Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Participating broadcaster	Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Country	Austria
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	16 March 1991
Selected artist(s)	Thomas Forstner
Selected song	"Venedig im Regen"
Selected songwriter(s)	Robby Musenbichler; Hubert Moser; Wolfgang Eltner;
Finals performance
Final result	22nd, 0 points
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "Venedig im Regen", written by Robby Musenbichler, Hubert Moser, and Wolfgang Eltner, and performed by Thomas Forstner. The Austrian participating broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) held the national final on 16 March 1991 at its studios in Vienna, hosted by Andreas Steppan and Nicole Fendesack. The winner was decided by televoting (50%) and "expert" jury (50%).

Final – 16 March 1991
Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Alex	"Zurück zu dir"	8
2	Erwin Bros	"Nur vom Frieden zu reden"	4
3	Natascha	"Gebt den Kindern dieser Welt..."	10
4	Three Girl Madhouse	"1001"	9
5	Anita	"Land in Sicht"	7
6	Fresh	"Spürst du..."	6
7	Tony Wegas	"Wunder dieser Welt"	2
8	Curt Strohm	"Feuer"	5
9	Alex and Elisa	"Du und ich"	3
10	Thomas Forstner	"Venedig im Regen"	1

At Eurovision

Forstner performed 6th on the night of the contest, following Switzerland's "Canzone per te" by Sandra Simó's and preceding Luxembourg's "Un baiser volé" by Sarah Bray. At the close of the voting the song had received zero points, placing last of 22.^[1]

Voting

Austria did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991.^[2]

Points awarded by Austria^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	France
10 points	Sweden
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Spain
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Luxembourg
4 points	Malta
3 points	Belgium
2 points	Greece
1 point	Ireland

References

^ "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

External links

Austrian National Final 1991

[1] "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[1991detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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