ORF has announced that several Eurovision stars will attend the Austrian National Final, next Friday, as VIP Guests. Among them we can see: Marianne Mendt (1971), Petra Frey (1994), Eric Papilaya (2007) and Nadine Beiler (2011). The hosts of the NF will be once again Mirjam, Andi and Robert,...
DEVELOPMENTS IN AUSTRIAN FINAL
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
Earlier this week ORF announced that the song with which group !DelaDap was to participate in the Austrian 2012 National Final was disqualified. Instead of completely removing the band the Austrian national broadcaster decided to ask the band to replace their bid with another song titled...
DISQUALIFICATION IN AUSTRIAN
NATIONAL FINAL
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
Group !DelaDap and their entry “Crazy Swing” is just announced to be disqualified from the Austrian National Final 2012 as the song breached the rule of performance before September 1st. ORF hasn’t announced possible replacement for this act.
ORF ANNOUNCE NF 2012 HOSTS
posted by MARKUS (GERMANY)
Mirjam Weichselbraun, Robert Kratky and Andi Knoll will host the Austrian national final on February 24th at the ORF Studios in Vienna. Ten acts will be presented to the public and alongside a jury, Austria will decide its representative for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Andi Knoll is a a...
PUBLIC PRESENTATION TONIGHT!
posted by ROMEO (UN. KINGDOM)
Tonight 9 of the 10 songs that have been selected for the Austrian Final for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will be heard for the first time by the public tonight. The winner will be selected on the 24th of February. LISTEN TO THE 8 SONGS HERE !DelaDap Blockstars* James...
AUSTRIA COMPLETES 2012 LINE UP
posted by MARKUS (GERMANY)
The Austrian national final for February 24th is now complete as Hitradio Ö3 presented the 10th act today. Mary Broadcast Band was selected among 100 submissions and the final participants list present a variety of songs and styles for the Austrians to decide upon Baku Eurovision Song...
ORF ANNOUNCE 9 NF PARTICIPANTS
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
National Final is gearing up in Austria and ORF announced the nine participants of the show leaving a spot for an open call for songs. The songs will be presented on January 9th, the same date with the announcement of the 10th act by Ö3 HitRadio. The national final set for February 24 will...
AUSTRIA HOSTS 2012 YOUNG MUSICIANS
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
The oikotimes.com proudly announce the coverage of two Eurovision family events, Eurovision Young Dancers and Eurovision Young Musicians events. Today we had some news regarding the latter event. It seems that Austrian capital, Vienna, will host the 2012 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers....
AUSTRIA TO FOLLOW 2011 METHOD FOR ...
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
Austrian national broadcaster announced during the presentation of the new season program that they will take part in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan following the successful recipe of the national selection method they used in 2011. Along with radio station Ö3 they will...
THOMAS FORSTNER (1989, 1991) INTER...
posted by JUERGEN (NETHERLANDS)
The Annual Eurovision Summer Concert took place in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday 04 August 2011. 34 acts were part of this fantastic event which was a mix of Swedish and Eurovision performers from other countries. Eric Lehmann and JP from Radio International were present and interviewed some...
MIKA & NADINE BECOME TRUE FRI...
posted by SUBMITTED
TheUkrainian entry to Eurovision 2011 Mika Newton has already made friends withmany participants of this year’s contest. But her closest friend in Dusseldorfbecame Nadine Beiler, who is representing Austria. Yesterday the two girls metin Euroclub to hang out and to chill after their...
LISTEN TO THE SECRET IS LOVE REMIX
posted by NELSON (PORTUGAL)
Nadine Beiler, the Austrian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, has released the official dance remix of ‘The secret is love’, her Eurovision entry. Bellow, you can listen to the new dance remix and recall the Eurovision version of “The secret is...
NADINE BEILER (2011) INTERVIEWED A...
posted by JUERGEN (NETHERLANDS)
Eurovision in Concert 2011 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 09 April 2011 with the participation of 21 countries that are competing at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest May 10, 12 and 14. The Team of Radio International and oikotimes.com interviewed many of the artists and also...
ORF AIRS SPECIAL DOCUMENTARIES
posted by NELSON (PORTUGAL)
ORF, the Austrian broadcaster, will air two special documentaries just before the second semifinal and the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The main goal is to present Nadine’s selection and her promo abroad. Both TV-documentaries are scheduled to start at 20:15 local...
NADINE BEILER (2011) GOES ONLINE
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
The past few years Eurovision participants keep the internet as their main promotional tool. All 43 participants have their own facebook fan pages, twitter and YouTube channels. The Austrian participant in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, Nadine Beiler is also amongst those artists who engage...
BOB BENNY (1959, 1961) DIES AGED 8...
posted by JUERGEN (NETHERLANDS)
According to Belgian Broadcaster VRT sad news is reported that Bob Benny the Belgian representative at the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest passed away aged 84 in the morning of Tuesday, 29 March 2011. Bob Benny took part twice at the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1959 with the song “Hou toch...