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).
With the announcement of a new logo, font, and brand identity for the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU is once more evolving the Song Contest for the next generation. What impact will this change have on the Contest, how will the community react, and why is change the only constant at Eurovision?
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.
Ewan Spence, Fin Ross Russell, and Dudepoints start off the Eurovision Podcrawl with a trip to Cannes in 1959. They talk about the Contest’s formative years, the impact on the future of the Song Contest, and pick out three songs to talk about in detail.
Fin Ross Russell looks at the Eurovision Song Contest’s recent record of entrants to ask if things have improved for people of colour entering the Song Contest?
Think you know how many votes were really cast at Eurovision 2025? Discover how Italy’s unique transparency laws might hold the key to revealing the true numbers behind the Contest’s public vote, and what that means for the future of Eurovision.













