"Contest 1982 for Germany –, Ruslana – winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for Ukraine –, and Conchita Wurst – winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 for Austria – performed a medley of Eurovision winning songs; Matthias Schweighöfer and Tim Bendzko were also guest performers, performing their latest singles ""Supermann und seine Frau"" and ""Immer noch Mensch"" respectively. The five competing artists performed a cover of a song of their choice. The three acts with the most votes from the German televote; Helene Nissen, Axel Feige, and Levina, proceeded to the second round. The top three acts each"
"song presented to the public in March 2014. After a promotional tour of several European countries, Austria was seen as one of the countries most likely to qualify for the grand final. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" came first of the 15 participating countries, securing its place among the 26 other countries in the final. In Austria's forty-seventh Eurovision appearance on 10 May, ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" became the sixty-second song to win the Eurovision Song Contest, receiving a total of 290 points and full marks from thirteen countries. This was Austria's second win"
"Conchita Wurst Conchita (from 2011 to 2015 Conchita Wurst) is the stage persona of Austrian singer, recording artist and drag queen Thomas Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988). Conchita came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as Austria's entrant with the song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". Neuwirth uses masculine pronouns when referring to himself but feminine pronouns to describe Conchita. Born in Gmunden, Austria, Neuwirth moved to Graz to do his matura exam with a focus on fashion, before embarking on a singing career through the 2007 casting show ""Starmania"". He subsequently became a founding member of"
"press conference in Vienna, the song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" was announced as the Austrian entry for the contest. The song was written by Charlie Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski and Julian Maas. Wurst's first live performance of the song was on 22 March 2014, during an episode of ""Dancing Stars"", the Austrian version of international franchise ""Dancing with the Stars"". As part of the contest's graphic design, special postcards were commissioned by the Danish host broadcaster DR to introduce each of the participating countries before the acts took to the stage. For the 2014 contest the contestants were asked"
"the best ever result for Montenegro since its independence. Also, the top two countries of this contest were the same as the top two countries in the contest, being Sweden and Russia. 2014 hosts, Denmark, were eliminated in the semi-finals. Over 197 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, beating the 2014 viewing figures by 2 million. The event took place in Vienna, Austria, with the venue being the Wiener Stadthalle, after Austria won the right to host this edition of the Eurovision Song Contest for winning its previous 2014 edition with the song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" performed by Conchita"
"Paul Gallister Paul Gallister (born September 5, 1984 in Vienna) is an Austrian composer, film composer and music producer. He attended the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he received a Master of Arts in Media Composition. Gallister is a producer and composer for the Viennese band Wanda, as well as for Nino aus Wien, Playing Savage, Ansa Sauermann and PauT. He co-orchestrated and programmed the winning song of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" sung by Conchita Wurst and arranged multiple episodes of the TV series Dancing Stars and Die große Chance. He also"
"in which a group of candidates had to survive in the deserts of Namibia together with native tribes. On 10 September 2013, Austrian national broadcaster ORF announced that it had selected Wurst to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in May 2014. In March 2014, Wurst's song was revealed as ""Rise Like a Phoenix"", with bookmakers placing her entry as one of the ten favourites to win. Despite Eurovision's reputation for campness, Wurst's performance was designed to be serious and in good taste, and she was one of just a few performers"
"refused to produce ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". A request came from the Austrian Eurovision team about possible contributions, and he immediately thought of this song, reasoning ""I knew that with this song still something great was going to happen"". The song was entered into the ORF internal selection process and was ultimately chosen to represent the country. A music video to accompany the release of ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" was first released onto YouTube on 18 March 2014 at a total length of three minutes and five seconds. The song was released by the ORF on 18 March 2014. The"
"Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winning song, ""Rise like a Phoenix"". In an interview with Wiwibloggs, Wurst said ""I'm over the moon, this really is a dream come true, that’s the soundtrack to my life. It's so overwhelming that I now have all of these songs that I have been singing for years and years on my own, in the shower or whatever, and now I'm performing them with an actual orchestra. It's a whole new experience. Listening to my music, and obviously for me performing my music, with an orchestra it's nerve-wracking. I have to be honest. So many people,"
"voting and televoting conducted during the two shows: Austria did not receive any points at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. The following five members comprised the Austrian jury: Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song ""I Am Yours"", written by Jimmy Harry and The Makemakes. The song was performed by the band The Makemakes. In addition to participating in the contest, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) was also the host of the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in with the song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" performed"
"Conchita (album) Conchita is the debut studio album by Austrian pop singer Conchita Wurst. It was released on 15 May 2015 by Sony Music Entertainment. The album includes the singles ""Heroes"", ""You Are Unstoppable"" and her Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winning song, ""Rise like a Phoenix"". ""Conchita"" incorporates different elements from multiple music genres into Conchita Wurst's typical baroque pop sound. Several electronic genres can be found on ""Conchita"" with influences from dubstep to house in general on ""Out of Body Experience"" and ""Somebody to Love"". For example, ""You Are Unstoppable"" and ""Up for Air"" draw heavily from electropop while"
"the first time. The winner was Conchita Wurst with the song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"", written by Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, and Julian Maas for Austria. This was Austria's first win in the competition since 1966. Jokes made about Wurst had sparked controversy, whilst Russia were booed several times during the contest. and finished second and third respectively with the former achieving their best result since their victory in the Contest. finished fourth, which equals their best result to date, while finished fifth, achieving its best result since its fourth place in 1994. Of the ""Big Five"", only"
"at Eurovision: ""It was not just a victory for me but a victory for those people who believe in a future that can function without discrimination and is based on tolerance and respect."" President of Austria Heinz Fischer asserted that it was ""not just a victory for Austria, but above all for diversity and tolerance in Europe"". A local radio station celebrated by playing ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" on a loop 48 times over four hours. The UK's Eurovision commentator Graham Norton commented on the socio-political significance of Wurst's victory: ""it seems like Eurovision has done something that matters just"
"Ouatu performed the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winning song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". Ovidiu Anton made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote ""Moment of Silence"" as the Romanian Eurovision entry. On 9 April, Ovidiu Anton performed during the ""Eurovision in Concert"" event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Hera Björk. Between 11 and 13 April, Ovidiu Anton took part in promotional activities in Tel Aviv, Israel and performed during the ""Israel Calling"" event held at the Ha'teatron venue. On 17 April, Ovidiu Anton performed during the ""London Eurovision Party"","
"the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen on 6 May 2014, the song finished in second place in the final on 10 May 2014, behind the winning song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" by Conchita Wurst from Austria. This was the highest position for the Netherlands since it last won in 1975, and the highest score for the Netherlands in all the Eurovision contests. On 18 May 2014, it reached number 9 in the UK singles chart, becoming 2014's highest charting Eurovision single, and the fourth non-winning Eurovision song from outside the UK to enter the top ten, the other songs being"
"top three result of the 20th century. Austria won again in , with Conchita Wurst and ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". Austria has finished last in the contest final seven times (1957, 1961, 1962, 1979, 1984, 1988 and 1991) and finished last in the semifinal in 2012. Cesár Sampson achieved Austria's eighth top five result and second-best result of the 21st century at the contest, finishing third with the song ""Nobody But You"". Austria finished last at its first attempt in the contest in 1957, before Liane Augustin gave the country the first of its eight top five results in ,"
"songs, first in Eurovision 1966 with ""Merci, Chérie"" by Udo Jürgens and 48 years later in Eurovision 2014 with ""Rise like a Phoenix"" with Conchita Wurst. Sampson was born in Linz, Austria. His father is a choreographer and pilates master teacher and introduced pilates in the German-speaking countries. Cesár himself became a personal trainer and strength and mobility coach in pilates. His mother was a pianist, singer and songwriter most famous for co-writing and performing the theme song of the popular Austrian TV series ""Inspector Rex"" (). Sampson is also the nephew of Helen ""Pepsi"" DeMacque from the 1980s duo"
"accompanying music video was premiered on YouTube on the same day, while the song was offered on the ORF website for download. Stern gave the song a rating of 4 out of 5. 1966 Austrian winner Udo Jürgens said the song was ""a well-composed song with a beautiful musical bow"", and as the lyrics suggest, ""rises from the ashes"". The style of """"Rise Like a Phoenix"""" is very similar to many ""James Bond"" film theme songs; spoof videos have been created on YouTube and many have speculated about the song becoming the next James Bond theme. Rise like a Phoenix"
"Danica Krstić, to perform the three entries. RTS held the national final ""Odbrojavanje za Beč"" where the song ""Ceo svet je moj"" performed by Bojana Stamenov emerged as the winner after topping both the votes of a jury panel and a public televote. The entry was later translated to English as ""Beauty Never Lies"" with lyrics written by Charlie Mason—the lyricist of Austria's Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winning song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals ""Beauty Never Lies"" placed ninth out of the 16 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in"
"Charlie Mason (lyricist) Charlie Mason is an American lyricist whose credits include releases by Miley Cyrus, Eric Saade, Abraham Mateo, BoA, Ross Lynch, Monrose, Sergey Lazarev, Sweet California, Danny Saucedo, Sarah Connor, Robin Beck and Queensberry. He co-wrote the Eurovision Song Contest 2014-winning song ""Rise Like a Phoenix,"" sung by Austrian artist Conchita Wurst, as well as the Slovenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Here For You, sung by Maraaya and the English version of Serbia's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, ""Beauty Never Lies,"" sung by Bojana Stamenov. In 2016, he wrote ""Half a Smile"", a"
"to the best and most original composition as voted by the participating composers. ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" was awarded the Press Award, which was accepted at the awards ceremony by Kathrin Zechner, ORF's Managing Director. Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on vocal capacity, the stage performance, the song's composition and originality, and"
"aloft and proclaimed ""We are unity and we are unstoppable"". She later confirmed to reporters that this was a message meant for politicians who opposed LGBT rights, including President of Russia Vladimir Putin, whose administration had implemented a law restricting LGBT rights in June 2013. British newspaper ""Daily Mail"" declared that Wurst's victory had made her a ""global superstar"". On returning to Austria, she was greeted at the airport by a crowd of over 1000 cheering fans, many wearing fake beards and singing ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". To journalists, she expanded on the message of tolerance which she had championed"
"with her song ""Firestorm"" and also performed ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" as the interval act together with Flavio Rizzello, the winner of the talent show competition ""Die grössten Schweizer Talente"". The combination of televoting (50%) and the votes of an expert jury (50%) selected ""The Last of Our Kind"" performed by Rykka as the winner. The jury consisted of Peter Ramón Baumann (Vice President of OGAE Switzerland), Yvan Peacemaker (producer), Hana Gadze (music editor SRF), Mélanie René (singer, Swiss Eurovision contestant in 2015), Flavio Tuor (music producer RTR), Laurent Pavia (music producer RTS), Licia Chery (singer, 3rd in the 2015"
"consisted of: In early March 2015, RTS announced that an English version of ""Ceo svet je moj"" titled ""Beauty Never Lies"" would be produced with lyrics by Charlie Mason, who co-wrote the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winning entry ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". Stamenov stated that she preferred to sing the English version at Eurovision, though no decision had been made in regards to the language. On 9 March, ""Beauty Never Lies"" was released and shortly afterwards on 11 March, the Serbian delegation and OGAE Serbia issued an invitation for fans to submit videos of themselves singing the English version of"
"18-entry field. The song was succeeded as contest winner in 1967 by Sandie Shaw singing ""Puppet on a String"" for the United Kingdom, and as Austrian entry in that year by ""Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"", performed by Peter Horten. This was also the only time that Austria would win the Eurovision Song Contest until 2014 when Conchita Wurst won with the song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"". Merci, Chérie ""Merci, Chérie"" (""Thank you, darling"") was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. Performed for Austria by Udo Jürgens with lyrics in German—despite the French words of the title."
"placing 14th in a field of 16 and scoring 27 points. Her debut album entitled Natália Kelly was released worldwide on 12 April 2013. Natália Kelly Natália Kelly (born December 18, 1994) is an American-Austrian singer. She currently resides in Bad Vöslau, Lower Austria. Kelly represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song ""Shine"". Kelly was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, the daughter of an American businessman with Austrian and Irish roots and a Brazilian mother. She moved to Austria from the US at the age of six in 2000. Kelly started from"
"Like"" was released as a digital download in March 2015, along with a music video which was shot in both California and Austria. Nadine Beiler Nadine Beiler (born 27 May 1990) is an Austrian R&B and pop singer, who won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show ""Starmania"" in 2007. On 16 February 2007, she released her first single, ""Alles was du willst"". Currently, Beiler is a professional singer and songwriter based in both Vienna and Tyrol, where she lives in Innsbruck. Beiler represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with her entry ""The Secret Is Love"" and"
"qualifying heat, ""Ein Lied für Dublin"" with the song ""Radio"" which was placed fourth. Simone Stelzer Simone Stelzer alias Simone is an Austrian pop singer. She was born in Vienna, Austria on 1 October 1969. In 1990 she participated in ""Ein Lied für Zagreb"", the Austrian qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song ""Keine Mauern mehr"" was initially placed second. However, several days after the final it was discovered that winning song ""Das Beste"" performed by Duett had participated in a German qualifying heat in 1988. It was therefore disqualified and Simone was announced as the Austrian Eurovision"
"de Forest performing the 2013 winning entry ""Only Teardrops"" as well as the theme song for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest ""Rainmaker"", German singer Adel Tawil performing his single ""Weinen"" and 2014 Italian Eurovision entrant Emma Marrone performing the Italian 2014 contest entry ""La mia città"". At the conclusion of the show, Elaiza was selected as the winner with the song ""Is It Right"". In the first round, each artist performed one of the two songs they have selected to perform first. The top four artists were selected by televoting to proceed to the second round. In the second round,"
"a former Eurovision winning song and in the second part the candidate songs that were in contention to represent Austria were performed. In the first part, Yela performed ""Love Shine a Light"" (1997), Falco Luneau performed ""What's Another Year"" (1980), The Bandaloop performed ""Waterloo"" (1974), Natália Kelly performed ""Ne partez pas sans moi"" (1988), and Elija performed ""Euphoria"" (2012). When the jury (50%) and public (50%) votes were combined, Natália Kelly emerged as the winner with the song ""Shine"". Austria was allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May for a place in the final on 18 May."
"Stürmer's ""Ich lebe"" was much more successful than Tschuggnall's ""Tears of Happiness"". Since then, Stürmer has managed to break into the Swiss and all-important German markets, whereas winner Tschnuggnall's visibility has been quite low. Singles: The second season (dubbed ""Starmania NG"") was not as successful as the first one. The winner was Verena Pötzl, who had only one single in the Austrian Top-40. Daniel Kajmakoski would later represent Macedonia in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Singles: After 2 years, Starmania returned to the TV screens. Everything was modernised and more professional. The winner was Nadine Beiler, who is a Tyrolian."
"Heroes (Conchita Wurst song) ""Heroes"" is a pop song by Austrian singer Conchita Wurst. It was released on 8 November 2014. Conchita revealed to fans via her Facebook page that the release of the single would occur on 20 October and revealed the song title. The song is included on Wurst's debut album. Musically ""Heroes"" is a departure from Wurst's operatic pop style known from former singles like ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" or ""That's What I Am"". The composition still incorporates orchestral and classical elements but in a more minimal way. In contrast, the percussion elements are stronger than in"
"Nathan Trent Nathanaele Koll (born 4 April 1992), known professionally as Nathan Trent, is an Austrian singer. He represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song ""Running on Air"" finishing in 16th place. Born in Innsbruck, Austria, to an Austrian father and an Italian mother. On 18 June 2016, Trent released his debut single ""Like It Is"". On 19 December 2016, Trent was announced as the Austrian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. His song, ""Running on Air"", was released on 28 February 2017. At the time of his selection as the Austrian entrant, Trent was"