ORF Plans National Selection Show for ESC 2026

"After a long break, there will be a national selection show again. A big TV evening with a lot of audience participation," said ORF Program Director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz in a "Kurier" interview. When the show will take place is not mentioned. The decision to send this year's ESC winner JJ into the race was made away from the public eye.

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Additionally, Groiss-Horowitz announces a "big show series leading up to the ESC." "The 70 years of its existence already provide a good template. It will be top prominently cast from home and abroad," she revealed. A series of documentaries is also planned. These will deal with the different facets of the ESC and its development.

The decision on who will host the ESC in Austria "will be made at the end of the year," according to the ORF Program Director. However, it should already be determined in the second half of August whether the mega event will be held in Vienna or Innsbruck. ORF-ESC Executive Producer Michael Krön recently spoke of an "open race" to the APA.

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