What?
Austria will hold its national selection for Eurovision 2026.
At the end of the night, Austria will select a song for Eurovision 2026
When?
20:15 – 23:20 CET
How To Watch?
ESC YouTube
ORF 1 Live (Austria Only)
The Songs
YouTube
Spotify
12 artists will perform in the following running order:
- Anna-Sophie – Superhuman
- Sidrit Vokshi – Wenn ich rauche (Eng: When I Smoke)
- Kayla Krystin – I brenn (Eng: I Burn)
- Reverend Stomp – Mescalero Ranger
- Bamlak Werner – We Are Not Just One Thing
- Philip Piller – Das Leben ist Kunst (Eng: Life Is Art)
- Nikotin – Unsterblich (Eng: Immortal)
- David Kurt – Pockets Full of Snow
- Julia Steen – Julia
- Frevd – Riddle
- Lena Schaur – Painted Reality
- Cosmó – Tanzschein (Eng: Dance certificate)
The Format
The hosts of the shows will be: Cesár Sampson (Eurovision 2018) and Alice Tumler (Eurovision 2015 host).
- The results will be based on 50% public vote and 50% international jury vote.
- The jury will consist of 43 members, among them: Jamala (Ukraine, Eurovision 2016) and Melanie Wehbe (Swedish singer-songwriter). Linnea Gawell (Sweden, songwriter), Michael Schulte (Germany, Eurovision 2018), Alan Roy Scott (American songwriter), Shari Short (American songwriter), and Austrian experts.
- The commentators of the show are: Luca Hänni (Switzerland, Eurovision 2019), Caroline Athanasiadis, and Elton
Austria will compete in the grand final of Eurovision 2026 (on May 16th, 2026)
Eurovision 2026 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on May 12th, 14th, and 16th, 2026.
