Eurovision 2012 – Today saw the resumption of rehearsals by acts in both semifinals. Russia kicked off this morning. They got a huge round of applause in the press conference where journalists were watching on the big screen. They’d also brought a large cut out of themselves where you could put your face in and [...]
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Eurovision 2012: Today’s Rehearsals SF1
Posted: May 18, 2012 by hulluna in Austria, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Moldova, Russia20
Eurovision 2012: Second Day of Rehearsals Completed
Posted: May 14, 2012 by hulluna in Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Moldova, Russia, San MarinoEurovision 2012 – Another day’s rehearsals have taken place at the Crystal Hall and reports coming through from Baku say the Russian grannies put on a good first performance, and Ireland had a nice fountain. Israel, San Marino, Cyprus, Hungary, Denmark, Austria and Moldova have also rehearsed. Pasha for Moldova got a bit racy.
Austria – The Austrian representatives, the effervescent Trackshittaz, want fans to make remixes of “Woki mit deim Popo” the Austrian contribution for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The track has been unavoidable – and not only within the borders of Austria. Woki is everywhere. Now it´s your chance to shine and mix, and take part [...]
Interview – Eurovision Times caught up with Austria’s representatives in Amsterdam at this weekend’s Eurovision in Concert press event. Trackshittaz will perform in the first semi-final on May 22nd with ‘Woki Mit Deim Popo’ which translates as ‘Shake your ass’. Lukas and Manuel were more than happy to chat to us and let us film [...]
Austria – Trackshittaz will represent Austria at Eurovision 2012 in Baku with ‘Woki Mit Deim Popo’. Ten acts competed in tonight’s final, with Conchita Wurst & Trackshittaz going through to the super final. After a sing off, Trackshittaz was crowned the winner after a great glow in the dark performance.
Austria – So the ORF went for the third choice: !DelaDap will get a chance to win the Austrian ticket to Baku with a different song. The Gypsie swing band had been disqualified as the song they entered into the competition. Crazy Swing had been performed publicly before September 1st. It thus was not [...]
Austria – The Austrian national final has lost a participant today. The international swing band !DelaDap has been disqualified by the Austrian national broadcaster as their entry “Crazy Swing” has been performed by the band before September 1st. The rules of the EBU state that no Eurovision entry can be revealed to the public [...]
Austria – Ireland’s Jedward have reviewed all of the Austrian finalists in an interview for ORF’s programme Chili. The twins, who represented their country in Dusseldorf last year with “Lipstick” found it hard to focus for a while due to Conchita Wurst having a beard. So who did the Irish brothers choose as their [...]
Austria – Days ago the Austrian radio station “Hitradio OE3″ revealed the songs of nine of the ten finalists competing for the right to represent Austria in Azerbaijan. The tenth act, a hip-hop band by German gangster rapper Sido has not been as its members will be determined through a casting show. According to [...]
Austria – Yesterday the ten finalists of the Austrian national final were presented in a special event at the Volksgarten in Vienna. 8 songs have now been published by the radio station OE3 on their website. The last two songs by Krautschädl and Blockstars will be published as soon as they’re finished.Here are the [...]
Austria: Mary Broadcast Band 10th Finalist, Songs Presented Tonight
Posted: January 9, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in AustriaAustria – This morning the “Mary Broadcast Band” has been revealed to be the 10th finalist of the Austrian national final this year. The official announcement was made on the radio show “OE3 Wecker” on Hit Radio OE3 between 5:00 and 9:00 CET. This evening the songs of all ten finalists will be presented [...]
Austrian Finalists: Trackshittaz and Valerie
Posted: December 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in AustriaAustria – In the next couple of days we will shortly present the nine participants of the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 that are already known. A tenth participant will be determined through an open call for songs that will go until December 20. The national final is set to [...]
Austrian Finalists: Papermoon and Norbert Schneider
Posted: December 10, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in AustriaAustria – In the next couple of days we will shortly present the nine participants of the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 that are already known. A tenth participant will be determined through an open call for songs that will go until December 20. The national final is set to [...]
Austrian Finalists: James Cottriall and Krautschädl
Posted: December 7, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in AustriaAustria – In the next couple of days we will shortly present the nine participants of the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 that are already known. A tenth participant will be determined through an open call for songs that will go until December 20. The national final is set to [...]
Austria – In the next couple of days we will shortly present the nine participants of the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 that are already known. A tenth participant will be determined through an open call for songs that will go until December 20. The national final is set to [...]
Austria: Bearded Woman Conchita Wurst Bids For Eurovision
Posted: December 2, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in AustriaAustria/Editorial – When I saw the picture I said (very politically incorrect) “Yikes“, when I saw a performance I said “Oh… well…” and when I saw more I said “She will go to Eurovision for Austria“. Conchita Wurst is a fictional character and has come to fame through the recent Austrian casting show “Die [...]
Austria – Today the Austrian radio station hit radio Ö3 has revealed nine of the ten finalists of the Austrian national final. The tenth place will be filled by a choice from an open call for songs which will end at the end of December. The national final is set to be held on [...]
Austria – The Austrian radio station “Hit Radio Ö3″ will present the 10 finalists of the Austrian national final tomorrow morning in a special hour of the morning show “Wecker”. The show will start at 8:00 CET and will last an entire hour. You can listen to a live stream of the radio station: [...]
Austria – The Austrian national broadcaster ORF has revealed the full voting results from their national final. For many the victory of Nadine Beiler and her ballad “The Secret Is Love” was surprising but the voting results speak a different language. Beiler won both the preselection round with almost 35% of the televotes and in [...]
Austria: Nadine Beiler with “The Secret Is Love” at Eurovision
Posted: February 26, 2011 by Sekhmet Morgan in AustriaAustria – The Austrian national broadcaster ÖRF held its national final “Guten Morgen Düsseldorf “. After 2007 when Austria participated for the last time and did not qualify to the final, the channel decided that the Eurovision wasn’t anything they wanted to follow anymore, saying the results were only favoring the Eastern European countries. After [...]
Tonight: Austria Decides – Düsseldorf Wir Kommen
Posted: February 25, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in AustriaAustria – Tonight Austria will hold its national final to decide who will represent them in Düsseldorf. Ten artists, who have qualified from the radio semi-final, will compete for the Austrian ticket to Germany. After the first televoting phase, 7 songs will be eliminated and the Top 3 will compete again in a super final. [...]
Austria – ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster has just announced the 10 finalists of their selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest. The 10 finalists were chosen out of 30 artists by a mixture of SMS and jury voting. Alf Poier, Austria’s representative in 2005 did not make the cut, just as the winner of [...]
Austria – The SMS voting phase of the Austrian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf has ended today. The Austrian public was able to choose between 30 songs. 10 will eventually qualify for the televised national final. An expert jury will also listen to the songs and a mixture of their assessment [...]
Worst Eurovision Songs – After revealing our reader’s ‘Favourite Eurovision Songs‘, we asked them to vote for their least favourite songs ever. A lot of people participated and over the following weeks we will publish the outcome. Today we continue with your place 9: In 2003 he was the biggest favourite… for last place. He [...]
Austria – 30 songs are still in the running to become Austria’s 2011 Eurovision entry. Over the last days radio station Ö3 presented the songs to the public and incited them to vote for their favourite via SMS. Now the first interim voting result has become known.At the end of the month the Top 10 [...]
Austria – Tomorrow the second phase of the Austrian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest will start on the radio station Ö3. In the morning show “Ö3 Wecker” the SMS voting will be declared open. 30 names, who have been selected by a jury out of over 300 submissions, will compete for the 10 places [...]
Eurovision 2011: Who will return?
Posted: December 30, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Analysis, Andorra, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, SlovakiaEurovision 2011 – This year there were more rumors and speculations about possible returns, debuts and withdrawals than in any other year. There were also more (predominantly positive) surprises concerning the list of participating nations. In total 42 countries (nothing official yet) will compete for the ‘Grand Prix’ in Düsseldorf next May. An official list [...]
Eurovision 2011: Freddy Sahin-Scholl for Austria?
Posted: December 19, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in AustriaAustria – Yesterday he won Germany’s most popular talent show “Das Supertalent” (German version of the … got talent franchise) due to his amazing vocal abilities. Before his victory he also applied to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf! Shahin-Scholl can change his voice in seconds from baritone to soprano and [...]
Austria – Austrian national broadcaster ORF has received 147 entries in the open online part of their selection for their Eurovision Song Contest return next year. A jury of experts will now narrow them down to 30 for the online voting. 5 will then proceed to the televised national final on February 25. The 5 [...]
