{"id":9150,"date":"2026-06-28T00:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/9150\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T00:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:36:19","slug":"luxembourg-increases-eurovision-budget-to-e2-million-annually-for-future-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/9150\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxembourg Increases Eurovision Budget to \u20ac2 Million Annually for Future Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luxembourg is set to significantly increase its financial commitment to the Eurovision Song Contest, with the government allocating \u20ac2 million per year for its participation in 2028, 2028, and 2029. This budget adjustment aims to meet evolving production standards and strengthen the country\u2019s Eurovision presence.<\/p>\n

Luxembourg\u2019s commitment to entering the Eurovision Song Contest for a further three years will come at an increased cost, with the government set to raise its annual budget to \u20ac2 million for the years 2027, 2028, and 2029.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Media and Connectivity confirmed this budget increase to the Luxemburger Wort.<\/a> Previously, the state budget had allocated \u20ac1.6 million for the contest, although actual costs had already reached \u20ac1,667,532 by 2025.<\/p>\n

Both the ministry and RTL, the public broadcaster overseeing Luxembourg\u2019s participation, have stated that the need to meet higher quality and production standards justifies the use of additional taxpayers\u2019 money for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe annual budget allocated for this purpose has been adjusted to \u20ac2 million to further strengthen the Eurovision ecosystem, which is now firmly established in the country, and to enable broader participation by national partners,\u201d the ministry\u2019s press team explained.<\/p>\n

The ministry also clarified that RTL is not making any profit from its commitment, stating:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe funding is structured in such a way that it is economically neutral for CLT-UFA [the parent company of RTL Luxembourg].\u201d<\/p>\n

RTL\u2019s Eurovision Luxembourg team indicated that the higher costs are linked to \u201cincreased requirements\u201d associated with organising the Luxembourg Song Contest (LSC), the national selection show for the Grand Duchy\u2019s representative, and participating in the Eurovision Song Contest itself.<\/p>\n

Elisabeth Conter ( Head of Delegation for Luxembourg at Eurovision) says:<\/p>\n

In recent years, production requirements, technical implementation, and expectations regarding the quality of the events have increased significantly. Added to this are higher costs for stage production, international promotion, travel, accommodation, and delegation support .<\/p>\n

Elisabeth Conter adds:<\/p>\n

With the adjusted budget, RTL can continue to realize the LSC and Luxembourg\u2019s participation in the ESC at a level that meets the international standards of the competition.<\/p>\n

Conter concludes:<\/p>\n

We can also state that the organization and production of the Luxembourg Song Contest at the Rockhal represents the largest cost block, accounting for around 70 percent of the total budget. The remaining funds are allocated to the preparation and execution of Luxembourg\u2019s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.<\/p>\n

Luxembourg has confirmed its participation at the Eurovision Song Contest for 2027, 2028 and 2029. Preparations have already kicked off in the Grand Duchy for the Luxembourg Song Contest 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Luxembourg is set to significantly increase its financial commitment to the Eurovision Song Contest, with the government…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[2712,93,5,1879],"class_list":["post-9150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-luxembourg","tag-elisabeth-conter","tag-eurovision","tag-luxembourg","tag-rtl-luxembourg"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@lu\/116824937873280741","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}