{"id":581507,"date":"2026-05-13T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581507\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:20:10","slug":"%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%b9-austria-most-watched-eurovision-semi-final-since-hosting-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581507\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 Austria: Most Watched Eurovision Semi-Final Since Hosting in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the host nation of Austria, Semi-Final One of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was the most-watched Semi-Final since the country last hosted in 2015.<\/p>\n

An average audience of 622,000 viewers watched Semi-Final One of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 live from Vienna. The number of viewers is up 330,000 compared to the first Semi-Final in 2025, with audience share for last nights show at 30% of television viewers. The competition was the most-watched show on ORF 1 yesterday, with Eurovision Song Contest content being aired from 17:55 CET to 23:22 CET. The last time Austria hosted in 2015, 803,000 viewers watched Semi-Final One live. <\/p>\n

Viewing figures for Eurovision 2026 Semi-Final One:<\/p>\n

Austria \u2013 622,000 viewers \u2013 30% share
\nGermany \u2013 920,000 viewers \u2013 5.2% share
\nGreece \u2013 994,000 viewers \u2013 37.7% share
\nNetherlands \u2013 767,000 viewers<\/p>\n

Cosm\u00f3 has been drawn to compete 25th on the night of the Grand Final, on May 16. This is the second time in two years that Austria has been drawn to close the Eurovision Song Contest.<\/p>\n

You can read more about Cosm\u00f3 below:<\/p>\n

Source: ORF<\/a><\/p>\n

Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest+<\/p>\n

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":"In the host nation of Austria, Semi-Final One of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 was the most-watched Semi-Final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,33958,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-581507","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581507","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=581507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}