Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
This article deals with the history of Austria as participants in the Euro Vision Song Contest.
List of posts
Color legend: - Victories. - A tie to the last place. - Contributions finals.
List of commentators
Regularity of participation
Austria took the first time in 1957 in the second edition of the Euro Vision Song Contest, but stayed away from the competition nine times: 1969 boycotted to the event - to be held in Madrid - because they wanted the Franco dictatorship have no platform. The following year, Austria renounced together with Finland, Norway, Portugal and Sweden from dissatisfaction with the conditions and mechanisms of voting last year's event after four countries have emerged as the winner. In the years 1973 to 1975 have been omitted for lack of interest, 1998 and 2001 allowed for bad results last year, no contribution will be filed. 2006 were omitted because of poor chances of success and of criticism of the musical quality. For this purpose, from an opinion of the ORF:
"In the meantime, this event is [ ... ] became a Oddities competition, which is completely irrelevant for the local music scene. "
In 2008, Austria submitted a no post. The reason unequal opportunities of Western and Eastern European countries have been specified. In September 2008 it was announced that Austria would do without in 2009 for these reasons to participate. In 2010, participation was canceled because from the perspective of the ORF program director Wolfgang Lorenz, the odds had been " ruined " by the new rules, also was the ORF participate too expensive. The Director General of the ORF, Alexander Wrabetz said that a return of Austria to the Contest is necessary to reconsider 2011. Interest in participating for Austria showed DJ Ötzi, second wife of singer Diana Lueger, Oliver Wimmer and Luttenberger * Klug. Mid-July 2010 was confirmed by the ORF, Austria will participate again in 2011. From the multi-stage preliminaries in the television show Good Morning Nadine Beiler Dusseldorf emerged as a participant in the Song Contest 2011.
One day after the final of the Euro Vision Song Contest 2011 to 2012 want to compete again announced ORF - General Alexander Wrabetz.
Success in competition
Austria won the Euro Vision Song Contest only once, in 1966 with Merci, Chérie by Udo Jürgens. This gave the country in the previous year, its second-best, fourth place. In addition, Austria was still four times on the fifth place. On the other hand Austria landed seven times in the last place ( including already at their first attempt in 1957), and topped the list of most red lanterns together with Belgium in second place behind Norway. Total age of only 17 of the 43 appearances - ie almost two-fifths - in the front half of the table. Austria belongs to it - especially among the countries participating since early years - more likely to be less successful participants in the competition.
National preliminary decisions
In most years, the Austrian contributions were selected internally. 1957-1980, 1985-1989, 1992, 1995-2000, 2007 and 2014 in the other years national preliminary decisions were played on television, which made use of the ORF of various selection:
1981
The first Austrian qualification at all took place in 1981. She fell relatively small from: Marty Brem put all three songs in front before the viewers could vote for their favorite by postcard.
1982-1984
In the years 1982-1984 twelve songs by different artists were presented at the preliminary decision. The winner was determined by audience survey.
1990 and 1991
1990 and 1991 were presented ten songs that were voted by the jury and telephone voting. 1990 originally won the group the qualifying round duet with the song the best. Shortly after the broadcast, however, it turned out that the title had participated in Germany at the semi-final of the local radio preliminary decision in 1988 and was therefore disqualified. Simone, the runner-up, could reasonably drive to Zagreb.
1993
1994
The following year, took part in eight artists, each with a title, a jury selected the winner alone.
2002-2005
In the years 2002 to 2004, the Austrian Trials song.null found under the title .... (supplemented by the respective year) instead. In all years, ten songs were available, where from 2002 to 2004, every artist had a song, 2005, however, five singers and groups each presented two titles. The voting mechanism changed: 2002 televoting was an internet jury, which was composed of the winners of a raffle, 2003, the telephone poll was divided into male and female callers. In 2005, the callers were divided into the nine provinces, as well as in a fictional tenth state, that counted all calls by mobile phone. The voting procedure has been heavily criticized because each state, regardless of its inhabitants, as well as the cell phone caller, had the same right to vote, so that the vote in favor of rural areas and older people has been moved. In fact, it turned out afterwards that the second-placed Alf POIER had received 106,100 calls, 45,000 votes more than the winner Global Kryner.
2011
→ see Good Morning Dusseldorf
Between late 2010 and early 2011, organized the ORF television and Ö3 the first time since 2005, a preliminary decision to Euro Vision Song Contest. In three phases, the Austrian contribution to the Song Contest in Dusseldorf was determined. From autumn to New Year's Eve 2010, every singer could nominate his song on the ORF website.
A jury reduced the participants to 30 from 3 to January 31, you could vote via SMS for their favorite. The top 10 was decided from a combination of SMS voting and jury. On February 25, only the top 3 and then the winner was chosen by televoting.
From 2012
As of 2012, the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation hosted the qualifying Austria rocks the Song Contest. During 2012, the winner was determined by televoting, assessed in 2013 in addition an international jury of experts from other countries participating in the title.
Commercial success
Internationally, Udo Jürgens with its competition entries commercially considered certainly the most successful Austrian Participants: All three contributions could be placed among others in Germany in the charts. His winning song Merci, Chérie was in many countries - sung partly in other languages - very successful. The English version of his contribution of 1964, Walk away, was the British representative this year, Matt Monro, gecovert and reached the fourth place in the UK Singles Chart. His own contribution, I love the little things, who even cut off the competition better, was released only as a B-side, on just this single.
National contributions were some hits, especially in the 80s, when the duo measurement and Anita with their contributions climbed to the top of the Austrian charts. Some other songs reached the Top 10, including 1983, 1989 and 1991.
Languages
Austria remained in the years occasionally faithful with free voice dialing their own language, complete six titles were in English so far sung. 1976, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007 and 2011, the contribution in 2005 was sung in English and Spanish, 1966, the title was French and in 1977 received the text a few English words, in 1997 an English title was used. At the Eurovision Song Contest stage was occasionally sung in different dialects, namely Viennese ( 1971), Vorarlbergerisch (1996 ), Styrian ( 2003) and Upper Austrian (2012 ).
Miscellaneous
- Of all the countries that have the Euro Vision Song Contest ever, Austria is the one the longest for a recent victory waiting ( since 1966).
- The Austrian contribution from 1992, together geh'n, helped its composer Dieter Bohlen some ten years later to new successes: With new text under the title We Have a Dream, he took the song with the finalists of the first season of Germany sucht den Superstar on. The single reached # 1 on the German and Swiss, as well as # 2 on the Austrian charts. In Germany she was the most successful single of 2003.
- Despite the common language of Austria and Germany were each other rarely points suppliers. The only German artist who ever received twelve points from Austria, was in 2000 as Stefan Raab with Wadde hadde dudde? . The reverse is also Austria received only once twelve points from the larger neighboring country: 2011 forgave Germany hosted the score to Nadine Beiler. At Nicole Austria awarded with their victory in 1982 only one point; the only Austrian Udo Jürgens winner received (then with another scoring system ) in any of his three participations points from Germany.