"Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt" (The world turns the wrong way) was the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995

The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 1995 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenter was Mary Kennedy. This contest broke the chain of victories that Ireland enjoyed in 1992, 1993, and 1994...

, performed in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 by Stella Jones.

The song was performed eighth on the night, following Iceland

Iceland

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's Bo Halldórsson with "Núna

Núna

"Núna" was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Icelandic by Bo Halldórsson.The song is a ballad, with Halldórsson telling his lover that they should stay in the present for as long as possible to enjoy each other's company...

" and preceding Spain

Spain

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's Anabel Conde

Anabel Conde

Ana Isabel "Anabel" Conde Sánchez is a Spanish singer.She was chosen by TVE to represent Spain in Eurovision Song Contest 1995, on May 13 in Dublin, . Anabel performed the song Vuelve conmigo, written by Jose María Purón, getting the second place after the Norwegian entry...

 with "Vuelve conmigo

Vuelve conmigo

"Vuelve conmigo" was the Spanish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, composed by José María Purón and sung by Anabel Conde in Spanish....

". At the close of voting, it had received 67 points, placing 13th in a field of 23.

The song is about the effects that Jones' lover has on her, specifically the way that he makes her world turn the wrong way whenever he is around her.

It was succeeded as Austrian representative

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...

 at the 1996 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not For Saints". Eimear...

 by George Nussbaumer singing "Weil's dr guat got

Weil's Dr Guat Got

"Weil's dr guat got" was the Austrian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in Vorarlbergish by George Nussbaumer, who lost his eyesight before the age of 1....

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