Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

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Alive"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Vincent Bueno
  • David "Davey" Yang
  • Felix van Göns
  • Artur Aigner
Finals performance
Final resultContest cancelled
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 • 2020 • 2021►

Alive" written by Vincent Bueno, David "Davey" Yang, Felix van Göns and Artur Aigner. The song was performed by Vincent Bueno. On 12 December 2019, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) announced that they had internally selected Vincent Bueno to compete at the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands
, while "Alive" was presented to the public on 5 March 2020.

Austria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2020. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

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nul points on four occasions; in 1962, 1988, 1991 and 2015.[5]

The Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), broadcasts the event within Austria and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. ORF confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest on 25 May 2019.[6] From 2011 to 2013 as well as in 2015 and 2016, ORF set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Austria, with both the public and a panel of jury members involved in the selection. In 2014 and since 2017, ORF has held an internal selection to choose the artist and song to represent Austria at the contest.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

Artists were nominated by the ORF Eurovision Song Contest Team led by ORF chief editor Stefan Zechner, which collaborated with music expert Eberhard Forcher who worked on the selection of the Austrian entries since

Thea Devy. Devy would later compete in the 2020 Serbian national final with the same song but performed in the Serbian language.[9][10]

"Alive" was written by Vincent Bueno himself together with David "Davey" Yang, Felix van Göns and Artur Aigner. The presentation of the song took place on 5 March 2020 during the radio show Ö3-Wecker, aired on Ö3.[11] In regards to the song, Bueno stated: "The song itself has undergone massive evolution and got a good push in the final sprint. I worked with very young producers and composers, who will definitely be involved in the Austrian music scene in the future. While the song was being created, everyone on the team was able to experience how much the song was evolving, especially when everyone freed themselves from their own egos and opened up to each other."[12]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "

Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Austria was placed into the second semi-final, which was to be held on 14 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[13] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
, the contest was cancelled.

References

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  2. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1966". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Austria wins Eurovision Song Contest". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (1)". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  5. ^ "History by Country – Austria". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b Christou, Costa (25 May 2019). "Austria: ORF confirms participation for Eurovision 2020". escXtra. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. ^ Gallagher, Robyn (12 December 2019). "Confirmed! R&B singer Vincent Bueno will represent Austria with "Alive" at Eurovision 2020". Wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Austria picks Vincent Bueno for Rotterdam 2020 - Eurovision Song Contest". eurovision.tv. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  9. ^ Granger, Anthony (12 January 2020). "Serbia: Thea Devy Confirms Beovizija Entry is Song Rejected By ORF For Eurovision". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  10. ^ Granger, Anthony (28 November 2019). "Austria: Thea Devy To The Eurovision Song Contest 2020?". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  11. ^ Granger, Anthony (21 February 2020). "Austria: "Alive" Song Reveal Confirmed For March 5th". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  12. ^ "'Alive' is Vincent Bueno's song for Eurovision 2020". eurovision.tv. 5 March 2020. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  13. ^ Groot, Evert (28 January 2020). "Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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