Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 26 March 2020
Song: 10 March 2021
Selected entrantVincent Bueno
Selected song"Amen"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (12th)
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, having internally selected Vincent Bueno as their representative with the song "Amen". He was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Alive" before the event's cancellation.

Background[]

Main article: Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 contest, Austria had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 52 times since its first entry in 1957.[1] The nation had won the contest on two occasions: in 1966 with the song "Merci, Chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens and in 2014 with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" performed by Conchita Wurst.[2][3] Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, Austria had featured in five finals. Austria's least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on eight occasions, most recently in 2012.[4] Austria has also received nul points on four occasions; in 1962, 1988, 1991 and 2015.[5]

The Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), broadcasts the event within Austria and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. ORF confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest on 21 September 2018.[6] From 2011 to 2013, ORF had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Austria, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. For the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, ORF held an internal selection to choose the artist and song to represent Austria at the contest. In 2015 and 2016, the broadcaster returned to selecting the Austrian entry through a national final. For the 2017, 2018 and 2019 contests, ORF opted for an internal selection to select their artist and song. After five consecutive appearances in the final, Austria failed to qualify for the final in 2019, for the first time since 2013.

Before Eurovision[]

Internal selection[]

On 26 March 2020, ORF confirmed that Vincent Bueno would represent Austria in the 2021 contest.[7] His entry for 2021, entitled "Amen", was released on 10 March 2021.[8] "Parachute" and "Dumb Human Bias", two other songs also considered for the contest, were subsequently released by Bueno in June 2021.[9]

At Eurovision[]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used. Austria was placed into the second semi-final, which was held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[10]

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Austria was set to perform in position 5, following the entry from Greece and preceding the entry from Poland.[11]

Voting[]

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[12] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[13] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[14][15]

Points awarded to Austria[]

Points awarded to Austria (Semi-final 2)[16]
Score Televote Jury
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points  Albania
2 points  Iceland  Portugal
1 point  Latvia

Points awarded by Austria[]

Detailed voting results[]

The following members comprised the Austrian jury:[14][15]

Detailed voting results from Austria (Semi-final 2)[16]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  San Marino 12 8 7 10 10 10 1 14
02  Estonia 14 10 13 12 13 13 11
03  Czech Republic 6 12 12 11 11 12 15
04  Greece 8 9 8 14 12 11 13
05  Austria
06  Poland 16 14 15 13 15 15 10 1
07  Moldova 9 11 11 5 14 9 2 5 6
08  Iceland 3 2 1 4 2 2 10 2 10
09  Serbia 4 5 6 9 7 5 6 1 12
10  Georgia 15 15 16 15 16 16 12
11  Albania 10 6 9 8 8 8 3 9 2
12  Portugal 2 4 4 1 6 4 7 4 7
13  Bulgaria 1 3 3 3 3 3 8 7 4
14  Finland 13 7 5 6 5 6 5 6 5
15  Latvia 11 16 14 16 9 14 16
16   Switzerland 7 1 2 2 1 1 12 3 8
17  Denmark 5 13 10 7 4 7 4 8 3
Detailed voting results from Austria (Final)[17]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Cyprus 15 25 13 9 21 16 20
02  Albania 22 24 25 19 18 26 13
03  Israel 16 12 14 17 20 19 18
04  Belgium 20 17 16 10 14 17 21
05  Russia 17 20 23 3 12 11 12
06  Malta 3 6 8 22 11 7 4 9 2
07  Portugal 6 4 4 1 5 4 7 14
08  Serbia 18 11 19 18 10 14 1 12
09  United Kingdom 14 15 26 21 19 20 26
10  Greece 12 21 12 13 25 18 19
11   Switzerland 4 2 2 4 4 2 10 6 5
12  Iceland 1 5 1 8 3 1 12 2 10
13  Spain 8 23 15 12 13 12 25
14  Moldova 23 22 22 11 26 21 24
15  Germany 5 9 18 26 7 9 2 15
16  Finland 9 10 7 15 8 10 1 7 4
17  Bulgaria 2 3 9 7 9 6 5 11
18  Lithuania 21 13 11 14 15 15 8 3
19  Ukraine 25 14 21 25 16 23 4 7
20  France 7 1 5 6 2 3 8 5 6
21  Azerbaijan 19 19 24 20 22 25 17
22  Norway 26 18 6 16 24 13 10 1
23  Netherlands 10 8 10 5 6 8 3 23
24  Italy 11 7 3 2 1 5 6 3 8
25  Sweden 24 16 20 23 17 24 16
26  San Marino 13 26 17 24 23 22 22

References[]

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