{"id":380949,"date":"2026-01-20T20:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/380949\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:43:10","slug":"%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%b9-austria-orf-announces-wir-sind-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/380949\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 Austria: ORF Announces &#8216;Wir sind Song Contest&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Austrian broadcaster ORF has announced \u2018Wir sind Song Contest\u2019, a three-show program focused on the Eurovision Song Contest.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Barbara Sch\u00f6neberger, ORF will build up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with \u2018Wir sing Song Contest\u2019. The show will look back at 70 years of the Eurovision Song Contest, with a mix of history, performances and quizzing. <\/p>\n<p>Pizzera &amp; Jaus, Folkshilfe and Beatrice Egli are among the guests who will cover past Eurovision hits while John and Jenny J\u00fcrgens, Johnny Logan and Felix Neureuther will also perform for the audience. In each show, at least one Eurovision star will perform their song for audiences. Furthermore, Austria\u2019s Eurovision fans will compete during the show in a quiz to win tickets to the final in Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Wir sing Song Contest\u2019 will air from 20:15 CET on April 24, May 1 and May 8. Show One will focus on \u201970 Years of the World\u2019s Greatest Music Show\u2019, Show Two is \u2018Austria\u2019s Most Emotional Moments\u2019, while Show Three will look at \u2018The Most Successful Hits and Heroes\u2019. Tickets to be part of the show are available on the ORF <a href=\"https:\/\/backstage.orf.at\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website <\/a>from January 21.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/der.orf.at\/unternehmen\/aktuell\/wir_sind_esc100.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ORF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest+<\/p>\n<p>Austria debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957. Bob Martin represented the country on their debut but finished in last place, scoring just 3 points. Austria has won the contest three times, the first being in 1966 when Udo J\u00fcrgens performed \u201cMerci, Ch\u00e9rie\u201d. It was 48 years later when Austria won again in 2014, when Conchita Wurst performed \u201cRise Like a Phoenix\u201d, scoring a total of 290 points. Austria\u2019s third win came in 2025, when JJ sang \u201cWasted Love\u201d and scored 436 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Austrian broadcaster ORF has announced \u2018Wir sind Song Contest\u2019, a three-show program focused on the Eurovision Song&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,33958,391,56,54,55,144543],"class_list":["post-380949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-headline","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wir-sind-song-contest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}