Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 20 February 2007
Song: 7 March 2007
Selected entrantEric Papilaya
Selected song"Get a Life – Get Alive"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Greg Usek
  • Austin Howard
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (27th)
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Austria was represented by Eric Papilaya in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the official Life Ball song, "Get a Life – Get Alive".

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 Şekerim" 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).[2]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Austria[]

Points awarded to Austria (Semi-final)[3]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points   Switzerland
2 points
1 point  Andorra

Points awarded by Austria[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://esckaz.com/2007/aus.htm. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Semi-Final of Helsinki 2007". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Semi-Final of Helsinki 2007". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Results of the Grand Final of Helsinki 2007". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

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