During Austria’s new national selection, Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich? Cosmó emerged victorious with ‘Tanzschein’ and will represent the host nation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 later this May.

Cosmó wins Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich?

Overall 12 acts took part in Austria’s Eurovision 2026 selection, Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich? The live final was hosted by Cesár Sampson (Eurovision 2018) and experienced presenter, Alice Tumler who hosted Vienna’s last Eurovision in 2015. A panel including, Caroline Athanasiadis, Eric Papilaya (Austria 2007) and JJ (Eurovision 2025) provided commentary of the performances, but had no say in the overriding results. Only the public voting (50%) and a 43-member jury (50%) decided the winner. The full results are as follows:

ARTISTSONGJURYTELEVOTETOTALCosmó‘Tanzschein’101222Lena Schaur‘Painted Reality’12820Bamlak Werner‘We Are Not Just One Thing’41014Kayla Krystin‘I brenn’8614Nikotin‘Unsterblich’7411Anna-Sophie‘Superhuman’279Frevd‘Riddle’538Julia Steen‘Riddle’628Sidrit Vokshi‘Wenn ich rauche’055Reverend Stomp‘Mescalero Ranger’303Philip Piller‘Das Leben ist Kunst’112David Kurt‘Pockets Full of Snow’000

Ten years of internal selections are no more

During an interview the day after JJ’s victory, ORF’s Program Director, Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz confirmed on the channel that the host broadcaster of Eurovision 2026 would use an internal selection method. However, this plan soon changed with the announcement of the live broadcast of selection show, Wer singt für Österreich?. Since 2017 Austria have used a combination of internal judging panels and live auditions to choose its Eurovision representatives. Over the ten years, Austria have found increased success with this process. It has resulted in three top 15 results, including a third place in 2018 for Cesar Sampson and of course, victory in 2025 for JJ.

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