Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other Austria has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since its debut in Template:Escyr. The country has won three times, in Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr, and such it holds the record for the longest gap between consecutive wins — 48 years. The Austrian participating broadcaster in the contest is Script error: No such module "Lang". (ORF). Vienna was the host city on both of the occasions that the contest was held in Austria, in Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr.
Austria has finished last in the contest final seven times (1957, 1961, 1962, 1979, 1984, 1988, and 1991) and finished last in the semi-final in 2012. "Nobody but You" by Cesár Sampson achieved Austria's eighth top five result and third-best result of the 21st century at the Template:Escyr contest, finishing third.
Having finished sixth at the Template:Escyr contest and fourth in Template:Escyr, Udo Jürgens - one of few Eurovision performers to have competed in three contests, let alone consecutively - won at his third attempt in Template:Escyr with the song "Script error: No such module "Lang".". This was Austria's only top three result of the 20th century, as well as their first win. Austria won again in Template:Escyr, with "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst, setting a then-record for longest gap between winning entries. They would go on to win most recently in Template:Escyr, with "Wasted Love" by JJ.
History
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ORF finished last at its debut in the contest in 1957, before Liane Augustin gave the country the first of its eight top five results in Template:Escyr, with fifth. Having finished sixth in Template:Escyr and fourth in Template:Escyr, Udo Jürgens won the contest at his third attempt in 1966. This would be Austria's only top three result of 20th century. The country's best result over the next 46 years (1967–2013) would be fifth place, which it achieved with The Milestones in Template:Escyr, Waterloo and Robinson in Template:Escyr and Thomas Forstner in Template:Escyr. Austria has finished last in the final a total of seven times, in 1957, 1961, 1962, 1979, 1984, 1988, 1991. The country also finished last in the semi-final in 2012. Austria's best result of the 1990s was four tenth-place finishes, in Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr. Austria's best result of the 2000s was Alf Poier's sixth-place in Template:Escyr, which was Austria's best placement since 1989.
After a three-year absence, ORF announced on 28 July 2010 that Austria would return to the contest in Template:Escyr,[1][2] where the country reached the final for the first time since 2004, finishing 18th.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Austria achieved its second victory in the contest at the Template:Escyr contest, with Conchita Wurst winning with 290 points.[3] In a complete reversal of fortunes in 2015, following a tie-break rule Austria was placed 26th and scored nul points along with Germany (27th), they became the first countries since the United Kingdom in 2003 to score nul points at the final. Because of this, Austria became the first host country to receive nul points. Austria qualified for the final for the next three years, finishing 13th in 2016, 16th in 2017 and in 2018, when "Nobody but You" by Cesár Sampson finished third. The country's fortunes were once again reversed afterwards, with Paenda (2019), Vincent Bueno (2021) and Lumix feat. Pia Maria (2022) all failing to qualify. Teya and Salena returned Austria to the final in 2023, finishing 15th.
Absences
Austria has opted out of participation in several contests. The first of these was the 1969 contest, which was staged in Madrid. As Spain was ruled at that time by Francisco Franco, Austria chose to boycott the contest. Contest historian John Kennedy O'Connor points out, however, that Austria had given Spain two points in the previous event and since Spain only won by one point, the political protest was seen as disingenuous.[4]
The following year, Austria was again absent. This was due to the unprecedented result in 1969 in which four songs tied for first place, a result which prompted several other countries to opt out as well.[4]
From 1973 to 1975, Austria stayed away as well. The exact reason for this is unclear, however the scoring system in use at one of these contests, which allowed all entrants a guaranteed number of points, may have been a factor.
The country was ineligible to compete in 1998 and 2001, as it had not achieved sufficiently high placings in the five previous years.[4]
Prior to the 2006 contest, Austria announced that it would not enter a performer in protest at their poor results in previous years, arguing that the musical talent of the performers was no longer the determining factor in success at the event.[5][6] The country returned for the 2007 contest in Helsinki, but came second to last in the semi-final. National broadcaster ORF cited the 2007 result, as well as declining interest in the contest among Austrian viewers, as the reason Austria would not return to the contest in 2008. ORF programme director Wolfgang Lorenz also hinted that Austria may withdraw from the contest indefinitely, stating "ORF has no desire to send more talent out of Austria to a competition where they have no chances...Should the situation change, we'll be happy to take part again".[7] Despite withdrawing, the final of the 2008 contest was shown on ORF.[8]
In 2008, the EBU introduced two semi-finals to the contest, hoping that spreading countries out by random draw would prevent the kind of bloc voting that had warded Austria off. Additionally, juries were reintroduced to determine 50% of each country's result in 2009 (albeit not in the semi-finals, in which all but one of the qualifiers were decided entirely by televote). However, Edgar Böhm, director of entertainment for ORF, said that the semi-final format "still incorporates a mix of countries who will be politically favoured in the voting process" and "that, unless a clear guideline as to how the semifinals are organised is made by the EBU, Austria will not be taking part in Moscow 2009".[9] ORF decided not to participate in the 2009 contest, but did broadcast the final as in 2008.[10] The EBU announced that they would work harder to bring Austria back to the contest in 2010, along with former participants Monaco and Italy.[11] It was, however, confirmed that Austria would not participate in the 2010 contest in Oslo.[12] In July 2010, the chairman of ORF, Alexander Wrabetz, stated that Austria would return for the 2011 contest, due to it being held in its neighbour Germany.[1][2][13] In 2011, Austria reached the final for the first time since 2004.
Participation overview
| 1 | First place |
| 2 | Second place |
| 3 | Third place |
| ◁ | Last place |
| X | Entry selected but did not compete |
| † | Upcoming event |
| Year | Artist | Song | Language | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| Template:Escyr | Bob Martin | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 10 ◁ | 3 | No semi-finals | |
| Template:Escyr | Liane Augustin | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 5 | 8 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Ferry Graf | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 9 | 4 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Harry Winter | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 7 | 6 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Jimmy Makulis | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 15 ◁ | 1 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Eleonore Schwarz | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 13 ◁ | 0 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Carmela Corren | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German, English | 7 | 16 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Udo Jürgens | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 6 | 11 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Udo Jürgens | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 4 | 16 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Udo Jürgens | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 1 | 31 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Peter Horten | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 14 | 2 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Karel Gott | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 13 | 2 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Marianne Mendt | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | GermanTemplate:Efn | 16 | 66 | ||
| Template:Escyr | The Milestones | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 5 | 100 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Waterloo and Robinson | "My Little World" | English | 5 | 80 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Schmetterlinge | "Boom Boom Boomerang" | German, English | 17 | 11 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Springtime | "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" | German | 15 | 14 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Christina Simon | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 18 ◁ | 5 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Blue Danube | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 8 | 64 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Marty Brem | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 17 | 20 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Mess | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 9 | 57 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Westend | "Hurricane" | German | 9 | 53 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Anita | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 19 ◁ | 5 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Gary Lux | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 8 | 60 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Timna Brauer | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 18 | 12 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Gary Lux | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 20 | 8 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Wilfried | "Lisa Mona Lisa" | German | 21 ◁ | 0 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Thomas Forstner | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 5 | 97 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Simone | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 10 | 58 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Thomas Forstner | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 22 ◁ | 0 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Tony Wegas | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 10 | 63 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Tony Wegas | "Maria Magdalena" | German | 14 | 32 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | |
| Template:Escyr | Petra Frey | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 17 | 19 | No semi-finals | |
| Template:Escyr | Stella Jones | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 13 | 67 | ||
| Template:Escyr | George Nussbaumer | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | GermanTemplate:Efn | 10 | 68 | 6 | 80 |
| Template:Escyr | Bettina Soriat | "One Step" | German | 21 | 12 | No semi-finals | |
| Template:Escyr | Bobbie Singer | "Reflection" | English | 10 | 65 | ||
| Template:Escyr | The Rounder Girls | "All to You" | English | 14 | 34 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Manuel Ortega | "Say a Word" | English | 18 | 26 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Alf Poier | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | GermanTemplate:Efn | 6 | 101 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Tie Break | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | German | 21 | 9 | Top 11 in 2003 contestTemplate:Efn | |
| Template:Escyr | Global.Kryner | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | English, Spanish | Failed to qualify | 21 | 30 | |
| Template:Escyr | Eric Papilaya | "Get a Life – Get Alive" | English | 27 | 4 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Nadine Beiler | "The Secret Is Love" | English | 18 | 64 | 7 | 69 |
| Template:Escyr | Trackshittaz | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | GermanTemplate:Efn | Failed to qualify | 18 ◁ | 8 | |
| Template:Escyr | Natália Kelly | "Shine" | English | 14 | 27 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Conchita Wurst | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | English | 1 | 290 | 1 | 169 |
| Template:Escyr | The Makemakes | "I Am Yours" | English | 26 | 0 | Host country | |
| Template:Escyr | Zoë | "Script error: No such module "Lang"." | French | 13 | 151 | 7 | 170 |
| Template:Escyr | Nathan Trent | "Running on Air" | English | 16 | 93 | 7 | 147 |
| Template:Escyr | Cesár Sampson | "Nobody but You" | English | 3 | 342 | 4 | 231 |
| Template:Escyr | Paenda | "Limits" | English | Failed to qualify | 17 | 21 | |
| Template:Escyr | Vincent Bueno | "Alive" | English | Contest cancelledTemplate:Efn X | |||
| Template:Escyr | Vincent Bueno | "Amen" | English | Failed to qualify | 12 | 66 | |
| Template:Escyr | Lumix Template:Feat. Pia Maria | "Halo" | English | 15 | 42 | ||
| Template:Escyr | Teya and Salena | "Who the Hell Is Edgar?" | English | 15 | 120 | 2 | 137 |
| Template:Escyr | Kaleen | "We Will Rave" | English | 24 | 24 | 9 | 46 |
| Template:Escyr | JJ | "Wasted Love" | English | 1 | 436 | 5 | 104 |
| Template:Escyr | Confirmed intention to participate †[14] | Host country | |||||
Hostings
| Year | Location | Venue | Presenter | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Escyr | Vienna | Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg | Erica Vaal | |
| Template:Escyr | Wiener Stadthalle | Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler, Arabella Kiesbauer and Conchita Wurst | File:20150520 ESC 2015 Moderatorinnen 3112.jpg | |
| Template:Escyr | TBA | |||
Awards
Marcel Bezençon Awards
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| Year | Category | Song | Performer(s) | Composer(s) | Host city | Ref. |
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| 2014 | Press Award | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | Conchita Wurst | Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas | Template:Flagicon Copenhagen | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Related involvement
Conductors
Heads of delegation
| Year | Head of delegation | Refs. |
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| Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr | Stefan Zechner | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Commentators and spokespersons
Between the Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr contests, every contest was commentated by Austrian radio journalist and actor Ernst Grissemann, with the exception of the Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr contests. Grissemann admitted to future German commentator Peter Urban in 1995 that he only stayed for the dress rehearsal and then provided the Austrian commentary live from the ORF studios.[21] After 1998 Grissemann stepped down from the commentary and was replaced by Andi Knoll. Austria has also broadcast the contests which it did not compete in, except for the Template:Escyr contest.
Photo gallery
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Postcard for Blue Danube in The Hague (Template:Escyr)
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Eric Papilaya performing "Get a Life – Get Alive" in Helsinki (Template:Escyr)
See also
- Austria in Eurovision Choir – A competition organised by the EBU for non-professional choirs.
Notes and references
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