Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen (C) poses with his wife Doris Schmidauer (C-L), Austrian singer Johannes Pietsch aka JJ (front 3L), winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, Austrian singer and actor Conchita Wurst (front 4L), Hungarian singer-songwriter Benjamin Gedeon, aka Cosmo (front 3R), and other Austrian ESC participants during a reception at the 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)