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  • June 25, 2025

Thunder and lightning, it is getting exciting! ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster has kicked off the Eurovision 2026 Host City application process. The date for the ESC 2026 Host City announcement has been set.

Austria will have the grand honour of hosting the 2026 Eurovision edition thanks to JJ’s epic victory in Basel last month. Austria and ORF will be organizing the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time.

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Numerous Austrian cities have showcased their interest in hosting the 2026 Eurovision edition: Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, Wels etc.The deadline for the potential host cities to submit their respective bids has been set on 4 July 2026.The official Instagram of Zeit Im Bild is reporting that the ESC 2026 Host City will be dislosed  by 8 August. The official dates for the ESC 2026 will be also disclosed on the same day.The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final will be held on either 16 May or 23 May 2026. Hence the provisional dates for ESC 2026 are either: 12, 14, 16 May or 19, 21 and 23 May 2026.

 

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Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.

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