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!
Selection date(s)Online Voting:
3–31 January 2011
Final:
25 February 2011
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.[1] These rumours were confirmed by ORF in the end of July 2010.[2]

Düsseldorf - wir kommen!

Düsseldorf - wir kommen! was the national final that selected Austria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The competition took place on 25 February 2011 at the ORF studios in Vienna, hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Robert Kratky.[3][4]

Format

The selection of the Austrian entry for the 2011 contest took place over two rounds. The first round was titled Guten Morgen Düsseldorf, held online where thirty songs competed with public voting and an expert jury panel selecting the top ten entries to compete in the televised final. The sum of all the jury scores created an overall ranking from which the song that came in first place would receive one point, while the song that came in last place would receive thirty points. Viewers were able to vote via SMS between 3 and 31 January 2011 and the overall ranking of the entries was also assigned scores from 1 to 30. Ten songs competed in the final where the winner was selected over two rounds of public voting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to advance to the second round where the winner was selected.[5]

Competing entries

ORF invited all interested artists to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 26 October 2010 and 10 December 2010. However, their application had to be backed by at least 33 people in order to compete in the national final.[6] The Austrian public were also able to nominate artists, also on the condition they have at least 33 supporters.[7][8] At the close of the deadline, the broadcaster received 210 applications. ORF, in cooperation with radio station Hitradio Ö3, selected thirty artists from the submissions to compete in the online vote.[9][10][11]

Among the applicants were former Austrian Eurovision representatives Hans Kreuzmayr–Waterloo (1976 as part of Waterloo & Robinson), Robinson (1976 as part of Waterloo & Robinson), Petra Frey (1994), Alf Poier (2003) and di Bernando (2004 as part of Tie Break); talent show winners Nadine Beiler (season 3 of Starmania), Oliver Wimmer (season 4 of Starmania) and Freddy Sahin-Scholl (German Got Talent 2010); well-known Austrian artists Alkbottle, Excuse Me Moses, Louie Austen and Luttenberger*Klug; and 1998 presidential candidate Richard Lugner.[12][13]

Guten Morgen Düsseldorf

The thirty artists selected to compete in Guten Morgen Düsseldorf were announced on 3 January 2011.[14] The top ten were selected by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public SMS vote to proceed to the final. The SMS vote ran until 31 January 2011, and the full results were revealed on 1 February 2011.[5][15]

Guten Morgen Düsseldorf – 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 televised final took place on 25 February 2011. Ten songs competed in the first round where the top three were selected by a public vote to proceed to the second round. The top three were "Oida Taunz" performed by Trackshittaz, "Paris, Paris" performed by Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner and "The Secret Is Love" performed by Nadine Beiler. In the second round, public televoting selected "The Secret Is Love" performed by Nadine Beiler as 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[16]
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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  16. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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