Following the announcement of the artists taking part in the upcoming Austrian Eurovision 2026 national selection Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich?, Tamara Flores has decided to withdraw from the competition.
🇦🇹 Sidrit Vokshi replaces Tamara Flores in Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich?
Tamara Flores was due to perform in the upcoming Austrian national final with, ‘Chingona’. However, in the days following the artist announcement from ORF, she announced her withdrawal due to ‘personal reasons’. Sidrit Vokshi will now take her place in the live show. The updated lists of competing acts and their songs is as follows:
- Anna-Sophie – ‘Superhuman’
- Bamlak Werner – ‘We Are Not Just One Thing’
- Cosmó – ‘Tanzschein’
- David Kurt – ‘Pockets Full of Snow’
- Frevd – ‘Riddle’
- Julia Steen – ‘Julia’
- Kayla Krystin – ‘I brenn’
- Lena Schaur – ‘Painted Reality’
- Nikotin – ‘Unsterblich’
- Philip Piller – ‘Das Leben ist Kunst’
- Reverend Stomp – ‘Mescalero Ranger’
- Sidrit Vokshi – ‘Wenn ich rauche’
Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich? will take place on February 20 early next year. The voting public and jury members will determine who will represent the host nation in Vienna next May at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
Ten years of internal selections are no more
During an interview the day after JJ’s victory, ORF’s Program Director, Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz confirmed on the channel that the host broadcaster of Eurovision 2026 would use an internal selection method. However, this plan soon changed with the announcement of the live broadcast of selection show, Wer singt für Österreich?. Since 2017 Austria have used a combination of internal judging panels and live auditions to choose its Eurovision representatives. Over the ten years, Austria have found increased success with this process. It has resulted in three top 15 results, including a third place in 2018 for Cesar Sampson and of course, victory in 2025 for JJ.
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