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🇦🇹 Eurovision 2026: Graz Will Not Bid to Host

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Graz will not submit a bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. After several discussions with the provincial and national governments, as well as private sponsors, the City of Graz has decided not to bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest. Elke Kahr, mayor of Graz, stated in a press release that the cost of hosting the contest is too much for the second-largest city in Austria to afford. “In view of the tense financial situation of the ci…

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According to the study, the major musical event will bring about 58 million euros of gross value creation in the coming year. While Graz will retire in the race for the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and yet not apply, Tyrol's councillor Mario Gerber (ÖVP) is now taking part – with the aim: The ESC should go to Innsbruck! Which Austrian city will host the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in 2026? The discussion started immediately after…

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Graz, which was the favorite to host Eurovision next May, has officially withdrawn its candidacy.

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The Styrian capital is too expensive. In the race, only Innsbruck, Vienna, Wels and Linz with a joint application

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The city could not have paid for the costs alone. Support from the federal government and the country did not come about.

·Vienna, Austria
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ORF.at News broke the news in Vienna, Austria on Friday, June 27, 2025.
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