ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster, has unveiled the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Semi-final Draw hosts.
Alexandra Maritza Wachter and Cesár Sampson (Austria 2018) will have the grand honour of hosting the Eurovision 2026 Semi-final Allocation Draw and the Eurovision Host City Handover Ceremony on Monday 12th January at 19:00 CET. The event will be streamed live at 19:00 CET on Eurovision’s Official Youtube Channel whilst it be will be broadcast live at 18:25 CET.
The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest Semi-final Allocation Draw will be held at the iconic Vienna City Hall, namely at the City Council Chamber. Prior to the Semi-final Allocation Draw the the official Host City Handover Ceremony will be held where the President of the Government of Basel, Conradin Cramer will hand over the Eurovision baton to the Mayor of Vienna Mr. Michael Ludwig.
You can read more details about the Eurovision 2026 Semi-final Allocation Draw and the pot distritbution here.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is scheduled to be held on 12, 14 and 16 May at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria.
