greece wasn't able to keep up the momentum and today she was picked off by Óli of Faroe Islands, who is firmly rising in the ranks and becoming a real contender to win.

One citizen died, 13 remain.

Day 6 (June 21)

Jordan Lane of Ireland is killed by Zipiro Sasiain of Spain.

Marianne Bendtsen of Denmark is killed by Anders Osland of Norway.

Summary

Jordan also had a great start to the Eurovision, but like Martha yesterday, he wasn't able to keep up the momentum. Zipiro, on the other hand, has had a great Eurovision so far and records his second kill after killing Jordan from Ireland. No one expected him to do well since he had an uneventful semi-final, but he is really becoming the dark horse and could potentially win now. Anders of Norway, though, remains the firm favorite after getting his third kill against his former ally Marianne of Denmark. She attacked him out of nowhere earlier this afternoon, causing him to flip her over his back onto the rocks and choke her to death.

Two citizens died, 11 remain.

Day 7 (June 22)

Attention Citizens! A huge earthquake was just recorded off the coast of Malta, and a tsunami warning is now in effect for the Arena. Find shelter if you wish to live!

Erbay Akkoyun of Turkey is swept out to see by the tsunami.

Óli Dahl of Faroe Islands drowns in the tsunami after being pushed into it by Charles van Eijl of Belgium.

Nicole Henderson of Northern Ireland slips down some rocks and drowns int the tsunami.

Gavril Yoanov of Macedonia dies in the tsunami after being knocked unconscious by Nina Bourne of Ireland.

Zipiro Sasiain of Spain is swept up by the tsunami and forcibly crashed into the rocky cliff walls, dying of blunt force trauma.

Summary

Things are getting really exciting now! We are now in our top 6, which includes Jackson of Malta! Who will win? It's anyone's call now!

Five citizens died, 6 remain.

Day 8 (June 23)

Denis Aumann of Germany is killed by Rory Dyason of Northern Ireland.

Nina Bourne of Ireland is killed by Rory Dyason of Northern Ireland.

Anders Osland of Norway is killed by Charles van Eijl of Belgium.

Summary

That was a shock! Anders against Charles was a battle we'd thought we would see as a final, not for 4th place! Anders of Norway had been the odds on favorite, but he fell at the last hurdle and now only finished fourth after having his throat slit by Charles van Eijl, who is now joint-second favorite to win alongside Jackson of Malta, trailing Rory Dyason of Northern Ireland who is odds-on favorite to win. There was huge controversy that overshadowed the jubilation though. The killing of the Irish citizen by the Northern Irish citizen has apparently sparked indignation and protests in Ireland. Considering the bloody history between those two countries, this might get political which is a real shame. This is reminiscent to Eurovision 2022, the most dramatic and politicized battle royale where the Kosovar citizen killed the Serbian citizen in the final showdown and won, causing an intense political rift between the two nations. We hope this doesn't reach those levels in the likely event that Rory wins!

Three citizens died, 3 remain.

Day 9 (June 24)

Jackson Padovani of Malta is killed by Rory Dyason of Northern Ireland.

Rory Dyason of Northern Ireland is killed by Charles van Eijl of Belgium.

Summary

And that's it! Ladies and Gentlemen, the winner of the 13th Eurovision Battle Royale is Charles van Eijl of Belgium! Congratulations!

What an exciting final that was. Rory of Northern Ireland was so close to being the true dark horse, coming out of nowhere at the very end to dominate the competition. He killed Jackson of Malta - ruining the host nation's own chances to get a back-to-back victory. The final battle between Rory and Charles was an epic and picturesque one: taking place at sunset, with the setting sun on the Mediterranean on a backdrop above the Blue Lagoon, as the two men fought each other with all their might. In the end, the older citizen Charles pinned Rory down and choked him with his own uniform collar. Rory struggled against the Belgian, but nothing was going to break Charles' grip. A minute or two later, Rory stopped struggling and the firework went off in the background to signal his death. Charles left his body at the edge of the cliff and walked away without looking back.

Final Results

#	Country	Citizen	Gender	Age	Place	Kills
01	Malta	Leah Ondini	female	49	17	1
02	Liechtenstein	Torsten Meier	male	39	28	0
03	Italy	Lucia Marcel	female	47	36	0
04	Germany	Denis Aumann	male	45	6	1
05	Turkey	Erbay Akkoyun	male	43	11	0
06	Germany	Marina Waechter	female	34	27	0
07	Northern Ireland	Nicole Henderson	female	14	9	2
08	Russia	Maksim Ozerov	male	25	35	0
09	Lithuania	Audrone Kemeziene	female	26	30	0
10	Macedonia	Gavril Yoanov	male	19	8	2
11	Belarus	Serafima Petrovna	female	42	29	0
12	Malta	Jackson Padovani	male	41	3	0
13	Ireland	Nina Bourne	female	18	5	1
14	Greece	Martha Paraskevoula	female	39	14	2
15	Bulgaria	Desislava Gavrilova	female	20	20	0
16	France	Olivie Coudert	female	19	19	0
17	Lithuania	Virginijus Paliakas	male	37	24	0
18	Montenegro	Atanasije Obradović	male	24	15	0
19	Slovenia	Vilijem Strnad	male	37	31	0
20	Liechtenstein	Mylene Beck	female	33	16	0
21	Northern Ireland	Rory Dyason	male	34	2	4
22	Armenia	Pouragn Tateossian	female	32	26	0
23	Monaco	Élodie Desnoyers	female	35	21	2
24	Spain	Zipiro Sasiain	male	25	7	2
25	Luxembourg	Adrien Veilleux	male	21	34	0
26	Kosovo	Mirena Nesimi	female	15	32	0
27	Croatia	Mirko Katalenić	male	49	23	0
28	Netherlands	Jeroen Luuks	male	29	33	0
29	Belarus	Kirill Tsedlits	male	22	18	2
30	Denmark	Marianne Bendtsen	female	22	12	0
31	Norway	Anders Osland	male	43	4	3
32	Faroe Islands	Óli Dahl	male	38	10	2
33	Slovenia	Cvijeta Demšar	female	44	22	0
34	Belgium	Charles van Eijl	male	39	1	4
35	Ireland	Jordan Lane	male	26	13	2
36	Scotland	Margaret Sutherland	female	31	25	0