Austrian singer Johannes Pietsch aka JJ (2ndR), winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, and Austrian singer and actor Conchita Wurst (L), winner of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, help Austrian singer Marianne Mendt, participant of the ESC 1971, to sit during a reception held by the Austrian President for Austrian ESC participants at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria on April 21, 2026, ahead of the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). The two semi-finals of the ESC will take place on May 12 and May 14 and the final on May 16, 2026. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP via Getty Images)