The City of Vienna will apply to host the forthocoming Eurovision Song Contest 2026 next year. The majestic Austrian capital is vying to welcome the Eurovision bandwagon for the third time in the history of our beloved contest.
We should not that Vienna hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 in the best of ways at the Wiener Stadthalle and the Austrian capital boasts of an excellent transport system, an international airport with flight connections to all five continents, the Wiener Stadhalle with the capacity of 16,000 spectators and a large number of hotel rooms and accomodation options.
SPO leader and Mayor of Vienna Michael Ludwig is confident that hosting the Eurovision Song Contest can be beneficiary for Vienna, as was the case in 2015. He expressed this during the presentation of the Vienna government program at the Vienna City Hall last week. The Mayor of Vienna said that the City of Vienna will definitely apply to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
Vienna is aiming to send pictures of Austria to the whole world as it in 2015, the last time it hosted the event.
No details have been mentioned of Vienna’s potential budget to host the event.
Michael Ludgwig (Mayor of Vienna) says:
We received the documents yesterday at 5:30 p.m. We’re looking into them now and will definitely apply. But in principle, we know from our experience in 2015 that this represents a significant economic boost, not only for Vienna, but for all of Austria.
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.
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.
Austrian cities and municipalities have been invited to submit their respective bids and documents with the deadline set on 4 July 2025.
