Eurovision Calendar 2016
October 2015 | ||
| 13 | Armenia | Artist announcement |
November 2015 | ||
| 5 | Estonia | 20 acts for Eesti Laul 2016 revealed |
| 16 | Belgium | Artists for Eurosong 2016 revealed |
| 25 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Artist announcement |
| 30 | Sweden | Melodifestivalen participants revealed |
December 2015 | ||
| 5 | Israel | The Next Star Audition |
| 6 | SwitzerlandSwiss | Expert Check |
| 13 | Italy | Sanremo acts revealed |
| 14 | Host of Eurovision 2016 revealed | |
| 15 | Georgia | Artist announcement |
| 19 | Moldova | Live hearing |
| 25 | Albania | Festivali i Këngës Semi-final 1 |
| 26 | Albania | Festivali i Këngës Semi-final 2 |
| 27 | Albania | Festivali i Këngës Final (national selection) |
January 2016 | ||
| 3 | Belgium | Introduction of the five artists |
| 9 | Lithuania | Eurovizijos Show 1 |
| 10 | Belgium | Presentation of the songs |
| 12 | Finland | Artists for UMK revealed |
| San MarinoS.Marino | Artist announcement | |
| 16 | Lithuania | Eurovizijos Show 2 |
| 17 | Belgium | Eurosong 2016 (national selection) |
| 19 | Norway | Songs for MGP released |
| 22 | Belarus | Belarus decides (national selection) |
| Malta | MESC 2016 Semi-final | |
| 23 | Hungary | A Dal Heat 1 |
| Lithuania | Eurovizijos Show 3 | |
| Malta | MESC 2016 Final (national selection) | |
| 25 | Semi-final allocation draw | |
| 30 | Hungary | A Dal Heat 2 |
| Lithuania | Eurovizijos Show 4 | |
| 31 | Latvia | Acts for Supernova 2016 revealed |
February 2016 | ||
| 1 | Spain | Objetivo Eurovisión (national selection) |
| 3 | Georgia | Presentation of the 5 songs |
| 6 | Ukraine | Vidbir Semi-final 1 |
| Hungary | A Dal Heat 3 | |
| Finland | UMK Semi-final 1 | |
| Lithuania | Eurovizijos Show 5 | |
| Sweden | Melodifestivalen Deltävling 1, Gothenburg | |
| Iceland | Söngvakeppnin Semi-final 1 | |
| 7 | Latvia | Supernova Heat 1 |
| 9 | Italy | Sanremo Serata 1 |
| 10 | Italy | Sanremo Serata 2 |
| 11 | Italy | Sanremo Serata 3 |
| 12 | Austria | Wer singt für Österreich? (national selection) |
| Italy | Sanremo Serata 4 | |
| 13 | Ukraine | Vidbir Semi-final 2 |
| Hungary | A Dal Semi-final 1 | |
| Finland | UMK Semi-final 2 | |
| Lithuania | Eurovizijos Show 6 | |
| Sweden | Melodifestivalen Deltävling 2, Malmö | |
| SwitzerlandSwiss | Die Große Entscheidungsshow (national selection) | |
| Denmark | Melodi Grand PrixMGP (national selection) | |
| Estonia | Eesti Laul Semi-final 1 | |
| Italy | Sanremo 2016 (national selection) | |
| Iceland | Söngvakeppnin Semi-final 2 | |
| 14 | Latvia | Supernova Heat 2 |
| 15 | Georgia | Young Georgian Lolitaz's song released |
| 16 | Poland | Presentation of the songs for Krajowe Eliminacje 2016 |
| 19 | Bulgaria | Artist announcement |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Deen & Dalal's song released | |
| 20 | Hungary | A Dal Semi-final 2 |
| Finland | UMK Semi-final 3 | |
| Lithuania | Eurovizijos Show 7 | |
| Sweden | Melodifestivalen Deltävling 3, Norrköping | |
| Estonia | Eesti Laul Semi-final 2 | |
| Iceland | Söngvakeppnin 2016 (national selection) | |
| 21 | Ukraine | Vidbir 2016 (national selection) |
| Latvia | Supernova Semi-final | |
| 22 | United KingdomUK | Songs revealed |
| Cyprus | Minus One's song "Alter Ego" released | |
| 23 | Moldova | O melodie pentru Europa Semi-final 1 |
| 25 | Moldova | O melodie pentru Europa Semi-final 2 |
| Germany | Unser Lied für Stockholm (national selection) | |
| 26 | United KingdomUK | Eurovision: You Decide (national selection) |
| 27 | Moldova | O melodie pentru Europa (national selection) |
| Hungary | A Dal 2016 (national selection) | |
| Lithuania | Eurovizijos Quarter-final | |
| Sweden | Melodifestivalen Deltävling 4, Gävle | |
| Finland | Uuden Musiikin KilpailuUMK 2016 (national selection) | |
| Slovenia | Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA) (national selection) | |
| Norway | Melodi Grand PrixMGP (national selection) | |
| 28 | Latvia | Supernova 2016 (national selection) |
March 2016 | ||
| 1 | Israel | Finalists songs for Rising Star revealed |
| 2 | Armenia | Iveta's song released |
| 3 | Australia | Artist announcement |
| Israel | Rising Star 2016 (national selection) | |
| 4 | MontenegroMontenegro | Highway's song released |
| NetherlandsNetherlands | Douwe Bob's song released | |
| Romania | Selecţia Naţională Semi-final | |
| 5 | Estonia | Eesti Laul 2016 (national selection) |
| Russia | Sergey Lazarev's song released | |
| Lithuania | Eurovizijos Semi-final | |
| Sweden | Melodifestivalen Second chance, Halmstad | |
| Poland | Krajowe Eliminacje (national selection) | |
| 6 | Romania | Selecţia Naţională (national selection) |
| 7 | North MacedoniaN.Macedonia | Kaliopi's song "Dona" released |
| 9 | San MarinoS.Marino | Serhat's song released |
| Croatia | Nina's song released | |
| 10 | Greece | Argo's song released |
| 11 | Australia | Dami Im's song presented |
| 12 | Lithuania | Eurovizijos Final (national selection) |
| Sweden | Melodifestivalen Final, Stockholm (national selection) | |
| Serbia | Presentation of Sanja Vučič' song | |
| 14 | AzerbaijanAzerbaijan | Song + artist announcement |
| 19 | Lithuania | Eurovizijos Concert |
April 2016 | ||
| 9 | Eurovision in Concert | |
May 2016 | ||
| 10 | Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Semi-final 1 | |
| 12 | Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Semi-final 2 | |
| 14 | Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Grand Final | |
November 2016 | ||
| 20 | Junior Eurovision 2016 | |
