Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 explained

Year:1990
Broadcaster:German: [[ORF (broadcaster)|Österreichischer Rundfunk]]|i=no (ORF)
Country:Austria
Preselection:National final
Preselection Date:15 March 1990
Entrant:Simone Stelzer
Song:German: Keine Mauern mehr|i=no
Final Result:10th, 58 points

Austria was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "German: Keine Mauern mehr|i=no", composed by Marc Berry and Nanna Berry, with lyrics by Mario Botazzi, and performed by Simone Stelzer. The Austrian participating broadcaster German: [[ORF (broadcaster)|Österreichischer Rundfunk]]|i=no (ORF), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

German: [[ORF (broadcaster)|Österreichischer Rundfunk]]|i=no (ORF) held the national final on 15 March 1990 at Studio Z1 of the ORF-Zentrum in Vienna, hosted by Lizzi Engstler, who represented .

The winner was decided through a mixture of televoting (50%) and an expert jury (50%). The winner of the final was Duett with the song "German: Das Beste|i=no", however they were disqualified after it was revealed they had competed with the same song in the . The winner was then declared as Simone Stelzer with the song "German: Keine Mauern mehr|i=no".

Final – 15 March 1990
DrawArtistSongPercentagePlace
1Alex"Freiheit"16.3%7
2Gruppe Papageno"Papagena"25.4%3
3Stefanie Pascal"Mit dir geh'n"12.3%9
4Nika"Ein kleiner Stern"16.4%6
5Eugene Price"Tausend Feuer sind in mir"16.7%5
6Waterloo"So ein wunderschönes Leben"23.8%4
7Erwin Bros"Für Kinder sieht das anders aus"12.7%8
8Duett"Das Beste"39.3%1
9Roxy"Sandy"9.9%10
10Simone Stelzer"Keine Mauern mehr"27.6%2

At Eurovision

Stelzer performed 20th on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting she had received 58 points, placing 10th of 22 countries competing.[1]

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final of Zagreb 1990 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417141404/https://eurovision.tv/event/zagreb-1990/final . 17 April 2021 . live .
  2. Web site: Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417174156/https://eurovision.tv/event/zagreb-1990/final/results/austria . 17 April 2021 . live .