Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
| Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Austria | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 26 March 2020 Song: 10 March 2021 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Vincent Bueno | |||
| Selected song | "Amen" | |||
| Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Austria will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, having internally selected Vincent Bueno as their representative with the song "Amen". He was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Alive" before the event's cancellation.
Background
Prior to the 2021 contest, Austria had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 52 times since its first entry in 1957.[1] The nation had won the contest on two occasions: in 1966 with the song "Merci, Chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens and in 2014 with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" performed by Conchita Wurst.[2][3] Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Austria had featured in five finals. Austria's least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on eight occasions, most recently in 2012.[4] Austria has also received nul points on four occasions; in 1962, 1988, 1991 and 2015.[5]
The Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), broadcasts the event within Austria and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. ORF confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest on 21 September 2018.[6] From 2011 to 2013, ORF had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Austria, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. For the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, ORF held an internal selection to choose the artist and song to represent Austria at the contest. In 2015 and 2016, the broadcaster returned to selecting the Austrian entry through a national final. For the 2017, 2018 and 2019 contests, ORF opted for an internal selection to select their artist and song. After five consecutive appearances in the final, Austria failed to qualify for the final in 2019, for the first time since 2013.
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
On 26 March 2020, ORF confirmed that Vincent Bueno will represent Austria in the 2021 contest.[7] His entry for 2021, entitled "Amen", was released on 10 March 2021.[8]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used. Austria was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[9]
References
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1957". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1966". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Austria wins Eurovision Song Contest". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (1)". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "History by Country – Austria". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ Jiandani, Sanjay. "Austria: ORF confirms participation in Eurovision 2019". esctoday.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Eurovision 2021: Austria confirms Vincent Bueno…and announces "ESC Video Edition"". Wiwibloggs. 26 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "🇦🇹 Austria: "Amen" To Be Released on March 10". Eurovoix. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ Groot, Evert (17 November 2020). "2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021". eurovision.tv. Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.