Eurovision Song Contest 2026

The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will be the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest will be held at the  in Vienna, Austria, after their win at the 2025 contest with the song "" by JJ. It will be organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). It will be the third time that the country will host the contest, after 1967 and 2015, as well as the third time the contest will be held in Vienna. In December 2025, the EBU announced that 35 countries would participate in the 2026 contest. Bulgaria returns for the first time since 2022, Romania returns for the first time since 2023, and Moldova returns for the first time since 2024. Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain, all countries that participated the previous year, are boycotting in protest against the inclusion of Israel in the context of the Gaza war. This makes it the largest boycott in the contest's history.

 Location 
The 2026 contest took place in Vienna, Austria, following the country's victory at the  with the song "", performed by JJ. 

 Bidding phase 

In June 2025, the ORF started the bidding process, by opening a window for any cities and municipalities to declare their interest in hosting the contest, any bid to host the contest had to be submited by 4 July 2025. Vienna and Innsbruck were the only cities to submit a bid to host before the deadline. The host city was announced on 20 August 2025, the contest will be held at the  in Vienna.
Key
 Host city 
 Submitted a bid
 City Venue Notes Ebreichsdorf Temporary arena The proposed venue was a temporary arena with a capacity for 20,000 people. Another venue for a public viewing of the final with a capacity of 30,000 would have been set-up. Withdrew from bidding on 15 June. Graz  Withdrew from bidding on 27 June. Schwarzl Freizeitzentrum Withdrew from bidding on 27 June.   Hosted the Figure skating and Ice hockey events at both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympic Games. Oberwart Messe Oberwart Withdrew from bidding on 21 June.   Hosted the 2015 contest.  Messe Wels Joint bid, with Wels hosting the contest proper. The venue is under construction and scheduled to be completed in March 2026. Withdrew from bidding on 1 July.

Overview
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final will take place on 12 May 2026. Fifteen countries will compete in this semi-final. Those countries plus Germany and Italy, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" online vote, will vote in this semi-final. The results of the semi-finals will be determined by a combination of jury vote and televote, as they had been from 2010 to 2022.
+ First semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026  Country Artist Song 1st half  Lelek ""  Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen ""  Bzikebi   Akylas ""  Satoshi ""       2nd half  Essyla ""  Vanilla Ninja ""  Noam Bettan ""  Lion Ceccah ""  Tamara Živković ""        Lavina 

Semi-final 2
The second semi-final will take place on 14 May 2026. Fifteen countries will compete in this semi-final. Those countries plus Austria, France and the United Kingdom, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" online vote, will vote in this semi-final. The results of the semi-finals will be determined by a combination of jury vote and televote, as they had been from 2010 to 2022.
+ Second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026  Country Artist Song 1st half        Dara ""     Eva Marija ""     Veronica Fusaro  2nd half  Alis ""  Delta Goodrem ""  Antigoni ""  Søren Torpegaard Lund ""  Atvara ""  Aidan ""  Jonas Lovv ""  Leléka ""

Final
The final will take place on 16 May 2026 and feature 25 competing countries, the host country Austria, the "Big Four", and the ten best-ranked entries of each of the two semi-finals. All 35 participating countries with jury and televote, as well as non-participating countries under an aggregated "Rest of the World" online vote, will vote in the final.
+ Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026  Country Artist Song rowspan="7"   Cosmó      Sarah Engels ""  Sal Da Vinci ""  Look Mum No Computer  colspan="3"  colspan="3" 

References

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