Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Austrian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Austrian broadcaster ORF. Trackshittaz represented Austria with the song "Woki mit deim Popo", which failed to qualify from the first semi-final, achieving 18th place with 8 points.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processÖsterreich rockt den Song Contest
Selection date(s)24 February 2012
Selected entrantTrackshittaz
Selected song"Woki mit deim Popo"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (18th, 8 points)
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Österreich rockt den Song Contest

Österreich rockt den Song Contest was the national final that selected Austria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The competition took place on 24 February 2012 at the ORF studios in Vienna, hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun, Robert Kratky and Andi Knoll.[3][4]

Format

Ten songs competed in the competition where the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to advance to the second round where the winner was selected. Viewers were able to vote via telephone or SMS.

Competing entries

Nine of the ten artists were nominated by radio station Hitradio Ö3. The nine artists selected to compete in the national final were revealed on 1 December 2011.[5][6] The tenth act was chosen through a wildcard selection. For the wildcard selection, ORF invited all interested artists to submit their entries to the broadcaster until 31 December 2011. At the close of the deadline, the broadcaster received over 100 submissions. On 9 January 2012, ORF announced that "How Can You Ask Me?" performed by Mary Broadcast Band had been selected as the tenth act in the national final.[7] The finalist songs were presented to the public on 9 January 2012 on Hitradio Ö3.[8][9]

On 29 January 2012, it was announced that "Crazy Swing" performed by !DelaDap had been disqualified due to the song being performed before the 1 September 2011 date when songs are eligible for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[10] On 3 February 2012, ORF announced that !DelaDap were given another chance and will participate with the song "Don't Turn Around" instead.[11]

Artist Song Composer(s)
Conchita Wurst "That's What I Am" Florian Cojocaru, Martin Kromar, Thomas Neuwirth
James Cottriall "Stand Up" James Cottriall
Krautschädl "Einsturzgefohr" Philipp Sikora
Mary Broadcast Band "How Can You Ask Me?" Alexander Kahr, Mary Lamaro
Norbert Schneider "Medicate My Blues Away" Norbert Schneider
Papermoon "Vater, Father, mon père" Edina Thalhammer, Christof Straub
Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" Lukas Plöchl, Manuel Hoffelner
Valerie "Comme ça" Georg Hartwig
!DelaDap "Don't Turn Around" Melinda Stoika, Stanislav Vana
3punkt5 "Augenblick" 3punkt5, Benno Calmbach, Doreen Steinert, Paul-Maria Becker, Wassif Hoteit

Final

The televised final took place on 24 February 2012. Ten songs competed in the first round where the top two were selected by a public vote to proceed to the second round. The top two were "That's What I Am" performed by Conchita Wurst and "Woki mit deim Popo" performed by Trackshittaz. In the second round, public televoting selected "Woki mit deim Popo" performed by Trackshittaz as the winners.

Final – 24 February 2012
Draw Artist Song Result
1 James Cottriall "Stand Up" Eliminated
2 Krautschädl "Einsturzgefohr" Eliminated
3 Valerie "Comme ça" Eliminated
4 3punkt5 "Augenblick" Eliminated
5 Conchita Wurst "That's What I Am" Advanced
6 Mary Broadcast Band "How Can You Ask Me?" Eliminated
7 !DelaDap "Don't Turn Around" Eliminated
8 Papermoon "Vater, Father, mon père" Eliminated
9 Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" Advanced
10 Norbert Schneider "Medicate My Blues Away" Eliminated
Superfinal – 24 February 2012
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1 Conchita Wurst "That's What I Am" 49% 2
2 Trackshittaz "Woki mit deim Popo" 51% 1

At Eurovision

Austria competed in the second half of the first semi-final (16th on stage), on 22 May 2012, following Hungary and preceding the Moldova. Austria received 8 points and placed 18th, thus failing to qualify for the final on 26 May.[1]

Split results
  • In the semi-final Austria came 18th with 8 points: the public awarded Austria 17th place with 15 points and the jury awarded 17th place with 27 points.[12]

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

Points awarded by Austria

See also

References
  1. "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (1)". Eurovision.tv.
  2. Brey, Marco (24 February 2012). "It's Trackshittaz for Austria!". Eurovision.tv.
  3. Hondal, Victor (23 September 2011). "Austria: ORF stick to national selection format". EscToday.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  4. Hondal, Victor (30 October 2011). "Austria: National final in February". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  5. Hondal, Victor (1 December 2011). "Austria: ORF reveals nine finalists". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  6. "Der Ö3-Wecker rockt den Song Contest 2012". ORF (in German).
  7. Pozzi, Renee (9 January 2012). "Austria: Wildcard completes national final lineup!". Escdaily.com. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  8. Jiandani, Sanjay (10 January 2012). "Austria: Listen to 8 of the songs". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Hondal, Victor. "Austria: !DelaDap's song disqualified". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  11. Jiandani, Sanjay. "Austria: !Deladap get another chance!". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  12. Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". Eurovision.tv.
  13. "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv.
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