The Viennese are simply a song contest-loving people: According to a recent survey by the IFDD Institute on behalf of the city broadcaster W24, 62 percent of the population of the federal capital hope that the next ESC 2026 will be held in Vienna. Only 30 percent of the 1,000 representative respondents identified themselves as location-based ESC grouches, while eight percent refrained from giving an answer.
