Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Austria
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 20 February 2007; Song: 7 March 2007
Selected entrant	Eric Papilaya
Selected song	"Get a Life - Get Alive"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (27th, 4 points)
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria was represented by Eric Papilaya in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the official Life Ball song, "Get a Life - Get Alive".

Eric Papilaya is a 28-year-old singer that comes from Laakirchen. He's most notable for being a finalist of the 3rd season of the Austrian talent show Starmania.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

Austria broadcaster ORF selected their participant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with an internal selection. ORF was searching for a performance that 'appeals visually'.

On 20 February 2007, Eric Papilaya was announced as the representative. His song "Get a Life - Get Alive" was released on 7 March 2007. The song was also named as the official Life Ball song, continuing the historical relationship between the Austrian entry and the Life Ball, Europe's largest AIDS charity event.[1]

At Eurovision

Austria competed in the semi-final of the contest on 10 May 2007. Eric performed twenty-seventh, following Turkey's Kenan Doğulu with "Shake It Up Shekerim" and preceding Latvia's Bonaparti.lv with "Questa Notte". The stage show included 20.000 Swarovski crystals. His song did however not score enough points to continue to the final show, in fact it came second from last, receiving points only from Switzerland and Andorra (a total of 4).

Points awarded by Austria

Semi final

12 points	Serbia
10 points	Turkey
8 points	Hungary
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Bulgaria
5 points	Macedonia
4 points	Poland
3 points	Albania
2 points	Slovenia
1 point	Latvia

Final

12 points	Serbia
10 points	Turkey
8 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points	Germany
6 points	Bulgaria
5 points	Armenia
4 points	Ukraine
3 points	Romania
2 points	Hungary
1 point	Macedonia

Points awarded to Austria (Semifinal)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points

5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Switzerland		Andorra

References

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Sources

Eurovision-Austria.com (in German)

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