Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Austria was represented by Tie Break in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Du bist". Tie Break consists of Stefan di Bernardo, Tommy Pegram, and Thomas Elzenbaumer.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processSong.Null.Vier
Selection date(s)5 March 2004
Selected entrantTie Break
Selected song"Du bist"
Finals performance
Final result21st, 9 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Song.Null.Vier

Song.Null.Vier was the national final that selected Austria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The competition took place on 5 March 2004 at the ORF studios in Vienna, hosted by Boris Uran and Oliver Auspitz.

Format

Ten songs competed in the competition where the winner was selected by public voting. Viewers were able to vote via telephone or SMS.

Competing entries

Nine of the ten competing artists were established Austrian acts signed to record labels. The nine artists selected to compete in the national final were revealed on 9 February 2004.[1] The tenth act was a newcomer chosen through a wildcard selection. For the wildcard selection, ORF invited all interested artists to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 2 February 2004. On 19 February 2004, ORF announced that "Sexuality" performed by André Leherb had been selected as the tenth act in the national final.[2] Among the competing artists, Waterloo & Robinson previously represented Austria back in 1976 where they ended up in fifth position with "My Little World".[1]

ArtistSong Songwriter(s)
André Leherb"Sexuality" Falco, Ronnie Rocket
Daniel Djuric"Millionaire" Aleksandar Perišić, Ina Wolf
Elnaz"Hold Me" Georg Peter, Elnaz
Ide"Link Love" Ide Hintze
Mizan"My Istanbul" Can Isik, Andreas Jud, Thomas Bürgin
Rob Davis"Good to See You!" Thomas Krampl, Rob Davis
Tie Break"Du bist" Peter Zimmermann
Waterloo & Robinson"You Can Change the World" Peter Janda
Zabine"Shine On" Alfred Jaklitsch
5 in Love"Rich White Man" Paul Kreshka

Final

The final took place on 5 March 2004. Ten songs competed and public televoting selected "Du bist" performed by Tie Break as the winners.[3]

Final – 5 March 2004
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Daniel Djuric"Millionaire"20,3946
2Zabine"Shine On" 13,8407
3Mizan"My Istanbul" 2,77610
4Rob Davis"Good to See You!" 22,3895
55 in Love"Rich White Man"26,4904
6Waterloo & Robinson"You Can Change the World" 54,9012
7André Leherb"Sexuality" 5,1199
8Elnaz"Hold Me" 8,9748
9Ide"Link Love" 26,9173
10Tie Break"Du bist" 82,2031

At Eurovision

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. Since Austria placed 6th in the previous contest year, Austria automatically qualified to compete in the final. They performed second, following Spain and preceding Norway ended 21st with 9 points. As Austria failed to reach the top 12 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2005 Contest.

Points awarded to and from Austria
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
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References
  1. Rau, Oliver (9 February 2004). "Austria: Waterloo & Robinson to participate". Esctoday.
  2. Rau, Olivier (February 19, 2004). "Austria: Falco-song to participate in song.null.vier". Esctoday.
  3. "AUSTRIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2004".
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