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Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 53 times since its debut in 1957. The country has won twice, in 1966 and 2014, and such it holds the record for the longest gap between consecutive wins — 48 years. The contest is broadcast in Austria by ORF. Vienna was the host city on both of the occasions that the contest was held in Austria, in 1967 and 2015.

Having finished sixth at the 1964 contest and fourth in 1965, Udo Jurgens won at his third attempt in 1966 with the song "Merci, Chérie". This was Austria's only top three result of the 20th century. Austria won again in 2014, with Conchita Wurst and "Rise Like a Phoenix". Austria has finished last in the contest final seven times (1957, 1961, 1962, 1979, 1984, 1988 and 1991) and finished last in the semifinal in 2012. Cesár Sampson achieved Austria's eighth top five result and second-best result of the 21st century at the 2018 contest, finishing third with the song "Nobody but You".

History

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Austria finished last at its first attempt in the contest in 1957, before Liane Augustin gave the country the first of its eight top five results in 1958, with fifth. Having finished sixth in 1964 and fourth in 1965, 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 Milestones in 1972, Waterloo & Robinson in 1976 and Thomas Forstner in 1989. 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 1990, 1992, 1996 and 1999. Austria's best result of the 2000s was Alf Poier's sixth-place in 2003, 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 2011,[1][2] where the country reached the final for the first time since 2004, finishing 18th.[citation needed]

Austria achieved its second victory in the contest at the 2014 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) and Vincent Bueno (2021) both failing to qualify for the final.

Absences

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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 perhaps 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 - allowing 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 they 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 Contest success.[5][6] They 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 screened 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, they reintroduced juries 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 Bærum.[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

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Table key
1
 Winner
3
 Third place
◁
 Last place
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
†
 Upcoming
Year Entrant Song Language Final Points Semi Points
1957
 Bob Martin "Wohin, kleines Pony?" German 10 ◁ 3 No semi-finals
1958
 Liane Augustin "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" German 5 8
1959
 Ferry Graf "Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien" German 9 4
1960
 Harry Winter "Du hast mich so fasziniert" German 7 6
1961
 Jimmy Makulis "Sehnsucht" German 15 ◁ 1
1962
 Eleonore Schwarz "Nur in der Wiener Luft" German 13 ◁ 0
1963
 Carmela Corren "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder" German, English 7 16
1964
 Udo Jürgens "Warum nur, warum?" German 6 11
1965
 Udo Jürgens "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" German 4 16
1966
 Udo Jürgens "Merci, Chérie" German[lower-alpha 1] 1 31
1967
 Peter Horton "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt" German 14 2
1968
 Karel Gott "Tausend Fenster" German 13 2
1971
 Marianne Mendt "Musik" Viennese German 16 66
1972
 Milestones "Falter im Wind" German 5 100
1976
 Waterloo and Robinson "My Little World" English 5 80
1977
 Schmetterlinge "Boom Boom Boomerang" German, English 17 11
1978
 Springtime "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" German 15 14
1979
 Christina Simon "Heute in Jerusalem" German 18 ◁ 5
1980
 Blue Danube "Du bist Musik" German 8 64
1981
 Marty Brem "Wenn du da bist" German 17 20
1982
 Mess "Sonntag" German 9 57
1983
 Westend "Hurricane" German 9 53
1984
 Anita "Einfach weg" German 19 ◁ 5
1985
 Gary Lux "Kinder dieser Welt" German 8 60
1986
 Timna Brauer "Die Zeit ist einsam" German 18 12
1987
 Gary Lux "Nur noch Gefühl" German 20 8
1988
 Wilfried "Lisa Mona Lisa" German 21 ◁ 0
1989
 Thomas Forstner "Nur ein Lied" German 5 97
1990
 Simone "Keine Mauern mehr" German 10 58
1991
 Thomas Forstner "Venedig im Regen" German 22 ◁ 0
1992
 Tony Wegas "Zusammen geh'n" German 10 63
1993
 Tony Wegas "Maria Magdalena" German 14 32 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994
 Petra Frey "Für den Frieden der Welt" German 17 19 No semi-finals
1995
 Stella Jones "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt" German 13 67
1996
 George Nussbaumer "Weil's dr guat got" Vorarlbergish 10 68 6 80
1997
 Bettina Soriat "One Step" German 21 12 No semi-finals
1999
 Bobbie Singer "Reflection" English 10 65
2000
 The Rounder Girls "All to You" English 14 34
2002
 Manuel Ortega "Say a Word" English 18 26
2003
 Alf Poier "Weil der Mensch zählt" German[lower-alpha 2] 6 101
2004
 Tie Break "Du bist" German 21 9 Top 11 previous year[lower-alpha 3]
2005
 Global.Kryner "Y así" English, Spanish Failed to qualify 21 30
2007
 Eric Papilaya "Get a Life – Get Alive" English 27 4
2011
 Nadine Beiler "The Secret Is Love" English 18 64 7 69
2012
 Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" German[lower-alpha 4] Failed to qualify 18 ◁ 8
2013
 Natália Kelly "Shine" English 14 27
2014
 Conchita Wurst "Rise Like a Phoenix" English 1 290 1 169
2015
 The Makemakes "I Am Yours" English 26[lower-alpha 5] 0 Host country[lower-alpha 6]
2016
 Zoë "Loin d'ici" French 13 151 7 170
2017
 Nathan Trent "Running on Air" English 16 93 7 147
2018
 Cesár Sampson "Nobody but You" English 3 342 4 231
2019
 Pænda "Limits" English Failed to qualify 17 21
2020
 Vincent Bueno "Alive" English Contest cancelled[lower-alpha 7] X
2021
 Vincent Bueno "Amen" English Failed to qualify 12 66
2022
 Lumix Template:Feat. Pia Maria "Halo" English Upcoming †

Hostings

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Year Location Venue Presenter Photo
1967 Vienna Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg Erica Vaal
2015 Wiener Stadthalle Mirjam Weichselbraun, Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer

Awards

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Marcel Bezençon Awards

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Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards
Year Category Song Performer(s) Composer(s) Host city Ref.
Template:ESCYr Press Award "Rise Like a Phoenix" Conchita Wurst Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas Template:Country data Denmark Copenhagen
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Conductors

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Year Conductor[lower-alpha 8] Musical Director Notes Ref.
1957 Carl de Groof N/A [16]
1958 Willy Fantel
1959 Template:Country data France Franck Pourcel [lower-alpha 9]
1960 Robert Stolz
1961 Template:Country data France Franck Pourcel [lower-alpha 10]
1962 Bruno Uher
1963 Erwin Halletz
1964 Johannes Fehring
1965 Template:Country data Italy Gianni Ferrio [lower-alpha 11]
1966 Hans Hammerschmid
1967 Johannes Fehring
1968 Robert Opratko N/A
1971 [17]
1972 Erich Kleinschuster
1976
1977 Christian Kolonovits
1978 Richard Oesterreicher
1979
1980 [18]
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988 Harald Neuwirth
1989 No conductor
1990 Richard Oesterreicher
1991
1992 Leon Ives
1993 Christian Kolonovits
1994 Template:Country data Germany Hermann Weindorf
1995 Michael F. Kienzl
1996 Mischa W. Krausz
1997 No conductor

Heads of delegation

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Year Head of delegation Ref.
2019 Stefan Zechner
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Commentators and spokespersons

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Template:More citations needed section Between the 1970 and 1998 contests, every contest was commentated by Austrian radio journalist and actor Ernst Grissemann, with the exception of the 1979 and 1990 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.[20] 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 2010 contest.

Year Television commentator Radio commentator Spokesperson Ref.
1957 Commentary via ARD Germany No radio broadcast Karl Bruck
1958
1959
1960 Emil Kollpacher
1961
1962
1963
1964 Willy Kralik Walter Richard Langer
1965
1966
1967 Emil Kollpacher
1968 Willy Kralik
1969 Did not participate
1970 Ernst Grissemann
1971 Hubert Gaisbauer No spokesperson
1972
1973 No radio broadcast Did not participate
1974
1975
1976 Hubert Gaisbauer Jenny Pippal
1977
1978 Walter Richard Langer
1979 Max Schautzer
1980 Günther Ziesel
1981 Ernst Grissemann
1982 Tilia Herold
1983 Rudolf Klausnitzer
1984 No radio broadcast
1985 Walter Richard Langer Chris Lohner
1986 Hans Leitinger Tilia Herold
1987
1988
1989
1990 Barbara Stöckl Walter Richard Langer
1991 Herbert Dobrovolny Gabriele Haring
1992 Ernst Grissemann Martin Blumenau Andy Lee
1993
1994 Tilia Herold
1995 Stermann & Grissemann
1996 Martina Rupp
1997 Adriana Zartl
1998 Did not participate
1999 Andi Knoll Dodo Roščić
2000
2001 Did not participate
2002 Dodo Roščić
2003 Martin Blumenau
2004
2005
2006 No radio broadcast Did not participate
2007 Eva Pölzl
2008 Did not participate
2009 Benny Hörtnagl
2010 No broadcast
2011 Andi Knoll Martin Blumenau & Benny Hörtnagl Kati Bellowitsch
2012 Stermann & Grissemann
2013 No radio broadcast
2014
2015
2016
2017 Kristina Inhof
2018 Kati Bellowitsch
2019 Philipp Hansa
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2021
2022

Photogallery

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See also

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Klier, Marcus (27 July 2010). Austria will return to Eurovision in 2011. ESCToday.
  2. ^ a b Song Contest: Österreich tritt 2011 wieder an (de). ORF (2010-07-27).
  3. ^ "Austria wins Eurovision Song Contest", BBC News, 11 May 2014. 
  4. ^ a b c O'Connor, John Kennedy (2005). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History.
  5. ^ Philips, Roel (18 June 2005). Austria withdraws from 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.
  6. ^ Philips, Roel (20 June 2005). Austrian Broadcaster explains withdrawal.
  7. ^ Holyer, Steve (20 November 2007). Austria will not go to Belgrade.
  8. ^ Klier, Marcus (2 January 2008). ORF likely to broadcast Eurovision Song Contest 2008.
  9. ^ Kuipers, Michael (3 June 2008). Austria: ORF will decide in the Autumn. ESCToday.
  10. ^ Klier, Marcus (18 September 2008). Austria: No return to Eurovision in 2009. ESCToday.
  11. ^ Floras, Stella (13 January 2009). EBU working for Eurovision full house in 2010. ESCToday.
  12. ^ Klier, Marcus (22 September 2009). Confirmed: Austria will not take part in 2010. ESCToday.
  13. ^ Wrabetz, Alexander (2010-05-31). Wrabetz will ORF-Antreten "sicher überdenken" (de).
  14. ^ Rules for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 (PDF). European Broadcasting Union.
  15. ^ Winners of the Marcel Bezençon Awards (11 May 2014).
  16. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 93–101. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
  17. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 142–168. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.
  18. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2016). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Three: The 1980s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-118-9.
  19. ^ McCaig, Ewan (24 April 2019). Austria: Vienna Hosts Eurovision Farewell Party For PÆNDA.
  20. ^ Begegnung in der Box | Das Erste: Eurovision Song Contest - News - Mein Grand Prix. Eurovision.de (2011-05-14).
  21. ^ Andi Knoll outet sich: "Ich bin seit 18 Jahren mit einem Mann zusammen" (de) (29 April 2019).
  22. ^ Eurovision 2019 Spokespersons – Who will announce the points? (18 May 2019).

References

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Cite error:
  1. ^ "Merci, Chérie" also contains phrases in French
  2. ^ Specifically Styrian, a Southern Bavarian dialect spoken in Styria.
  3. ^ According to the then-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the Grand Final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
  4. ^ Specifically Mühlviertlerisch, a Central Bavarian dialect spoken in Upper Austria.
  5. ^ While Austria and Germany both finished with no points, Austria is listed as finishing ahead of Germany due to the tiebreaker rule that favours the song performed earliest in the running order. Therefore, Germany finished in 27th (last) place, with Austria in 26th.[14]
  6. ^ If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year.
  7. ^ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  8. ^ All conductors are of Austrian nationality unless otherwise noted.
  9. ^ Host conductor
  10. ^ Host conductor
  11. ^ Host conductor
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