2026 Eurovision - Oh Vienna

[allezfred]

Vienna announced as host city for Eurovision song contest 2026

Final of 70th edition of competition to be held on 16 May at the Wiener Stadthalle, Austria’s largest indoor arena

www.theguardian.com

Least surprising news ever is that Vienna will hold the 2026 Eurovision with the final on 16 May.

 

[Miezekatze]

Vienna announced as host city for Eurovision song contest 2026

Final of 70th edition of competition to be held on 16 May at the Wiener Stadthalle, Austria’s largest indoor arena

www.theguardian.com

Least surprising news ever is that Vienna will hold the 2026 Eurovision with the final on 16 May.

Yeah it was weird how they acted as if there‘s a competition

 

[Finnice]

I can imagine all the Strauss anecdotes, and why not?

 

[allezfred]

I can imagine all the Strauss anecdotes, and why not?

I don’t remember them overplaying Strauss last time when it was in Vienna in 2015.

Interesting that because of the pandemic, Vienna will have hosted both the 60th AND 70th anniversary editions of Eurovision.

 

[allezfred]

Ireland one of four countries (the others being Slovenia, Spain and Iceland) so far making their participation in next year’s Eurovision conditional.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0911/1532957-rte-eurovision/

 

[allezfred]

The Dutch broadcaster has now also confirmed that their participation next year is conditional.

Netherlands will boycott 2026 Eurovision if Israel participates, says broadcaster

Dutch broadcast company AVROTROS has announced that the Netherlands will boycott the 2026 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to compete. The Netherlands is the fifth country to announce a planned boycott of the event, which is scheduled to be held in Vienna.

nltimes.nl

The Dutch are the sixth biggest contributors to the EBU budget after the Big 5 so this is significant.

 

[allezfred]

The board of the Spanish broadcaster RTVE have voted to confirm that their participation in 2026 will also be conditional.

Eurovisión: RTVE acuerda retirar a España si participa Israel

El Consejo de Administración de RTVE acuerda retirar a España de Eurovisión si Israel participa

amp.rtve.es

 

[allezfred]

Vote to take place on Israel’s Eurovision 2026 participation in November.

European broadcasters to vote on expelling Israel from Eurovision 2026

Online vote in November could see Israeli broadcaster Kan expelled from next year’s event

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Vagabond]

This means nothing to me.