VIENNA— The Eurovision Track Competition 2026 will certainly occur in Vienna.
Austria’s public broadcaster ORF, which will certainly arrange the globe’s biggest real-time songs occasion, revealed the place Wednesday early morning.
Adhering to Austrian vocalist JJ’s triumph with “Wasted Love” in Basel this springtime, the songs competitors will certainly be kept in May 2026 at the Wiener Stadthalle.
” After extensive assessment and based upon a consentaneous court evaluation, ORF has actually wrapped up that Vienna’s proposal is one of the most eye-catching not just in regards to facilities and logistics, yet likewise financially,” ORF Supervisor General Roland Weißmann claimed.
Innsbruck likewise related to hold the occasion. It will certainly be Vienna’s 3rd time as host, adhering to 1967 and 2015.
” As mayor of Vienna, I am normally thrilled that Vienna has actually dominated and will certainly once more stand for Austria following year. I am persuaded that we will certainly have a remarkable May with each other,” Mayor Michael Ludwig composed on X.
Eurovision’s ending will certainly occur Might 16 after the semi-finals are held May 12 and 14, 2026.
JJ, whose winning tune integrated theatrical, multi-octave vocals with a techno spin, and that likewise sings at the Vienna State Opera, won the competition in May.
JJ, whose complete name is Johannes Pietsch, was Austria’s 3rd Eurovision victor, after Conchita Wurst in 2014 and Udo Jürgens in 1966. The tune competition is constantly kept in the nation whose vocalist won the competitors.
The last Eurovision tune competition, which has actually been unifying and separating Europeans given that 1956, was viewed by 160 million audiences.
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