Two Austrian cities have withdrawn their interest in hosting the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. Siegmund Kahlbacher, Managing Director of Comer City in Ebreichsdorf, has confirmed that Comer City will not be progressing into the next phase of the bidding process to host the Eurovision Song Contest. Kerstin Zsifkovits-Taferner, […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 21st, we are continuing with Conchita Wurst. He represented Austria, with “Rise Like a Phoenix”, taking 1st place […]
Just before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, we asked the readers of Eurovision Ireland which country they thought should have won our beloved contest more than they have. The results are in – but hold on to your hats, it’s about to get more exciting […]
ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster and the EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, have met in Vienna to share and discuss information surrounding the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. From ORF, Roland Weißmann (Director-General of ORF), Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz (Head of Programming at ORF), Eva Schindlauer (Commercial Director at ORF), Harald Kräuter […]
ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster, have revealed the possibility of a national selection, for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. A spokesperson from ORF, has told Kleine Zeitung, an Austrian newspaper, that “the selection of our representative for 2026 will not be a secret decision”. ORF is examining ways […]
ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster, has revealed when the host city for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, will be revealed. FOLLOWING the opening of the host city application process, ORF have revealed the host city for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, will be revealed by Friday 8th August. […]
ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster, have revealed two sets of provisional dates, for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. ORF have started the host city application process, sending out the requirements to all Austrian cities and municipalities. Included in the requirements are two sets of provisional dates – 12th, […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 1st, we are starting with the reigning champion, JJ. He represented Austria with “Wasted Love”, taking victory with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nadine Beiler from Austria is 35 today Some countries have had a patchy relationship with our favourite TV show. Take Italy for example. They took over a decade out, and eventually won when they chose to. Then there are our friends in Austria. It’s been a bit […]
ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster, have started to attract cities wishing to host the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, following JJ’s victory in Basel. Ebreichsdorf has proposed to use Comer City, which would involve the creation of a temporary venue, with a capacity of 20,000 people and space for […]
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