Thunder and lightning, it’s getting exciting…  Whilst we await for BNT and the EBU to reveal the 2027 Eurovision Host City let’s delve back in history and check out when was the ESC Host City confirmed in the past 20 years.

Currently Burgas and Sofia are awaiting the EBU and BNT to make their deliberation regarding the ESC 2027 Host City. BNT was expected to reveal the name of the Eurovision 2027 host city by July 31st, but there has been a slight delay as both bidding cities have prepared very strong meticulous bids. So we have to wait a tad longer. The announcement is expected to be made very soon…

The Eurovision fan fraternity is eagarly awaiting the announcement as they are set to book their accomodation and flights to Bulgaria.

Let’s go back in time and check out when were the Eurovision Host Cities revealed in the span of the past 20 years!

The historical announcement dates for host cities from 2007 through to the 2026 contest are detailed below.
Eurovision Host City Announcement Dates

Contest Year Host City & Country Announcement Date
2026 Vienna, Austria August 20, 2025
2025 Basel, Switzerland August 30, 2024
2024 Malmö, Sweden July 7, 2023
2023 Liverpool, United Kingdom October 7, 2022
2022 Turin, Italy October 8, 2021
2021 Rotterdam, Netherlands May 16, 2020 (Confirmed following 2020 cancellation)
2020 Rotterdam, Netherlands August 30, 2019
2019 Tel Aviv, Israel September 13, 2018
2018 Lisbon, Portugal July 25, 2017
2017 Kyiv, Ukraine September 9, 2016
2016 Stockholm, Sweden July 8, 2015
2015 Vienna, Austria August 6, 2014
2014 Copenhagen, Denmark September 2, 2013
2013 Malmö, Sweden July 8, 2012
2012 Baku, Azerbaijan January 25, 2012 (Venue confirmation date)
2011 Düsseldorf, Germany October 12, 2011
2010 Oslo, Norway July 3, 2009
2009 Moscow, Russia September 13, 2008
2008 Belgrade, Serbia September 2007 (Automatic confirmation of the capital)
2007 Helsinki, Finland June 21, 2006

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.