Unanimous enthusiasm looks different. After all, 38 percent of participants in a representative survey by the market research institute TQS respond to the question "What is your overall opinion on the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna?" with "rather negative" or "very negative". However, the majority of 44 percent of the 1,000 respondents aged between 16 and 65 see themselves in the "very positive" or "rather positive" category.

A majority, however, also does not believe that the in their own country will be an economic success for Austria. According to 54 percent of those surveyed, this is "rather" or "not at all" likely to be the case.

A Third for Exclusion of Israel

The opinion of Austrians is ultimately nuanced regarding the hotly debated question beforehand of whether Israel should be excluded from the competition due to the Gaza war, or how to deal with the long-banned aggressor state Russia. Thus, 31 percent of respondents are in favor of Israel continuing to participate in the Song Contest, while only 26 percent hope that the excluded Russia will be allowed back in. Conversely, 33 percent are for an exclusion of Israel, whereas 47 percent of study participants vote for maintaining the ban on Russia.

(APA/Red)

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