The European Broadcasting Union faces an unprecedented vote on whether Israel will compete in Eurovision 2026, a decision set to define the contest’s future. Whichever way the result falls, the fallout threatens boycotts, protests, and a deep clash between Eurovision’s ideals of unity and the political realities of today.

In the lead-up to the vote on whether Israel’s public service broadcaster, KAN, will remain in the Eurovision Song Contest, the community has been inundated with information – and not all of it has been accurate. Misinformation specialist and journalist Scott Reid has a few tips to give you the best chance of working out the truth from the noise. 

The Eurovision Song Contest stands on the brink of its most consequential decision in decades: whether Israeli Public Service Broadcaster KAN will be included or excluded in its 2026 edition. With culture, sport, and politics all intensifying global pressure, how do similar organisations around the world deal with one of the society’s most difficult geopolitical decisions?

Guest writer Charlie Eastabrook explains what feels like an unpopular opinion in the community this week… She quite likes the new Eurovision Song Contest logo.

Following the head-to-head bidding process, Austrian broadcaster ORF has confirmed that the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will be held in Vienna, on Saturday, May 16th (with the Semi Finals on Tuesday, 12th May and Thursday, 14th May).

This summer, many of your favourite Eurovision podcasts have invited you to join them on a podcrawl. Ewan Spence sits down to spin a tale of community, of Contests, and how a podcrawl can grow the community.