Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

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).

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processDüsseldorf - wir kommen!
100% Televoting[1][2]
Selection date(s)Online Voting:
3–31 January 2011
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Final:
25 February 2011[1][2]
100% Televoting
Selected entrantNadine Beiler
Selected song"The Secret Is Love"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (7th, 69 points)
Final result18th, 64 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2007 • 2011 • 2012►

Before Eurovision

Rumours about return

Some days after the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 rumours about Austria's return to Eurovision were spread.[3] These rumours were confirmed by ORF in the end of July 2010.[4]

Düsseldorf - wir kommen!

ORF and radio station Hitradio Ö3 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.[5][6]

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.[7][8] 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.[1][2][9][10]

Among the candidates admitted by ORF to the selection process were several former Eurovision representatives 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 and 4 of the talent show Starmania respectively. The entrepreneur and 1998 presidential candidate Richard Lugner also took part in the selection.[6][11] 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 representative in 2003, and di Bernando, part of the boyband Tie Break who represented Austria in 2004.[2][11] Also, the German Got Talent 2010 winner Freddy Sahin-Scholl send a song to ORF.[12] On 3 January, ORF announced the thirty candidates for the online voting.

Online Voting

The online voting took place from 3 January to 31 January 2011. The top 10 songs, chosen by SMS and jury voting qualified for the final on 25 February 2011.[13][14] Songs were awarded points based on placing, with the 1st place song getting 1 point, 2nd place getting 2 points etc., therefore the 10 songs with the lowest overall ranking qualified for the final.

Online Voting – 3 January 2011 – 31 January 2011
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Eva K. Anderson "I Will Be Here" 5 13 18 7
2 Nadine Beiler "The Secret Is Love" 3 9 12 2
3 Patricia Kaiser & Leo Aberer "There Will Never Be Another You" 13 1 14 4
4 Oliver Wimmer "Let Love Kick In" 7 14 21 9
5 Excuse Me Moses "Way Out" 6 16 22 11
6 Alkbottle "Wir san do net zum Spaß" 13 4 17 6
7 Richard Klein "Bigger Better Best" 2 10 12 3
8 Mary Broadcast Band "Who's Gonna Stop Me" 25 8 33 17
9 Heinz aus Wien "È cosi" 23 30 53 28
10 Julian Heidrich "Australian Gate" 24 3 27 14
11 Any Major Dude "July" 6 25 41 23
12 Katie Lunette "My Home" 19 6 25 12
13 Matara "Why Do I" 27 19 46 24
14 Robi Faustmann "Neuer Wind" 22 18 40 22
15 Louie Austen "Make Your Move" 8 26 34 20
16 Charlee "Good to Be Bad" 10 12 22 10
17 Axel Wolph & Feeltank Orchestra "My Little Reminder" 20 29 49 25
18 Petra Frey "Send a Little Smile" 17 20 37 21
19 Lana Gordon "Ask the Universe" 26 28 54 29
20 Cama "Times of Our Lives" 9 17 26 13
21 Sellyy "Lethargie" 29 27 56 30
22 Jean Nolan "Crazy" 18 15 33 18
23 Luttenberger*Klug "Sternenlichter" 21 11 32 16
24 Alf Poier & die obersteirische Wolfshilfe "Happy Song" 11 22 33 19
25 Missy May "It's a Girl's Life" 28 23 51 27
26 Trackshittaz "Oida Taunz!" 12 2 14 5
27 CoryBanTic & Chris Schaller "Try to Forget Her" 30 21 51 26
28 Freddy Sahin-Scholl "Butterfly" 4 24 28 15
29 Band WG "10 Sekunden Glück" 15 5 20 8
30 Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner "Paris, Paris" 1 7 8 1

Final

The final was held on 25 February 2011 at the ORF TV Studios in Vienna, hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun, Robert Kratky and Andi Knoll. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting - the first to select the top 3 and the second to select the winner.

Final - 25 February 2011
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 Band WG "10 Sekunden Glück" Markus Weiß, Mia Koller, Bern Wagner 4.15% 7
2 Patricia Kaiser & Leo Aberer "There Will Never Be Another You" Leo Aberer, Paul Wegschaider 3.08% 9
3 Oliver Wimmer "Let love kick in" Oliver Wimmer 1.93% 10
4 Alkbottle "Wir san do net zum Spaß" Alkbottle, Roman Gregory 4.2% 6
5 Eva K. Anderson "I Will Be Here" Eva K. Anderson, Harald Hanisch 5.54% 5
6 Trackshittaz "Oida Taunz" Lukas Plöchl, Manuel Hoffelner 24.27% 2
7 Charlee "Good to Be Bad" K.C. Tian, Molander Molander 3.65% 8
8 Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner "Paris, Paris" Klimmstein, Joe Sumner 12.54% 3
9 Nadine Beiler "The Secret Is Love" Thomas Rabitsch, Nadine Beiler 34.95% 1
10 Richard Klein "Bigger Better Best" Bernd Jungmair, Markus Gartner 5.69% 4
Superfinal - 25 February 2011
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1 Trackshittaz "Oida Taunz" 32.87% 2
2 Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner "Paris, Paris" 20.41% 3
3 Nadine Beiler "The Secret Is Love" 46.73% 1

At Eurovision

Austria competed second in the second semi-final of the contest, on 12 May. In the semifinal Nadine placed seventh with 69 points and advanced to the final. In the final on 14 May, Nadine performed eighteenth and placed eighteenth with 64 points.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Austia came 7th with 69 points: the public awarded Austria 10th place with 52 points and the jury awarded 4th place with 95 points.
  • In the Final Austria came 18th with 64 points: the public awarded Austria 24th place with 25 points and the jury awarded 5th place with 145 points.

Points awarded by Austria[15]
Points awarded to Austria (semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Austria (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
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  2. Hondal, Victor (12 November 2010). "Austria: National final on February 25th". Esctoday.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
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  6. Eschberger, Elke (25 November 2010). "Richard Lugner will zum Song Contest: Der Neo-Sänger möchte für Österreich starten". news.at (in German). Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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  8. "Einsendeschluss: Danke, das war's" (in German). ORF. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
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  10. "Österreich: Fernsehen und Radio suchen ESC-Act". Eurovision.de. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
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  12. "Jetzt will Freddy für Österreich zum Song Contest". oe24.at. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  13. Coronerrri, Alenka (3 January 2011). "AUSTRIA - ORF's 210 narrow into 30". Oikotimes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  14. Busa, Alexandru (3 January 2011). "Austria : 30 participants left in the competition". ESCToday. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  15. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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