Eurovision 2015 at the Olympiaworld in Innsbruck?

Olympiaworld Innsbruck (© Thomas Böhm)

After the victory from 'Eurovision Queen' Conchita Wurst on 10th of May in Copenhagen with 'Rise Like A Phoenix' there are a lot of rumors and speculations about the host city 2015 and the venue.

Let's have a look at the Austrian cities and venues which showed there interest to be the host city for the 60th Eurovision Song Contest anniversary.

Out of the running are:

• Klagenfurt
• Schwechtal
• Oberwart
• Unterpremstätten
• Wels

Well, we still have in the running Austria's capital Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck. These are possible event locations for Eurovision 2015:

• Innsbruck - Olympiaworld (Capacity: 12.000)
• Graz - Stadthalle (Capacity: 11.030)
• Vienna - Stadthalle (Capacity: 16.000)

There are not confirmed rumors that Vienna's Stadthalle could be also out of the running, because there are already confirmed events in the venue for May 2015 which are not possible to changed.. Could this be the reason why we still have 4 !!! possible Eurovision dates?! 

"After careful consideration of all applications, the ORF has decided to conduct further discussions with the City of Vienna and the operators of the Wiener Stadthalle, the city of Graz and the operators of the Stadthalle Graz and Innsbruck and the operators of Olympiaworld" confirmed Austria's broadcaster ORF.

Read the full anouncement from Austrian broadcaster ORF:

• Song Contest: Wien noch im Rennen (21.06.2014)

It is planed to anounce a final decision about the host city and venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 before August 2015. The story continues.. stay tuned!