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