Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country  Austria
National selection
Selection process Song.Null.Fünf
Selection date(s) 25 February 2005
Selected entrant Global Kryner
Selected song "Y así"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Failed to qualify (21st)
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The Austrian pre-selection "song.null.fünf" was held on 25 February at the ORF TV Studios in Vienna, hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Christian Clerici. The winner was chosen by regional televoting and mobile phone voting. By a four-point margin, Global Kryner was chosen over 2003 Austrian representative, Alf Poier, with the song "Y así". The song is an Austrian folk tune with yodeling, sung in English and Spanish. The song was written by Christof Spörk and composed by Christof Spörk and Edi Köhldorfer.

Global Kryner is an Austrian folk group consisting of Sabine Stieger on vocals, Karl Rossmann on trumpet, Christof Spörk on clarinet, Anton Sauprügl on accordion, Edi Köhldorfer on guitar and Sebastian Fuchsberger on trombone. Global Kryner had introduced themselves in August 2004 by playing a midnight gig at the Munich Lustspielhaus before a curious audience of just 100 people. In 2004, their first album made it into the Austrian top 40.

This Austrian pre-selection was very controversial for being unfair because every one of the nine federal states of Austria entered an equivalent voting (a maximum of points) together with the "mobile phone votings" forming a tenth entry. When the results were eventually published, mobile phone votings had more voters than any federal state else, but gave just as many points as the voters from e.g. Vorarlberg did. Actual winner Alf Poier was annoyed about this way of unfairness.

The spokesperson who revealed Austria's votes for other countries was Dodo Roscic, an ORF host who had been the Austrian spokesperson since the 1999 contest.[1]

"Song.Null.Fünf"

Draw Song Singer Points Place
1 "Y así" Global Kryner 102 1st
2 "Just Like That" Jade Davis 22 9th
3 "Hotel, Hotel" Alf Poier 51 7th
4 "Back Home" Mystic Alpin 73 4th
5 "Who You Are" Marque 53 6th
6 "Dreaming" Global Kryner 54 5th
7 "Perfect World" Jade Davis 19 10th
8 "Good Old Europe is Dying" Alf Poier 98 2nd
9 "One World" Mystic Alpin 74 3rd
10 "In The Universe" Marque 34 8th

At Eurovision

At the contest, Austria started first but failed to qualify and came in 21st.

Points awarded by Austria

Semi-final

12 points Croatia
10 points Romania
8 points Moldova
7 points Hungary
6 points Denmark
5 points Poland
4 points Macedonia
3 points Slovenia
2 points Norway
1 point  Switzerland

Final

12 points Serbia and Montenegro
10 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points Croatia
7 points Turkey
6 points Romania
5 points Malta
4 points Greece
3 points Albania
2 points Moldova
1 point Israel

Points awarded to Austria

Points Awarded to Austria (Semi-Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Slovenia
  •  Andorra
  •   Switzerland
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Albania
  •  Germany
  •  Greece

References

  1. Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-27.

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