Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
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Austria
returned to the Eurovision Song Contest
in 2011
in Düsseldorf
, Germany
, after previously entering in 2007
with Eric Papilaya
singing "Get a Life – Get Alive", placing second to last in the semi-final. Austria selected their entry through a televised national final, organised by Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF).
rumours about Austria's return to Eurovision were spread. These rumours were confirmed by ORF in the end of July 2010.
cooperated to find the artists for the national final. From October until 10 December, Austrians were invited to nominate artists that could represent their country.
Every nomination had to be backed by at least 33 people. From the admitted artists, a jury decided which 30 artists were to proceed to the online voting to be held in January 2011. Those artists receiving the most votes were asked to participate in the national final on 25 February 2011, where televoting decided the Austrian Eurovision entry.
Among the candidates admitted by ORF to the selection process were several former Eurovision representants and talent show winners as well as other well-known Austrian artists : Alkbottle
, Excuse Me Moses
, Louie Austen
, Luttenberger-Klug, as well as Nadine Beiler
and Oliver Wimmer, winners of seasons 3 (Beiler) and 4 (Wimmer) of the talent show Starmania
. The entrepreneur and 1998 presidential candidate
Richard Lugner
also took part in the selection. Former Eurovision participants admitted to the selection were: Waterloo (Hans Kreuzmayr) as well as Robinson, who represented Austria together as the duo Waterloo & Robinson
in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
, Petra Frey
(1994
), Alf Poier
, Austria's representant in 2003
, and di Bernando, part of the boyband Tie Break
who represented Austria in 2004
. Also, the German Got Talent 2010 winner Freddy Sahin-Scholl
send a song to ORF.
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
Austria has appeared frequently at the Eurovision Song Contest. The country has won once, in 1966, with the song "Merci Chérie".In recent years, Austria's entries have tended towards the humorous, in contrast with the dance-pop achieving success. 2003 saw comedian and personality Alf Poier perform...
returned to the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
in 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...
in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, after previously entering in 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...
with Eric Papilaya
Eric Papilaya
Eric Papilaya is a singer from Austria who represented his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. He performed the song "Get A Life - Get Alive", but eliminated in semi-finals. Before he participated in Starmania, where he reached a top-5 position...
singing "Get a Life – Get Alive", placing second to last in the semi-final. Austria selected their entry through a televised national final, organised by Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF).
Rumours about return
Some days after the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...
rumours about Austria's return to Eurovision were spread. These rumours were confirmed by ORF in the end of July 2010.
Selection process
ORF and radio station Hitradio Ö3Hitradio Ö3
Hitradio Ö3 is one of the national radio stations of Austria's state-run broadcaster ORF.The station focuses on contemporary music. Until 1995 its schedules included many specialist music shows, but following a reorganization of ORF's channels shortly before the introduction in Austria of private...
cooperated to find the artists for the national final. From October until 10 December, Austrians were invited to nominate artists that could represent their country.
Every nomination had to be backed by at least 33 people. From the admitted artists, a jury decided which 30 artists were to proceed to the online voting to be held in January 2011. Those artists receiving the most votes were asked to participate in the national final on 25 February 2011, where televoting decided the Austrian Eurovision entry.
Among the candidates admitted by ORF to the selection process were several former Eurovision representants and talent show winners as well as other well-known Austrian artists : Alkbottle
Alkbottle
Alkbottle have been notable in Austria since 1993.They have had gold records, founded their own label, have their own beer, supported bands like Kiss, Deep Purple, ZZ Top and many more until they decided to go separate ways in 1998...
, Excuse Me Moses
Excuse Me Moses
Excuse Me Moses is an Austrian rock band from Vienna.- Funkalicious :The band was formed in 2000 under the name Funkalicious. They produced the EP Deduction in 2002 and released their album Perfekta in 2004 which shortly appeared on #42 in the Austrian charts. They didn't reach a broad audience...
, Louie Austen
Louie Austen
Louie Austen is an Austrian classically trained bar and jazz crooner who has been active in the electronic music scene.-Biography:Austen was born on 19 September 1946 in Vienna, Austria....
, Luttenberger-Klug, as well as Nadine Beiler
Nadine Beiler
Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B and Pop singer, who won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. On February 16, 2007, she released her first single Alles was du willst. Currently Beiler is attending high school in Tyrol, where she lives with her mother and her sister in...
and Oliver Wimmer, winners of seasons 3 (Beiler) and 4 (Wimmer) of the talent show Starmania
Starmania (TV series)
Starmania is an Austrian casting show, a talent show for would-be pop stars. It is broadcast on the Austrian TV channel "ORF 1".Despite striking similarities, Starmania is not a licensed version of the Idols format distributed by FremantleMedia. Attempts to export the format to Germany failed due...
. The entrepreneur and 1998 presidential candidate
Austrian presidential election, 1998
The Austrian presidential election of 1998 was won by the incumbent president Thomas Klestil, who sought re-election as an independent candidate. The Austrian People's Party, who had originally put him up in 1992, reluctantly supported him again, while the Austrian Social Democratic Party and the...
Richard Lugner
Richard Lugner
Richard Lugner is a successful Austrian entrepreneur in the construction industry, a Viennese society figure, and a former political candidate not affiliated with any of the Austrian political parties. Since August 2, 2007, he has been divorced from Christina Lugner...
also took part in the selection. Former Eurovision participants admitted to the selection were: Waterloo (Hans Kreuzmayr) as well as Robinson, who represented Austria together as the duo Waterloo & Robinson
Waterloo & Robinson
Waterloo & Robinson is an Austrian band, consisting of Johann Kreuzmayr and Josef Krassnitzer . The duo are most famous for representing Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performing the song My Little World, where they recorded a 5th-place finish with 80 points...
in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
Eurovision Song Contest 1976
The Eurovision Song Contest 1976, the 21st in the series, was held in The Hague, Netherlands, on 3 April 1976. With Corry Brokken as the presenter – the first time a previous winner of the contest had played hostess – the contest was won by Brotherhood of Man, representing the United...
, Petra Frey
Petra Frey
Petra Frey is an Austrian singer, born on 27 June 1978 in Wattens. She has released twelve studio albums and five compilation albums and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.-Biography:Frey released her debut album, Bloss Träume im Kopf in 1993...
(1994
Eurovision Song Contest 1994
The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish...
), Alf Poier
Alf Poier
Alf Poier is an Austrian artist and stand-up comedian.Born in Judenburg in Styria, he started doing cabaret in 1995 in Graz, and has won several prizes for his work, including the Salzburger Stier in 1998, the Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis, Prix Phanteon and RTL Comedy Award in 2000 and the Austrian...
, Austria's representant in 2003
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...
, and di Bernando, part of the boyband Tie Break
Tie Break (Austrian band)
Tie Break is an Austrian boyband.They won the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song Du Bist. They beat Waterloo & Robinson who represented Austria in the past. The win was controversial, as Waterloo & Robinson protested that Du Bist was longer than the 3 minutes...
who represented Austria in 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...
. Also, the German Got Talent 2010 winner Freddy Sahin-Scholl
Freddy Sahin-Scholl
Freddy Sahin-Scholl is a German-American-Turkish singer and composer. In addition to his real name he is known by the stage name Galileo.-Life and career:...
send a song to ORF.
Online Voting
On 3 January, ORF announced the thirty candidates for the online voting. Ten preceded to the final on 25 February. The ten winners were chosen by SMS and jury voting. Songs were awarded points based on placing, with the 1st place song getting 1 point, 2nd place getting 2 points etc. The songs with the lowest points therefore qualified.| Draw | Artist | Song | SMS | Jury | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Eva K. Anderson | "I Will Be Here" | 13 | 5 | 18 | 7 |
| 02 | Nadine Beiler Nadine Beiler Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B and Pop singer, who won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. On February 16, 2007, she released her first single Alles was du willst. Currently Beiler is attending high school in Tyrol, where she lives with her mother and her sister in... |
"The Secret Is Love" | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| 03 | Patricia Kaiser and Leo Aberer | "There Will Never Be Another You" | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 |
| 04 | Oliver Wimmer | "Let Love Kick In" | 14 | 7 | 21 | 9 |
| 05 | Excuse Me Moses Excuse Me Moses Excuse Me Moses is an Austrian rock band from Vienna.- Funkalicious :The band was formed in 2000 under the name Funkalicious. They produced the EP Deduction in 2002 and released their album Perfekta in 2004 which shortly appeared on #42 in the Austrian charts. They didn't reach a broad audience... |
"Way Out" | 16 | 6 | 22 | 11 |
| 06 | Alkbottle Alkbottle Alkbottle have been notable in Austria since 1993.They have had gold records, founded their own label, have their own beer, supported bands like Kiss, Deep Purple, ZZ Top and many more until they decided to go separate ways in 1998... |
"Wir san do net zum Spaß" | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 |
| 07 | Richard Klein | "Bigger Better Best" | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| 08 | Mary Broadcast Band | "Who's Gonna Stop Me" | 8 | 25 | 33 | 17 |
| 09 | Heinz aus Wien | "È cosi" | 30 | 23 | 53 | 28 |
| 10 | Julian Heidrich | "Australian Gate" | 3 | 24 | 27 | 14 |
| 11 | Any Major Dude | "July" | 25 | 6 | 41 | 23 |
| 12 | Katie Lunette | "My Home" | 6 | 19 | 25 | 12 |
| 13 | Matara | "Why Do I" | 19 | 27 | 46 | 24 |
| 14 | Robi Faustmann | "Neuer Wind" | 18 | 22 | 40 | 22 |
| 15 | Louie Austen | "Make Your Move" | 26 | 8 | 34 | 20 |
| 16 | Charlee | "Good to Be Bad" | 12 | 10 | 22 | 10 |
| 17 | Axel Wolph & Feeltank Orchestra | "My Little Reminder" | 29 | 20 | 49 | 25 |
| 18 | Petra Frey Petra Frey Petra Frey is an Austrian singer, born on 27 June 1978 in Wattens. She has released twelve studio albums and five compilation albums and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.-Biography:Frey released her debut album, Bloss Träume im Kopf in 1993... |
"Send a Little Smile" | 20 | 17 | 37 | 21 |
| 19 | Lana Gordon | "Ask the Universe" | 28 | 26 | 54 | 29 |
| 20 | Cama | "Times of Our Lives" | 17 | 9 | 26 | 13 |
| 21 | Sellyy | "Lethargie" | 27 | 29 | 56 | 30 |
| 22 | Jean Nolan | "Crazy" | 15 | 18 | 33 | 18 |
| 23 | Luttenberger*Klug | "Sternenlichter" | 11 | 21 | 32 | 16 |
| 24 | Alf Poier Alf Poier Alf Poier is an Austrian artist and stand-up comedian.Born in Judenburg in Styria, he started doing cabaret in 1995 in Graz, and has won several prizes for his work, including the Salzburger Stier in 1998, the Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis, Prix Phanteon and RTL Comedy Award in 2000 and the Austrian... & die obersteirische Wolfshilfe |
"Happy Song" | 22 | 11 | 33 | 19 |
| 25 | Missy May | "It's a Girl's Life" | 23 | 28 | 51 | 27 |
| 26 | Trackshittaz | "Oida Taunz!" | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 |
| 27 | CoryBanTic & Chris Schaller | "Try to Forget Her" | 21 | 30 | 51 | 26 |
| 28 | Freddy Sahin-Scholl Freddy Sahin-Scholl Freddy Sahin-Scholl is a German-American-Turkish singer and composer. In addition to his real name he is known by the stage name Galileo.-Life and career:... |
"Butterfly" | 24 | 4 | 28 | 15 |
| 29 | Band WG | "10 Sekunden Glück" | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 |
| 30 | Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner | "Paris, Paris" | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Final
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Band WG | "10 Sekunden Glück" | 4.15% | 7 |
| 2 | Patricia Kaiser and Leo Aberer | "There Will Never Be Another You" | 3.08% | 9 |
| 3 | Oliver Wimmer | "Let love kick in" | 1.93% | 10 |
| 4 | Alkbottle Alkbottle Alkbottle have been notable in Austria since 1993.They have had gold records, founded their own label, have their own beer, supported bands like Kiss, Deep Purple, ZZ Top and many more until they decided to go separate ways in 1998... |
"Wir san do net zum Spaß" | 4.2% | 6 |
| 5 | Eva K. Anderson | "I Will Be Here" | 5.54% | 5 |
| 6 | Trackshittaz | "Oida Taunz" | 24.27% | 2 |
| 7 | Charlee | "Good to Be Bad" | 3.65% | 8 |
| 8 | Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner Joe Sumner Joseph Sumner is the son of actress Frances Tomelty and singer/actor/activist Gordon Sumner . He is the lead singer and bass player in the UK band Fiction Plane.... |
"Paris, Paris" | 12.54% | 3 |
| 9 | Nadine Beiler Nadine Beiler Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B and Pop singer, who won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. On February 16, 2007, she released her first single Alles was du willst. Currently Beiler is attending high school in Tyrol, where she lives with her mother and her sister in... |
"The Secret Is Love" | 34.95% | 1 |
| 10 | Richard Klein | "Bigger Better Best" | 5.69% | 4 |
Super Final
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trackshittaz | "Oida Taunz" | 32.87% | 2 |
| 2 | Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner Joe Sumner Joseph Sumner is the son of actress Frances Tomelty and singer/actor/activist Gordon Sumner . He is the lead singer and bass player in the UK band Fiction Plane.... |
"Paris, Paris" | 20.41% | 3 |
| 3 | Nadine Beiler Nadine Beiler Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B and Pop singer, who won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. On February 16, 2007, she released her first single Alles was du willst. Currently Beiler is attending high school in Tyrol, where she lives with her mother and her sister in... |
"The Secret Is Love The Secret Is Love "The Secret Is Love" is the Austrian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, sung in English by Nadine Beiler.On February 25 she won the Austrian preselection on ORF and Ö3. It is the first single released from her second studio album I've Got a Voice... " |
46.73% | 1 |