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Deborah Cole in Berlin

‘It’s going to be expensive’: Austria frets about price tag of hosting Eurovision

JJ from Austria holds up the trophy onstage, he won with the song
Switzerland’s public broadcaster SRF put the total cost of hosting the 2025 Eurovision song contest at 60m Swiss francs (£55m). Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Austria’s triumph in the Eurovision song contest has sparked a wave of joy across the country, but also fretting about how to pay for hosting the event next year.

The cash-strapped public broadcaster ORF, which would bear the bulk of the organising costs along with the still-to-be-named host city, admitted that Vienna-born JJ’s win was a mixed blessing at a time of belt-tightening.

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