We’re half way through this years contest contenders, but there’s no sign of our Superfans slacking yet! They are back to pour cold water over four more hopefuls this week as we continue our journey towards Malmö. We also remember more past entries, including three from Austria in our National Triple Play aswell as catching up on the big stories making the Eurovision News…

This Weeks Highlights

Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 56 times since its debut in 1957. The country has won twice, in 1966 and 2014, and such it holds the record for the longest gap between consecutive wins — 48 years. The contest is broadcast in Austria by ORF. Vienna was the host city on both of the occasions that the contest was held in Austria, in 1967 and 2015.

Having finished sixth at the 1964 contest and fourth in 1965, Udo Jürgens won at his third attempt in 1966 with the song “Merci, Chérie”. This was Austria’s only top three result of the 20th century. Austria won again in 2014, 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 semi-final in 2012. Cesár Sampson achieved Austria’s eighth top five result and second-best result of the 21st century at the 2018 contest, finishing third with the song “Nobody but You”.

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Teodora Špirić, known professionally as Teya and formerly as Thea Devy, and Selina-Maria Edbauer, known professionally as Salena, are Austrian singer songwriters. Teodora Špirić was born in Vienna to Serbian parents and spent part of her childhood in Kladovo, Serbia, but later returned to Vienna with her family.

The two singers met during their participation in the Austrian talent show Starmania, following which it was announced that the pair would represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Their entry, named “Who the Hell Is Edgar?”, was written at a songwriting camp in the Czech Republic and was released on 8 March 2023. The song qualified from the second semi final on 11 May for the grand final, in which it placed 15th.

Track List

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1	Shine	The Toppers	2009 Netherlands
2	The Image Of You	Anjeza Shahini	2004 Albania
3	My Little World	Waterloo & Robinson	1976 Austria
4	Loin d’Ici	Zoe	2016 Austria
5	Who The Hell Is Edgar?	Teya & Salena	2023 Austria
6	Non Ho L’eta	Gigliola Cinquetti	1964 Italy
7	narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi	5miinust & Puuluup	2024 Estonia
8	Sand	Saba	2024 Denmark
9	Den Vilda	One More Time	1996 Sweden
10	Luktelk	Silvester Belt	2024 Lithuania
11	In the Middle	Natalia Barbu	204 Moldova
12	Bloody Mary	Las Ketchup	2006 Spain
13	One Thing I Should Have Done	John Karayiannis	2015 Cyprus

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