The 2026 Eurovision Host nation, Austria,  has been drawn to perform 25th in the Grand Final.

The Heads of Delegation Meeting for Eurovision 2026  is well and truly under way in Vienna. Delegations from the 35 competing countries at the forthcoming 2026 Eurovision Song Contest will to get an update regarding the ongoing Eurovision preparations in the host city.

A special draw was held today during the meeting in order to determine the host country’s order of appearance in the Grand Final.

The  2026 Swiss Eurovision hopeful COSMO was selected via a televised national final to defend the Austrian colours on home soil. Austria  has been drawn to perform #25 at the Grand Final on Saturday 16May.

COSMO will be representing Austria  at Eurovision 2026 with his  song ‘Tanzschein ’.Austria is pre-qualified to partake at the ESC 2026 Grand Final as the ESC 2026 host country.


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.