Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country	Austria
National selection
Selection process	Österreich rockt den Song Contest
Selection date(s)	24 February 2012
Selected entrant	Trackshittaz
Selected song	"Woki mit deim Popo"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (18th, 8 points)
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Austrian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Austrian broadcaster ORF.[1] Trackshittaz represented Austria with the song "Woki mit deim Popo", which failed to qualify from the first semi-final, achieving 18th place with 8 points.[2]

Before Eurovision

Österreich rockt den Song Contest

Österreich rockt den Song Contest (Austria rocks the Song Contest) was the national final that selected Austria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The competition took place on 24 February 2012 at the ORF Center in Vienna, hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun, Robert Kratky and Andi Knoll and broadcast on ORF eins as well as streamed online via ORF's official website and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[3][4]

Competing entries

Nine of the ten artists were nominated by radio station Hitradio Ö3. The nine artists selected to compete in the national final were revealed on 1 December 2011.[5][6] The tenth act was chosen through a public wildcard selection. For the wildcard selection, ORF invited all interested artists to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 1 December 2011 and 31 December 2011. At the close of the deadline, the broadcaster received over 100 submissions. On 9 January 2012, "How Can You Ask Me?" performed by Mary Broadcast Band was announced as the winner of the wildcard.[7] On 29 January 2012, it was announced that !DelaDap had been disqualified from the competition due to their song "Crazy Swing" having been performed before the 1 September 2011 date when songs are eligible for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[8] On 3 February 2012, ORF announced that !DelaDap would remain in the competition and would perform the song "Don't Turn Around" instead.[9]

Artist	Song	Composer(s)
Conchita Wurst	"That's What I Am"	Florian Cojocaru, Martin Kromar, Thomas Neuwirth
James Cottriall	"Stand Up"	James Cottriall
Krautschädl	"Einsturzgefohr"	Philipp Sikora
Mary Broadcast Band	"How Can You Ask Me?"	Alexander Kahr, Mary Lamaro
Norbert Schneider	"Medicate My Blues Away"	Norbert Schneider
Papermoon	"Vater, Father, mon père"	Edina Thalhammer, Christof Straub
Trackshittaz	"Woki mit deim Popo"	Lukas Plöchl, Manuel Hoffelner
Valerie	"Comme ça"	Georg Hartwig
!DelaDap	"Don't Turn Around"	Melinda Stoika, Stanislav Vana
3punkt5	"Augenblick"	3punkt5, Benno Calmbach, Doreen Steinert, Paul-Maria Becker, Wassif Hoteit

Final

The televised final took place on 24 February 2012. Ten songs competed in the first round where the top two were selected by a public vote to proceed to the second round. The top two were "That's What I Am" performed by Conchita Wurst and "Woki mit deim Popo" performed by Trackshittaz. In the second round, public televoting selected "Woki mit deim Popo" performed by Trackshittaz as the winner. Viewers were able to vote via telephone or SMS. The song became Austria's first entry in the contest to be performed entirely in Mühlviertlerisch, a Central Bavarian dialect spoken in Upper Austria.

First Round
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	James Cottriall	"Stand Up"	Eliminated
2	Krautschädl	"Einsturzgefohr"	Eliminated
3	Valerie	"Comme ça"	Eliminated
4	3punkt5	"Augenblick"	Eliminated
5	Conchita Wurst	"That's What I Am"	Advanced
6	Mary Broadcast Band	"How Can You Ask Me?"	Eliminated
7	!DelaDap	"Don't Turn Around"	Eliminated
8	Papermoon	"Vater, Father, mon père"	Eliminated
9	Trackshittaz	"Woki mit deim Popo"	Advanced
10	Norbert Schneider	"Medicate My Blues Away"	Eliminated

Second Round
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Conchita Wurst	"That's What I Am"	49%	2
2	Trackshittaz	"Woki mit deim Popo"	51%	1

At Eurovision

Austria competed in the second half of the first semi-final (16th on stage), on 22 May 2012, following Hungary and preceding Moldova. Austria received 8 points and placed 18th, thus failing to qualify for the final on 26 May.[10] The public awarded Austria 17th place with 15 points and the jury awarded 17th place with 27 points.[11]

Points awarded to Austria

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

Points awarded by Austria

Points awarded by Austria (Semi-final 1)[12]
Score	Country
12 points	Albania
10 points	Russia
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Israel
6 points	Moldova
5 points	Romania
4 points	Hungary
3 points	Switzerland
2 points	Iceland
1 point	Greece

Points awarded by Austria (Final)[13]
Score	Country
12 points	Sweden
10 points	Serbia
8 points	Albania
7 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 points	Spain
5 points	Russia
4 points	Germany
3 points	Turkey
2 points	France
1 point	Moldova

References

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Brey, Marco (24 February 2012). "It's Trackshittaz for Austria!". Eurovision.tv.
Hondal, Victor (30 October 2011). "Austria: National final in February". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
Hondal, Victor (24 February 2012). "Watch now: National final in Austria". Esctoday. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
Hondal, Victor (1 December 2011). "Austria: ORF reveals nine finalists". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
"Der Ö3-Wecker rockt den Song Contest 2012". ORF (in German).
Pozzi, Renee (9 January 2012). "Austria: Wildcard completes national final lineup!". Escdaily.com. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
Hondal, Victor. "Austria: !DelaDap's song disqualified". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
Jiandani, Sanjay. "Austria: !Deladap get another chance!". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
"First Semi-Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
"Results of the First Semi-Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
"Results of the Grand Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

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[Austria1-1] Hondal, Victor (23 September 2011). "Austria: ORF stick to national selection format". EscToday.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

[2] Brey, Marco (24 February 2012). "It's Trackshittaz for Austria!". Eurovision.tv.

[Austria2-3] Hondal, Victor (30 October 2011). "Austria: National final in February". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

[4] Hondal, Victor (24 February 2012). "Watch now: National final in Austria". Esctoday. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

[Austria3-5] Hondal, Victor (1 December 2011). "Austria: ORF reveals nine finalists". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 1 December 2011.

[6] "Der Ö3-Wecker rockt den Song Contest 2012". ORF (in German).

[Austria4-7] Pozzi, Renee (9 January 2012). "Austria: Wildcard completes national final lineup!". Escdaily.com. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

[8] Hondal, Victor. "Austria: !DelaDap's song disqualified". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.

[9] Jiandani, Sanjay. "Austria: !Deladap get another chance!". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

[10] "First Semi-Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

[splitresults-11] Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

[2012semi1-12] "Results of the First Semi-Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

[2012final-13] "Results of the Grand Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.