Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Austria was represented by Global Kryner with the song "Y así" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, held in Kiev, Ukraine. "Y así" is an Austrian folk tune with yodeling, sung in English and Spanish. The song was written by Christof Spörk and composed by Christof Spörk and Edi Köhldorfer.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
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| Country |  Austria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Song.Null.Fünf | |||
| Selection date(s) | 25 February 2005 | |||
| Selected entrant | Global Kryner | |||
| Selected song | "Y así" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (21st, 30 points) | |||
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Global Kryner is an Austrian folk group consisting of Sabine Stieger on vocals, Karl Rossmann on trumpet, Christof Spörk on clarinet, Anton Sauprügl on accordion, Edi Köhldorfer on guitar and Sebastian Fuchsberger on trombone. Global Kryner had introduced themselves in August 2004 by playing a midnight gig at the Munich Lustspielhaus before a curious audience of just 100 people. In 2004, their first album made it into the Austrian top 40.
Before Eurovision
Song.Null.Fünf
Song.Null.Fünf was the national final that selected Austria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The competition took place on 25 February 2005 at the ORF studios in Vienna, hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Christian Clerici and broadcast on ORF 1.
Format
Five acts with two candidate songs each competed in the competition where the winner was selected by regional televoting. Viewers were able to vote via telephone or SMS, with the voting results of each of the nine federal states having an equal stake in the final result. The tenth set of votes were the overall voting result, which had a weighting equal to the votes of a single federal state.[1]
Competing entries
Five artists were nominated by a team of music professionals.[2] The five artists selected to compete in the national final were revealed on 5 January 2005. Among the competing artists, Alf Poier previously represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, placing sixth.[3] The five acts provided two candidate songs each for the national final.
| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
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| Alf Poier | "Good Old Europe Is Dying" | Alf Poier |
| "Hotel, Hotel" | Alf Poier | |
| Global Kryner | "Dreaming" | Christof Spörk, Edi Köhldorfer |
| "Y así" | Christof Spörk, Edi Köhldorfer | |
| Jade Davis | "Just Like That" | Frank Lebel, Bob Gutdeutsch |
| "Perfect World" | Helmut Schartlmüller, Hubertus Hohenlohe | |
| Marque | "In the Universe" | Marcus Nigsch, Mary Susan Applegate |
| "Who You Are" | Marcus Nigsch | |
| Mystic Alpin | "Back Home" | Alfred Jaklitsch |
| "One World" | Alfred Jaklitsch | |
Final
The final took place on 25 February 2005. Ten songs competed and regional televoting selected "Y así" performed by Global Kryner as the winner.
| Final – 25 February 2005 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Global Kryner | "Y así" | 102 | 1 |
| 2 | Jade Davis | "Just Like That" | 22 | 9 |
| 3 | Alf Poier | "Hotel, Hotel" | 51 | 7 |
| 4 | Mystic Alpin | "Back Home" | 73 | 4 |
| 5 | Marque | "Who You Are" | 53 | 6 |
| 6 | Global Kryner | "Dreaming" | 54 | 5 |
| 7 | Jade Davis | "Perfect World" | 19 | 10 |
| 8 | Alf Poier | "Good Old Europe Is Dying" | 98 | 2 |
| 9 | Mystic Alpin | "One World" | 74 | 3 |
| 10 | Marque | "In the Universe" | 34 | 8 |
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | ||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria |
Upper Austria |
Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna | Austria | Total |
| 1 | "Y así" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 102 |
| 2 | "Just Like That" | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | "Hotel, Hotel" | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 51 |
| 4 | "Back Home" | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 73 |
| 5 | "Who You Are" | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 53 |
| 6 | "Dreaming" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 54 |
| 7 | "Perfect World" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | "Good Old Europe Is Dying" | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 98 |
| 9 | "One World" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 74 |
| 10 | "In the Universe" | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 |
Controversy
This pre-selection was very controversial for being unfair due to the voting system. When the results were eventually published, overall votings had more voters than any federal state else, but gave just as many points as the voters from each state did. Actual winner Alf Poier was annoyed about this way of unfairness.[1]
At Eurovision
Because Austria placed 21st at the 2004 contest, Global.Kryner were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. They performed first preceding Lithuania and came 21st with 30 points. Therefore, Austria will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2006.
The spokesperson who revealed Austria's votes for other countries was Dodo Roscic, an ORF host who had been the Austrian spokesperson since the 1999 contest.[4]
Points awarded by Austria
Semi-final
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Final
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Points awarded to Austria
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest
The same year, Austria were among the countries that broadcast Congratulations, the 50th anniversary special celebrating Eurovision's history. Although no Austrian entry was among the fourteen competing to be named the best Eurovision song of all time, they were permitted to vote as ORF was broadcasting the show live (with commentary by Elisabeth Engstler and Ernst Grissemann). Several Austrian entries were included in the show's clip montages; in particular, Udo Jürgens' "Merci, Chérie" was included in a montage of contest winners (at the time, it was Austria's only Eurovision victory, but they would go on to win again nine years later and hosted the sixtieth contest). In both rounds, the Austrian vote awarded twelve points to 1974 champions ABBA with "Waterloo," which would end the night being declared the best Eurovision entry of all time.
Points awarded by Austria (Round One)
| 12 points |  "Waterloo" |
| 10 points |  "Congratulations" |
| 8 points |  "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" |
| 7 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" |
| 6 points | "Save Your Kisses for Me" |
| 5 points |  "Fly on the Wings of Love" |
| 4 points |  "Hold Me Now" |
| 3 points |  "Ein bißchen Frieden" |
| 2 points |  "My Number One" |
| 1 point |  "Ne partez pas sans moi" |
Points awarded by Austria (Round Two)
| 12 points | "Waterloo" |
| 10 points | "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" |
| 8 points | "Save Your Kisses for Me" |
| 7 points | "Hold Me Now" |
| 6 points | "My Number One" |
References
- "Austrians voted Alf Poier to Kiev!". Esctoday. 2 March 2005.
- ""song.null.fünf" - Wer fährt für Österreich nach Kiew?". ORF.
- "Austria: 5 finalists to sing 2 songs". Esctoday. 5 January 2005.
- Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
External links
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