6 hours agoCosmo represents Austria at Eurovision 2026
Periskopi(4 months ago)
(4 months ago)Austria, the host country of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, has chosen 19-year-old artist Cosmo as its representative in the competition. Behind the stage name Cosmo stands singer Benjamin Gedeon, who this year is introduced to “Tanzchein”. The song is dedicated to his mother and contains different animals that dance at a rate. [...]
Behind the stage name Cosmo stands singer Benjamin Gedeon, who this year is introduced to “Tanzchein”.
The song is dedicated to his mother and contains different animals that dance at a rate.
Benjamin Gedeon won from 12 finalists and secured his country in the Eurovision final.
Cosmo, marked by the blue star above the right eye, describes his participation in the May 16th final in Vienna as an extraordinary “nder”, reports Telegraph, broadcast Periscope.
As a host country, Austria automatically qualified for the 20 finalists' round.
After ten years of internal selection, Austrian national broadcaster The ORF again allowed the public to vote this year.
Half the votes were cast by the jury and half by the audience.
Last year's winner, Austrian contractor JJ, won Basel with the song “Wested Love”, bringing Eurosong to Austria.
Vienna has been hosting this competition twice so far in 1967 and 2015. /Periscope
