Vienna to host Eurovision Song Contest 2026

Eurovision’s 70th final will take place on May 16

JJ won Eurovision for Austria in 2025 (Shivansh Gupta/PA)

Vienna is to host the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after Austria’s act JJ won the 2025 event with his song, Wasted Love, in Basel, Switzerland.

The city will become joint fourth on the list of places which have hosted the contest the most times, alongside Copenhagen, Malmo and Stockholm, with Austrian broadcaster ORF hosting the event.