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 | ||||
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Country | Austria | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Song.Null.Vier | |||
Selection date(s) | 5 March 2004 | |||
Selected entrant | Tie Break | |||
Selected song | "Du bist" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 21st, 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]
Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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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 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
1 | Daniel Djuric | "Millionaire" | 20,394 | 6 |
2 | Zabine | "Shine On" | 13,840 | 7 |
3 | Mizan | "My Istanbul" | 2,776 | 10 |
4 | Rob Davis | "Good to See You!" | 22,389 | 5 |
5 | 5 in Love | "Rich White Man" | 26,490 | 4 |
6 | Waterloo & Robinson | "You Can Change the World" | 54,901 | 2 |
7 | André Leherb | "Sexuality" | 5,119 | 9 |
8 | Elnaz | "Hold Me" | 8,974 | 8 |
9 | Ide | "Link Love" | 26,917 | 3 |
10 | Tie Break | "Du bist" | 82,203 | 1 |
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
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12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- Rau, Oliver (9 February 2004). "Austria: Waterloo & Robinson to participate". Esctoday.
- Rau, Olivier (February 19, 2004). "Austria: Falco-song to participate in song.null.vier". Esctoday.
- "AUSTRIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2004".