VIENNA (AP) — The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place in Vienna. Austria’s public broadcaster ORF, which will organize the world’s largest live music event, announced the location Wednesday morning.

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.

Austria’s capital has been officially confirmed as the host city for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, set to dazzle