Austria: Nadine Beiler grabs the Eurovision Song Contest ticket
25 February 2011 at 23:57 CET
The final of Düsseldorf, Wir Kommen tonight consisted of two phases: first, the televoters decided about the top three of the ten songs on offer while in the second round the winner was ultimately chosen.
One of the participants was Joe Sumner - the son of Sting who shot to fame with The Police. Before the contest he said that he hoped to change the image of Eurovision, stating "In England we know the contest as a supplier of the worst music ever and a big joke, but with Klimmstein we can change that."
The final was presented by Mirjam Weichselbraun, Robert Kratky and Andi Knoll.
The finalists
The participants in the first round of voting were the following:
Band WG - 10 Sekunden Glück
Leo Aberer & Patricia Kaiser - There Will Never Be Another You
Oliver Wimmer - Let Love Kick In
Alkbottle - Wir san do ned zum Spaß
Eva K. Anderson - I Will Be Here
Trackshittaz - Oida Taunz!
Charlee - Good To Be Bad
Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner - Paris, Paris
Nadine Beiler - The Secret Is Love
Richard Klein - Bigger, Better, Best
In the second round of voting, these three qualified for the superfinal:
Trackshittaz - Oida Taunz! 2nd
Klimmstein feat. Joe Sumner - Paris, Paris 3rd
Nadine Beiler - The Secret Is Love 1st
Austria's history in the contest
Austria has won the Eurovision Song Contest just once in 1966 when Udo Jürgens triumphed in Luxembourg with Merci Chérie which went on to be a megaseller in a lot of countries. Since then, the Austrian top ten placings have been scarce - the last time the Alpine country reached the lucky ten was in 2003 when Alf Poier reached a surprising sixth place with Weil Der Mensch Zählt.
