From "Merci Cherie" to "Wasted Love": An Austrian Song Contest Journey

And Cesár Sampson also joined the ranks of successful participants with his surprising 3rd place in Lisbon 2018. But that is only the glorious side of the story.

The performers of the years 1981 (Marty Brem), 1984 (Anita), 1988 (Wilfried), and 1991 (Thomas Forstner) did not get beyond last place. In 2007, Eric Papilaya was eliminated in the semifinals with "Get A Life - Get Alive" and finished second to last with four points. Not least because of this, Austria completely refrained from participating in 2006 and from 2008 to 2010.

Upon returning in 2011 in Düsseldorf, Nadine Beiler reached 18th place, before the Trackshittaz in 2012 with their now legendary hip-hop number "Woki mit deim Popo" received the lowest score of all countries in the semifinals. In 2013, Natalia Kelly had to settle for 14th place out of 16 participants in her semifinal in Malmö.

Eurovision Song Contest: And Then Came Conchita

And then came Conchita, saw, and conquered in Copenhagen. For the Makemakes, however, it was only enough for a second to last place in the final at the home ESC in Vienna. In contrast, Zoe conquered a respectable 13th place in Stockholm in 2016, followed by Nathan Trent with a 16th place in Kyiv in 2017. Conversely, Paenda only reached the second to last place in her semifinal at the ESC in Tel Aviv and had to return home. Vincent Bueno in 2021 after the pandemic ESC break in 2020 and also LUM!X feat. Pia Maria in 2022 followed in these footsteps. Both acts did not make it past their semifinals.

After three unsuccessful ESC rounds, Teya & Salena managed not only to make it to the finals in Liverpool in 2023 but also to secure a 15th place there, while Kaleen ended up in second to last place at the ESC in Malmö - but at least in the final. It will be exciting to see which tradition JJ with "Wasted Love" will follow.

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