Austria was represented by Tie Break in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Du bist". Tie Break consists of Stefan di Bernardo, Tommy Pegram, and Thomas Elzenbaumer.
Song.Null.Vier was the national final that selected Austria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The competition took place on 5 March 2004 at the ORF Center in Vienna, hosted by Boris Uran and Oliver Auspitz and broadcast on ORF 1.[1]
Competing entries[]
Nine of the ten competing artists were nominated by record companies. The nine artists selected to compete in the national final were revealed on 9 February 2004 and among the competing artists, Waterloo & Robinson previously represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976.[2] The tenth act was chosen through a wildcard selection. For the wildcard selection, ORF invited all interested artists to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 10 December 2003 and 2 February 2004.[3] On 19 February 2004, "Sexuality" performed by André Leherb was announced as the winner of the wildcard.[4]
Final[]
The televised final took place on 5 March 2004. Ten songs competed and public televoting exclusively selected "Du bist" performed by Tie Break as the winner.[5]
For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest.[6] Since Austria placed 6th in the previous contest year, Austria automatically qualified to compete in the final. They performed second, following Spain and preceding Norway ended 21st with 9 points.[7] As Austria failed to reach the top 12 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2005 Contest.
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