Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
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| 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, 30 points) | |||
| Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Austria was represented by Global Kryner with the song "Y así" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, held in Kiev, Ukraine. "Y así" 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.
Before Eurovision
Song.Null.Fünf
The final was held on 25 February 2005 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".
| Final – 25 February 2005 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Global Kryner | "Y así" | Christof Spörk, Edi Köhldorfer | 102 | 1 |
| 2 | Jade Davis | "Just Like That" | Frank Lebel, Bob Gutdeutsch | 22 | 9 |
| 3 | Alf Poier | "Hotel, Hotel" | Alf Poier | 51 | 7 |
| 4 | Mystic Alpin | "Back Home" | Alfred Jaklitsch | 73 | 4 |
| 5 | Marque | "Who You Are" | Marque | 53 | 6 |
| 6 | Global Kryner | "Dreaming" | Christof Spörk, Edi Köhldorfer | 54 | 5 |
| 7 | Jade Davis | "Perfect World" | Helmut Schartlmüller, Hubertus Hohenlohe | 19 | 10 |
| 8 | Alf Poier | "Good Old Europe is Dying" | Alf Poier | 98 | 2 |
| 9 | Mystic Alpin | "One World" | Alfred Jaklitsch | 74 | 3 |
| 10 | Marque | "In The Universe" | Marque, Mary Susan Applegate | 34 | 8 |
Controversy
This 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.
At Eurovision
Because Austria placed 21st at the 2004 contest, Global.Kryner were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. They performed first preceding Lithuania and came 21st with 30 points. Therefore, Austria will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2006.
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]
Points awarded by Austria
Semi-final
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Final
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Points awarded to Austria
| 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
- ^ Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 27 April 2009.