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JJ from Austria, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, holds the trophy on stage during the grand final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC 2025) in St. Jakobshalle and cheers. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa/Archivbild
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Vienna will once again host the Eurovision Song Contest. Eleven years after the ESC was held in the Austrian capital, the 70th edition of the music event will take place in Vienna again next year. This was announced by the public broadcaster ORF as the organizer. The final will therefore take place on May 16.
The Austrian singer JJ won the ESC 2025 in Basel. The 2026 music competition will therefore take place in the neighboring Alpine country.
Vienna beat Innsbruck in the race to host next year's event. The federal capital with around 2 million inhabitants applied under the motto "Europe, shall we dance?" ("Europe, shall we dance?"). Vienna relied on its ESC experience, its infrastructure and its many hotel beds. The smaller city of Innsbruck, on the other hand, tried to play up its spectacular location in the middle of an Alpine backdrop with the slogan "Together on Top".
20.08.2025, 08:35
