Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Austrian entry was selected through the national selection "Österreich rockt den Song Contest", organised by the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF). The country was represented by the song "Shine" performed by Natália Kelly, which failed to qualify from the first semi-final of the contest, placing 14th and scoring 27 points.[1][2][3] The entry was written by Alexander Kahr, Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla and Natália Kelly herself.

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processÖsterreich rockt den Song Contest
Selection date(s)15 February 2013
Selected entrantNatália Kelly
Selected song"Shine"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th, 27 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 2013. The competition took place on 15 January 2013 at the ORF studios in Vienna, hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Andi Knoll.[4]

Format

Ten songs competed in the competition where the winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of public voting and an international expert jury panel consisting of five members. Viewers were able to vote via telephone or SMS.

The members of the international jury were:[5]

  • Marija Šerifović (Serbia) – winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
  • Shay Byrne (Ireland) – radio presenter
  • Gerd Gebhardt (Germany) – music producer
  • Luke Fisher (United Kingdom) – chief editor of escXtra.com
  • Anton Zetterholm (Sweden) – musical actor

Competing entries

ORF invited all interested artists to submit their applications to the broadcaster until the first week of November 2011.[4] Five artists were selected by a team of music professionals consisting of Thomas Rabitsch, Ralf Strobl and Anja Rabitsch. The five artists selected to compete in the national final were revealed on 11 December 2012 during radio show Ö3-Wecker, aired on Ö3.[6] The finalist songs were presented to the public on 14 January 2013 during Ö3-Wecker.[7]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Elija "Give Me a Sign" Elija
Falco Luneau "Rise Above the Night" Falco Luneau, Tony Cornelissen
Natália Kelly "Shine" Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla, Natália Kelly, Alexander Kahr
The Bandaloop "Back to Fantasy" Barca Baxant, Justin Case
Yela "Feels Like Home" Daniela Bauer, Lukas Hillebrand, Alexander Pohn

Final

The televised final took place on 15 January 2013. Five songs competed and the combination of votes from an international jury panel and a public vote selected "Shine" performed by Natália Kelly as the winner. In addition to the competing entries, each artist performed a former Eurovision winning song.[1]

Final – 15 January 2013
Draw Artist Song Cover (Original artists) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Falco Luneau "Rise Above the Night" "What's Another Year" (Johnny Logan) 24 25 49 3
2 Yela "Feels Like Home" "Love Shine a Light" (Katrina and the Waves) 34 16 50 2
3 Elija "Give Me a Sign" "Euphoria" (Loreen) 6 10 16 4
4 Natália Kelly "Shine" "Ne partez pas sans moi" (Celine Dion) 32 38 70 1
5 The Bandaloop "Back to Fantasy" "Waterloo" (ABBA) 4 11 15 5

At Eurovision
Natália Kelly at the first semi-final dress rehearsal in Malmö.

Austria was allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May for a place in the final on 18 May.[8] In the first semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Austria would open the semi-final and perform 1st, preceding Estonia.[9] On stage, Kelly had five backing singers: Karin Bauer, Regina Mallinger, Birgit Kubica, Harald Baumgartner and Monika Ballwein.[10]

Austria failed to qualify from the first semi-final of the competition, placing 14th and scoring 27 points.[2][3]

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

Points awarded by Austria

References
  1. Brey, Marco (15 February 2013). "Natália Kelly to represent Austria in Malmö!". Eurovision.tv.
  2. Leon, Jakov (14 May 2013). "We have our first ten finalists!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Semi-Final (1)". Eurovision.tv. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  4. "5 ACTS TO COMPETE IN AUSTRIAN FINAL!". ESCToday.com. 2 October 2012.
  5. Jiandani, Sanjay (15 February 2013). "Tonight: Austrian national final - Österreich Rockt den Song Contest". ESCToday.com.
  6. "Austria 2013".
  7. "Bunter Kandidatenmix". news.at. 14 January 2013.
  8. Siim, Jarmo (17 January 2013). "Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv.
  9. Siim, Jarmo (28 March 2013). "Eurovision 2013: Semi-Final running order revealed". Eurovision.tv.
  10. Kelly, Natália (7 May 2013). "MALMÖ 2013 | Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  11. "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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