Good to see some of the broadcasters start to insist on action. However the EBU can be very stubborn and does a lot of “talking” and placating, rather than actual action.
ESC’s Executive Supervisor is out after 5 years.
https://www.ebu.ch/news/2025/06/martin-osterdahl-to-step-down-as-executive-supervisor-of-the-eurovision-song-contest-this-summer
Appointed in 2020, Martin Österdahl has managed a period of remarkable innovation and resilience in the Contest’s history
That’s one way to describe it.
Hoping for Innsbruck as I’ll be going again in 2026 
Do we know when the actual dates will be announced, or will be at the same time as the host city is announced?
Usually at the same time
rage Eurovision Special
Sunday 3 August 5:00 AM
rage looks back at the Eurovision Song Contest and plays some of the best music videos to have featured across the decades of the competition’s history.
A new look for the Eurovision Song Contest
From today, you’ll be seeing the Eurovision Song Contest exude a fresh glow, as we debut our stylish new look to coincide with 70 years of the Contest.
In 2026, the Eurovision Song Contest is celebrating a whopping seven decades of being United by Music. It’s a milestone worth celebrating; 70 years of telling every Fairytale via a memorable Refrain. And thanks to JJ’s victory at Basel 2025 with Wasted Love, the momentous occasion will be taking place in Austria next year.
Ahead of the 2026 Contest, we plan on shining a spotlight over our past, celebrating our present, and looking forward to our future. We’re going to be marking 70 years in true Eurovision style, and here’s where it starts: with the debut of our colourful new look.
The Eurovision logo that you’ve seen represent the Contest for over 20 years now has been refreshed from the iconic hand-drawn script that was launched in 2004 and refined in 2014. Now, it’s been simplified into a single, unique marque, with one familiar element at its centre: that unmistakable Eurovision heart which is now beating louder than ever.
Paired with the fresh logo is a new standalone icon: the ‘Chameleon Heart’. The Eurovision Song Contest’s emotional compass, this heart is going to be able to absorb cultural influences, music and movement. It will also be able to adapt to reflect the host nation’s identity, a performer’s individuality, or a particular theme. But regardless of its guise, the Eurovision Song Contest will always be emanating from the heart’s core.
You’ll be seeing a lot more of this 3D heart, as well as its versatility and vibrance, in the build up to the 70th edition of the world’s largest live music event in Austria next year. Your first glimpse of it comes now, via the unveiling of our 70th icon.
The ‘70th’ heart manages to incorporate 70 layers; one for every year of the Eurovision Song Contest. Each layer represents one year of bringing song, sparkle and unforgettable moments to audiences across Europe and now the world.
Martin Green CBE, Director of the Eurovision Song Contest, said:
“The Eurovision Song Contest has always been about evolution - musical, cultural, and creative. This refresh honours 70 amazing years while taking the brand forward to an exciting future. It’s bold, playful, and full of heart - just like the Contest itself. We’re so proud to unveil it to the world.
“Our new logo and look have been designed to make the ESC brand clearer on digital platforms, bring our family of projects all into one space, and protect the brand globally for EBU Members as the Contest continues to attract new audiences across the world.
“You’ll start to see more of our new brand identity as we head towards the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and there’ll be more surprises, and details on all the activities celebrating 70 years of being United by Music, coming in the months ahead.”
I thought this was a new 7 multichannel. 
The new logo looks so 1960s.
Maybe 70s. 
I think they’re getting too interested in the Microsoft Word font selector guys! 
I’m coming around to it but it has that AI kind of look to it, like if you fed the old logo to chatgpt it would spit this out instead.
I like the revised heart motif but absolutely hate the mixture of upper and lowercase letters - very childish for what’s meant to be such a valuable contest
You make it sound like a dignified and sombre event which it seriously is not.