Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

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.

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Austria
National selection
Selection processSong.Null.Vier
Selection date(s)5 March 2004
Selected entrantTie Break
Selected song"Du bist"
Selected songwriter(s)Peter Zimmermann
Finals performance
Final result21st, 9 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Song.Null.Vier

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]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
5 in Love "Rich White Man" Paul Kreshka
André Leherb "Sexuality" Falco, Ronnie Rocket
Daniel Djuric "Millionaire" Aleksandar Perišić, Ina Wolf
Elnaz "Hold Me" Georg Peter, Elnaz
Ide "Link Love" Ide Hintze
Mizan "My Istanbul" Can Isik, Andreas Jud, Thomas Bürgin
Rob Davis "Good to See You!" Thomas Krampl, Rob Davis
Tie Break "Du bist" Peter Zimmermann
Waterloo and Robinson "You Can Change the World" Peter Janda
Zabine "Shine On" Alfred Jaklitsch

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]

Final – 5 March 2004
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Daniel Djuric"Millionaire"20,3946
2Zabine"Shine On"13,8407
3Mizan"My Istanbul"2,77610
4Rob Davis"Good to See You!"22,3895
55 in Love"Rich White Man"26,4904
6Waterloo and Robinson"You Can Change the World"54,9012
7André Leherb"Sexuality"5,1199
8Elnaz"Hold Me"8,9748
9Ide"Link Love"26,9173
10Tie Break"Du bist"82,2031

At Eurovision

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.

Points awarded to Austria
Points awarded to Austria (Final)[8]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points  Greece
4 points  France
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Austria

References
  1. ""song.null.vier" im ORF: Tie-Break fahren nach Istanbul". ORF (in German). 6 March 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. Rau, Oliver (9 February 2004). "Austria: Waterloo & Robinson to participate". Esctoday.
  3. Rau, Oliver (10 December 2003). "Chance for a newcomer in Austria". Esctoday. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. Rau, Olivier (February 19, 2004). "Austria: Falco-song to participate in song.null.vier". Esctoday.
  5. "AUSTRIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2004".
  6. "Semi-Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. "Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. "Results of the Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. "Results of the Semi-Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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